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Sasolburg, Free State, South Africa

As a Program Manager, I've focused on developing and implementing a fast delivery system to identify, prioritize, allocate resources, and manage high-value initiatives using innovative management techniques. This has led to outstanding results. By establishing active delivery support, I've been able to identify and enhance key capabilities and approaches to grow and improve the business, ensuring ongoing success. In addition, I've overseen change management and communicated crucial updates and milestones to all stakeholders, fostering organizational alignment and successful outcomes.My Key Contributions for this role:• Managed large-scale transformation, from initial setup to successful delivery, ensuring seamless and efficient execution of complex initiatives.• Enabled improvement dialogue through effective separation of develop/deliver agendas, resulting in optimized performance and enhanced organizational efficiency.• Led end-to-end initiative delivery, including ideation, micro-battles, implementation, tracking, and management, ensuring smooth execution of projects and initiatives from start to finish.• Orchestrated program activities, including risk identification and mitigation, performance management, and managing change to people through structured change and communication strategy, resulting in efficient and effective program management.

Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States

As a Senior Commissioning Manager, I've overseen commissioning teams across various units, guaranteeing efficient and effective commissioning practices. By building strong relationships with key stakeholders and collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional teams, I've ensured smooth integration of commissioning operations with other business areas. Additionally, I've directed construction activities, skillfully managing resources and steering projects towards success.My Key Contributions for this role:• Lead multidisciplinary teams of commissioning system owners, operations and maintenance teams in the safe pre-commissioning, commissioning, handover and start-up activities of the Utilities, Ethylene Cracker, Ultra High Pressure (UHP) Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE), and Guerbet Alcohol plants as part of the ~$12 billion Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP).• Integrated and interfaced management as part of commissioning team, playing central role in project commissioning effort, ensuring seamless integration of diverse functions and activities.• Utilized innovative strategies and best practices to optimize project planning and execution, ensuring successful project outcomes and customer satisfaction.• Planned and prioritized construction activities to support project critical path objectives, resulting in timely and efficient completion of critical project milestones.

Sasolburg, Free State, South Africa

In my role as Execution Manager Commissioning Engineering, I've acted as a functional manager for a team of commissioning managers, engineers, and specialists. We've been responsible for allocating and managing commissioning resources for medium to major capital projects, both locally and internationally. I've managed pre-production budgets, ensuring accurate tracking, cost control, and reporting. Moreover, I've contributed to basic and detailed engineering efforts, participating in various model, constructability, Hazop, and other reviews, as well as providing contractual input to ensure successful project execution.My Key Contributions for this role:• Directed team of eight commissioning managers, five commissioning engineers, and two commissioning specialists to provide competent commissioning resources to capital projects, supporting successful completion of portfolio of projects worth R15.2 billion.• Managed and deployed staff establishment of 199, including 98 permanent positions and 101 commissioning resources across projects, ensuring optimal use of resources and successful project outcomes.• Lead setup and management of Handover System with construction contractor, enabling staged commissioning, delivering in agreed sequence, and ensuring expected quality handed over to commissioning team to complete commissioning activities.• Developed and executed detailed commissioning planning, ensuring optimal resource utilization, and effective transfer of responsibility of operating new infrastructure to business.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

As a Senior Facilities Engineer, I've had the opportunity to rotate through diverse roles, including facility engineering, completions water management, and development engineering. This experience was part of the Sasol/Talisman joint venture in the Montney and Cypress-A developments in British Columbia, Canada.My Key Contributions for this role:• Planned and executed water sourcing and supply operations for frac water movement in Montney shale gas development in BC and emerging Duvernay shale gas play in Alberta.• Oversaw completion of detail engineering and construction work for 140MMSCFD sweet gas processing facility worth roughly $82M, as business representative embedded in Worley Parsons project and engineering office in Calgary.• Lead multi-disciplinary team (sub-surface and surface) medium-term de-risking plan for Cypress-A development, including exploratory drilling, production drilling, completion assumptions, egress and infrastructure planning, and water management.• Managed 2013 and proposed 2014 non-operating budgets (roughly $25 million and $40 million respectively), as development engineer for Talisman's non-operating assets in the Montney. Conducted type curve development / analysis / prediction / verification for wells in different zones/areas of Montney play and estimated reserves that rolled up into overall company reserve bookings.

Master'S Degree, Chemical Engineering

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