Employment History
Senior Production Engineer at Tasnee Saudi Arabia AC and Tronox Namakwa sands DC Furnaces: Metallurgy
Company: Tronox, Namakwa sands and Tasnee ASIC Saudi Arabia
Duration: February 2021 – current
Responsibilities
- Saudi Arabia Tasnee ASIC furnace ramp up – AC furnace ( August 2022 – current)
- Furnace roof refractory trials
- Furnace heap height measurements
- Monitor, prevent and track MgO excursion.
- Do daily monitoring of process parameters to identify trends and possible problems
- Raw material management (Anthracite and ilmenite quality)
- Development and implementation of process procedures and daily production monitoring systems
- Tronox Namakwa sands – DC furnace (Feb 2021 – current)
- Initiate and implement CI projects
- Freeze lining control – Monitor, prevent and track MgO excursion.
- Liaison with internal and external suppliers and customers
- Do daily monitoring of process parameters to identify trends and possible problems
- Raw material management (Anthracite and ilmenite quality)
- Training and mentoring of Graduates in Training
- Development and implementation of process procedures
- Drive all aspects of the SHERQ system
- Namakwa sands PSSR champion
- Slag foaming management
- Slag basicity management
- Excess iron granulation
- Argon purging management ( Monitor over/under purging)
- Responsible clean steel practice
- Develop procedure for new steel grades
- Black refractory management
- Casting powder trials
- Tundish cover powder trials
- Argon purging in the tundish trials
- Reduction of skin lamination caused by the TSC
- Reduce SEN clogging
- Secondary cooling optimization (reduce spray blocked nozzles)
- Monitor mould water quality (TSS, TDS and PH)
- Roller Hearth Furnace slab exit temperature monitoring
- Reline of the Roller Hearth Furnace
- Roller Hearth Furnace Mullite fibre trials
- Roller Hearth Furnace Zones temperature management
Production Engineer Slag and Iron treatment plant: Metallurgy
Company: Tronox, Namakwa sands
Duration: June 2020 – February 2021
Responsibilities
- Initiate and implement CI projects
- Do daily monitoring of process parameters to identify trends and possible problems (CP slag quality, Slag split control)
- Management of consumables (desulphurizers, carbon and slag conditioners)
- Development and implementation of process procedures
- Drive all aspects of the SHERQ system
Achievements
- Award for reducing downtime and improved the final product quality.
Production Engineer DC Furnaces: Metallurgy
Company: Tronox, Namakwa sands
Duration: August 2018 – June 2020
Responsibilities
- Initiate and implement CI projects (e.g Furnace reline)
- Freeze lining control – Monitor, prevent and track MgO excursion.
- Liaison with internal and external suppliers and customers
- Do daily monitoring of process parameters to identify trends and possible problems
- Raw material management (Anthracite and ilmenite quality)
- Training and mentoring of Graduates in Training
- Development and implementation of process procedures
- Drive all aspects of the SHERQ system
Production Engineer Thin Slab Caster and Roller Hearth Rurnace: Metallurgy
Company: ArcelorMittal SA, Saldanha Works
Duration: October 2013 – July 2018
Responsibilities
- Initiate and implement CI projects at the Caster
- Initiate and manage Capital projects at the Caster
- Process development and optimization and equipment re-designs at the Caster
- Liaison with internal and external suppliers and customers
- Do daily monitoring of process parameters to identify trends and possible problems.
- Do advanced fault-finding and problem solving at the Caster
- Training and mentoring of process personnel at the Caster
- Development and implementation of process procedures at the Caster.
- Drive all aspects of the SHERQ system at the caster
Achievements
- Reduced plug breakouts by 90% through FI methodology resulting in annual savings of R5mil’
- Reduced mould copper consumption by 30% through FI methodology resulting in annual savings of R2mil’
- Project member in the reduction of skin laminations (improvement in surface quality of slab) by 50% resulting in an annual saving of R14mil
- Reduced near corner crack breakouts by 90% through FI methodology resulting in annual savings of R5mil’
- Mould water quality improvement project through FI methodology resulting in reduced copper cracking and breakouts by 30%
Candidate Engineer: Metallurgy
Company: ArcelorMittal SA, Saldanha Works
Duration: September 2011 – October 2013
Responsibilities
- 8 Months – ConArc furnace and Iron granulation plant
- 8 Months - Ladle heating furnace
- 8Months – Thin Slab Caster
Failure analyst: Metallurgy
Company: IMMRI University of Pretoria
Duration: January 2011 – September 2011
Responsibilities
- Sample preparation (mounting, polishing, etching, and replicating)
- Mechanical and physical property testing, metallographic analysis, failure analysis
- Failure analysis report compilation
