Experience

Capital Development Services (Anglo Platinum)

• Mining
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Group Maintenance Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Present

  Group Maintenance Manager for Mopani Copper Mines situated in the copper belt of Zambia. Mopani is a multiple shaft underground and open pit mine with a workforce of around 19000 people. My overall responsibilities include the following facilities, Machine workshop, Boiler making/ Fabrication/ Welding workshop, Pump workshop, Locomotive/Rolling stock workshop, Heavy plant workshop, Light vehicle workshop, Rigging and crane workshop, transportation lowbeds truck/trailers, mobile crushers and screens, as well as the mines ventilation fan systems and stationary bulk compressed air systems, salvage yard, and the component store where all non consumable engineering componentry required for the mine is purchased, stored and issued for use, equipment returns are sent for rebuilding by the OEMS. As a team member of the senior management of the mine I am actively involved in the day to day decision making, technical status, production, safety preparedness, environmental, personnel, procurement and suppliers Show less



Maxim Recruitment Limited

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mr

  • 2015 - 2015



Cylinder Repairs and Engineering

• Zambia

• General Manager

  • Dec 2010 - Sep 2012

  General Manager of a specialist hydraulic and general engineering facility situated in Kitwe Zambia. The engineering facility provides cylinder repairs and manufacturing, general engineering and fabrication as well as machining facilities on both manual and CNC machines. The facility is geared for engineering support of the largest of earthmoving machines operating in the extensive copper mining industry. We were contracted to the OEM’s of the multinationals Caterpillar, Hitachi, Komatsu, Liebherr, Bell etc. I oversaw all technical aspects of the engineering business and workshops as well as managing logistics, suppliers, financial, quotations, personnel, safety, environmental and customer interfacing. Show less



Teichman Plant

• Zambia

• Plant Manager

  • Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

  Plant Manager Zambia for the company’s in country fleet of earthmoving equipment on different projects which included bulldozers, excavators, wheel loaders, all terrain dump trucks, site equipment, generators, fuel tankers, road transport vehicles etc, as well as the safety and environmental requirements of the mining industry. Equipment spanned the Caterpillar/Hitachi and Bell range. Ostensively the bulk of the equipment was stationed at one of the largest open cast copper mining operations where sizeable permanent site workshops were established. Show less



Boskalis

• Netherlands
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Department Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Jul 2010

  Boskalis technical manager for the Khalifa Port Project, Abu Dhabi’s new commercial harbour at Taweela. As KPMC a multi faceted Joint venture, contract value one Billion Euro of which Boskalis has 42% + of the contract value. Boskalis is a global company in dredging and earthmoving with a fleet of 300 vessels globally. As technical head of the project for Boskalis I report directly to the project manager. I head up and manage the technical inspectors who are entrusted with all aspects of maintaining and running the 42 ships, vessels and dredgers on site. I also head up and manage the site workshops (110 personnel) Mechanical, electrical, electronics, welding and fabrication which supports both the extensive offshore fleet and onshore services with the earthmoving fleet operations. Furthermore I head up and manage the purchasing department, logistics department and bunkering department. (Total value of purchasing during 2008 was 44 million Euros) Fuel bunkering is more than 5 million litres’ per month. At the establishment phase of the site and project I was intimately involved with planning the project site infrastructure and the actual design, building and erection of the workshops, labour camps and offices. I am constantly involved with all aspects of the numerous third party contractors and suppliers of which due to the size and complexity of the project we make extensive use of. I am actively involved in supporting, furthering and promoting the good safety standards and record of the project. Show less



Services Algoa International Anstalt

• Angola

• Production Manager

  • Sep 2005 - Dec 2007

  Responsible for managing an engineering services company in Angola, West Africa. I managed a complement of 80+ technical personnel both expatriate and local working on a rotational basis from extensive workshop facilities situated within the harbour area of Luanda. I was responsible for the management and operation of the workshops facilities and offshore activities, scheduling, administration, procurement, dealing with all customers, preparing quotations and final costing of works undertaken. Services provided are obstensively for the offshore oil industry and marine industry in the areas of fabrication, machining, general mechanical engineering, blasting and painting as well as being one of the main suppliers in the region of third party non destructive testing, X ray, ultrasonic, dye pen, and magnetic particle inspection services. Show less



National Marine Dredging Company

• Maritime Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Plant Superintendent

