Mahlatse Mulala

Chemical Engineering Honours graduate (Cum Laude) and ECSA-registered Candidate Chemical Engineering Technologist with hands-on experience as a Process Engineer Intern in a manufacturing environment. Skilled in process optimisation, mass and energy balances, RCA investigations, feasibility studies, and plant trials. Proficient in Aspen Plus, ChemCad, MATLAB, and process documentation (PFDs & P&IDs).

Recognised for strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and collaborative problem-solving, with a passion for efficient, safe, and sustainable engineering solutions.

Process Engineer Intern - IngrainSA - Meyerton

(2024-09)

• Ensuring that efficiencies are optimised to minimise costs incurred in operations
• Providing suitable alternative solutions to problems
• Assisting in (RCA) investigations and optimisation exercises
• Providing feedback on the performance evaluations
• Assisting with the execution of feasibility studies, conceptual design, process studies and trouble shooting
• Ensuring compliance to critical mass balance instrumentation calibration
• Ensuring SDS in responsible sections are updated
• Ensuring documentation accuracy, review, update documents such as Piping and Instrumentation diagrams, Process Flow Diagrams
• Ensuring compliance with process standards (conduct M5 checks and define process needing SIL (safety integrity levels)
• Assisting in plant trials to standardize current and new recipes/procedures/work instructions, and also Analyse trial outcomes and communicate results effectively

Laboratory Assistant (ChemEng Lab) - VUT - Vanderbijlpark

(2022-01 - 2022-12)

• Prepared and calibrated pilot-scale equipment, including distillation columns, heat exchangers, and gas absorption
• Standardized reagents and prepared accurate molar solutions for analytical and thermodynamics experiments
• Supervised undergraduate students, ensuring correct experimental procedures and safety compliance
• Performed dry-run experiments to verify equipment functionality and parameters
• Managed laboratory inventory and updated SDS for hazardous materials
• Maintained and calibrated analytical instruments such as pH meters, spectrophotometers, and balances

MEng - Chemical engineering - University of South Africa (2026) Pretoria

Post-Graduate Diploma/B-Tech (Honours) - Chemical engineering - Vaal University of Technology (2024) Vanderbijlpark

Advanced Diploma/B-Tech - Chemical engineering - Vaal University of Technology (2023) Vanderbijlpark

Diploma - Chemical Engineering - Vaal University of Technology (2020 - 2022) Vanderbijlpark

Bachelor - Matric/Grade 12 - Abel Secondary School (2018) Tzaneen