Engineer Manager

Marius Grobler’s Résumé

Personal Details

Tel.: +27.65. 650.9382

E-mail: ***********@*****.***

Nationality: South African (ID 670-***-**** 087)

Location: Phalaborwa, Limpopo

Age: 52 (28th April, 1967)

AA/EE Status: White male

Driving licence: Code C1 (heavy vehicle < 16,000kg)

Availability: 14 days

My Next Job

Preferred – Process Operations/ Engineering/Projects

-Local or International

-Senior or executive level

-Contract or permanent

-Mining/metallurgical, chemical or petrochemical sectors (Industry)

Career Summary

Company

Position

Duration

Self Employed

Consultant

2017 - 2019

Ceprotech (Pty.) Ltd.

Chief Engineer and Project Manager

2014 – 2015 and 2017

GTI LLC

General Manager

2012 – 2013

Agere Project Management

Process Engineer

2011 – 2012

Linc Energy Ltd.

Process Engineering Manager

2006 – 2008

Elementsix (Oppenheimer)

Principal Engineer

2006

Sappi Ltd.

Project Engineer

2003 – 2006

Sasol Carbo-Tar

Principal Process Technician

1998 – 2003

Sasol Synthetic Fuels

Senior Process Controller and Acting Production Foreman

1989 – 1998

JCI Ltd.

Learner Official (Trainee Metallurgist)

1986 – 1988

SA Armed Forces

Soldier

1984 – 1985

Skills

Extensive

-MS Office (to programming level)

-Plan, organize, lead, control (management and leadership)

-Plant operations and Operations management

-Technical, project and engineering management

-Plant and equipment design

-Process optimization, fault tracing and trouble-shooting

Solid

-General business management

-Business engineering

Employment

Ceprotech (Pty.) Ltd.

2014 – 2015 and 2017

Chief Engineer and Project Manager

Gauteng and Limpopo, South Africa

Housing, car, telephone, expenses

Contract position in senior management in the Mining/Metallurgy(Services)sector

-Liaison with Anglo American (major client)

-Technical and operations support

-Reporting

-Project- and contract management

ZAR700k – ZAR800k CTC

Reason for leaving: contract position

GTI LLC

2012 – 2013

General Manager

Muscat, Oman (family status)

Housing, car + fuel, full medical, telephone, expenses

Contract position in executive management in the Steel/Fabrication/Construction sector

-General business management/client liaison

-Productivity improvement, cost reduction

-Expat work force

US$120k basic

Reason for leaving: contract position

Agere Project Management

2011 – 2012

Process Engineer

Krugersdorp, Gauteng

Permanent senior level position in engineering in the Mining/Metallurgy (Consulting) sector

-Metal accounting audits

-Plant sizing and –design

-Technical evaluation and reporting

-Plant trouble-shooting and fault tracing

ZAR720k CTC

Reason for leaving: head hunted by overseas company

Linc Energy Ltd.

2006 – 2008

Process Engineering Manager

Brisbane, Australia (family status)

Car + fuel, telephone, expenses, provident fund, shares options

Permanent executive level employment in the Gas/Petrochemical Manufacturing sector

-Design & implementation, commissioning

-Expat and local work force

US$143k basic

Reason for leaving: brief fulfilled

Elementsix (Oppenheimer)

2006

Principal Engineer

Springs, Gauteng

Car, telephone, medical aid, pension

Permanent senior level employment in the Manufacturing sector (six sigma environment)

-Plant optimization and trouble-shooting

-Design and implementation

ZAR400k basic

Reason for leaving: job offer from Australian company

Sappi Ltd.

2003 – 2006

Project Engineer

Springs, Gauteng

Car, telephone, medical aid, pension

Permanent senior level employment in the Pulp & Paper/Manufacturing sector

-Project implementation (SAP R3)

-Process design

-Section management

-SAP R3, PM module

ZAR350k basic

Reason for leaving: head hunted by Oppenheimer

Sasol Carbo-Tar

1998 – 2003

Principal Process Technician

Secunda, Mpumalanga

Car allowance, telephone allowance, medical aid, pension

Permanent mid-level employment in the Gas/Petrochemical/Manufacturing sector

-Plant optimization and trouble-shooting

-Project implementation and design

-Profitability improvement

ZAR150k basic

Reason for leaving: job offer from Gauteng company

Sasol Synthetic Fuels

1989 – 1998

Senior Process Controller and Acting Production Foreman

Secunda, Mpumalanga

Medical aid, pension

Permanent junior level employment in the Gas/Petrochemical/Manufacturing sector

-Plant operation

-Commissioning and decommissioning

-Defect reporting and follow-up

-Process optimization, fault tracing and trouble-shooting

ZAR80k basic

Reason for leaving: head hunted (cannibalized) by another Sasol company

JCI Ltd.