  • Jan 2002 - Jul 2005

  Senior Plant Superintendent, I managed and controlled the overall administration and daily running of the plant department and workshop facilities including liaising and dealing with the various insurers for marine and plant, marine classification societies, independent marine surveyors, Department of Marine Affairs in respect of vessel registrations, navigation licenses and statutory requirements, safety and environmental standards.The plant department includes Plant Workshops, Machine shop, Transport Workshops and Support Craft Workshops (Marine Workshops for 34 ships), Welding and fabrication workshop as well as a slipway facility for docking and repairing vessels. This key position within the company entails actively managing and supervising the activities of 212 Foremen, technicians, tradesmen and administrative personnel at the different workshops through the various workshop foremen including prioritizing and scheduling of the overall workload. Position encompasses managing the logistics of spare parts, supplies, subcontractors, service providers, plant hire etc to ensure the most efficient repair of all equipment at the main workshop facilities as well as satellite facilities situated on the various sites. The Plant workshop facilities support a fleet of 55 earthmoving machines (Bulldozers, loaders, excavators, crawler and mobile cranes as well as all the ancillary support equipment). The marine workshops support a fleet of 34 ships (Tugs, fuel tankers, workboats, barges etc) the Transport Workshop fleet consists of a mixed fleet of 90 vehicles. The workshop facilities further support a fleet of 10 Cutter suction Dredgers. Show less



Delta Park School

• Johannesburg

• Facilities Manager

  • Mar 2001 - Dec 2001

  Facilities Manager administering and managing all activities related to the efficient running of all the schools facilities in line with balanced budgetary management. This entailed controlling and managing both the maintenance departments personnel and activities and the cleansing departments personnel and functions, maintaining a high level of safety and environmental standards. I furthermore managed and monitored sub contractors and service providers. I managed and controlled the utilization and maintenance of the vehicle fleet. I co-ordinated the purchasing of all necessary supplies and services from suppliers, having broadened the supplier base in order to achieve greater financial efficiency through competitiveness. My duties included dealing with and co-ordinating rental contracts of various external bodies making use of the institutions facilities for external activities. I served as member of the schools governing body. Show less



Image Engineering

• Jihannesburg

• Technical Manager

  • May 2000 - Feb 2001

  Technical Manager, Managed and administered workshop facilities, (hydraulic repair and manufacturing and gear repair and manufacturing) liaising between workshop facilities and customers with respect to ensuring timeous task completions and final quality control of all hydraulic and allied engineering tasks along with maintaining a high level of safety and environmental achievement. The client base of the company spanned all the countries of Southern Africa. Duties included sourcing and following up on new business leads, advising potential and existing clients on repair solutions, upgrades and new installations and in so doing liaising with suppliers and sub contractors in order to do costing and final quotations to clients. Show less



Mohale Matsuku Contractors (Hochtief/ Concor/ Impregilo)

• Lesotho Katse Dam

• Workshops and Transport Manager

  • Apr 1998 - Apr 2000

  Workshop and Transport Manager co-ordination and control of multi disciplinary workshop facilities for large scale plant and equipment operating in a isolated African environment fully supporting the diversified needs of two separate construction sites each encompassing tunnelling (one drill and blast and one Tunnel boring machine) with large-scale earthworks and associated batching plants, pre-cast factory, generating stations, quarry and crushing plant, diverse range of earthmoving machines, excavators, loaders, face-shovels, bulldozers, graders, TLB’s, locomotives and rolling stock, off highway trucks including a fleet of 170 light vehicles and 39 highway trucks. I led an 83-member multi disciplinary team of artisans, technicians and foremen providing a 24hr technical support and maintenance program in support of a very demanding 24hr-production program including the maintenance of the projects housing, single quarters, offices and buildings. I was responsible for ensuring the on going and ever-changing logistical requirements were in place to support the above functions, this encompassed negotiating and dealing with numerous local and international supplier organisations. I was furthermore responsible for the wide-ranging administration of all the technical activities and budgetary requirements, working in close co-operation with the cost control and procurement administration departments. Being a world bank project I ensured compliance to the rigorous international safety and environmental requirements placed on us. I further headed the central transport department which had a large fleet of in-house vehicles to see to the varying needs for transportation of plant, supplies and material from across Southern Africa to our remote destination on site in the mountains of Lesotho, as well as the transportation requirements of the large number of personnel on and off site. (Total project budget 200 million US $ ) Show less



Mohale Matsuku Contractors

• Workshop Manager

  • 1998 - 2000



SA Navy

• Cape Town

• Chief Engineer Ships

  • Sep 1979 - Mar 1998

  Chief Engineer managing multi disciplinary technical department maintaining and operating all engineering aspects of a sea going vessel Chief Engineer managing multi disciplinary technical department maintaining and operating all engineering aspects of a sea going vessel