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National Petroleum Refiners of SA (Pty) Ltd (NATREF)Production Manager (Hydrocracker)
Dec. 2024Hydrogen Plant | Sulphur Plant | CO₂ Plant | Distillate Hydrocracker | Amine System | Residual Crude Distillate Plant
Provide strategic leadership across multiple refinery processing units within a high-risk, high-reliability operating environment, ensuring safe, stable, and efficient production performance aligned to business objectives.
Key Contributions:
Lead multidisciplinary production teams across critical refinery operations, driving accountability, performance excellence, and a strong safety culture
Ensure safe and compliant plant operations in line with regulatory, environmental, and internal governance requirements
Drive operational stability and asset reliability through proactive performance management, continuous improvement, and disciplined execution
Strengthen operational leadership capability and embed a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and decision-making at all levels
Oversee shutdown planning, execution readiness, and post-shutdown recovery to minimise downtime and maximise production continuity
Support strategic initiatives focused on operational optimisation, cost efficiency, and long-term value creation across the refinery
National Petroleum Refiners of SA (Pty) Ltd (NATREF)Production Manager (Tank Farms, Road & Rail)
Feb. 2024 - Dec. 2024Provide strategic leadership to the operations team to consistently deliver production objectives in a safe, reliable, and efficient manner. Accountable for the management of both operating (fixed and variable) and capital budgets, ensuring disciplined cost control and optimal resource allocation aligned to business targets.
Serve as the legal appointee for plant and personnel safety, ensuring full compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act as well as environmental and regulatory requirements. Champion a strong safety culture by embedding robust governance, risk management, and continuous improvement practices across operations.
Lead people management, performance optimisation, and administrative oversight, with a strong focus on capability development, succession planning, and workforce effectiveness. Drive structured training and development initiatives to build a high-performing and competent operations team.
Oversee project prioritisation and investment decision-making, including the development and evaluation of business cases and value propositions to support strategic objectives. Align shutdowns and equipment outages with the broader value chain to maximise operational efficiency and business performance.
Ensure adherence to safety, quality, environmental, and legal standards while optimising the use of business systems and processes, including SAP and operational excellence (OpEx) frameworks. Provide leadership in asset management by establishing, reviewing, and enhancing maintenance and operational standards to improve asset reliability and lifecycle performance.
Develop and manage the annual production budget, ensuring delivery against volume, cost, and performance targets. Establish and maintain robust processes, control systems, and resource plans to execute production activities to the required operational and compliance standards..
Stone ThreeProject Manager
Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2023Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
MintekTECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER (PYROMETALLURGY)
Jan. 2015 - Feb. 2021Ensure all projects are executed in compliance with safety, occupational health, procurement, and regulatory standards, while maintaining a strong focus on customer satisfaction and operational excellence. Monitor project performance, proactively adjust timelines and priorities, and deliver comprehensive progress, status, and close-out reports to support informed decision-making.
Operate within multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex project objectives, providing strategic direction and enabling effective decision-making across multiple initiatives. Contribute to capability building through the mentorship and development of interns, graduates, and technical staff within structured corporate learning programmes.
Provide technical leadership in laboratory and pilot-scale beneficiation of commodities such as iron and chromium, applying advanced pyrometallurgical processes including smelting, pre-reduction, agglomeration, pelletising, and sintering to optimise efficiency and cost effectiveness. Lead process modelling and flowsheet development to support scalable and sustainable solutions.
Design and implement tailored communication strategies to ensure effective information flow across internal stakeholders and external clients. Conduct detailed process assessments, data analysis, and system optimisation to enhance performance and reliability. Embed project management best practices and drive continuous improvement across all initiatives.
Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, ensuring alignment and engagement throughout the project lifecycle. Facilitate conflict resolution and foster a high-performance culture grounded in trust, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.
MintekPROCESS ENGINEER (MINERALS PROCESSING),
Jan. 2013 - Jan. 2015Daily management of laboratory test work and reporting of flowsheet optimization work for clients. Compiling proposals, and budget estimates for commercial projects. Configuring and optimizing minerals processing processes from inception through to start up and certification. Bench scale comminution test work i.e., sample preparation, crushing, screening and physical .separation of various commodities. Sourcing new business by conducting presentations to prospective clients.
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