• Partner with line in functional area to identify key losses and cost challenges, that impact on the bottom line• Decide and agree the functional area, which initiatives/projects to implement • Manage initiatives and projects to promote continuous improvement throughout the AEL business• Facilitate and manage rollout of manufacturing standards in the Department• Continuously improve • Roll-out and embed manufacturing excellence standards, improvement methodologies, and mind-set in operations• Implement continuous improvement projects and initiatives • Support continual business improvement and change management• Observe and ensure compliance with governance and established policies, systems, procedures and practices• Observe and ensure compliance with Safety, Health and Environment standards• Identification of process optimisation and improvements, keeping up to date with new technologies in the marketMajor Achievement:Conceptualized, designed and implemented an ammonium nitrate recovery plant that provides a high revenue product to the company

• Shock tube technical custodianship. Plant technical support; Writing and update of product- and raw material specifications, technical data sheets, work instructions, and various other quality documents; • Technical and safety auditing; Trialing and implementation of alternative polymers for shock tube construction for improved integrity, economic benefits, and continuity security.• HMX/Al detonation incident investigation. Determination of confinement level threshold for detonation, comparative sensitivity analysis, and determination of HMX behaviour at elevated temperatures such as on extruder heads. Liaison with other explosives companies and sharing of information through workshops and international conferences to improve HMX/Al safety across the globe.• Investigation of methane related failures in coal mines and field trialing of a novel solution.• Development of new test methods for testing shock tube, boosters, and detonators.• Facilitation of R&D Departmental Risk Assessments.• Implementation of an electronic Safety Management System for R&D.• Decontamination of HMX/AL powder preparation plant for conversion to non-explosive store room.• Explosive range testing of various explosive products and systems - often working with external customers.• 3D printing of new booster shell prototypes.External Conferences Presented• National Institute for Explosives Technology (NIXT) – October 2016 – Stellenrust Estate, Stellenbosch: “Determining the Behavioural Characteristics of HMX/AL Under Different Conditions”• SAFEX International – May 2017 – Helsinki: “Characterising HMX/AL Following a Shock Tube Extrusion Line Explosion”Major Achievements• Developed vital safety improvements in the HMX powder cell and communicated the information to other manufacturers on local and international forums. • Qualification of alternative raw materials to provide product continuity to the market.

• Deputy Shock Tube Custodianship• Management of "Exel" Shock Tube Extrusion Plant - Overseeing Research team of 5 operators• Qualification of new raw materials on existing product ranges• Completion of explosive range and field tests for shock tube assemblies• Research of alternative novel dosing system for HMX/Al powderMajor Achievement:Qualification of alternative raw materials to provide product continuity to the market.

• Research and design of pyrotechnic & azide effluent plant• Management and study of pilot pyrotechnic & azide effluent plant• Laboratory investigations to support the business• General assistance in mass and energy balances on the initiating systems campusMajor achievement:Completion of data capture and parameters for the scale up of a pilot flocculation plant