Reckson Makaringe

Specialisation
Reckson has a National Diploma in mechanical engineering. He has spent the past 20 years working as a design engineer in different companies. He started working as a draughtsman for Denel Dynamics back in 2000 and during the four years he spent at Denel he managed to consolidate his experience in both 2d and 3d designs.

Career Experience
He later joined Transwerk (Transnet Rail Engineering) where he was managing the drawing office and the control of drawings issued for major contracts. He was later in charge with all the mechanical planning when building pressure vessel prototypes. He left Transnet Rail Engineering in 2004 to join a consulting engineering company. He was responsible for the detailed designs of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, air coolers, storage tanks and any other pressurised equipment and pipe stress analysis.

Key Experience
Engineering Management experience gained on working on numerous plants and projects, as well as in various roles with interaction at levels of within the management environment is articulated hereunder

• Technical, managerial and entrepreneurial, experience spanning over 16 years

• Technology development, Plant design, operations and management, and business process development. Projects undertaken from inception to commissioning and final handover. Modifications to existing installations and new installations have been undertaken

• Work experience in maintenance, projects & design sections of the Bell Equipment in Richards Bay. Mechanical Piping services in petrochemical plants, Fuel Depots piping systems and fire protection for fuel service stations, Community Healthcare Centers and commercial buildings.

• Consultancy covering the design, analysis and integrity assessment of equipment for various process industries.

• Extensive involvement in small to large multi-million-rand projects which included plant and equipment design, construction and commissioning with Denel.