Jaco Venter
Commissioning Manager & Process Engineer at Lesedi Nuclear Services- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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HAZOP Leadership and Management
Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)Aug, 2018- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Lesedi
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South Africa
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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200 - 300 Employee
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Commissioning Manager & Process Engineer
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Jul 2012 - Present
ESKOM, Medupi Power station, South Africa, Commissioning Manager & Process Engineer. The Medupi power station project entails the construction of a new power station consisting of 6 Units for which the Low Pressure Services Consortium (LPSC) is responsible for the construction and commissioning of the balance of plant systems. My roles and responsibilities as commissioning manager includes the management of the LPSC commissioning team, the commissioning schedule, commissioning budget and ensuring that all systems are delivered and handed over as per the FIDIC contract and user requirement specifications. I am also responsible for the safety clearance of constructed plant, performance testing of plant and the clearing of punchlists and defects as well as assisting contractors with integration issues that relates to the LPSC systems. As process engineer the commissioning procedures were compiled for every system. System readiness checks were performed and the systems were commissioned. Where required control, design and construction changes were made in order to optimize systems for operation and maintenance. Operating assistance as well as system training was also done as part of the commissioning activities.Operational and start-up assistance to major petroleum refineries after outages, ensuring that their operating units are able to produce specified product and product volumes.
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Hatch
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Canada
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Professional Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Process Engineer
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Mar 2010 - Jul 2012
ZPC, Hwange Expansion Project, Hwange, Zimbabwe, Process Engineer. The Hwange power station expansion project entails the evaluation of previous design data and various plant interfaces. The evaluation of the existing fuel, coal, boiler burner and ash handling systems was done. This was used to compile design data and requirements that were used for the expansion project. These responsibilities went further to the compilation of the general contract requirements and the technical requirements, where the Employer's and Employer's Representative requirements were stipulated. The technical requirements were compiled after preliminary engineering was done. Contractor short listing, project clarifications and project execution will form part of the scope of engineering in the later stages of the expansion project.Richardsbay Minerals, RBM Co-generation, Kwazulu Natal - Richardsbay, South Africa, Process Engineer. The process group was involved in evaluating and selection of tertiary gas cleaning equipment and gas conditioning for a co-generation project, using smelter off-gas. The project phases included feasibility and detailed process design of the tertiary gas cleaning equipment Industrial Development Corporation, Concept Study for Polysilicon Plant, South Africa, Concept study for the evaluation of the business case for a polysilicon plant located in South Africa, including a technology evaluation, market study and location study.
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Assistant process engineer
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Jan 2009 - Apr 2010
PBMR/WESA, HTF commissioning, Pretoria, South Africa, Process Engineer. Fulfilled the role of process engineer for the commissioning team and operational support team. This included design reviews and facilitating various risk assessments, HAZOP's and commissioning procedures. The commissioning involved the loading of catalyst, drying out and activation of catalyst filled vessels, high temperature and pressure testing. Acceptance testing of the various sub-systems, tuning of system parameters with a focus on the control system and system characterization of the sub-systems during start-up, operation and shutdown.Responsible for the compilation of training manuals for process engineers. These documents included pipeline design, compressor design, pump design and heat-exchanger design documentationPBMR, PBMR HPS and HICBS systems, Pretoria, South Africa, Process engineer. Concept development, project assistance, consultation, design reviews, planning and technical reviewing of documents and drawings. Mass and energy balances, hydraulic calculations and risk assessments.
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Education
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2004 - 2008
University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Chemical -
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2008 University of Stellenbosch
Polymer short course
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