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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

• Develop engineering concepts, designs & drawings for water treatment plant infrastructure.• Including construction specs, cost & material estimates, schedules, reports, and tender evaluation that resulted in the successful rollout of the project.• Project management, negotiation and management of sub-consultant contracts, multidisciplinary design team management, facilitating project meetings and giving continual client feedback that is keeping the project on track.• Conducting design reviews and HAZOPS of existing designs and providing detailed inputs that lead to operational and capital cost savings and design optimization.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Management of construction contracts, project budget forecasts, site reports, site meetings, issued payment certificates, quality control.• Including conduction of inspection & testing of construction materials that lead to the successful completion of the project within time, budget and to the client's satisfaction.• Leading a design team with the optimization of water treatment plant layouts, hydraulics, mass balances, bill of quantities and integration of multidisciplinary design team requirements to produce a treatment plant at the best value for the client.

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

• Concept and detail design of pipelines and pump stations for mining infrastructure and treatment plants for use in tender documents and construction.• Collecting, capturing and interpreting existing mining infrastructure for setting up static and dynamic water balances for mines using Monte-Carlo simulation software, including programming control philosophies and building dashboards to enable the client to run scenarios and better manage their water.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Sustainable Innovation

Finding solutions to the wicked problems of the 21st century. The old model is dead. In a time when uncertainty is the new normal.

Master Of Science - Ms, Water Quality Engineering

Title of dissertation: Treating filtered final effluent from the Cape Flats Wastewater Treatment Plant with Ozone and Biologically.

B. Eng Honours, Water Resources Engineering

The degree covered courses in Pipeline Design, Hydraulic Design, Pump Station Design, Water Quality Management and Biological water.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Civil Engineering

My degree had a specific focus on flood calculations, dam hydraulics and the assessment of breakwaters, hydrological assessment.