Chris Nzuzi Monika

• Occupational Health and Safety – 16.2 Appointee
• Responsible for Health and Safety of the Mining Chemical Production Plant and Warehouse
• Responsible for Qualified person Appointment for loading and offloading of Dangerous/Hazardous Chemicals
• Responsible for appointment of Consignor and Consignee for Dangerous Goods
• Responsible for ensuring that the company complies with OHS Safety Regulations for labour, transport and environmental, Responsible for overseeing Design, commissioning, and start-ups of production plant
• Design and Commissioning of Dustbinder Chemical Plant
• Dustbinder is a dust suppressant chemical used for suppressing the dust particles in the mining environment. Contractors Managed: Bukert South Africa, Rototank, Vessel and Air, Heidelberg Steel
• Optimization of Frother and Collector chemical plant from - 34 kl/hour to 80kl/hour
• Piping re-engineering, pump re-sizing
• Participation in the design and implementation of 3000 pallet spaces warehouse for chemical storage
• Contractor Managed: Universal Storage, South Africa
• Reviewed processes, identifying areas requiring improvement.
• Participated in project reviews to enable ongoing status tracking and reporting.
• Created process simulations to test operational outcomes without causing service disruptions.
• Met weekly with team members to discuss project implementations and alleviate any issues.
• Developed documentation, diagrams, and specifications to meet project requirements and regulatory standards.
• Visited client sites to troubleshoot issues and provide one-on-one training.
• Conducted root cause analysis to identify, prioritize and eliminate process losses.
• Analyzed critical line data to make recommendations for improvement.
• Provided technical assistance to production team when issues arose.
• Coached newly hired employees and interns while observing progress and delegating tasks.
• Managed third-party contractors, inspecting completed work and ongoing efforts to confirm quality and adherence to prescribed guidelines.
• Documented feasibility and implementation of third-party projects for review and future reference.
• Developed conceptual scope analyses of project objectives.
• Reduced downtime and increased production capacity with strong maintenance plans.
• Evaluated proposed project investments by conducting cost-benefit analyses.
• Created and implemented project plans for new or improved industrial processes.
• Monitored and optimized production processes to increase throughput and improve quality.

• Design, commissioning of a Quality Control lab
• Contractor: Beryl Labs
• Overseeing the Quality control department (lab technicians and lab supervisors), Non-conformances, Customer Complaints and Customer Satisfaction reports
• Appointed as a Quality Coordinator of the entire organisation to over the Quality management System
• Establishment of SOPs, new testing parameters and methods in accordance with ASTME
• Experimented with products to test and determine reliability.
• Inspected finished goods to verify conformance with customer specifications and company quality standards.
• Developed educational materials used to train staff on QA standards.
• Analyzed quality and performance data to support operational decision-making.
• Assisted with quality control audits.
• Collaborated with management to provide training on improved processes and assisted with creation and maintenance of quality training.
• Collected and analyzed data and initiated improvements to increase security and performance.
• Determined quality department standards, practices, and procedures.
• Developed quality planning for multiple new product launches by verifying customer requirements and implementing in design and production.
• Scheduled and chaired quality review meetings to review effectiveness of performance mitigating risk, improving throughput and achieving customer satisfaction.
• Implemented new quality assurance and customer service standards.

Designing, procuring and commissioning Quality control laboratory set-up as per ISO standard - 2019

Designing and commissioning of Reverse Osmosis Plant to purify borehole water - 2020

Designing and commissioning drinking water distribution for the entire plant - 2020

Designing and commissioning of dustbinder binder plant 340 Kl plant capacity. The plant is fully -2021

Participating in the warehouse design of Racking system accommodating 3000 pallet space racking - 2020 to 2021

Optimization of a mixing system for Sodium Chlorate Solution dissolution plant - 2020

