EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

EMPLOYER                  Loufrandini Consult and The Complete Back Office     Period – Current

POSITION                    Project manager and Consultant

Support to Loufrandini Consult and professional companies. .Some of the support includes the following: (the projects run in concurrent mode)

Loufrandini Consult – Financial and feasibility studies, Project programs, Risk analysis, Project executions plans, communication plans, Investment reports, executive submissions and other project related studies for various projects such as Nooitgedacht retirement village, Wit rivier, Univen Student Housing; Platinum Ridge housing development Polokwane; Burgersfort, Masianokeng, Ivydale, Mzinti and Trichardsdal shopping centres; Student housing for Bloemfontein and Johannsburg Universities.  Ongoing project evaluation of new projects.

Phele Mining consulting – Review of mine infrastructure and recommendations for improvement at Waterval West Chrome mine, Rustenburg

NRR Mining consulting – Storm water management plan for Ogoedenhoop Colliery and Geluk Mine.

BVi Consulting Engineers – Position - Senior Project manager.  Storm water design for a railway line and mine in Liberia. Infrastructure design Gamsberg Mine, Infrastructure design for Leeuwpan mine, Infrastructure design for Nokeng Fluor mine. Thabametsi storm water and water design.Design of pumps and water line system for Mayoko mine in the Congo, Review of storm water design for Mayoko. Preparation of feasibility studies for Kumba at their Sishen Mines, mostly storm water, and other infrastructure. Design of infrastructure for Revuboe mine in Mozambique. Infrastructure expansion at Greenside Colliery.  Various tender and proposal preparations.  Preparation of design reports on various infrastructure projects at Kolomela Mine, Design criteria for Greenside infrastructure projects. Conceptual design and hydrological review for dams at Nacala and Nacopo in Nampula province, Mozambique, Compilation of design criteria for Thabametsi and Leeuwpan mining complexes.

EMPLOYER                  PB Global Mining                                             Period – 2008 to 2013

POSITION                    Senior Consultant and Contract manager

Proposal preparations for tenders – Infrastructure costing and proposal detail for Sese, Thabametsi, Ncondezi, Namene and other projects..

Xstrata water purification plant Witbank – Financial modeling over operational life

ENRC mining projects – Estima Mine: Detail design management for all infrastructure detail.

Pre-feasibility studies for Cahora Bassa north shore coal concessions: Design optimisation, contract documents, health and safety documentation, risk management

Tweefontein Optimisation project – Package Manager on bulk earthworks and mine infrastructure contract (R 800 million). Include management of design consultants, procurement and tendering process, adjudication , site management etc. later converted from EPC to Owner’s team.

Danville School Cloakroom, Mafikeng – Site inspection, administration and liaison with Stakeholders including Architect and Contractor.

Medupi PS project – Enterprise architecture, design of workflow and procedures

PB Mining division.  Preparation and development of standard project procedures and specifications

Revuboe Mining Project.  Design of mine access road and haul roads,  Input to design of storm water management around site. Preparation of BoQ and estimates.

Mamabula PS project.  Review of civil designs and drawings submitted by contractor Shanghai Electrical.

Goedgevonden Colliery Project.  Contract administration, variation orders and claims, budget forecasting, final handover inspections, technical assistance, supervision of final phases of various Civil and pipeline contracts (Total value R 400 million)

EMPLOYER                  PBA                                                                 Period – 2006 to 2008

POSITION                    Senior Consultant and Project manager

Medupi PS Project.  Project management of technical design, tender and contract preparation, contract negotiations, site project management for the contract (PPM package 10 ) including earthworks and terrace construction, water reticulation, electrical reticulation, sewer reticulation and treatment, access roads and provincial road, storm water reticulation and dams, telecoms reticulation, security fencing, bridges, temporary office and access control facilities and staging area. (Total value R 1 400 million)

EMPLOYER                  Self employed as contractor                             Period – 1999 to 2006