1986 – 1988

Learner Official (Trainee Metallurgist)

Randfontein, Gauteng

Medical aid, pension, boarding & lodging

Permanent student level employment in the Mining/Metallurgy sector

-Plant operation and production oversight

-Participation in major projects and research

-Trouble-shooting and problem solving

-Laboratory work

ZAR12k basic

Reason for leaving: failed subjects at Uni

SA Armed Forces

1984 – 1985

Soldier

Potchefstroom, Northwest (Medical Corps)

Free medical, free food, free board and lodging

Temporary position in the Defense industry

-Running, digging holes, standing guard

ZAR 1.8k basic

Reason for leaving: end of term

Education

Qualification/Certificate

Institution

Year

Matriculation

Merensky School

1983

Subject Certificate (Extractive Metallurgy)

Scholarship

Wits Technikon (UJ)

1987

Dipl. Eng. (Chemical Engineering)

Scholarship

Vaal University of Technology (VUT)

2001

Dipl. Project Management

Sposored

Varsity College

2004

Courses

Course and duration

Institution

Year

Process design and process optimization (2 weeks)

Sastech, ZA (with UOP, USA)

2001/2002

Process trouble-shooting and process design (2 weeks)

Lieberman Engineering, NO, USA

2000

Centrifugal pump failure modes (1 day)

Pumptron, ZA

2005

A2 Risk Management (1 week)

Anglo-American Corp.

2014

Languages

Language

Proficiency

Last used

Afrikaans and English

Native

Current

sePedi and xiTsonga

Moderate

Current

German, Dutch and Flemish

Basic work proficiency

Arabic

Basic diplomatic proficiency

Dec. 2012

isiZulu, isiXhosa, seSwati (Nguni languages)

Basic work proficiency

2010

Achievements

Year

Description

Reward/Award

1996

Identified the root cause of reactor failure resulting in the saving of hundreds of millions of rands (Sasol)

University scholarship

1999

Operations complained of coke (carbon) fines blocking up the ducting and causing shutdowns. I traced the root, recovered the fines and sold it, thereby turning a process problem and loss into a profit.

None

2000

Innovated a new type of fuel gas for the kiln burner. It is still in use today and still saves millions p/a (Sasol)

Expenses paid holiday (to my knowledge this has not happened before or since)

2005

As section manager, reducing rail demurrage from several million to less than ZAR600k p/a. (Sappi)

Sappi “Woody” Award

2017

Ceprotech won a contract to coat large diameter pipes on the inner surfaces to Anglo spec (two coats, 250µ to 400µ) but could not perform. I was hired to resolve the situation and so I designed a machine and had it built and the coatings were successfully applied to Anglo’s satisfaction (mechanization).

Financial incentive

Publications

Date

Description

Publication volume

Jun. 2008

GTL and Fischer-Tropsch Technologies (Author)

Hydrocarbon Engineering

Vol. 13 no. 6

pp. 93-97

Speaking Events

Date

Venue

Topic

Mar. 2007

Australian Institute for Chemical Engineers, Brisbane, Australia

The advancements in Underground Coal Gasification and its design implications on the Fischer-Tropsch plant.

About Me

I am separated with adult children.

I play chess, read books and listen to music for relaxation. Some of my favourite authors are Greg Bear, Wilbur Smith, Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum and Eric von Lustbader. I like music from the 80s. I also enjoy building electronic circuits and small steel structures but I’m next to useless with automobiles.

Flying is a very relaxing activity and I am a certified pilot. I enjoy the freedom of flight and the ability to move on all three axes.

I teach mathematics and science (physics and chemistry) to school kids and undergrads in my spare time.

I’m hospitable enough but I stay away from big crowds.

I’m a free thinking citizen of the World with no hang-ups and reservations about people of different colours, cultures, creeds or any other discerning marks. Having lived as an expat in very different parts of the world I have determined that we are all different and hence all the same in that sense.

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