Experience

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  De Beers Marine (PTY) LTD

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Senior Operations Manager

    • Sep 2015 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Overall General Management of Mining/Sampling production vessel Coral Seal, Geo Survey Sea Operations, Running Maintenance, Maintenance Workshop, Safety and Enviroment Departments.

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  De Beers Canada Inc (DBCI)

  • Yellowknife

  • Senior Project Manager and Engineering Manager: Snap Lake Mine

    • Apr 2013 - Aug 2015
    • Yellowknife

    Drafting and Implementation of Maintenace Policy, Mission and Strategy. Engineering Manager: Snap Lake Mine

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  De Beers Marine (PTY) LTD

  • South Africa
  • Mining
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Business Unit Manager: Operations

    • Jun 2012 - Mar 2013

    Management of Operations

  • Business Unit Manager

    • Aug 2008 - Mar 2013

    Responsible for Sampling and Geo Survey Operations, as well as the following Departments giving technical service to International Off Shore Mining and Vessel Support: Shutdown and Running Maintenance, Electrical, A & I, Mechanical Design & Support, Research and Development.

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  Denel SAAB, Johannesbourg

  • South Africa
  • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • General Manager (Corporate Projects)

    • Dec 2006 - Jun 2008

    Head of Compliance, Transformation and Governance. Responsible for all Secretariat and Governance related issues, Drafting and Implementation of Transformation and Compliance Policies and Monitoring tools.

  • Acting General Manager

    • Dec 2005 - Nov 2006

    Consolidation of various division and support functions to form a new company as per Denel Corporate and Government strategy. Preparation and Management of new Budget that supports the Governments turn-around strategy for Denel. Establishment of a new Organogram, appointment of Exec Team and preparation of a new entity to be registered as an independent Pty (Ltd). Management of the new entity until the appointment of a CEO.

  • Executive Manager (ISS)

    • Apr 2004 - Nov 2005

    General Management of the Integrated System Support Department with R500m Turn Over, R86m operation budget and 500 personnel. The Dept. was responsible for the Maintenance of Military Aircraft and Conversion of Passenger to Cargo Aircraft. Position involves interaction with Snr. Air force personnel in SA, African States, and International Customers, as well as Business Marketing and Development.

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  General Mills

  • Supply Chain Manager

    • Aug 2003 - Mar 2004

    Responsible for the total Supply Chain (Planning, Purchasing, Warehousing, Manufacturing and Distribution) within South Africa and African States. Reporting to both the MD (South Africa) and Supply Chain Director (Africa & Latin America based in Minneapolis (USA).

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  Pioneer Foods

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Factory Manager: (ProNutro Factory)

    • Jan 2001 - Jul 2003
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Management of Wadeville Manufacturing Site with the following disciplines as direct reports: Maintenance, Finished Goods and Raw Material Warehouses, Production, Quality, HR, Distribution, Security and Admin.

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  Kendal Power Station

  • Utilities
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Operations Services Manager

    • Oct 1997 - Dec 2000

    Management of total staff of 110 people comprising of Technicians, Artisans and General Workers. Control Operations Contractors, Plant trip investigations with UPMs, drafting and updating of Operations Procedures. Control of total budget of R15 million. Acted for six months as Unit Production Manager

  • Outside Plant Mechanical Maintenance Manager

    • Nov 1995 - Sep 1997

    Management of all Mechanical Maintenance Staff of 90 people comprising of Technologist, Technicians, Artisans and General Workers. Control of total budget of R12 million. Section was responsible for all conveyor belts (and related machinery) conveying coal from the mine to the Power Station, and Ash from Power Station to the Ash Damp, including Ash Stacker movements

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  De Beers Marine (PTY) LTD

  • South Africa

  • Task Manager

    • Jul 1994 - Oct 1995
    • South Africa

    Co Ordination of a Research Project, including planning, design and drawing checks, procurement of material, control and quality check of manufacturing, test run of machinery.

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  Kellogg Company

  • Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor

    • Dec 1993 - Jun 1994

    Supervision of maintenance staff in the Processing Plant and consulltation with contractors and suppliers

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  CBI-electric: low voltage

  • South Africa
  • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Industrial / Production Enginner

    • Jan 1988 - Nov 1993

    Production and Technical advisor.Production improvements. Documentation implementation and management

  • Industrial Engineer

    • 1989 - 1993

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  Rand Mines: Blyvooruitzicht

  • Carletonville Area, South Africa

  • Underground Fitter

    • Sep 1985 - Dec 1988
    • Carletonville Area, South Africa

    General Maintenance of Mechanical Machinery