Personal Assistant Chemical Engineering

CURRICULUM VITAE OF SANDRA RABELANI MAGAGULA

Personal Details

Surname: Magagula

First Name: Rabelani Sandra

ID Number: 861-***-**** 080

Date of Birth: 25 December 1986

Address: ** ****** *******

Cnr Saliehout & Marjoram Street

Annlin, Pretoria

0182

Cell Number: 076-****-***/ 072-***-****

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

Nationality: South African

Language proficiency: Tshivenda(fluent), English(fluent), IsiZulu(fluent), SeTswana (fluent),

SeSotho (fluent) ChiShona (fluent)

Higher Education

1. Baccalaureus Technologiae in Chemical Engineering at the University of Johannesburg (2010)

2. National Diploma in Chemical Engineering at the University of Johannesburg

(2008)

Other Qualifications

- National Certificate in Project Management from Intec College, 2009

- Higher National Certificate Logistic and Supply Chain from WITS,2018 Schooling career

Last School Attended: Thohoyandou Secondary School Highest Standard Passed: Grade 12 (Matric) (2005)

Subjects passed: Senior certificate (Maths & Science) Business Improvement and Computer skills

- Microsoft Office applications: MS Word, MS Excel (Statistics & VBA), MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint

- SAP (Production Integration, Supply & Purchases),

- ORACLE

- MES, ELS (Reporting tools) and SCADA (process control)

- Aspen Process Explorer (Process analysis)

- PowerBI, Minitab

- Lean six Sigma-Green Belt (Lean charts,5 Whys, Fishbone, SIPOC, Affinity diagrams, Value Stream Mapping, Cost Benefit analysis, Cause& Effect Matrix etc)

Employment History

Name of company: South32 Coal South Africa (S32 CSA) Contact person: Mr. V. Shikwambana (013-***-****/ 071-***-****) Position held: Superintendent Business Improvement(BI)acting Responsibilities: -Driving the value chain cross the business (various departments) to improve cost saving and revenue

-Ensure, daily, weekly, monthly & quarterly on plant optimization for through-put and quality control for planned customer product specifications

-Manage and overview of plant material consumption within budgeted limits.

-Monitoring and oversee of all plant processing cost saving initiatives.

-Technically support process supervisor, production superintendent, high level of data analysis for BI

-Analysis and interpretation of production data results

-Determination of protocols for the production plan, and definition of the metallurgical accounting algorithms to ensure correctness of business plan

-Reconciling of process inventories and validating plan assumptions, by investigating any major discrepancies generated within the metallurgical accounting system

-Validation of model assumptions and mass balance, determination of baselines, reconciliation of stockpiles for model optimization

-Ensure all procedure are adhere to in the laboratory according to SANS standards

-Ensure all risk assessments are carried out

-Ensure that all incidents in the laboratory are

investigated properly

-Co-ordinate planned maintenance and major

overhauls / shutdowns

-Design and delivery of systems, processes and

capabilities in the various mine planning disciplines, including sound governance and control

Oversee the laboratory operation, metallurgists and shift personnel

Skills required: Technical Reporting, LEAN systems, Power BI, Analysis & Improvement skills, Business improvement skills, supervision and management skills

Period of service: Apr 2019 – 31 July 2021

Name of company: South32 Coal South Africa (S32 CSA) Contact person: Mr. V. Shikwambana (013-***-****/ 071-***-****) Position held: Business Improvement Specialist (Metallurgy) Responsibilities: Investigate and implement process related cost saving initiatives. Initiate improvement projects for adequate process control on outbound, inbound and load out

sections. Ensure that costs allocated for plant tasks within specified operation are controlled within the prescribed budget. Reporting and monitoring of daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly laboratory and

production reports. Conducting planned task

observation and ensure compliance to SOP and COP.

Ordering of reagents and reporting on reagent

consumption. Monitoring of mined block compliance

against feed to plant washabilities. Compiling of

production budget for next financial year consumables and volume throughput to the plant. Update the LEAN information boards. Chairing of daily LEAN production meetings (RCFAs, 90 Day plans, Fish-borne analysis. Supervision of plant screensmen. Supervision and

overseeing of Laboratory operations, standards and personnel (washabilities, 2hourly qualities and

special/belt cuts qualities) Maintenance Contractor supervision

Use of 1SAP for work management, purchasing and

inventory planning. Coaching of Metallurgical

graduates, vacation student and coal preparation

students. Prepare plant managers presentation packs for level 4 meetings

Skills required: Technical Reporting, LEAN systems, Power BI, Analysis & Improvement skills, Business improvement skills, supervision and management skills

Period of service: Sept 2018 – Mar 2019

Name of company: South32 Coal South Africa (S32 CSA) Contact person: Mr. Trevor Chiloane (013-***-**** / 076-***-****) Position held: Production Planning Specialist

Responsibilities: Do coal allocation plans/forecast, schedule daily plans For CSA Coal Processing Eastern complex

Manage Quality and Volume plans and compliance

Ensuring that the plant is running per plan

Track non-conformances on quality control and on

standards (SOP) through plant audits and daily liase with Production A& I department

Liase with Logistics and supply for port quality and volume management

Perform stocks recon from survey measurements,

month-end reports and mass balance, bonus pay-out

calculations (Plan compliance)

Process optimization by use of allocation models

(Runge Product Optimizer) & DESWICK pack

Manage and upload production figures into 1SAP

2YR Budget Allocation Plans, delivery&upload in SAP 2YR-Life of Asset(LoOP) planning, volumes & quality Three monthly forecast and upload in 1SAP

Reporting on train loading, blending compliance

Tracking wash export and ensure availability

Track and reduce moisture of coal.

