REFINERY NEWS May 2012

Some of the long service award recipients for 2012
Long Service rewarded
In March the Refinery recognised and paid tribute to employees who have passed various long service
milestones ranging from five, to 40 years service.
Refinery GM, Kamal Bahrin Ahmad,
personally thanked each individual for
their contributions and loyalty to the
organisation often sacrificing time with families
when the Refinery needed them.
Certificates were handed out for five, ten, 15, 20,
25, 30, 35 and 40 years. Most of the recipients were
cheered and applauded as they went up to receive
their certificates.
At the top of the list was Clean Fuels Process
Manager, Dave Laurence who has been with the
Refinery for 40 years. Dave is one of the more
jovial personalities at the Refinery, and has a knack
of making people laugh with his entertaining
anecdotes. Dave joined the refinery as a Junior
Chemical Engineer and has seen the Refinery go
through both good and bad times. He started
working at Engen when it was still called Mobil
and still considers Engen to be one of the best
companies to work for. Now Dave is using all
his acquired knowledge to give direction and
guidance of how all fuel specifications will change
into the future in his assignment to the Clean Fuels
project.
Others who have spent most or all of their
working life at the Refinery for 30 years and above
include HSEQ Manager, Lynne Hanekom who
never shies away from a challenge regardless of
how daunting the task. She started off as an agile
engineer and has a vast knowledge of Refinery
operations and is always willing to share her
knowledge with others around her.
Refinery Security manager, Nicholas Ngubo
takes the safety and security of every individual
at the Refinery very seriously and has a high level
of commitment to his work. The same goes for
Laboratory Supervisor Francis Mkize who started
off at the lab as a junior technician and worked his
way up to becoming a supervisor,
a position he has now held for
the past 12 years. He is a very
knowledgeable and hands
on person when it comes to
his work. These two
gentlemen are
just two out
of 16 refinery employees who received certificates
for completing 30 years of service.
Another familiar face around the Refinery is IS
System Support Specialist, Roger Crawley who
speaks fondly about the past and the people
who joined the company at the same time as him
35 years ago. Roger is also one of nine refinery
colleagues who have completed 35 years at Engen.
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