Sivuyile Shabane
Chemical Engineering Graduate
Montclair
Summary
Accomplished graduate Chemical Engineer with nine years of diverse experience, including roles at Baker Hughes Inc. and Cataler South Africa (CSA). Proficient in process flow sheet design, project management, simulations, inventory management, quality control, and effective client communication. Skilled in leading HAZOP analysis, safety audits, and risk assessments. Highlight project involved the decommissioning and demobilization of the PetroSA Ikhwezi Project. Adept at managing exploration wells projects and ensuring compliance with Health, Safety, and Environment standards.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Management Information System (MIS) Engineer
Cataler South Africa (CSA)
03.2018 - 08.2024
- Company Overview: CSA is a manufacturing company that produces catalysts (main component for toxic fumes conversion in the catalytic converter) for automotive companies.
- Management of production stock from receiving point to work in progress(WIP) items, right until finished goods.
- Development of materials track and trace solutions through CATscan and SAGE evolution to manage PGM and other raw materials used in production.
- Development of user manuals for scanning programme (CATscan), used for electronic transfer of material from one storage location to another for natural progression of WIP items.
- Quality check of the live smart manufacturing of the work in progress items and finished goods product.
- Training of members on CATscan and continuous improvement of the system to make it more user-friendly to production members and anyone who is required to interact with the system.
- Development of controls measures to error proof the system for accuracy of the data and writing of procedures to follow when manufacturing on SAGE.
- Supervision of MIS Controllers, including planning and review of cyclic counts to ensure the accuracy of the system.
- Scrap Management, PGM Recovery Management and PGM Loss investigations and improvements.
- Stock Take Planning; execution including submission of reports for audit support.
- CSA is a manufacturing company that produces catalysts (main component for toxic fumes conversion in the catalytic converter) for automotive companies.
Field Engineer
Baker Hughes Inc.
12.2013 - 11.2015
- Company Overview: Baker Hughes is an international company specializing in Oil and Petroleum gas tools and services.
- Process flowsheet design, development, optimization, and validation of well cementing operations.
- This includes material balances for cement and additives for a particular casing cementing operation.
- Fluid flow design and pressure drop from mixing tanks to well bottom hole assembly (BHA), and circulating.
- Design and testing of laboratory cement slurries; cement-drilling fluids compatibility testing using CemFacts and WellTemp (Baker Hughes simulation software).
- Project management for mobilization and commissioning of exploration and production wells.
- This includes developing project timelines and constantly updating the Gantt Chart using Microsoft excel.
- Shipping of project equipment and chemicals to offshore or field including the process lay out and chemical storage in the field.
- Erection of pressure pumping equipment and testing in the field; including rigging off of units that are no longer necessary for the operation.
- Supervision of laboratory personnel and field personnel for pressure pumping, including signing off their timesheets.
- Developing and writing cementing job programs including post job reports.
- Inventory management and quality control of field chemicals, including maintenance of pressure pumping equipment.
- This is to check if the feeds (material) meet the required Baker Hughes standards and have the necessary certificate of analysis (COA).
- Maintenance as per schedule or equipment failure maintenances.
- Inventory control using SAP.
- Asset management, equipment sizing, installations and rigging-up in preparation of cementing jobs.
- Effective communication with clients at the inception of projects for proposals and quotations, during projects for stage updates and timelines, and closure of projects for final project review, results and recommendations and low-level feasibility studies.
- This is achieved through morning meetings and presentations at the client offices, including any other issues that may arise on the field pertaining the product line.
- Leading HAZOP analysis, safety audits and risk assessments and the general health, safety and environment (HSE).
- Developing a procedure for safety briefing before work.
- Making sure personnel have necessary training for the equipment they operate, this include making them aware of the inherent risks involve.
- Providing them with material safety data sheet (MSDS) for handling chemical including containing spillages.
- Baker Hughes is an international company specializing in Oil and Petroleum gas tools and services.
Sales Consultant
Intelligent Debt Management (IDM)
05.2013 - 11.2013
- Selling debt solutions to clients depending on their financial situations.
- Using Client Relationship Management (CRM ) to capture client's information and reviewing their budgets.
- Preparing and doing presentation to management on client's budget challenges and proposed solutions.
- Calling leads and introducing the company and the financial solutions we offer.
- Negotiating with credit providers to lower client's monthly financial obligations for those that are over-indebted.
Student Engineer (Intern)
Chevron Refinery
06.2009 - 06.2009
- Drawing and interpreting process and Instrumentation Diagrams ( P&ID).
- Basic designing and sizing process equipment.
- Conducting material balances around plant units.
Education
MSc - Chemical Engineering
University of Witwatersrand (Wits)
Johannesburg, South Africa 01.2016 - 01.2017
BSc. - Chemical Engineering
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa 01.2008 - 12.2012
High school or equivalent -
Zwelethu High School
Durban, South Africa 01.2003 - 12.2003
Skills
Communication
undefinedTimeline
Management Information System (MIS) Engineer
Cataler South Africa (CSA)
03.2018 - 08.2024
MSc - Chemical Engineering
University of Witwatersrand (Wits)
01.2016 - 01.2017
Field Engineer
Baker Hughes Inc.
12.2013 - 11.2015
Sales Consultant
Intelligent Debt Management (IDM)
05.2013 - 11.2013
Student Engineer (Intern)
Chevron Refinery
06.2009 - 06.2009
BSc. - Chemical Engineering
University of Cape Town
01.2008 - 12.2012
High school or equivalent -
Zwelethu High School
01.2003 - 12.2003
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