Reporting and tracking of volumes and quality of Buy- in coal. Management of buy-in stocks

Ensure accuracy on production reports via MES

Supporting MES department in building new reports, monitoring and tracking.

Skills required: Planning techniques, Quality and volume management, SAP knowledge, SIPOC, Process

control, solving technical problems, LEAN, Runge

Product Optimizer (Coal Allocation models),

understating of DESWICK output paths, understanding legal and contractual aspects Business workflow

knowledge, environmental aspects, people’s skills, good and clear communication skills

Period of service: Feb 2015 – Aug 2018

Name of company: South32 Coal South Africa (S32 CSA) Contact person: Mr. E Setagane (013-***-**** / 082-***-****) Position held: Coordinator Production Control Room Responsibilities: Running all modules for production according to scheduled plans and products

Start-up & shutdown of the plant

Process control entails:

Ensuring that all tanks maintain operating levels, maintain operating relative densities, maintain

pressure set points of cyclones, water balance and thickener control, producing the required product

specifications, problem solving. General office

management of escalating issues via the breakdown

system (SAP, MES & ELS), sms or phone calls. Good

housekeeping for ergonomics purposes. Noise

management e.g. two-way radios for safety purposes. Skills required: Process control, solving technical problems, people’s skills and good and clear communication skills

Period of service: Oct 2014 – Feb 2015

Name of company: South32 Coal South Africa (S32 CSA) Contact person: Mr. N. Mahulane (013-***-**** / 076-***-****) Position held: Production Shift Supervisor

Responsibilities: Legal Appointment 2.9.2

Ensuring the plant is running for production all times Ensure production is running according to plan

And producing within the quality specifications

Ensure that all field and laboratory operators adhere to standard procedures; Ensure they work as safe as

possible as per legal appointment by the DRA

Ensure on hourly basis that all inspections are being done and executed in time

Ensuring that all hourly process control checks are executed according to the SOP

Ensure team performance on shift

Review individual performances of the team

Administer the procurement of all consumables (SAP) for the team member, liaising with HR

Talent management by ensuring adequate training for the team members

Recognize initiatives by ensuring the execution and implementation of ideas for process control

improvement

Adhere to all safety and environmental regulations during any operations and ensure the team does so

Visual field observations of tasks and field coaching of team members

Period of service: April 2014 – September 2014

Name of company: South32 Coal South Africa (S32 CSA) Contact person: Mr. Steven Tshikhudo (082-***-****) Position held: Graduate Metallurgist

Responsibilities: Process control and improvement of the plant: Running projects by sampling, analysis and improving the process. Ensure thickeners are operating at right parameters. Daily updating of production reports, daily magnetite and flocculants consumption to keep it as low as possible. Daily inspection of samplers and

ensure they are running well. Visit other departments for better understanding of the business e.g. mining, planning or survey, concentrating on the fines circuit and problem solving. Procurement of equipment or

maintenance, supervising and assisting students with their projects, ensure the plant is running at right parameters and producing right product specifications Making sure that people work as safely as possible Skills required: Solving technical problems, management of people at Supervisory level, planning and execution of tasks. Knowledge of mineral processing

Period of service: Aug 2011 – Mar 2014

Name of company: University of Johannesburg

Contact person: Ms Shandler Maxine (011-***-****)

Position held: Personal Assistant to Head of Department

(Academic Development Centre

Responsibilities: Attend to office queries, manage HOD’s diary, arrange meetings, sending out agendas for meetings, take

minutes in meetings, organize functions, control

stationery, type letters for lecturers, liaising with the Campus Director’s office, organize conference and

Travel arrangements for the HOD. Liase all purchases Out of the HOD office through ORACLE

Period of service: January 2010– July 2011 (1yr,6months) Name of company: PQ Corporation

Contact person: Ms Ndivhuho Madzole (011-***-****) Position held: Chemical Engineering Trainee

Responsibilities: Implement projects to develop the PLCs, utilities, Heat exchangers, cooling towers, run the plant

. under supervision, analyze samples by

Auto-titration and manual titrations.

Update magnetite and flocculants consumption to

keep it as a low as possible. Responsible for

Administrative work in the Engineering workshop.

Skills required: Skilled with SAP software for ordering goods, PLCs and operating an Auto-titration for lab analysis. Period of service: June 2008 – Dec 2008

Name of company: University of Johannesburg

Contact person: Mr. John Kabuba (011-***-****)

Position held : Project Coordinator (UJ Water Purification Pilot Plant)

Responsibilities: Research into bottling water, implementation of the project.

Run the plant on a trial basis,

Make business proposals, make presentations to

external boards, organize and delegate meetings

Monitor the progress of other students doing

training.

Period of service: January 2008– June 2008 (6 months)

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