Business Development Proposals Engineer

• Jul 2022 - Present

• Prepare proposals, tenders quotes for Gear Units, Gearmotors, Motors, Industrial Gear Units • Provide technically sound customer solutions • Project Management • Managing and interpreting customer requirements • Supporting marketing by attending trade shows, conferences and other marketing events • Coordinate factory production with job deadlines • Cost analysis including development of initial budgets and evaluating tenders and project cost monitoring • Prepare proposals, tenders quotes for Gear Units, Gearmotors, Motors, Industrial Gear Units • Provide technically sound customer solutions • Project Management • Managing and interpreting customer requirements • Supporting marketing by attending trade shows, conferences and other marketing events • Coordinate factory production with job deadlines • Cost analysis including development of initial budgets and evaluating tenders and project cost monitoring

Director

• Feb 2017 - Jun 2022

Project Manager (Industrial Automation Energy Industries)

• Jul 2015 - Jun 2021

Sales and Initiate- Engage with sales during RFQ review and bid preparation during, scope breakdown, schedule and resource estimation, risk assessment considering lessons learnt from similar projects- Project handover from sales- Load the order on SAP Plan- Prepare schedules for project, invoicing and quality inspection for approval as baseline- Verification of scope, battery limits and integration requirements- Identify suppliers and submit RFQs or request quote validation- Prepare templates and establish communication plan with stakeholders- Logistics planning- Review risk management and applicable strategies Execute- Issue purchase orders to vendors and establish clear scope and schedule- Conduct design reviews and production handovers- Conduct factory acceptance testing in South Africa and other countries- Site visits and hazard identification and risk assessment- Appoint site managers and supervisors- Conduct handovers and issue work packs Monitor and Control- Review progress of vendors and suppliers with regards to milestones- Review progress of designers and engineers with regards to earned value management- Compare actual cost against planned cost and establish variance- Compare actual duration against planned duration and establish variance- Comparing cargo transportation to logistics plan and establish variance- Investigate, evaluate and implement recovery strategies where needed- Provide clients with feedback on progress Close- Preparing and submitting end of job documentation- Payment for purchase orders, issuing invoices and project financial performance review Show less

Trainee Project Manager

• Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

Process-Automation: Mining Business UnitPrincipal Customer’s contact, reporting to Customer- Internal reporting - Project Planning, scheduling and functional management.- Management of suppliers and subcontractors: control of technical specifications and RFQ, followup of purchasing - Financial management and reporting (cost control, invoicing and payments control, bonds).- Obtaining of Acceptance Certificates, followup of the tests and commissioning, final acceptance, punchlist clearance- Followup of warranties- Checking the application of Quality procedures per project. Show less

Junior Engineer

• Jun 2013 - Jan 2014

Site Assistant

• Jun 2010 - Jul 2010