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SOUTH AFRICA www.ceotodaymagazine.com 60 CEO Today Africa Awards 2017 AVENG WATER – JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA 10th SEPTEMBER 2012 –30th JANUARY 2013 PROCESS MANAGER – WASTEWATER AND MUNICIPAL Duties: • Assist the General Manager with planning, directing, and coordinating operational activities within the process & Technology department, with contributions from external providers. • Assist with implementation of departmental business plans that are aligned to Aveng Water Strategic Plan. • Accountable for process deliverables to external clients and other departments as a Lead Engineer within a multi discipline project environment throughout the full life cycle of a project and the execution of work, cost budgets and time schedules. • Responsible for ensuring that process plants are commissioned and handed over having achieved contracted performance criteria, and training of operators. • Assist the General Manager in ensuring that Aveng Water retains its technological competencies by developing and adopting new technologies where necessary MASETLAOKA SCOTT WILSON JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA 10th SEPTEMBER 2007 –9TH SEPTEMBER 2012 CIVIL ENGINEER/SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER – PRINCIPAL ENGINEER WATER AND WASTEWATER Duties: As a Senior Civil Engineer, I am a design manager for Water and Wastewater projects In performing the above duties I undertake the following. • Design of water purification plants and wastewater treatment plants • DesignofWaterreticulationnetworksandreservoir interconnections • Design of sewage pumping stations, water pump stations. • Design of sewer reticulation network/wastewater Treatment Plants • Prepare design reports i.e. ( Preliminary/feasibility design reports and Detailed design Reports) • Prepare tender documents and evaluation reports • Ensure that the construction drawings are according to the design recommendations. KWENGENG DISTRICT COUNCIL, BOTSWANA December 2003 – December 2006 Principal Water Engineer (Department of Water and Wastewater) Duties: As Principal Water Engineer, in charge of fifty three (53) small scale water supply schemes and two (2) sewerage schemes of Kweneng District. DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS, ZAMBIA January – December 2003 Senior Hydrologist (Research and Monitoring unit) Duties: • Compilation of data on surface water research and monitoring. The data was received from all of the tributaries of both the Luangwa and Kafue Rivers (Lusaka Province). • Headed the team collecting the data consisting of a hydrologist, one senior engineering assistant and two engineering assistants. Data was collected during these hydrological studies, using the propeller current meter. The ultimate aim of the data collection was to develop rating curves of rivers, record data for peak, mean and minimum flows • Undertaking timely preparation of technical reports in surface water Research and Monitoring in order to facilitate planning and decision-making. The technical reports were mainly used for water provision such as: - Reservoir modelling (design of dam/reservoir capacity) - Sizing of the spillway (design of spillway capacity) - The potential of surface water resources in the province - To assist theWater Board tomake timely decisions as far as water apportionment for various users was concerned • Provided timely technical support to field officers in order to facilitate effective implementation of programs. This technical support included flow velocities and discharge, especially in terms of channel cross-sections; channel depth and channel width as well as channel bed characteristics, i.e. smooth river beds as opposed to rough beds, etc • Undertook timely analysis of data on surface water in order to determine quantity and resource availability • Undertook design of networks to establish the number of gauging stations that were to be installed to ensure the continuous monitoring assessment of surface water resources in order to determine its availability. For example, a river without a tributary (1st order stream/river system) would have one gauging station to monitor the availability of water resources • Carried out timely research and continuous surface water monitoring assessment in order to facilitate effective and efficient utilization of the resource. For example, research was carried out in terms of drought and flood (flows and levels) occurrence in order to be able to facilitate/harness and optimally utilize and conserve the water resources • Prepared budget estimates for the hydrological section DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS, ZAMBIA,CENTRAL PROVINCE 2001 – 2002 Provincial Water Engineer Duties: As provincial Water Engineer, was placed in charge of the operation and maintenance of Water supply schemes of four districts of Serenje, Mumbwa, and Mkushi and Chisamba. Also coordinated any water supply related projects.