CORPORATE PROFILE
Refilwe
Buthelezi Pr. Eng
Vice
President: Engineering Council of South Africa
Ms Refilwe Buthelezi is the
Vice President of ECSA Council and will serve on the 6th
term ECSA Council for the next four years.
Ms Buthelezi is a qualified engineer,
holds multiple qualifications including a BEng in Electrical and Electronics,
MEng in Engineering Management and a Masters Degree in Business Leadership.
She specialises in Electrical
and Electronic Engineering Management, Risk Management, Innovation and Digital
Technology, Project and Programme Management, Stakeholder Management as well as
Corporate and Financial Resource Management.
Her numerous accolades include
the Mover and Shaker of the Year 2017 Award under the Rand Water COO portfolio.
The team she led won the Team of the Year 2017 Award under the same portfolio.
Furthermore, in 2013 she was the recipient of the Keith Plowden Young Engineering
Achiever Award, which is conferred annually by the South African Institute of
Electrical Engineers (SAIEE). In 2012, she was a national finalist in the
UJ-Group Five Excellence in Engineering and Technology awards under the category:
Most Promising Young Engineer or Built Environment Professional.
Ms Buthelezi served in the
fifth Term Council of ECSA and was a Vice Chairperson of the Central
Registration Committee and a Member of the Audit and Risk Committee. She further served as an accredited Assessor,
Reviewer and Moderator for professional registration.
In her role as ECSA Council Member,
she also participated in the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) and World
Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) activities.
To promote the engineering
profession, Ms Buthelezi has served in other technical fraternal organisations
namely the African Utility Technology Council (AUTC), Institute of Directors
South Africa (IoDSA) and the SAIEE.
She has served in the SAIEE
Council since 2013 in various roles, is currently a Co-opted Council and EXCO
member, and employed as the Operational Technology Asset Manager at Rand
Water.
Ms Buthelezi is committed to
working with Council and to transform the country’s engineering industry; this
includes gender, race and professional transformation and diversity through
engineering excellence, resilience, agility and accountability.