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Transportation - Logistics : Project Manager From 2007 To current
Duties
Project Manager
Compile the scope of work and calculate the cost estimates based on quotations
Prepare and submit and control annual budgets, capital and operational costs
Management of Capital Projects
Manage interface with other disciplines, project groups, consultants, contractors and vendors.
Manage projects from conceptual to commissioning phase
Manage projects within budgets and schedule
Manage MOC, and small Mod?s
HAZOP and Feasibility studies
Quality Control
Determine plant requirements as per discipline
New project implementation
Optimize Equipment
Training on new installations
faultfinding and problem solving on specific discipline systems
Compiling work procedures
Capital Projects that I?m currently managing are:
Pump optimisation at Section 5100 (completed) R500 K
To build a bund wall for the containment of spillages on the existing three diesel rail loading bays at section 7100 (completed) R600 K
Automated rail switchgear system at section 7100 (completed) R600 K
Oil separator at section 7100 (completed) R 1.4 million
Process Modifiations that I have successfully commissioned are:
Offloading of off-spec diesel at Section 7100
Repositioning of diesel loading arms at section 7100
Upgrading of Sabutol line from size 2?to3? at section 5100
Installation of a 150 micron filter on a Solumix line from section 7100 to section 5200
Water and waste drain monitoring at sections 5100, 5200, 7100 and Midlands
Operations Foreman
Plant Optimisation;
lead and manage a production shift which has six operators
Planning, scheduling, execution and control of plant;
Do fault finding and problem solving;
Shutdown execution;
On shift personnel management, training and administration.
Handling of minor disciplinary hearing ? leading up to written warnings
Safety first approach (including IJR?s; permits; lockouts)
Proper housekeeping
Ensuring adherence to all quality and safety requirements
Effective utilisation of personnel as a responsible first line supervisor
Liaise with all stakeholders;
Coaching and mentoring;
Promote a safety awareness culture.
Personnel training and development on shift
Shift safety and health, environment, risk, quality management
Manufacturing : Production & Chemical Engineer From 2004 To 2007
Duties
Manage staff (10 Process Operators) in the Brew-house, Cellars and Filtration.
Manage the Filtration Laboratory.
Manage and operate FAB plant: Hands on work: can operate a Niagra & Norit filter and Centrifuge.
Optimize plant and process performance for continuous improvement.
Beer-loss Cost Savings.
Do process/material flow analysis to Identify opportunities for minimisation, re-use and recycling of waste.
Assessments to be conducted on personnel skills, identify opportunities, provide required train
Identify process automation and simplification opportunities, submit and conduct project improvements
Monitor daily production efficiencies, lot sizes and waste control, implement projects accordingly.
Conduct investigations and explanations for Gains and Losses all raw materials.
Evaluate and monitor Management Systems in place, implementation to close gabs
Ensure equipment and personnel to be compliant to all GMP requirements.
Ensure all SOP?s to be in place, Production, Safety, GMP, Equipment, C&S, Quality all personnel trained accordingly with records available
Responsible for safety within the department:
I physically inspect the plant (Visual inspection) for safety deviations, if I detect any deviations; I carry these over to the monthly deviation list of the NOSA Register for the particular month.
I use the SHE Rep. inspection check list as a guide to ensure I cover all the items.
Record the detail of the deviations on the monthly deviation report; if necessary take pictures for records and Presentations.
Attend Safety meetings on a monthly basis to discuss safety issues with other safety reps from other departments.
Give feedback in the form of presentations to the Brewing Manager and BAM`s.
Make sure that gaps/deviations are closed immediately.
Ensure that colleagues follow and adhere to safe working practices in the plant.
Publish One point lessons.
Ensure the availability of beer for filtration as per filtration plan and production.
Quality control: Ensure compliance of beer to the specifications and quality standards.
Data Management: Update the electronic Quality Management System on a daily basis per brand using the following Software Systems: Laboratory Integrated Management Systems, Production and Quality Tracking.
Do problem solving with regards to quality and downtime using formal analysis and 5 Why?s procedure
Use SAP System to create breakdown notifications for Artisans as well as to manage times for Operatores.
Process control using SCADA systems and Rockwell (In-touch) Software.
