Fauster Murwira
Hamilton,New Zealand
Summary
Highly qualified, skilled and experienced Heavy Diesel Plant Fitter with over 30 years of combined experience maintaining mining, marine, civil and on-road equipment. A vast majority of that time spent in field service and roadside assistance.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner Operator
HMM Mobile Mechanics
Hamilton, Waikato
06.2015 - Current
- From above mentioned date I took full ownership of Hmm Mobile Mechanics and was responsible for the day-to-day rescue of independent machinery and trucking operators, fleet overflow assistance, and provision of motor vehicle repairs in workshop, at home and on the roadside.
- We provided airport, and factory fire truck servicing and scheduled repairs such as on road certificate of fitness repairs etc.
- Plant:
- Terex T100, Cat 730, 740, Bell B35D, B40D, Cat 773D dump trucks, Cat and Volvo
- Motor graders, highway stabilising equipment, paving equipment, rollers, Cat and Komatsu bulldozers, Cat and Komatsu wheel loaders.
- All makes and models of road trucks
- All makes and models of light and medium duty motor vehicles
- Staff complement of five
Service Manager
HMM Mobile Mechanics Limited
Hamilton, Waikato
01.2011 - Current
- Company Overview: HMM provides roadside assistance to stranded motorists, trucking fleets and earthmoving, mining and civil construction outfits.
- Supervise staff, job allocation and coordinate breakdown response
- Implementing and maintaining health and safety and contamination control initiatives
- Provide on demand work overflow relief for most construction mining and civil road construction outfits
- Perform scheduled services on machinery, trucks and light motor vehicles as required
- Engine overhauling (in frame and out of frame)
- Trouble shooting and diagnostics using scanners
- Gear box and power train rebuilds
- Component change outs and wrong fuel drains
- Work to ownership
Component Rebuild Centre (CRC)
Goughs CAT
Auckland, Auckland New Zealand
02.2003 - 12.2010
- Company Overview: Goughs CAT is the Caterpillar dealer in New Zealand
- Supervise component rebuild facility throughput and productivity
- Oversee and implement health and safety policies
- Mentor and train apprentices
- Perform component rebuilds to include engines, power train and hydraulic components
- Leading Hand – Acting (Goughs Spec shop)
Engine Overhaul Technician (Goughs Spec Shop)
Goughs CAT
Auckland, Auckland New Zealand
01.2010 - 06.2010
- Carry out engine overhauls
- Test and adjust on dynamometer, test and adjust on plant, road truck or marine vessel
- Engines: 3100 through to 3500 series
Component Rebuild Technician (Goughs Spec Shop)
Goughs CAT
Auckland, Auckland
02.2007 - 12.2009
- Carry out driveline strip clean inspect and assemble
- Carry out hydraulic component repair, brake groups and valve bodies etc
- Driveline for:
- Dozers D3 through to D11
- Wheel loaders 910 through to 992
- Whole Cat range of excavators
- Whole Cat range of articulated and rigid dump trucks
- Whole range of Cat motor graders and waste handlers
Field Service Technician
Goughs CAT
Auckland, Auckland
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Testing and diagnosing faults on caterpillar equipment on site
- Servicing, repairs and rebuilds on heavy duty machinery
- Providing on demand assistance to clients
- Assemble and commission large equipment for clients on site
- On site scheduled component change outs
- Carry out preventative maintenance and general machine checks
- Maintain machinery fire suppression systems and ensure they are working to the highest safety standards possible
- Carry out wear and failure analysis
Workshop Technician (Goughs Main Shop)
Goughs CAT
Auckland, Auckland
02.2003 - 12.2005
- Carry out machinery rebuilds
- Remove and install components
- Carry out scheduled servicing
- Perform new machinery pre delivery inspection
- Diagnose and rectify machinery faults
- Test and adjust for performance
- All range of Cat machinery
Automotive Engineer
Truck stops
Taupo, Waikato
03.2002 - 01.2003
- Company Overview: Truck stops is the largest road truck dealership in New Zealand
- Engine overhauls (in frame and out of frame)
- Electrical component installation e.g. retarders
- Breakdown and call outs on roadside
- Pre-COF inspections and repair
- Brakes relining and chassis repairs
- Diagnose and repair truck pneumatic systems
- Construction equipment maintenance and repair
- Carry out power train repairs including gear boxes, differentials and drop boxes
- Oversee and mentor apprentices
- Plant:
- ERF, MAN, WESTERN STAR, MACK, VOLVO, NISSAN ETC
- Forklifts- all makes and models
- Construction and mining equipment – all makes and models
Mining Support Technician (Barzem CAT)
Barzem CAT
Harare, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
05.2000 - 02.2002
- Company Overview: Barzem enterprises is the caterpillar dealer in Zimbabwe
- Perform new machinery PDI (pre-delivery inspection) for large scale mining
- Strip down large machinery for travel and assemble and commission on mine site
- Carry out component change outs and reactive maintenance
- Carry out scheduled services and machinery general checks to minimize plant down time
- Perform systems operation tests and test and adjust for performance
- Mentor apprentices and supervise assistant mechanics
- Planning and executing preventative-maintenance strategies with the customers
- Pit Fitting, Fault diagnosis of auto electrical and electronic faults on electronic diesel engines and chassis electronics. Hydraulics fault diagnosis and repair. Component change outs, Scheduled servicing, Engine tune ups and Transmission tune ups. Servicing Fire suppression systems.