• Conduct daily routine sample cutting of MDF boards for quality testing
• Conduct daily routine quality tests of MDF board samples
• Vertical density Profile(VDP), MOE, MOR, SF
• WAS, IB According to ENBS and ISO 9001 Standards
• Conduct daily routine tests of Chip bulk density(CBD), Logs moisture, board moisture
• Report any deviations/out of specification results to the Laboratory Foreman in charge
• Liaise with Control Room Operators for boards samples specs conformity and non-conformity and provide problem solving techniques to meet required specs
• Provide daily reports to the Production Manager and Shift Foreman
• Ensure that the Shift Test results are captured in the system and submitted to the Laboratory Foreman
• Maintain housekeeping rules in the laboratory at all time
• Attend to customer compliant, retesting returned samples for specification

• Process controlling of a MDF Digester/Refiner using Valmet PLC DNA
• Mass and Energy balances of different Unit of Operations (Cyclone Dryer, Refiner, Digester, Steam Coils)
• Perform adjustments of distance between discs to obtain specified fineness of fibers
• Liaise with Millwright/Technician and report to Foreman on shift of any fault, trip, blockages of units of operations in the line
• Check for deviations of process line with Technician and implement a STEP UNIT CHANGE to restore process attributes
• Liaise with Digester/Refiner Technician for any disturbances for restore process attributes
• Perform Resin, Wax mass consumption calculations throughout the shift to determine efficiency
• Liaise with Refiner Assistant for Resin/Wax delivery truck and offload
• Record hourly data for process controlling
• Assist, collaborate with in teams in the maintenance plan during shut down

• MSDS training of chemicals used in the laboratory
• Process scope and training via compilation of SOPs
• Process scope and training via compilation of Process flow diagrams(PFD) and P&IDs
• Drawing up of site plans, evacuation plans and control panels,
• Development and formulating of phenolic resins, melamine urea formalin resins recipes for process to match customer requirements, preparing laboratory batches and send to customer
• Performing laboratory resin batch vs pilot plant laboratory batch to determine set points for plant manufacturing
• Perform Mass and Energy balance calculations of Reactors, Condensers and boilers
• Perform HAZOP Study to ensure process meets safety requirements
• Drawing up of Plant Site Layout and Evacuation Plans
• Chemical Testing of MUF resins, PF resins, Gardener and Brookfield viscosity, Isothermal Gel/curing test, Ford cup viscosity(FC4), Refractive index(RI), PH, Nonvolatile contents(NV), Water Solubility Test of MUF/PF resins, Formalin and Caustic Soda Strength Test (Titration Method)
• Effluent treatment (monitoring pH levels, measuring daily COD using Demand Analyzer, Measuring TDS)
• Liaising with plant operators for deviations in products specifications
• Laboratory report compilation and safety meeting attendance
• Calibrating of Brookfield viscometer with Standards
• Issuing of Certificate of Analysis COA) for product dispatch
• Attending to customer complaints and re-testing for conformities and non-conformities

• Chemical Testing of MUF resins, PF resins
• Gardener and Brookfield viscosity, Isothermal Gel/curing tests
• Ford cup viscosity(FC4), Refractive index(RI)
• PH, Nonvolatile contents(NV)
• Water Solubility Test of MUF/PF resins
• Formalin and Caustic Soda Strength Test (Titration Method)
• Effluent treatment (monitoring pH levels, measuring daily COD using Demand Analyzer, Measuring TDS)
• Liaising with plant operators for deviations in products specifications
• Laboratory report compilation and safety meeting attendance
• Calibrating of Brookfield viscometer with Standards
• Issuing of Certificate of Analysis COA) for product dispatch
• Attending to customer complaints and re-testing for conformities and non-conformities

Safety Construction Safety Mining Health and Safety Transportation Safety

Fluid Flow IV, Unit of Operations IV, Process Control IV, Engineering Math III, Reactor Technology IV, Research Methodology IV, Equipment Design, Heat and Mass Transfer IV

Research Project: Photocatalytic Degradation of Diazinon using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Central Composite Design(CCD)

Plant Process Project: Modelling and Design of a Methanol Biomass Plant using ChemCAD

Chemical Engineering Technology

Mathematics I-II

Process Control

Chemical Plant Management

Process Industries

English Home Language, Pure Mathematics, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Life Orientation, Geography, Afrikaans

• Awarded Top 3 Learner in Matric