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South Africa

South Africa

• Managing the commissioning team in order to meet key milestones on time by applying project management skills.• Ensure design specifications and requirements are met by using all tools available to the Project.• Assists the Project Manager together with Client representatives for final handover of the plant.• Manage and develop technical solutions to problems.• Ensure commissioning costs stay within the allocated budget by using comprehensive project management tools.• Plan and execute performance tests.• Prepare the Commissioning progress report and present to Management weekly. • Ensure that all works are carried out in the safest manner and that the team comply with site safety requirements. • Update and process commissioning red mark documentation.• Prepare and keeps up-to-date the pre-commissioning and commissioning execution plans.• Reviews engineering documents to ensure that the commissioning & start-up requirements are accounted for in the design. • Create an empowering and inspiring work culture with the commissioning team whilst mentoring young Engineers.

Witbank Area, South Africa

• Commissioning of the first Wet Flue Gas Desulphurisation (WFGD) in Africa.• Working and complying to contractual requirements.• Designing, installing, testing and maintaining all projects.• Improving and correcting Plant control.• Loop checks and commissioning.• Optimising processes and troubleshooting various issues that might arise.• Monitoring project progress as well as performing tests and writing reports.• Overseeing commissioning field activities and preparing the commissioning dossiers.• Ensuring the safe execution of all commissioning activities through the application of the work permit procedure.

Rybnik, Silesian District, Poland

• Working on the Rybnik IMOS2 WFGD project providing on site Engineering support.• Offering first-class engineering support to the commissioning team on technical related problems and fault-finding.• Facilitating project commissioning in order to achieve objectives.• Overseeing all commissioning field orders.• Ensuring the accurate completion and storage of all red mark and as built documentation.• Liaising directly with client.• Sign off contractor design and input documentation.• Approval and checking of all C&I design work on allocated projects.

Milan Area, Italy

• Working on the Rybnik IMOS2 WFGD project in Poland.• Assist with continual improvement of the EC&I department by carrying out technical audits on projects.• Programmable electronic systems (PES) including PLC, SCADA and DCS including the preparation of Control Philosophy and User Operating Manuals.• Overseeing Control and Instrumentation (C&I) system design and subcontract management on a +- EUR55 million full turnkey ECP WFGD retrofit.• Designing all aspects of the Project Control and Instrumentation (C&I), DCS architecture as well as the Electrical systems.• Complete the detailed design as per project specifications. • Liaising directly with other engineering departments.• Writing Control and Instrumentation (C&I) specifications.• Evaluating Control and Instrumentation (C&I) vendor quotations and ensuring technical and contractual compliance. • Developing Logic diagrams. • Developing the HAZOP study. • Compiling material specifications and supporting the procurement process.• Producing cable schedules, alarm and instrument lists.• Resolving technical related problems.• Managing sub-contracts and projects.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Working on the Kusile WGFD project.• Offering technical support to the Medupi/Kusile Steam Plant.• Preparing Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID’s).• Preparing Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) design work and drawings.• Writing Control and Instrumentation (C&I) specifications as well as material specifications and procurement support.• Producing cable schedules, alarm lists, layout drawings and instrument lists.• Developing logic diagrams and functional descriptions.• Witness Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT’s) as required.• Liaising directly with clients, contractors and other engineering departments.• Answering client’s technical queries.• Successfully resolving technical related problems.• Acting as COMOS design database administrator for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Witbank Area, South Africa

• Programming of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems for full turn-key projects.• System integration.• Programming of Siemens S7 PLC’s, Siemens Wonderware systems, Adriot systems, and system networks.

South Africa

• Ensuring the correct functionality of Control and Instrumentation (C&I) systems for effective production.• Meeting set production targets.• Calibrating instrumentation.• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) programming (ABB, Allen Bradley).• Controlling valves, pneumatically actuated valves, Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTD’s), thermocouples, weight cells, proximity switches, flow/temperature/pressure transmitters and X-ray machines.

Honours In Engineering And Technology Management - Bschons

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting And Business/Management

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Electrical And Electronics Engineering