Experience

NuWater Systems (Pty) Ltd

• South Africa
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Water Treatment Plant Operator

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  • Ultra-filtration package units Process Controller and Operator – Monitoring performance of all equipment, gauges & charts in the treatment plant as well as pump stations. • Identifying malfunctioning on equipment that includes gauges, pumps, filters and other control equipment. • Carrying out instructions as given by Plant manager and ensuring all activities in the plant are in compliance with laid down policies and procedures. • Recording data concerning plant operations. • Operating pump stations. • Operating valves to control flow and adjust flow in the treatment process. • Preparing Cleaning-In-Place (CIP) chemical solutions and execute cleaning procedures. • Physically inspecting the plant to see if there are no repairs and maintenance work to be done. • Checking if tools are in good working condition ad safe to use. • Checking electrical, water and pressure settings to ensure they comply with plant requirements to avoid accidents. • Reporting and recording all safety incidences and plant accidents as well as filing them safely, ready for retrieval upon request. • Physically checking plant equipment for defects that could hinder production. • Adhering to housekeeping and maintenance roasters as required. • Assisting in carrying out any maintenance at plant level and offloading stock to arrange them neatly in storeroom. • Monitoring stock to be readily available, including: valves, bolts, nuts and chemicals used. • Report writing, giving feedback to manager on daily performance. • Advising plant manager on any queries and enquiries by customers regarding plant and its products. Show less



Resource Link Coatings

• Pinetown

• Lab Technician/ Manager

  • Jul 2016 - Jan 2020

  • Research Specialist and laboratory manager – Championing Research Champion of new coating/finishing technologies and quality personnel supervisor. • Formulating and developing appropriate polymer-based coatings through green synthesis procedures (determine optimum process parameters and conditions) for specific properties/characteristics for final functional textiles. • Economising on the materials used for scale-up possibilities to produce the polymeric-materials. • Full characterisation of polymeric coating materials on and finished textiles (light-fastness, rub-off, flammability test, resistance to bruising, water-repellence; water-head and bleeding tests; and coating rheological properties) • Successful formulation of a new product to open an Australian market worth more than R1.2 million p.a. • Successful formulation of 3 new products to open a European and USA market worth more than R5.7 million p.a. • Successfully commercialised a first of its kind product to the Print Ready market in SA worth over R3.24 million p.a. and ready to launch a tent product worth over 6.6 million p.a. • Assistance in production raw materials and final product tests (viz: viscosity tests, colour-matching, light-fastness, rub-off, flammability test, resistance to bruising, water-repellence; water-head tests and coating/print migration, weight before and after) Show less



Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

• South Africa
• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chemical Processing Graduate

  • Feb 2014 - Jul 2015

  Working at the National Center for Nano-Structured Materials assisting Physicist, Engineers and Chemists (Senior and Principal Researchers) as a chemical processing engineering graduate for the upscaling project: • Research assistant/engineer - help in the establishment and construction of a medium-sized pilot plant up-scale facility as well as its operation. • Developing appropriate green technology based synthesis procedures (determine optimum process parameters and conditions) for specific properties/characteristics of final nano-materials. • Focusing on the scale-up possibilities for the production of the nano-materials. • Full characterisation of nano-materials (chemical composition, morphology and textural properties; thermal properties; acid properties) • SOP development for certain characterisation equipment • Training of group members on the synthesis equipment Show less



University of KwaZulu-Natal

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Separation Research Assistant (Thermodynamics)

  • Feb 2013 - Feb 2014

  • I was involved in different projects such as measuring and modeling the accurate experimental vapour-liquid equilibrium data for the design of the separation process. • Report /journal writing assistant • Performed charecterisation of chemicals • Housekeeping in thermodynamics laboratories. • I was involved in different projects such as measuring and modeling the accurate experimental vapour-liquid equilibrium data for the design of the separation process. • Report /journal writing assistant • Performed charecterisation of chemicals • Housekeeping in thermodynamics laboratories.



Durban University of Technology

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lab Demonstrator

  • Jan 2012 - Nov 2012

  • Demonstrating and supervising students on pilot plant lab equipment of pressure filtration and refrigeration. • Successful optimisation nanofiltration and microfiltration PAC pre-coated membrane pilot plant for the separation of clean water from effluent • Demonstrating and supervising students on pilot plant lab equipment of pressure filtration and refrigeration. • Successful optimisation nanofiltration and microfiltration PAC pre-coated membrane pilot plant for the separation of clean water from effluent



Duferco, Vanchem Vanadium Products

• Witbank Area, South Africa

• In-service Trainee

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2011

  • I worked alongside engineers and a scientist in the pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy Dufreco-Vanchem Vanadium Products operation; a company which took iron ore to make pure Vanadium and various Vanadium products as a trainee chemical engineer. • I was involved in research and plant development. I performed investigations for plant improvement and trouble shooting. • I also operated the plant section under consideration. • I also helped the plant scientist to come up with new or better products depending on customer request. • I was involved in sample taking and analyses of ore, Kiln produce, the leach section products, the precipitation and recycle. • I also performed technical investigations and plant optimisation throughout the plant from Kilns to Vanadium precipitation sections. • I did design of heat exchange equipment and HAZOP studies for the solution recycle section of the plant which was being improved. Show less



Bayside Group K.Z.N Hotels

• Pinetown

• Bookkeeper/Secretary

  • Jun 2010 - Sep 2010

  Handling administration and sales for the company Handling administration and sales for the company