Francois Burger, Operation Manager

Francois Burger

Operation Manager

Balto Projects (SA

Location
South Africa - Mossel Bay
Education
Bachelor's degree, Applied Science And Engineering
Experience
18 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 11 Months

Operation Manager at Balto Projects (SA
  • Nigeria
  • My current job since January 2019

Reason for leaving: Projects Completed.
Responsibilities:
• Direct and control business operations such as office, sites, and workshop.
• Manage SOP, drafting method’s and manage
• Manage each project financial overview according to budget.
• Outlining project plans, setting project goals/deadlines, and evaluating performance.
• Manage pipe modifications on compressor house and civil work.
• Ensure that report writing requirements in HSE quality, QA/QC progress and cost
• Assessing the feasibility and the potential for commercial benefit of new sites.
• Prepare, schedule, coordinate and monitor the assigned engineering projects
• Prepare Estimates, Specification’s review, and Capital Management
• Develop and maintain cost-effective methods and approaches, provides leading-edge products, and
services and retains its competitive edge,
• Prepare, and monitor the implementation of the annual budget and forecasting.
• Represent the company in negotiations with customers, suppliers, and other key contacts to secure
for it the most effective contract terms.
• Manage SLA’s

Operations Manager at Balto Projects (SA - AngloBalto)
  • South Africa - Mossel Bay
  • My current job since January 2019

• Direct and control business operations such as office, sites, and workshop.
• Manage SOP, drafting method’s and manage
• Manage each project financial overview according to budget.
• Outlining project plans, setting project goals/deadlines, and evaluating performance.
• Manage pipe modifications on compressor house and civil work.
• Ensure that report writing requirements in HSE quality, QA/QC progress and cost
• Assessing the feasibility and the potential for commercial benefit of new sites.
• Prepare, schedule, coordinate and monitor the assigned engineering projects
• Prepare Estimates, Specification’s review, and Capital Management
• Develop and maintain cost-effective methods and approaches, provides leading-edge products, and services and retains its competitive edge,
• Prepare, and monitor the implementation of the annual budget and forecasting.
• Represent the company in negotiations with customers, suppliers, and other key contacts to secure for it the most effective contract terms.
• Manage SLA’s

Operation Manager at KCS (DRC
  • Zambia
  • April 2014 to November 2018

Reason for leaving: Projects Completed.
Responsibilities:
• Manage day to day mechanical and industrial operations.
• Manage scope, possible scope change and VO’s there off.
• Manage each project financial overview according to budget.
• Issuing project milestones to be more productive and increase production,
• Management team of professionals for the purpose of achieving the goal of the project,
• Manage daily project reports.
• Prepare and provide punch listing and make follow-up on projects close-out
• Provide timely strategic, operational, and reporting information to the Board and implement its
decisions per good governance, with the Corporation's policies and procedures, and within budget.
• Coordinate the preparation of an annual budgeting and forecasting.
• Managing and organizing project team, and resources, monitoring project plan and identification and
analysis of risks (PEST),
• Compiling enquiry documentation, BOQ’s, and preliminaries,
• Compiling Project Close-out documents.
• Understanding what the project requirements are, and then plan accordingly,
• Ensuring that the goal of the project is not defeated, that the project is carried out in accordance with
the specifications,
• Oversee civil and mining designs of such as roads, buttresses, stockpiles, excavations, bridges, tailing
dams, irrigation projects and water and sewerage systems.

Operation Manager at Kanives
  • South Africa - Somerset East
  • January 2010 to December 2013

Reason for leaving: Company Closed.
Responsibilities:
• Provides efficient engineering methodologies,
• Engineering administration such as SOP, blueprints & Project Close-out documents.
• Monitor compliance to applicable codes, practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards and
specifications
• Interact daily with the clients to interpret their needs and requirements and represent them in the
field
• Perform overall quality control of the work (budget, schedule, plans, personnel’s performance) and
report regularly
• Liaises, negotiates with client regarding details, time frames, resources, and budget,
• Compiling milestones to ensure that timelines are adhered to,
• Manage project quality,
• Manage each project financial overview according to budget.
• Ensure tasks are carried out correctly and according to specification. Enquiry Preparation, Managing
Tenders, Contract Negotiations and Administration, VOS, Tender motivations, and scopes.
• Commercial, and Industrial developments, completing them successfully.
• Crafting and executing strategies that reduce costs, improve production, and increase profitability.
• Carrying out project reviews at the end of each project, with site managers and contracts director,

consultants
  • February 2005 to January 2010

Reason for leaving: Project Completed.
Responsibilities:
• Manage project team and contractors refurbishing the compressor house.
• Manage all construction and civils operations.
• Provide quality leadership, support, coordination, and guidance to direct projects and employees.
• Provide high-level policy options, orientations, and discussions for consideration by the Board.
• Maintain existing and develop new project strategic,
• Assign responsibilities and coach project team
• Cooperate and communicate effectively with project manager and other project participants
• Implement and ensure communications between the Corporation and major stakeholders are
managed in an optimum way,
• Provide timely strategic, operational, and reporting information to the Board and implement its
corporation’s policies and procedures, and within budget.
• Coordinate the annual project plan including forecasting.
• Manage each project financial overview according to budget.
• Implement workplace policies and procedures that ensure a production increase,
• Provide a culture of high ethics throughout the organization.
• Compiling high level scheduling, Estimating, cost, Risk Analysis, Progress Reporting and Quantity
Surveying
• Project administration, & Project Close-out documentation,

Education

Bachelor's degree, Applied Science And Engineering
  • at Charter University
  • September 2011

courses: Boilermaker / Plater Trade Certificate • Project Management, Academy of York • Scrum master (International SCRUM Institute)

Bachelor's degree,
  • at Charter University
  • January 2011

courses: Professional Registrations • SABPP NQF5 (registered)

Specialties & Skills

Target Oriented
Organizational Alignment
Teamwork
Planning
Client Relations
BUDGETING
FINANCIAL
FORECASTING
PROGRESS
QUALITY
DOCUMENTATION
POLICY ANALYSIS
QUALITY CONTROL
REPORTS

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Languages

Afrikaans
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Scrum master (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2017

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