Construction Manager
Exxaro
Total years of experience :30 years, 2 Months
New Water treatment Plant, Construction of Pollution Control Dam with Silt Trap, Diesel Depot, Weighbridges & Infrastructure at Eerstelingsfontein Mine from start to hand over.
Main Responsibilities:
• SAME AS BELOW - Exxaro
Mayoko Iron ore mine - The Republic of Congo
Project: New Construction of all Infrastructures, Building of camp, Roads, Mining Plant, TSF (Tailings dam Storage Facilities)
Operational
• Over-all Management from conception to completion with a thorough understanding of the civil/ construction/building industry
• Ensure all operations are undertaken in a safe manner
• Manage of the project team functions & take full responsibility for all activities on site.
• Supervision & co-ordination of multiple contractors to ensure that they understand their scope of works and constantly guide them during the duration of the project
• Identify & manage all needs on and around site - labour, materials, services, environmental protection, servitudes and how to manage them, visits to site, general public, etc.
• Close liaison with all client representatives
• Control and give direction to multi-disciplinary departments
• Procedure review and revision if required & Implement and manage thereof
• Planning & Methodology of existing and new works
• Preparations of method statements and procedures
• Review project programme and updates on regular basis
• Delegation, assignment control, programming & efficiency
• Pollution management & energy needs
• Compile comprehensive reports & summary evaluation statistics of all activities and progress on site
System communication and reporting
• Establishment and responsibility for project communication
• Development and review of the project program
• Preparation of weekly and monthly reports
• Co-ordination and preparation of project close out reports - office & site administration
Contractual & Commercial
• Risk analysing review and management of procedures
• Assist the QS department in forecast quantities and dates as required
• Assist the QS department in reviewing & producing claims
• Review and agree project measurements, cost assessments
• Close liaison with QS and Commercial management
• Management of the equipment and Manpower
Quality
• Ensure compliance with clients quality objectives
• Review detailed drawings with written specifications
• Ensure compliance with quality management systems
• Review of all existing quality plans
• Liaison with QA i.e. Data books -the final signing off and hand over to client
Health and Safety
• Ensure and review project health and safety plans
• Preparation and review of risk assessments
• Ensure compliance with management health & safety
Environmental
• Development and review of project plan
• Ensure compliance with environmental management system
Reason for leaving
Project put on hold
Project: Construction of Bulk Fuel & Oil Structure, Transformer Structure, Auxiliary Boiler structure. Unloading station Structure, Fire water Structure with deck to road access, with 3 sets of trenches, 132KV Trench 500m long, 10&11 KV trench 300m long, Unloading Trench 200m Long & from November 2011 Water Treatment Plant was also added as my responsibility.
Primary responsibilities: • Manage above structures with 236 people in my work force with the help of 3 senior foremen, 6 foremen, 9 junior foremen, 2 site engineers & 2 quality controllers.
• Report to the Project Manager on all site activities
• Manage the production of All Civil works, Plant, Resources,
• Part of the project Planning
• Implement Health, safety & environmental disciplines and Hazard Analysis
• Generating of Method statements and keep documentation & records up to date
• Input on design reviews.
• Earthworks.
• Liaise with the client
• Liaise with Quantity survey department on costing & Budgets
• Liaise with all sub-contractors and suppliers on tenders programs & works.
• Manage materials and liaise with buying department according to Project Management Plan.
• Determine training needs of workers and staff to ensure they are competent in their tasks.
Reason for leaving
Better opportunity
(Seconded by Murray & Roberts)
Project: Erected the Batch Plant at Pretoria Station. Build All GAU-train bridges from Pretoria Station to Hatfield Station.
Primary responsibilities: • Manage 60 people which consists of 2 senior foreman, 5 junior foreman, 1 site engineer
• Managed the final bridge of 116 meters long at Walker street, Sunnyside Pretoria and completed the super structure the end of March 2010
• Completed 8 bridges from start to end on Bombela Project in 2.3 years including erecting of a full scale Batch Plant.
• RESPONSIBILITIES THE SAME AS ABOVE
Reason for leaving
Seconded to Medupi Power Station Joint Venture
Project: Echo Boulevard shopping centre Centurion, Witch Hazel Street
Primary responsibilities: • Manage 40 people which consists of 2 senior foreman, 4 junior foreman, Shutter hands, concrete hands, bricklayers, Labor, & Plant
• Part of the Project Planning
• Generating of Method statements and keep documentation & records up to date example: FCR's, NCR's, NCR's, WIR's., ITP's etc.
• Input on design reviews.
• Earthworks.
• Set out shuttering and casting of foundations, bases, plinths, Concrete piers & columns. (All Concrete works)
• Brickwork.
• Utilities - storm water, plumbing, Electrical piping etc.
• Al finishing of building.
• Paving and curbing
• Liaise with sub - contractors
• Order materials according to Project Management Plan
Reason for leaving
Better opportunity
Project: Erected a warehouse of 20 000 m² at Springbok Rd, Bartlett & running a second site at Pomona with the warehouse size 4000 m²
Primary responsibilities: (Same as stated below)
Reason for leaving
Better opportunity
Project: Erecting of 9000m² Warehouse, 3 story office block of 3000m² & Basement of 1200m² - 58 Maple Rd, Pomona.
Primary responsibilities: • Project Management.
• Earthworks.
• Set out and casting of foundations and bases, plinths, Concrete columns.
