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Richard R.

Richard R.

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Part retired

  • Education

    • West Buckland

      1973 - 1978
      A-Levels; Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (Pure and Applied)

      Activities and Societies: Duke Of Edinburgh (Silver attainment); Captain of X-Country Studied both O (6 pass) and A levels (3 pass); Oxford and Cambridge Exam Board

    • University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika

      1996 - 1997
      Management Development Programme Project Management Level B

      Activities and Societies: RSA Round Table (No.71)

    • Newcastle University

      1978 - 1981
      Bachelor of Science - BS Chemistry 2.2

      Activities and Societies: Rugby, cricket, Univ. Choir Degree included attaining pass in Mathematics during first year, up to combined degree level

    • University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

      1978 - 1981
      Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) with honours Chemistry 2.ii

      Activities and Societies: Completed first half-marathon at the inaugural Great North Run, 1981 >Combined honours degree, first year, twinning with Mathematics.

  • Experience

    • Impala Platinum

      Apr 1982 - Oct 1988
      Development Chemist

       Ably manage laboratory of over 20 analysts responsible for the high volume daily analysis of all platinum metals produced on site.  Successful in the research, design and testing of a process that increased % yields of multi-million rand platinum metals.  Singularly design a gold extraction process that generates a purity of more than 99.995%.

    • Anikem

      Nov 1988 - Oct 1997
      Technical Sales Representative

       Effectively project manage the design, development and commissioning of the company’s chemical dosing and process control systems to support R10-R20m speciality chemical sales.  Successfully meet retention and growth targets at a large fertiliser plant Johannesburg, Gauteng consistently during 5 years tenure.

    • Entec (UK) Ltd

      Nov 1997 - May 2000
      Senior Process Engineer

       Adeptly conceptualise and implement management information system for both engineering and environmental arms of consultancy. Correspondingly, resource utilisation improves by over 20% and departmental costs drop by 35%.

    • Ashland Inc.

      Nov 2000 - Oct 2005
      Technical Consultant

       Solely responsible for successful design and delivery of comprehensive management system to enable company to be HSE-compliant at all 200+ of its customer sites totaling £4m in turnover. Successfully execute best practice assessment on utility sites, with water and energy savings on power plant amounting to over £800k Competently and single handed grow water sales on an oil refinery, Lincolnshire for 3 consecutive years whilst maximising compliance with HSE L8 ACoP.

    • Nalco

      Nov 2005 - Jun 2008
      Technical Sales

       Fully responsible for all water-side treatments and hygiene management of utilities systems of single account valued at over £900k, whilst adeptly managing both H&S compliance and pricing within the contract. Through comprehensive cooling water chemistry management, heavily influence efficiency of critical heat exchangers at both 1200 MW CHP Plant and neighboring oil refinery (221,000 barrels per day), thereby increasing production output by at least another 2%. Successfully support customer engineering team in conducting root-cause analysis of plant equipment failure, with a potential lost production of £750k per day. Show less

    • B.E.S. Consulting

      Jun 2008 - Aug 2010
      Technical Manager (water hygiene)

       Adeptly build a water hygiene department of 15 water hygiene risk assessors thereby increasing the company’s exposure to the market by a further 50% and a potential £1m increase in turnover as a one-stop-shop property management company

    • Dakro Environmental Limited

      Apr 2011 - Mar 2012
      Technical Sales (water treatment & hygiene)

       As part of the offering to various housing associations successfully provide comprehensive water treatment and hygiene programs, valued up to £200,000, to facility management companies whilst ensuring they fully comply with the Health and Safety Executive L8 ACoP.

    • BOC UK & Ireland

      Mar 2012 - Jun 2016
      Application Sales (water & wastewater)

       Expertly identify fully engineered sales opportunities as an integrated waste water treatment package that severely cuts operating expenses of both utility and chemical companies by up to 20%.  Whether laboratory, pilot or full scale, successfully demonstrate a variety of complex waste water treatment solutions that provide a payback as little as 12 months

    • SUEZ UK

      Apr 2017 - Sept 2022
      Sales And Service Consultant

    • Freelance

      Jul 2022 - now
      Industrial Water Treatment Consultant

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Project Management

      Unisa
      Nov 1997

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Richard R.
      Long term award Anikem, Kempton Park, South Africa 1998 10 years unbroken service
    • Awarded to Richard R.
      Round Tabler of the Year Round Table, Kloof, South Africa 1994 Awarded Tabler of the Year for the fund raising projects that I headed or supported

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Raising funds during a number of London marathons and recognised walks

      Issued by WaterAid on Jan 2002
      WaterAidAssociated with Richard R.