Capture Data using Production & Quality Tracking Software (PaQT) and Laboratory Integrated management Systems (LIMS), versions 4&5
Ensuring that safety standards are adhered to by workers in the plant.
I have participated in doing audits in the following:
Quality Management System (ISO 9001).
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (SABS 0330: HACCP).
Environmental Management System (ISO 14001).
Occupational Health and Safety Management System (ISO 18001).
Chemical : Process Technologist From 2001 To 2004
Duties
Literature review on Carbon Dioxide sequestration.
Develop experimental procedure for Carbon Dioxide sequestration.
Assemble and set-up equipment for experimentation in the laboratory.
Conduct several experiments to gather data.
Data processing.
Write a report.
Landfill gas recovery as a renewable energy resource in South Africa.
Research information on landfill gas generation, recovery and utilisation.
Evaluate different technologies used in the recovery and utilisation of landfill gas.
Recommend technology options appropriate to South African landfill sites, for small-scale and medium/large scale application.
Literature review on nano-TIO2 preparation.
Identification of the type of TIO2 required.
Identification of candidate processes.
Patent evaluation.
Reviewing and setting up procedures for the manufacture of nano-TiO2 to produce a quantity of a few hundred grams.
Experimental work
Identification and purchasing of raw material.
Preparation of starting material.
Manufacturing of nano-TiO2 and determining a preservation step.
Conversion step to produce the correct shape, grain size, purity and type.
Constructing a dye solar cell.
Writing a report.
Project filing.
Conducted Environmental Impact Assessment studies (EIA) for:
Eskom-Arnot Power Station.
Tata Steel (India).
Eskom Holdings and joint partners Shell South Africa and iGas.
Provide a comprehensive mass-balance to ensure that all waste streams have been identified and characterised in terms of quantities generated, composition and disposal options.
Compilation of a comprehensive raw materials usage, and waste generation potential.
Waste water treatment with accordance to the legal acts of South Africa.
Identify opportunities for minimisation, re-use and recycling of waste that should be taken into consideration during the further project planning and design.
Assessment of raw material transportation by estimating the increased number of truckloads/railway transport and the distance to be travelled by the trucks/railway.
Evaluation of dust related issues during the handling and processing of the raw material.
Writing a report.
Project filing.
Other projects done at the Council:
Conducted Cleaner Production Assessments for:
McCain Foods (Pty) Ltd ? Springs.
Anchor Yeast (Yeast Pro) - Industria.
Walk through In-plant assessment / Cleaner Production audit of the plant.
Collection of major input/output data of the whole Plant.
Drawing a basic flow chart of the plant.
Selection of a process/material for flow analysis to Identify opportunities for minimisation, re-use and recycling of waste.
Compilation and Writing of Reports.
Project filing.
Titanic, High Veld Steel Corporation
Do design calculations to size industrial scale process equipments for cost estimation purposes:
Do Mass and Energy balance Calculations across a screw dryer.
Do momentum balance calculations to estimate the pressure loss in the screw dryer system in order to size an oil pump.
Estimated the oil volume required in the screw system.
Designing and Optimising a double pipe condenser
Designed a frame to a chlorine vessel
Calibration of thermocouples
Pressure testing of vessels (detecting leaks)
Writing technical reports
Participated in the Assembly and Commissioning of the Bench scale chlorination test facility:
Installed stirrers, valves, thermocouples, and level & pressure indicators in vessels and pipes.
Installed piping systems in the chlorination test facility.
Process control-running the process on a daily basis
Process start-up and shutdown procedures
For several months I was involved in shift work and on several occasions I was a Shift leader. As a shift leader my duty was to supervise the team that was operating the plant, to monitor the process (Production) and assist whenever there was a problem in the plant e.g. Equipment Failure, Problem solving
Safety-training
Emergency first aid response course.
Basic radiation course.
Chlorine safety course.
Basic plant safety training.
Cleaner Production Training
Module 1 (Material flow analysis & water management in Industry)
Module 2 (Energy Efficiency & Management in industry)
Project Management I (CSIR)
Work permit/clearance training.
Applied Fundamentals of Project Management (Sasol Limited)
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