Production Manager

• 2018 - Present

• Management of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) compliance • Cost management, budgeting and forecasting• Management of the Reactive Maintenance Team• Management of the QA/QC laboratory• Management of Despatch department• Management of stores (Local Procurement)• Management of the packing plant operation, efficiencies and projects• Management of the core processing plant • Strategic planning (integrated to overall business roadmap)• Energy management and production planning• Technical investigations • Support to Sales and Marketing • Input into Projects, Engineering and Human Resources• Management of Mining and Quarry activities• Implementing process improvement initiatives, flowsheet development and continuous improvements Show less

Process Superintendent

• 2017 - 2018

• Development of production strategies• Cost management• Strategic planning (Integrated to overall Business Roadmap)• Energy management• Input into Projects, Engineering and Human Resources• SHEQ Management within the Production Department• Budgeting and forecasting• Mentoring and coaching of sub-ordinates• Continuous improvement and input into daily Process Engineering

Process Engineer: Group Technical Services

• Aug 2013 - Feb 2017

• Development of Group process standards• Technical support to the Idwala Operations and Sales team• New product development• Ensuring standardization of processes ad systems• Process optimization (Carbonates, Industrial Minerals, Lime Distributors and Magnetite)• Process Engineering support to the Projects Department• Conducting root cause analysis

Acting Plant Manager

• May 2016 - Nov 2016

• Development of production strategies• Cost Management• Strategic planning (Integrated to overall Business Roadmap)• Energy Management• Providing input into Projects, Engineering and Human Resources• SHEQ Management within the Production Department• Budgeting and forecasting• Mentoring and coaching of sub-ordinates• Continuous improvement and input into daily Process Engineering

Acting General Manager

• 2018 - Aug 2020

• Holistic business management• Ensuring safe operation of the mine (day to day)• Risk mitigation and business growth strategy• Cost management and high level feasibility studies• Budgeting and forecasting• Community liaison• Long range labour and production planning

Commissioning Manager

• Oct 2017 - May 2018

Secondment Opportunity at Loesche Mill• Management and direction of general commissioning activities• Commissioning safety management• Problem solving during commissioning• Integration of new plant with existing system• Reporting• Performance testing arrangements and execution• Training • Process Integration (Maintenance schedules, Safety and Environmental Compliance, Operating Recipes)

Acting Plant Manager

• 2016 - 2016

• SHEQ compliance management • Cost management, budgeting and forecasting • Strategic planning (Integrated to overall Business Roadmap) • Energy Management • Input into Projects, Engineering and Human Resources • Management of Mining and Quarry activities • Liaison with DMR, DL and various authority bodies • Process improvement initiatives • SHEQ compliance management • Cost management, budgeting and forecasting • Strategic planning (Integrated to overall Business Roadmap) • Energy Management • Input into Projects, Engineering and Human Resources • Management of Mining and Quarry activities • Liaison with DMR, DL and various authority bodies • Process improvement initiatives

Chemical Engineer

• 2010 - 2013

Acting Packaging Plant Foreman

• 2009 - 2010

• Management of the packing activities at the Valley Plant to ensure that sales demands are met:• Controlling of packing outputs through training, efficient packer operation and proper packing schedules• Optimising consumption of consumables whilst ensuring that consumables needed for packing are ordered promptly• Investigate and solve packing problems.• Draw up new Safe Work Procedures and identify Hazards• Highlighting safety aspects to subordinates and management• Co-ordination of maintenance in consultation with maintenance personnel• Generating production reports• Maintaining of security and housekeeping standards within the Packing areas • Investigation of alternate means of packing with the aim to reduce cost and time• Investigation of customer complaints timeously, with the aim of no recurrences• Compliance of all systems with the SABS SHEQ systems• Management of subordinates, Production processes, SHEQ as well as liaison with senior management• Continuous Improvement • Commissioning of new Bulk Bag Packing facilityAchievements• Implementation of Lean Manufacturing protocols (Just in time)• Commissioning of new Bulk Bag Packing facility Show less

Trainee Chemical Engineer

• Jun 2008 - Jul 2009

• Energy balance on various heat transfer process equipment (Pneumatic, Infra-red and Thermal disc dryers, Cooling towers as well as heat exchangers) • Pilot Plant Research on Flotation Optimization and Milling • Mass balances on dynamic Flotation circuits, Sedimentation processes, Gas and water scrubbing, Pumping, Filtration, Milling and classification processes • Section Engineer: Water treatment plant operation and Management • Plant commissioning, trouble shooting, redesign and optimisation • Analyses of Process Flow Circuits using relevant software packages • Environmental Impact Assessment • Safety, Health, Environment and Quality enforcements • Analyses of Comminution, Screening and material conveying techniques • Research and process investigations • Liaison to offer Mechanical, Electrical and Technical expertise to support relevant subsidiaries • Running of the Lab-scale tests on Flotation, Filtration, Sedimentation and Wet milling processes in a quest to optimise outputs at low operational costs • Technical investigations and preventative control • Technical support to Production Process Personnel • Process engineering support to PLC process programming, redesign and developmental exercises • Process engineering support on fuel burners for Pneumatic Dryers. (Installation, Commissioning and Optimization) • Technical Auditing of Idwala Industrial Holdings Group Process Equipment o Kilns o Lime Hydrators o Furnace Dryers o Process Efficiencies o NOSA, NOSCAR and SABS ISO systems o Automatic Optical Sorting Plants o Mills and Classifiers • Technical Supporting activities to Product Downstream Consumers • New Product Developments • Equipment Capacity Calculations (Cooling Towers and Heat Exchangers) • Optimizing Dynamic Combustion Operations (LFO and HFO Burners) Show less

Acting Production Foreman

• 2008 - 2008

Management • Management of the production process as well as the production personnel • Liaison with management • Production and maintenance planning • Minor mechanical maintenance • Management of the SHEQ systems • Maintenance of the operation’s NOSCAR 5 Star Status through the SHEQ systems • Lean Manufacturing Projects Safety • Risk Assessments • Planned Job Observations • Safety Audits Technical Support • Fault finding on process systems • Optimisation and economising the process using various logical and engineering tools • Technical support in trouble shooting, process re-design, PLC programming and project works Show less

Process Controller

• 2004 - 2006

• Monitoring the plant performance • Maintaining Quality Assurance standards by the analyses of process samples using Laboratory equipment • Responsible for the minor electrical and mechanical maintenance As a Process Controller, I have gained broad Engineering experience, theory and expertise from diversified platforms. They include: • Application of Engineering Methods in the scrutiny and troubleshooting of process unit operations • Operation of the Scada Process Control Software (Siemens Win CC and Turbolink). • General Electrical and Mechanical minor Maintenance • Quality Control, Laboratory Experience Instruments: • Sedigraph, Mastersizer (Particle Size analyzers), Elrepho and XRF (X-ray fluorescence) • Calibration of instruments: Moisture analyzer, Sedigraph, Elrepho • Karl Fischer Titration Equipment (Residual Moisture Quantification) • Abrasion Tests as well as pH, Ion Charge and conductivity measurements Achievements • Process Commissioning (New Scrubber, Flash Dryer 3, Fines Mill 5) Show less