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Paul Bell, Reginal Maintenance Manager

Paul Bell

Reginal Maintenance Manager·IFS INTERNATIONAL FACILITIES SERVICES

South Africa

High school or equivalent, engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 26 years, 6 months

Reginal Maintenance Manager

January 2024 - Present

IFS INTERNATIONAL FACILITIES SERVICES

Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

January 2024 - Present

• I am employed by IFS to run, oversee, and develop the KAMOA Mining Project in all
areas managed by IFS in the Congo and surrounding Countries .
• The activities carried out include items below
• Client liase regarding Spares holding and cost controls.
• Making sure all items meet local and government regulations and laws
• Site meeting with client and Local authorities to arrange site services are ready and all
aspects of what is required by site and legislations .
• Arranging all Health and Safety files and on-site staff training and control of Health and
Safety documents needed to meet client and internal IFS requirements.
• Monitoring and upkeep of the onsite changeover Gensets ( Cats 1500kv ) 9 across the
sites
• Checking of site in aspect of all services needed for the equipment has been installed and
meet the requirements to allow a smooth installation and handover from the client to IFS
Staff.
• Oversee all installation personally and staff training in the specific equipment.
• On Site staff training and handover to specialist service as well as Fire Marshals, Health
and Safety inspectors as well as client internal auditors .
• Maintenance crew ( 52 Persons ) training and constant standard monitoring
• Setting up of an electronic PPM, Service and Waste Management programs for site to
meet clients requirements and allow electronic reporting of issues and repairs requested.
• Implementation of Health and Safety protocols and SOPs for work being carried out.
• Arranging service call outs for issues on site regarding the installations
• Rolling out new systems to all other sites managed by IFS in the Southern Africa Region.

Company industry:
Catering, Food Service, & Restaurant
Job role:
Maintenance, Repair, and Technician

Projects Manager -Lead Catering

January 2019 - January 2024

LEAD GROUP OF COMPANIES

Johannesburg, South Africa

January 2019 - January 2024

• All site liasing regarding any services required layouts, Design, Powers and generator
needs, delivery, handover.
• Making sure all items meet local and government regulations and laws.
• Site meetings with client and Local authorities to ensure site services are ready and all
aspects of what is required by site and legislations as well as make sure dates of
schedules are agreed upon by all parties.
• Arranging all Health and Safety files and on-site staff training and control of Health and
Safety documents needed to meet client requirements.
• Checking of site in aspect of all services needed for the equipment has been installed and
meet the requirements to allow a smooth installation and hand over to the client.
• Final check and testing of all equipment that they are as per the specification and
drawings and are fully operational.
• Oversee all installations personally.
• On Site staff training .PPM set up and handover of all equipment including buildings,
Laundries, Kitchens and on site generators to specialist service as well as Fire Marshals,
Health and Safety inspectors as well as the client.
• Installation team training and constant standard monitoring
• Setting up of PPM, Energy backup by Generators and Waste Management programs for
site to meet local requirements set out by government and local authorities for all aspects
of the projects
• Arranging service call outs for issues on site regarding the installations
• Suppling Recommended training Programs, Opening procedures and maintenance and
spares needed for site to make sure any breakages and down time are held to a minimum

Company industry:
Business Support Services
Job role:
Maintenance, Repair, and Technician

Special Projects Manager

January 2016 - January 2019

Lead Laundry and Catering

Johannesburg, South Africa

January 2016 - January 2019

I was Brought in to oversee and streamline all departments within the group.
The activities carried out include the items below:

There are many more aspects to the duties but above are the basics.

Company industry:
Catering, Food Service, & Restaurant
Job role:
Maintenance, Repair, and Technician

Service Manager

October 2013 - January 2016

ASCOT

Johannesburg, South Africa

October 2013 - January 2016

Carry out the day to day running of the service maintenance and installations department for the
company including Job allocations, Costings, policy and procedure implementation, Quality
Control, Site inspections, project management and Profit and loss management of the
department.
My duties also included control and oversight of the out of country projects in countries
including Zambia, Tanzania, Angola and Namibia on Mines, Prisons, Hotels, Mines and other
large facilities to arrange and oversee the installation, training and hand over to the clients of the
Kitchen and laundry facilities including staff accommodation and temporary dwelling for staff
on site.
The staff compliment in the department was 9 permanent staff and 12 sub-contractors.

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation

Technical Director

January 2004 - October 2013

JSB SERVICES / CATERMEND LIMITED

Sheffield, United Kingdom

January 2004 - October 2013

Tasked with the daily running of the business including work schedules, staff recruitment and all
aspects of the financial stability of the Company, maintaining the running budgets and making
sure the customers are kept happy.
The company was responsible for the maintenance and upgrading of the following site:-
The British Law Society HQ (Midland)
The Gateway Hotel (parts of the Spring Park Hotel Group)
The Quadrant Business Center (Sheffield)
Café Nino (Franchise Coffee Shops)
Imperial Catering and Backup)
We had been dealing with these clients for several years and carried out all aspects of
maintenance and projects for those sites.
The contract renewal process was handled by myself directly with the client, as this was the best
way to renegotiate the costing and services we supplied and the client deserved.

Company industry:
Technical Maintenance & Repair

Senior Field Service Manager

November 2003 - January 2004

CATERING DESIGN SERVICES

Manchester, United Kingdom

November 2003 - January 2004

Main area of responsibility was preventative and emergency maintenance of sites including
updates to the facilities and operations for the commercial catering outlets from Blenders in Pubs
to large rack system dishwashers and regen units at hospitals, hotels and super markets chains
including ASDA, John Lewis and Debenhams on a national level.
This included arranging and liaising with site and subcontractors for work and time frames of
work.
We were also the service agents for Grundy food systems and because of this carried out work in
Government Facilities such and prisons and hospitals and due to this we received extensive
training on this equipment.
Most of the contracts that we had were Corporation owned facilities, large hospital and bulk food
production facilities

Company industry:
Technical Maintenance & Repair

Operations Manager

January 2000 - November 2003

CATERSERV

Sheffield, United Kingdom

January 2000 - November 2003

The main area of responsibility was the handling of services to both Adhock and contract clients
from the time the service call was placed, making sure the spares needed for the jobs were either
on the vans or delivered directly to the site. Arranging convenient times for access to the
kitchens and making sure the repair / installations were carried out to a high standard.
Maintaining all cost controls and Engineer profitability on a monthly basis
Also it was required that I demonstrated and trained staff on the operation of the new equipment.
Including Technical, Operational, health and safety, cleaning & care.
I was also responsible for the set up and implementation of all systems and procedures needed
for ISO 2001 And the Final accreditation of ISO 2001 to Caterserv in Sept 2003

Company industry:
Technical Maintenance & Repair

Education

Boksburg High School

December 1990

December 1990

High school or equivalent, engineering

South Africa

GPA (rating): Excellent

GPA (rating): Excellent

Qualified Repair and Maintenance Technician

Skills

AUDITING
Intermediate
AUDITING
Intermediate
COST MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
COST MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Intermediate
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Intermediate
ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND SAFETY
Intermediate
ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND SAFETY
Intermediate
EVENT CATERING
Intermediate
EVENT CATERING
Intermediate
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Intermediate
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Intermediate
INSTRUCTING
Intermediate
INSTRUCTING
Intermediate
MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
SPARE PARTS MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
SPARE PARTS MANAGEMENT
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Service Manager SAP B1 system
Forklift License
Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training
Sage Instant accounting
First aid:- Stage 2
ICS Refrigeration, Heating And Air conditioning
NTC1-6 Electrotechnology

Hobbies and interests

Model Building
Formula One