Experience

CIGroup

• South Africa
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Metal and Minerals Administration Manager

  • Jul 2018 - Present



Intertek Genalysis South Africa

• South Africa

• Senior Minerals Administrator

  • Jun 2015 - Jun 2018

  Administration and Operations Duties Reviewing and acceptance of inspection request Preparing mission orders to all inspections requested Generating and Issuing of quotes Sending daily updates on all inspections been attended Interpretation and quantification of laboratory results Writing operations reports of various inspection "stockpile sampling, truck loading, truck offloading, container loading and vessel loading" Checking and Issuance of Certificates Ensuring fluidity in Administration, Inspections, Laboratory and Sample preparation Adhering to all quality and safety requirements of the Intertek Management System, Warehouse, Port or Mine requirements. Handling petty cash Invoicing Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by direct line manager. Implementing methods, investigating and resolving technical problems. Bad Debt controlling Raising of PO’s if and when required / necessary Training and Mentoring of subordinates Bookings for all management and inspectors accommodation and vehicles Filling Month end updates to management on "Revenue, appointments received, tonnages received, samples received, turn around time of reporting, and etc" Investigating complaints from client Safety REP Duties Review health and safety measures; Identify potential hazards and potential major incidents; Examine the causes of incidents at the workplace; Investigate complaints relating to employee's health and safety Inspect the workplace Attending Health and safety committee meetings Recognizing and correcting unsafe behaviors Show less



Mintek

• South Africa
• Mining
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Chemical Engineering Graduate Research Intern in Catalysis

  • Feb 2013 - Jan 2015

  I worked under the Advanced Material Division from February 2013 till January 2015 based on Gold catalysis;mainly working on catalyst literature researches, catalyst synthesis, characterization and testing on reactors and different analysing instruments. Duties • Report writing for both progress and Mintek Internal reports • Literature research on different catalysts and projects • Interpreting the results from the analysing instruments • Testing the catalysts (Plug Flow Reactor and performing product analysis on Gas Chromatography, HPLC, GC-MS and LC-MS • Calibrating lab instruments • Schematic diagrams of unit operations • Synthesis of different catalysts • Research and development in Gold catalysis • Catalyst Characterization (Brunauer–Emmett–Teller(BET) surface area analysis, Zeta potential analysis, Raman, IR,TPR Raman,IR,TPR,TPO,TPD,Zetasizer) • Screening Catalyst • Calibration of gases • Standard operating procedures for different machines • Pre-treatment of catalyst • CO oxidation "catalyst deactivation" Show less



Implats

• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Metallurgist

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

  Duties • Technical report writing and scope of work • Plant checks (reagents check, stability of the plant) • Ball load “Monitoring steel ball addition, grind and specific gravity” • Sampling campaigns “Open cast and plant sampling at tails,heads and concs” • Responding to Incidents, Hazardous Conditions or Emergencies by reporting and correcting. • Taking samples safely and efficiently for analysis to check quality of process • Operating the plant during sampling campaigns “control room” • Exposure in laboratory (batch float, pulverising, filtering, weighing, wet and dry screening, milling, titration and blending) • Schematic diagrams of unit operations • Collecting effluent samples and despatch for third party testing • Performing general housekeeping duties • Identifying and reporting areas/equipment requiring maintenance • Concentrator plant exposure (conveyer belt, mills, floatation banks, cyclones, thickeners, sampling, XRF “chrome test”, PSD screen test, reagent test) • Exposure to different ore types and plants • Working Shifts at Merensky,MF2 and Slag plant • Working on the different ore types Show less



Vaal University of Technology

• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chemical Engineering Tutor

  • Jul 2011 - Dec 2011

  Subjects Tutored • Chemical Drawing for Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering • Chemical Engineering Technology II • Chemical Engineering Technology III Subjects Tutored • Chemical Drawing for Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering • Chemical Engineering Technology II • Chemical Engineering Technology III