Mandla Gabriel Hlophe

Mandla Gabriel Hlophe
Date of Birth11th March 1960
NationalitySwazi
ProfessionCivil Engineer
Present PositionCivil/Structural Engineer

KEY QUALIFICATIONS
2021 to present:Civil /Structural Engineer on various projects countrywide.
2008 to 2021Appointed Structural Engineer with Regional Consulting Engineers. Based at the head office in Mbabane Swaziland.
2007 to 2008:Appointed Drainage Engineer by Kwezi V3 Engineers and seconded to Juba, Southern Sudan on the Emergency Rehabilitation Works Project.
2005 to 2007: Appointed Pavement Engineer by E. Simelane & Associates and seconded to the office of the Resident Engineer during the Construction Supervision of the Northern Main Road Construction (MR5 and MR6) Project.
2004 to 2005:Appointed Town Engineer with Matsapha Town Board. Duties included the establishment and management of the engineering function of the Town Board
2001 to 2004:Appointed Civil Engineer and subsequently Structural Engineer at STCS a firm of Consulting Engineers. Involved in design, construction supervision, and management of projects on behalf of STCS.
1998 to 2001:Appointed Assistant Resident Engineer as well as a Client Representative on a major bridge project and appointed Roads Engineer.
1994 to 1998:Awarded a scholarship to embark on a degree program abroad and appointed Assistant Roads Engineer and subsequently Roads Engineer with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.
1980 to 1994:Detailing Draughtsman in the Civil and Mechanical Engineering disciplines. Designer and Detailer of civil/mechanical maintenance projects within a heavy engineering environment – Ubombo Ranches. Structural Detailer in reinforced concrete and steel structures including work on The Urban Development Project for the Government of Swaziland – Burrow Binnie (Swaziland). Draughter of access roads, heavy duty paving slabs, stormwater drainage, and sewer reticulation. Clerk of Works for the Luphohlo-Ezulwini Hydro Electric Scheme. – On secondment to Watermeyer, Legge, Piesold and Uhlmann Consulting Engineers
EDUCATION
1994 to 1998:Morgan State UniversityBachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
(Magna Cum Laude)
1977 to 1979:Swaziland College of TechnologyOrdinary Technician’s Diploma in
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
(City and Guilds of London)
1972 to 1976:Waterford/Kamhlaba High School8 “O” Levels