Busisiwe Mqadi

A graduate engineer from the University of KwaZulu Natal who is driven, meticulous and possess studious communication skills. I am versatile with both people and to any working environment. Mostly, I am zealous to any learning opportunity and have an appetite to acquire new knowledge through self-motivated learning. My greatest strength lies in my diligence to achieve excellence in every task I am allocated to. I strongly believe my astute and assertiveness and will enable me to adapt to any fast-paced professional environment. 

1. PRACTICAL WORK EXPERIENCE

SAPREF                                 November 2021- April 2023      Reason for leaving: Retrenchment

Role and Responsibilities a graduate engineer in process control

• I attended to daily base layer and advance process controls related issues. 
• I investigated base layer controllers that were not operating in normal mode.
• I modelled multivariable operational controllers using data from the DCS and from PI process book.
• I tuned proportional integral and derivative (PID) controls.
• I performed alarm masking.
• I provided base layer and advance process control statistics of the entire refinery weekly.
• I provided detailed reports of base layer and advance process control statistics to 3 refinery zones weekly.
• Island View operations support post refinery floods.

In Addition: 

• I was also a safety assessment secretary and used to sit in management of change requests meetings for observations and to take notes of the required actions as per request.

That includes: 

• Scheduling of meetings on MS Team
• Taking minutes
• Keeping the minutes register updated
• Keeping the plant change requests updated

Skills Developed 

• Using Dynamo and AAM- tools to conduct refinery statistics
• Advance Excel
• Alarm masking
• Conducting controls investigations
• Advance Process Controls modelling
• Basic administration
• Professional communicating with colleagues
• Process safety
• Conducting consultations

Projects and Special Assignments

1. Catalytic Regeneration prior to Refinery Park period
2. DCS Recovery and Testing post floods
3. Hydrocarbon pump-out from the Refinery to Island View

Work Achievements

1. I helped decrease the number of alarms through investing their root cause, alarm masking and controller tuning in the zones I support.
2. I helped the business to save money in the DCS Recovery and Testing project.
3. The hydrocarbon pump-out work I performed is was implemented.

ENGEN Petroleum     

December 2019-January 2020

Role and Responsibilities as a Vacation work student

• To study process and technology involved in the Vapour Recovery Unit (VRU).
• Do on-site visit to confirm as built status for the VRU process.
• Perform Hydraulic calculations on Excel.
• Utilize the South African National Standards.
• Perform a risk assessment study (HAZOP Study) on the VRU. 
• Analyze calculation results and providing engineering solutions.
• To perform basic administration.
• Report findings and trial test-runs in a formal report and presentation to management panel.

Skills Developed

• Basic administration
• Evaluating SANS compliance
• HAZOP
• Root Cause Analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Plant maintenance and sustainability
• Team work
• Engineering management protocols/ Projects

December 2015-January 2016

Role and Responsibilities as a Chemical Engineering Vacation work student

• To study process equipment and the technology adopted in the Catalytic Dehydrogenation process. 
• Do on-site visit to confirm as built status for the process and compliance to the OHS Act.
• Analyze process trends of the process.
• Outline ranges and limitations to plausible process operations.
• Report investigation professionally in a report and presentation to management panel.

Skills Developed

• Presentations
• Professional verbal communication
• Self-motivated learning
• Research conduction
• Process Operations 
• Technical report writing 
• Occupational Health and Safety 
• Plant maintenance 

UKZN                                                               February 2018-May 2018

Role and Responsibilities as an Engineering Drawing Tutor

• As a tutor I had to assist students to:
• Understand and make use of the tools in AutoCAD.
• Understand different sections in the syllabus. 
• Demonstrate the concepts in the syllabus themselves.
• Establish easier and effective ways of grasping the concepts. 

Skills Developed 

• Training and development
• Collaboration
• Innovative / Innovation 
• Communication Skills

Bachelor of Science (HONS) Chemical Engineering Graduate