Rowen Smith

Experience

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  NCP CHLORCHEM

  Jan 1996 - May 2001

  Engineer

  Design, specify and project manage new plants and plant upgrades. DO safety assessments for new plants and modifications to existing plants. Trouble shoot process problems, including a lot of focus on materials of construction due to the generally corrosive nature of the chemicals dealt with.

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  Arch Chemicals

  Jun 2001 - Oct 2008

  Project Department Manager

  Handle plant upgrade projects and modifications, do process engineering and R&D work for such projects, control project budgets and allocate resources to projects, report to senior management.

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  DPA Consulting Engineers

  Nov 2008 - Jan 2014

  Engineering Manager

  Forensic investigation of coatings, corrosion and structural failures and specification and engineering of remedial solutions as well as provision of Bills of Quantities and costings for the work.Management of engineering staff and field staff who monitor and audit work in progress and undertake much of the field investigations.Structural risk assessment for process facilities such as chemical plants, mines, etc. particularly as pertains to corrosion, including basic quantity survey for order of magnitude costing of remedial work. Show less

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  Destiny School of Ministry

  Feb 2014 - Nov 2014

  Student

  Year course at Hillside Church, Hillcrest.

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  Synthesis Energy (Pty) Ltd

  Feb 2015 - now

  Consulting Engineer and Director