Kevin Hepburn

• Design Waste Water Water Treatment package plants. Specializing in MBR and CAS plants. Completing P&ID's, Civil Designs, Mechanical GA's and manufacturing drawings.
• Design Water Treatment package plants. Consisting of RO, UF and media filtration plants. Completing P&ID's, Mechanical GA's and manufacturing drawings.
• Led design team to create functional plants that met client specifications while reducing material and manufacturing cost.
• Implemented effective task management techniques within the team, reducing project turnaround times and design error's
• Streamlined communication between design department and buyers to ensure correct material is procured and delivered.
• Ran R&D's projects to design and manufacture mechanical equipment like screens, mixers and surface aerators.
• Conducted market research to identify emerging trends and adapt company offerings accordingly, maintaining relevance in the rapidly-evolving industry landscape.
• Project Management on Waste Water Treatment package plants. Having project kickoff meetings, leasing with clients and consultants, creating project budgets, cashflows and schedules, procuring material and equipment; ensuring project deadlines are met.
• Managed Projects completed include: 30 kl/day, 2 x 140 kl/day civil Waste Water Treatment Package plants and a 220 kl/day containerized Waste Water Treatment Package Plant.

• Performed civil design for Waste Water Treatment Plants. Creating 3D models, drafting 2D construction drawings, creating BOQ for tender process and appointing civil contractors.
• Completing site inspections of civil works and reinforcement, ensuring civil contractors are building according to construction drawings.
• Sizing of pump, blowers and pipelines.
• Drafting mechanical GA's, manufacturing drawings and creating BOM's for Water and Waste Water Treatment Plants.
• Designing screens, pipe supports, tank stands and pipework.
• Ensuring design is according to client and consultant's specifications.

• Be commercial champion of products.
• Administration and management of product groups assigned
• Informed all parties of new and discontinued products.
• Facilitated liaison between Netafim South Africa product managers and their full-time counterparts in Israel.
• Consulted and provided technical information on products to sales team and/or other parties.
• Composed Netafim South Africa technical manuals.
• Assisted with local product assembly to complement imported products with feasible local content.
• Assisted with troubleshooting faulty products through liaison with product managers, corporate product managers, vendors, import manager, and other role players.
• Developed best practices regarding assembly procedures.

• Hydraulic design of irrigation systems.
• Pump selection using pump curves.
• Design of custom pipe fittings.
• Structural steel design of industrial storage shelves.
• Structural steel design of walkways.