Experience

National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa

• South Africa
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Mar 2010 - Present

  Responsibilities include securing and expanding business opportunities for the NCPC-SA in the Western and Eastern Cape Regions. Liaising with stakeholders and meeting with private and industrial companies, securing business opportunities of SA’s industrial sector into NCPC-SA’s service offerings. Presenting the NCPC-SA service offerings to industrial companies, associations and various business sectors including energy efficiency conferences.Managing procurement processes of various projects including tender evaluations and management of contractual processes related to energy and RECP projects. Quality management of technical reports and internal contract documents. Visiting industrial sites to ascertain and confirm energy utilities and equipment inventory on-site ahead of the planned assessments. Identifying and confirming the scope of assessments to take place at the client company.Project managing various energy and RECP assessments within the specified budget, schedule, scope time and quality as per the contract ToR. Managing implementation projects that seek to showcase energy and resource savings implementations as a direct or indirect impact of the on-site assessment. Co-facilitation of ISO 50001 aligned 2-Day Energy Management Systems Implementation (EnMS) training. Show less

• Intern - RECP Assessor

  • Aug 2009 - Feb 2010

  Analysed data for energy, water and waste streams at the internship host company for NCPC-SA’s pilot studentship programme. Responsibility included the investigation and identification of resource and energy saving recommendations at the host plant in order to reduce carbon footprint. Compiled energy, water and material balances. Raised awareness about Resource Efficiency & Cleaner Production (RECP) methodologies to the host plant staff and management. Compiled a feasibility analysis of the key findings and presented the findings to the company owners. Development of a final RECP assessment report for the host plant, highlighting recommended savings for water, energy, materials and waste generation. Show less



Sappi

• South Africa
• Paper & Forest Products
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Controller

  • Jul 2008 - Jan 2010

  Responsibilities included developing process control competencies in the key operational areas. Team leader responsible for product quality for internal & external customers. Responsibility for maintaining safety standard requirements. Responsible for team performance and execution of production output per shift requirements. Formed part of the company’s health and safety team as a fire fighter. Responsibilities included developing process control competencies in the key operational areas. Team leader responsible for product quality for internal & external customers. Responsibility for maintaining safety standard requirements. Responsible for team performance and execution of production output per shift requirements. Formed part of the company’s health and safety team as a fire fighter.



BECO Institute for Sustainable Business (BECO ISB)

• Rondebosch - Cape Town

• Intern - Junior Consultant

  • Dec 2007 - Jan 2008

  Assisted and supported the Principle Environmental Consultants in developing energy and mass balances for various industrial processes and projects including the development of process flow diagrams for RECP assessments. Worked predominantly in the Agro-processing and Chemicals and Plastics sector. Also involved in industrial and commercial waste projects that involved the quantification and categorisation of various of solid and effluent waste streams in industrial and commercial sites. Assisted and supported the Principle Environmental Consultants in developing energy and mass balances for various industrial processes and projects including the development of process flow diagrams for RECP assessments. Worked predominantly in the Agro-processing and Chemicals and Plastics sector. Also involved in industrial and commercial waste projects that involved the quantification and categorisation of various of solid and effluent waste streams in industrial and commercial sites.



Optical Coating Technologies (OPCO)

• Cape Town CBD

• Laboratory Assistant

  • Aug 1996 - Jan 2005

  Responsibilities included developing multi-disciplinary competencies in an optical laboratory. Ophthalmic, visor and telescopic lens treatment. Responsible for product quality management, dispatching and stock control. Responsibilities included developing multi-disciplinary competencies in an optical laboratory. Ophthalmic, visor and telescopic lens treatment. Responsible for product quality management, dispatching and stock control.