Heinrich Vorster
Principal Consultant
As a Principal Consultant in our Brisbane office, Heinrich is responsible for delivering consulting services to a variety of industry sectors. He is one of our Certified Asset Management Assessors (CAMA) endorsed by the IAM to perform AM assessments, and is also one of our approved trainers for maintenance, reliability and asset management courses.
Experience
26 years of professional experience
11 years of consulting experience
7 years at Assetivity
Areas of specialist expertise
- Assessing asset management maturity
- Optimising preventive maintenance programs (RCM and PMO)
- Improving maintenance planning and scheduling
- Developing asset management strategies and Strategic Asset Management Plans
- Developing asset management plans
- Asset and spares criticality assessments
Industry specialisations
- Mining and mineral processing
- Oil and gas
- Water utilities
- Transport and infrastructure
- Government
Key successes
- Successfully led a multi-disciplined, international team of engineers to develop a complete maintenance program for a Greenfields fertilizer facility based in the Middle East, valued at over $2M USD.
Professional experience
Assetivity (2023 – current)
Principal Consultant
Assetivity (2017 – 2023)
Senior Consultant
ARMS Reliability (2016 – 2017)
Reliability Engineer
Queensland Energy Resources (2011 – 2015)
Commercial Plant Maintenance and Reliability Engineer
Pragma (2010 – 2011)
Asset Care Centre Manager
Emerson Process Management (2008 – 2010)
Reliability Manager – Southern Region
Afrox Pty Ltd (2006 – 2008)
Cluster Engineer
Sasol Synfuels (2003 – 2006)
Reliability Engineer
Sasol Synfuels (2001 – 2003)
Senior Mechanical Technician
Suprachem Pty Ltd (1998 – 2001)
Project Engineer
Suprachem Pty Ltd (1997 – 1998)
Planning and Development Technician