Experience

SA STEELWORKS LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chemical Engineer

  • Apr 2017 - Present

  Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa



One eighty materials testing

• South Africa
• Engineering Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development and metallurgical consulting

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2017

  Mowbray, Cape Town Maintain existing customer base Direct selling to customers (cold calling) and generating new sales leads within SA Visiting assigned customers according to planned schedules Researching new market opportunities Obtain inquires, prepare quotations and follow up to conclusion Develop leads on potential clients Identify potential distributors Prepare and present presentations Writing reports Obtain information on competitors’ products, pricing policies and business… Show more Maintain existing customer base Direct selling to customers (cold calling) and generating new sales leads within SA Visiting assigned customers according to planned schedules Researching new market opportunities Obtain inquires, prepare quotations and follow up to conclusion Develop leads on potential clients Identify potential distributors Prepare and present presentations Writing reports Obtain information on competitors’ products, pricing policies and business strategies Engineering consulting on failure investigations Run varies chemical and corrosion tests Working with international quality standards Show less



One Eighty Engineering Solutions

• Junior Project Engineer

  • Dec 2014 - Jan 2016

  Primary role was commercial R&D. • Objective was to develop a novel geopolymer material from scratch for a unique application • Project planning and gantt charts • Development of SOP’s and a production line • Supplier liaison • Interpreting results Other projects/tasks included: • Transnet tender • Slip and fall litigation • Mechanical properties of Nanoceramics • Managed the chemistry lab • Manage workflow and work to deadlines • Report… Show more Primary role was commercial R&D. • Objective was to develop a novel geopolymer material from scratch for a unique application • Project planning and gantt charts • Development of SOP’s and a production line • Supplier liaison • Interpreting results Other projects/tasks included: • Transnet tender • Slip and fall litigation • Mechanical properties of Nanoceramics • Managed the chemistry lab • Manage workflow and work to deadlines • Report writing • Stock take and ordering • Conducted varies chemical tests and experiments e.g corrosion, passivization tests, tensile tests, spectrographic analysis and many more. Show less



Cape Peninsula University of Technology

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Masters Student

  • Jan 2012 - Nov 2014

  Design, construct and commission a fully functional Continuous hydrothermal synthesis pilot plant (first in Africa) Conduct preliminary testing and optimize process Perform a factorial trial analysis on the effect of operating parameters and their interaction, and evalute their resulting effect on particle characteristics Perform a HAZOP analysis and full risk and safety study Implement a system for logging temperature and pressure using an Eagle DAQ card Characterized… Show more Design, construct and commission a fully functional Continuous hydrothermal synthesis pilot plant (first in Africa) Conduct preliminary testing and optimize process Perform a factorial trial analysis on the effect of operating parameters and their interaction, and evalute their resulting effect on particle characteristics Perform a HAZOP analysis and full risk and safety study Implement a system for logging temperature and pressure using an Eagle DAQ card Characterized nanoparticles using Transmission electron microscopy and X-ray Diffraction

• Lecturer: Chemical Process Industries

  • Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

  Cape Town Area, South Africa Conducted 6 lectures per week to first year Engineering students Plan and construct informative lectures on various chemical process industries Manufacture tutorials, tests, oral presentations topics and exams Supervise all tests and exams and mark all manuscripts



SABMiller

• Food & Beverages
• 700 & Above Employee

• In-Service trainee (Brewing operations technician)

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

  Cape Town Area, South Africa Interface between brewing and packaging departments Perfom full quality checks and ensure beer was “in spec” before being released to packaging Connect up various pipelines for for filling and cleaning tanks Perform periodic quality checks on beer coming from filtration and adjust certain parameters Carry out filter washouts Log all quality control checks and maintain beer stock list in the cellar Quality checks included Alcohol content, sugar levels… Show more Interface between brewing and packaging departments Perfom full quality checks and ensure beer was “in spec” before being released to packaging Connect up various pipelines for for filling and cleaning tanks Perform periodic quality checks on beer coming from filtration and adjust certain parameters Carry out filter washouts Log all quality control checks and maintain beer stock list in the cellar Quality checks included Alcohol content, sugar levels, dissolved oxygen, CO2 levels, colour and pH Show less