Roy Gibbons – Plant and Production Manager
Roy is a Technical Support Engineer with over twenty (20) years experience in Factory Engineering, commencing as a Fitter and rising up to become a Plant Engineer. He is experienced in Steam, Compressed air, Refrigeration, Hydraulics, Effluent Management, Water Purification, Electrical Reticulation, Switch Gear, Lighting, Ventilation and Air conditioning, Workshop Management, Operational Management, Machining and workshop repairs, welding and boiler making and many other fields.
Roy has worked at Railway Moulds and Systems (RMS (UK)) for many years and has a lot of experience in the Installation of RMS (UK)’s Sleeper Manufacturing Plants, ranging from two (2) line to eight (8) line Factories across the globe. Examples are South Africa, Iraq, Brazil, Turkey, Namibia, Ghana, USA, Thailand, Mongolia and many more.
Roy has installed the following equipment over the years: Machine Rails and Mould Rails, Dead end and Live end Jack Heads for Multi Stressing and Single stressing systems as well as Set up of Moulds on lines. He has also been involved in assembly of casting machines, saw machines, demoulding machines with sleeper grabs, Strand Runners, Utility machines, bump up machines and stressing equipment, Set up and Calibration of Sleeper testing machines. Roy has conducted various training for Plant Managers, Plant Supervisors, Quality Supervisors, Operators, Maintenance personnel and general workers e.g. FLT drivers for stacking of sleepers.
Roy completed secondary education in 1984, served as an apprentice as a Fitter and passed the South African Government Trade Test. He later obtained a National Technical Certificate in Mechanical Engineering and was awarded with two diplomas. He has obtained the South African Government Certificate of Competency in Mechanical Engineering, Factory Engineering and Factory Law.
He is self-motivated and a self-starter who enjoys the opportunity to work with people from different cultures and backgrounds. He can adapt to the different needs of the people he works with and can work with everyone, i.e. from the bottom level of management to the top level of management.