• Building of Mezzanine slabs decking and casting thereof
• All Concrete work & Brickwork
• Liaise with sub - contractors
• Order materials according to own Project Management Plan
• Complete Project to be manage from start to end
Reason for leaving
Contract was completed
New Building work, Renovations, Alterations, Concrete Slabs, Thatches, Paving, Plumbing
Primary responsibilities: • Managing Director of company.
• Marketing.
• Liaise and help with designs.
• Prepare Tenders.
• Projects Management.
Reason for leaving
Financially not viable at that stage
Primary responsibilities: I was responsible for the total technical logistic definition of the product. (Rooivalk Helicopter)
This involved the following: • Attend all Technical design reviews.
• Ensure that logistic elements are catered for in the design phase of the product.
• Conduct the Logistic support Analysis process using a purpose designed computer package.
• Liaise and help with interfaces between logistics and various departments.
• Supply various departments with inputs from the LSA Data base reports.
• Inputs in the design of technical and training documents.
• Responsible for the maintenance of the Logistic Data base.
• The designing of the Illustrated Parts Catalogue.
• Spares Forecast.
• General: * Functioned independently in liaison with clients and suppliers.
* Be pro-active and innovative in system/Porsches development and design.
* Manage the Logistic portion of the project in total.
* Liaise and prepare quotation for logistical work.
Reason for leaving
Limited duration contract expired
Primary responsibilities: I was responsible for the total technical logistic definition of the product. (Armored vehicles, Iveco trucks, Dump trucks for open cast mining) . This involved the following: • Attend all Technical design reviews.
• Ensure that logistic elements are catered for in the design phase of the product.
• Conduct the Logistic support Analysis process using a purpose designed computer package.
• Liaise and help with interfaces between logistics and various departments.
• Supply various departments with inputs from the LSA Data base reports.
• Inputs in the design of technical and training documents.
• Responsible for the maintenance of the Logistic Data base.
• The designing of the Illustrated Parts Catalogue.
• Spares Forecast.
• General: * Functioned independently in liaison with clients and suppliers.
* Be pro-active and innovative in system/Porsches development and design.
* Manage the Logistic portion of the project in total.
* Liaise and prepare quotation for logistical work.
Reason for leaving
Retrenchment
After Sales Service & Training
Primary responsibilities: • Field problem feedback.
• Analysing Warranty claim information for advancement of product reliability.
• Creating Tailor made Logistic packages for specific customers
• Parts sale forecast
• Documentation: * Maintenance and configuration control of catalogues and manuals.
* Generation of Technical Bulletins.
Reason for leaving
Transfer to new department
Primary responsibilities: • Maintained Falcon and Mamba 4x2 armoured vehicles with reference to defects/damages and design problems.
• Vehicle service and repair scheduling.
• Established Reliability matrix and feedback system to Development Engineers on all relevant data obtained.
• Creating and controlling of Engineering change proposals with regard to updating of drawings and Bill of Materials.
• Cost effective solving of technical and other problems related to these products.
• Analysing Warranty claim information for advancement of product reliability.
• Initiating procurement cycles for Logistical support, setting up material requirements and creating order instructions for Buying department.
• Maintaining customer relations and service such as: * Technical liaison
* Logistic packages
* Training Needs
* Quotations
• I had six Field Service Technicians reporting to me and I reported to the Marketing manager.
Reason for leaving
Transfer to new department
Primary responsibilities: • Assist Contract Manager with Project management on Falcon armored vehicle.
• Project coordinating and planning, preparing inputs for master production schedules.
• Negotiating with clients with regards to manufacturing base line and cost variations as well as general product quality.
• Negotiating with and preparing of relevant information and data for materials software, Buying and Quality control departments as well as Production to ensure productive and cost effective functioning of project.
• Creating and controlling of manufacturing baseline, including structures of Bill of Materials and maintenance thereof, to ensure successful material procurement.
• Creating and controlling Engineering change proposals with regards to updating of drawings and Bill of Materials.
• Cost effective solving of technical and other problems related to this project.
• Initiating of procurement cycles of new contracts, setting up material requirements and creating order instructions for Buying department
• Negotiating with material suppliers with regards to technical problems and special delivery schedules.
Reason for leaving
Transfer to new department
Primary responsibilities: GV6/H45 Weapon Platform: • Technical responsible for the Power pack, Drive train and Suspension.
• Supplier negotiation with regards to technical problems.
• Production line Process improvement such as: • Production time management
• Technical/interface problem solving
• Creating and maintaining of line build assembly instructions
• Generating Technical Bulletins
• Re-designing and feedback to Development Engineers
• Creating and controlling of Engineering change proposals with regards to updating of drawings and Bill of Materials.
• Creating and controlling of manufacturing baseline including structures of Bill of Materials and maintenance thereof, to ensure successful material procurement.
Reason for leaving
Transfer to new department
Atlas Aircraft Corporation (Now known as Denel Aviation))
Primary responsibilities: Aircraft maintenance consisting of: • Air frames,
• Gas Turbines,
• Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems,
• Landing Gear and under carriage.
Reason for leaving
Retrenchment
Primary responsibilities: • Cadet training and further training within a specialist field
• Commanding, training and leading subordinate personnel
• Monitoring the welfare and progress of new recruits
Reason for leaving
Completed 2 year Military Service
Completed with distinction
Subjects Completed: Mathematics, Strengths of Materials, Mechanotechnics
Trade Test (Aviation Technician) - Olifantsfontein Trade Centre
Subjects Completed: Mathematics, Science, Technical Drawing, Aircraft Technology, Mechanotechnics.