Hermann Tapamo

Experience

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  Sasol

  Jan 2019 - Jun 2023

  Lead Civil Engineer on capital projects. My responsibilities entail:• Overseeing the design, construction and maintenance of civil and structural infrastructure.• Ensure fit for purpose engineering solutions from a technical, safety and economic perspective at all stages of project development.• Foster teamwork and team building by providing guidance and support to fellow engineers. I have assisted in the planning of technical training forums. I have chaired at these forums and delivered knowledge sharing presentations.• Application of contracting principles to assist commercial counterparts in selecting the most suitable contracting option based on the scope and technical risks associated. • Review of designs in all project phases: pre-feasibility, feasibility, basic engineering, detailed engineering and execution.• Application of project risk management principles throughout the project life cycle. Show less As a graduate engineer I rotated biannually to different engineering departments across Sasol, my responsibilities and accomplishments included:• Supporting the plants by providing technical solutions to problems typically associated with aging civil infrastructure or the building of new infrastructure to better serve plant operations.• Oversaw the development of the civil and structural asset maintenance software. The software is used to store, process and present (dashboards) the condition report data.• Quality control and assurance of various construction projects.• Responsible for technical inspections and delivering conditional reports including rehabilitation estimates to assist in budgeting and renewal roadmaps. • Designed a storage structure and produced the drawings and BOM which was successfully constructed.• Gained proficiency in several software packages such as Prokon, Robot, Civil3D, Plaxis 3D and GeoStudio.• Developed a comprehensive engineering feasibility package, including structural analysis outputs to validate the proposed solutions Show less

  • Civil Engineer

    Dec 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Graduate Civil Engineer

    Jan 2019 - Nov 2021
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  Zutari

  Mar 2021 - Aug 2021

  Graduate Geotechnical Engineer

  • Involved in geotechnical investigations and carried out pile designs, both manually and with the aid of FEM software packages. • Carried out extensive design checks of piles for a project in execution, to ensure additional loads exerted by the superstructures were still within design limits.• The software packages used enable the use of coding languages, such as Python, to automate certain features and design parameters for ease of analysis.

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  Fraser Alexander

  Jul 2023 - Oct 2024

  Senior Data Scientist

  I am part of the business improvement team, where I analyse current business processes across various departments (Human Resources, Finance and Operations) and identify opportunities to drive optimisation and efficiency through data solutions.Responsibilities:• Data modelling• Data analysis• Data pipeline architecture design• Business process automation• Building business intelligence reports and dashboards• Building applications to facilitate data collection in operations and subsequent analysisKey contributions:• Developed automated BI finance reports used by management and operations.• Developed automated production and plant utilisation reports, including time usage models for facilitation of analysis, predictive forecasting and planning• Developed an overtime application to replace the previous manual process, this also includes an integrated approval and validation flows. A BI dashboards was also developed to visualise the ingested data.• Developed a production application for operations to log their hourly production figures across various sites, as well as any downtimes, to facilitate planning and oversight.I joined the company at a critical time in its data maturity journey and this has allowed me to gain valuable knowledge and experience in empowering a business through data modernization. Show less

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  Deloitte

  Nov 2024 - now

  Manager

  Manager within the AWS AI and Data team