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Marine Botha, Contracts Administrator/Procurement Supervisor

Marine Botha

Contracts Administrator/Procurement Supervisor·High Tech Processing (UK)

United Arab Emirates

Diploma, Risk Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 17 years, 3 months

Contracts Administrator/Procurement Supervisor

August 2011 - Present

High Tech Processing (UK)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

August 2011 - Present

- Preparing, auditing and presenting all construction and design documentation to meet schedule and quality requirements.
- Perparing and reviewing FIDIC contracts for conformance to company policy.
- Maintaining, auditing and upgrading all document registers and ensuring adherence to agreed procedures and standards throughout the vendor/HTP/client (Aujan) interface
- Managing flow of procurement documents and updating document registers
- Managing individual procurement packages and reporting project status to Procurement Manager and Project Manager
- Work directly with vendors during tender requisition and submission and purchasing phases.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Process Engineer

January 2009 - May 2011

South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA)

South Africa

January 2009 - May 2011

- Representing organisation as team member attending technical meeting regarding uranium processing in Brazil including contributing towards prospective joint venture negotiations with INB
- Contributig team member on basic design of a nuclear fuel manufacturing plant
o Drafting Engineering Flow Sheets, Piping- and Instrumentation Diagrams, Control Descriptions and Design philosophies
- Concluding process synthesis and material and energy balances
- Contributing team member on conceptual design of a demonstration conversion plant
- Application of critical thinking during feasibility studies and completing concept and detail designs
- Co-assistant on the development and compilation of tender for Eskom with regards to interim nuclear waste storage
- Member of the Reach Africa Mentoring Programme -
o Co-working with and gaining mentored experience from professional engineer
o Obtaining first-hand experience and exposure to the application of professional and ethical conduct and behaviour in the working environment
o Mentoring an undergraduate engineer
o Programme modules include -
- Project Management
- Individual Development Plans
- Personal & Business Finance
- Emotional Intelligence - Innovation
- Scientific Writing
- Time Management
- Team Dynamics
- Evaluating conventional production methods through the conducting of literature surveys
- Application of creative thinking during the investigation of the possibility, efficiency and feasibility of innovative new processes
- Designing and optimising reactors for several processes
- Designing of pilot-scale plants - including concept and detail designs
- Conducting of economic studies in order to determine feasibility
- Carrying out experiments to investigate processes and the effects of the various parameters on efficiency & performance
- Compiling a material data sheet for UF6
- Creating & managing of the departmental IT structures on Sharepoint
- Management of own departmental electronic timesheet system

Company industry:
Electric Power Production & Transmission
Job role:
Engineering

Education

The Institute of Risk Management

November 2012

November 2012

Diploma, Risk Management

United Kingdom

University of Pretoria

December 2008

December 2008

Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering

South Africa

Degree completed B. ENG (CHEMICAL ENGINEERING) – 5 DISTINCTIONS – MERIT PASS Final year dissertation Registered patent on ‘Particle Treatment in Spouted Beds using Plasma Technology (Feb 2008 – June 2008) – Distinction pass - Project objective as to determine whether the PBMR coated particles could be stripped in a spouted bed using plasma technology - Experience gained and lab processes included – o Conducting various experiments in various sized spouted beds in order to derive correlations for both the minimum spouting velocity as well as the height of spout o Conducted experiments with different plasma gases in the chosen column diameter to determine optimal process conditions o Completed experiments with CF4 as plasma gas in order to determine whether particles could be successfully stripped - Conclusion reached was PBMR coated particles can be successfully stripped in a spouted bed using plasma technology

Skills

Mentoring
Expert
Mentoring
Expert
Procurement
Expert
Procurement
Expert
Auditing
Expert
Auditing
Expert
Engineering
Expert
Engineering
Expert
Conducting
Expert
Conducting
Expert
MATHCAD
Intermediate
MATHCAD
Intermediate
HSC
Intermediate
HSC
Intermediate
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Projects, Outlook)
Intermediate
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Projects, Outlook)
Intermediate
Matlab
Intermediate
Matlab
Intermediate
Aspen
Intermediate
Aspen
Intermediate
FIDIC contracts
Intermediate
FIDIC contracts
Intermediate
Mentoring
Expert
Mentoring
Expert
Procurement
Expert
Procurement
Expert
Auditing
Expert
Auditing
Expert
Engineering
Expert
Engineering
Expert
Conducting
Expert
Conducting
Expert

Languages

Afrikaans
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Recommendations

Johan Nieuwenhuis

Jun 2011

Jun 2011

Chief engineerColleague

Mariné is a star! She is able to apply the principles of chemical engineering to her work and is able to work independently as well as in a group. She demonstrated that in the different projects she was involved in. It was always a pleasure to give her an assignment and she will complete it without constant guidance. Her work is accurate and her reports are clear and to the point. In spite of her short career she is mature as person and in her work and she is able to take much more responsibility than the average person of her age and experience. As a person Mariné is always friendly and keen to help. Her positive attitude is an inspiration to all her colleagues and she is dearly missed by all. She is always well groomed and able to communicate at any level without being intimidated. Mariné is very versatile and she will be able to fit into any discipline within and outside process engineering. I strongly recommend Mariné for any position that might be available to her. Her professional capability and her strong character as a person makes her an ideal, trustworthy employee. I am willing to answer any questions about her professional ability and her character.