- Machines include CAT 798C ,785C, D10T, D10R, 5130,5230 Excavators, Hitachi 3600 Excavators,16h graders, 988g, 992 loaders, Monty Drills
- All models of large-scale caterpillar mining equipment
Apprentice Diesel Plant Fitter (Barzem CAT)
Barzem CAT
Harare, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
06.1996 - 05.2000
- Worked as a caterpillar trainee on:
- Undercarriage, general maintenance and scheduled servicing
- Carry out repeated removal and installation of different components on many of the machinery in the CAT range
- Strip, clean and perform component evaluation
- Test and adjust prior assembled components
- Carry out rebuilds of different types of CAT machinery
- Spent 6 months each in:
- General Bay – remove/install/ service/machine rebuilding
- Engine Bay, Transmission Bay, Fuel pump bay, Field service, Accessories Bay - turbos/ alternators/starters/ water pumps/cylinder heads etc.
- Spent 3 months each in:
- Undercarriage, Hydraulics Bay – Hydraulic pumps, motors, valve banks etc
- Cat lift trucks, Hydraulics cylinder bay
- Equipment worked on:
- Bulldozers- D3 through to D11R, Wheel loaders – 900 series through to 994 including G and H
- Motor Graders – 12 to 24H, Articulated and rigid dump trucks, Excavators, backhoe loaders, Cat lift trucks waste handlers, scrapers and Cat powered road trucks
Education
Trade Certificate - Heavy Diesel Plant Technician
Trade Skills Australia
Australia06.2025
Skills
- Communicate effectively at different levels
- Work effectively in a team, both as a member and a supervisor
- Excellent manual dexterity including effective use of air and battery-operated equipment to quickly discharge jobs
- Carry out minor welding repairs
- Due to the length of time spent in roadside rescue have developed sharp diagnostic skills and fast mobilization skills
- Excellent aptitude in diagnostics, testing and adjusting implement hydraulics, electrical, transmissions, engines and general mechanical problems
- Ability to utilize schematic diagrams as diagnostic tools
- Ability to work autonomously as well as in a team
- Use of the caterpillar service information system (SIS)
- Experience and efficacy of the Cat Electronic Technician (CAT ET) and Vital Information Management System (VIMS)
- On the job training of Cat Minestar Technologies to monitor equipment health
- Staff training and development
- Personnel management
- Operations oversight
- Budget development
Courses attended
- Basic and advanced hydraulics
- Jacking, blocking and lifting
- Applied failure analysis
- G series wheel loaders
- Oil contamination control
- Lubricants training by Total
- Stop for each other (Health and Safety)
Equipment knowledge
- Hand tools, Electric impact drivers/ wrenches/drills/grinders, Hydraulic press, Torque wrench, Flat surface
- Inside/outside micrometres, Impact guns/, Brake relining tools, Dial test indicator gauges, torque wrenches – analog and digital
- Magnetic induction bearing heaters, Nitrogen – bearing insulation/ cylinder leakage tests
- Pressure/ vacuum/flow test gauges
- Automotive aircon equipment gauges, gas handling and environmentally friendly disposal.
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Owner Operator
HMM Mobile Mechanics
06.2015 - Current
Service Manager
HMM Mobile Mechanics Limited
01.2011 - Current
Engine Overhaul Technician (Goughs Spec Shop)
Goughs CAT
01.2010 - 06.2010
Component Rebuild Technician (Goughs Spec Shop)
Goughs CAT
02.2007 - 12.2009
Field Service Technician
Goughs CAT
01.2006 - 01.2007
Component Rebuild Centre (CRC)
Goughs CAT
02.2003 - 12.2010
Workshop Technician (Goughs Main Shop)
Goughs CAT
02.2003 - 12.2005
Automotive Engineer
Truck stops
03.2002 - 01.2003
Mining Support Technician (Barzem CAT)
Barzem CAT
05.2000 - 02.2002
Apprentice Diesel Plant Fitter (Barzem CAT)
Barzem CAT
06.1996 - 05.2000
Trade Certificate - Heavy Diesel Plant Technician
Trade Skills Australia
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