ARJONES ENGINEERING - Key Persons
Antonio is a chemical engineer (B.Eng Stellenbosch) with notable energy experience, gained during his career at both ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) and Eskom. He is a certified energy auditor and is trained as a consultant for the National Cleaner Production Centre. Antonio is an experienced project manager with strong business leadership skills and has completed a business management course though the University of the Witwatersrand.
Having worked his way up from the factory floor to management after successfully completing his engineering degree, Antonio has excellent people management skills and longstanding trusted relationships in industry. He is passionate about entrepreneurship and is a business mentor and coach, assisting small businesses in his community to succeed.
Antonio Jones founded ARJones Engineering in 2016.
Antonio is a qualified chemical engineer who has worked for Eskom and ArcelorMittal South Africa. After completing his engineering degree at Stellenbosch in 2009, Antonio was employed by Eskom at its Kriel Power Station in Witbank, Mpumalanga where he gained valuable energy experience. In 2012 he returned to the place of his birth, the West Coast of South Africa, to take up a position in the business improvement team at ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA). He had previously worked at AMSA as a process expert after matriculating and joining its trainee programme. He used this opportunity to save for the university place he had been offered in 1997 but had been unable to accept due to financial constraints.
Returning to AMSA, Antonio joined the team responsible for finding solutions to reduce AMSA's energy consumption; this work received numerous industry accolades for the energy savings achieved. Having worked on the factory floor and as a qualified professional at AMSA, Antonio was inspired to start his own business that would build on his industry knowledge, project management capability and strong people skills.