Mr M Mhlongo Pr Eng, CEng, MBA

Mpendulo Mhlongo is Chartered Chemical Engineer (registered with the Institute of Chemical Engineers, UK) as well as a Professional Engineer (registered with ECSA). He is the Managing member for WETSPEC. He has over 10 years in the chemical, water and effluent treatment sectors. Over 6 years have been spent on extensive design of water treatment systems both at Umgeni Water and at WETSPEC, and 4 years were spent as an Operations Manager for a large multinational company which manufactures speciality chemicals. Some key responsibilities included final approval on detailed engineering plant modifications involving multidisciplinary engineering teams.

He has well developed technical and strategic expertise and management of large capital projects role outs. He is also registered with the South African Institution of Chemical Engineers (SAIChE) and Water Institute of Southern Africa. He is the immediate past SAIChE-KZN branch Chairperson and has been a member of SAIChE Council for about 5 yrs. He is also a member of Engineering Council of South Africa’s (ECSA) Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) on Chemical Engineering.