POSITION                    Consultant

• Lukhanyo Dyosi Consulting – Preparation of operations plan, organisational design, workforce planning guidelines and budgets for the Project Management Office of the Department of Agriculture.
• PB Power Consulting Engineers - Project management, tender preparation and evaluation, asset valuation and infrastructure projects, market research for various projects including restructuring and privatisation projects for SA and Africa, financial and commercial modelling and planning and business development and evaluation. Some projects included:
• Kriel and Matla Power station , mid life refurbishment projects – review and project management of feasibility studies, financial and commercial cases.
• Nampower – Generation tariff modelling
• Central African Power Corporation Liquidation – for the Governments of Zimbabwe and Zambia. Project- financial and sub-contractor management, asset valuation and modelling.
• Kariba North Bank Company – Separation from ZESCO Ltd. Project- financial and sub-contractor management.  Inputs into Tariff study, legal and commercial issues, HR issues and customer base.
• Conducted the Generation rate base review of Eskom’s 2005 revenue requirement application on behalf of the NER.
• Financial team leader on the review of the refurbishment life extension project for Kriel Power Station including independent financial modelling of the 20 sub projects. Same for Matla Power Station.
• Development of an asset valuation and Discounted Cash Flow asset valuation model for asset transfers from municipalities and Eskom to the REDS including application to City Power, Sol Plaatjes municipality and Eskom Eastern Cape Distribution Region.
• Johannesburg Metropolitan Board. – Project management and review of and evaluation of business plan, financial and tariff modelling including customer model for customer satisfaction measurement, key performance management indicators etc. for City Power, the privatised electricity department. Benchmarking for and setting of key performance indicators for City Power. Review of the impact of the formation of RED’s on the municipality for SALGA and National Treasury.  2002, reviewing and assisting with business plan, tariff setting and financial modelling.
• Organisational design and workforce plan for Morupule Power Station, Botswana.
• 3P Consulting – Participation in water utility reviews and service delivery options for Amanziwethu (Harrismith), Mopani District Municipality (Limpopo Province) and Central District Municipality (Northwest Province).Review of current systems, performance indicators and recommendation on long term technical system strategies for Metsi-A-Lekoa water utility, Project management of systems review project and data cleaning including verification of valuation roll with cadastral information for Metsi, Business plan and budget preparation for Johannesburg Zoo. Identification, research and implementation of benchmarks for the City of Joburg operating utilities including City Power, Joburg Water and Pikitup. Position paper for SALGA on municipal finance,. Team Leader of the development of Risk Management Framework project for the Shareholder’s Unit of the City of Joburg including performance indicators, financial and risk impact modelling. Establishment of an abattoir as a separate business for OR Tambo and Umtata Municipalities.
• Rand Water – Member of team preparing the Water and Sanitation Departments of Sedibeng/Emfuleni as a separate entity with responsibility for technical, financial and commercial issues, modelling of entity including tariffs and budget/financial plan and advisor to the technical and HR teams. Investigation, development and implementation of a high-level productivity model and EVA model and determination of Capex affordability as part of management performance benchmarks and indicators for Rand Water Management Information System.
• Metsi-A-Lekoa Water Utility – Metsi-A-Lekoa Water Utility – Operational and financial budgets and tariff modelling including developing a water and sanitation services model WSSM for Emfuleni with benchmarks and performance indicators. Tender evaluation on civil tenders.
• TSI (Eskom) – Revenue management project for Randfontein municipality, Customer retention strategy study; Convergence of Technology study;
• ItZ Consulting – Financial, business valuation, marketing, technical and management consulting work on a wide variety of subjects. Some projects included:
• Evaluation of reports on major Capital extensions to the Lesotho Highlands Project for Rand Water
• Review of tariff calculations by The Trans Caledonia Transit Authority for bulk water supply to the Vaal river area on behalf of Rand Water
• Assistance to Bushbuckridge Water in the compilation of budgets and business plans, financial and technical management. Demographic, economic and customer research.
• Water Audits and financial and commercial system evaluation for Heilbron Transitional Council.
• Assistance to and valuation of small businesses

EMPLOYER                  Eskom                                                 Period – 1982 - 1999

POSITION                    Various last – Senior Specialist

Roads design: Major power stations and depot roads

Coal stockyards design: Majuba, Kendal, Matimba, Kriel, Arnot, Hendrina

Sewerage design: Major power station and depots

Water reticulation and fire protection design:. Major power station and depots

Storm water design. Major power station and depots

Dam design: Majuba storm water control dams, Kendal storm water dams, Remedial work to Kriel, Hendrina and Ingagane ash dams.

Structural design: Various buildings portions.

Project Management: Majuba storm water, Majuba bridge, Majuba roads, Majuba single quarters, Kendal storm water, Kendal single quarters, Stockyard designs for all listed, Koeberg facilities, Hydra phase 2, Eastern and Western Cape depots,

Contracts: Compilation, evaluation and award for the work listed above

– Senior projects Specialist.  Supplier liaison and financial analysis and tracking of financial risk, exchange rate and interest modelling. Member of special teams for negotiation of complex technical contracts. Tender evaluation, Tender compilation and the introduction of new conditions of contract. Eskom Claims committee for arbitration of construction claims

- Senior Advisor Performance Management Transmission. Performance and productivity modelling and reporting. Risk management and analysis and financial impact thereof.  Reliability engineering in maintenance management and the modelling and financial impact thereof.  Tender and contract document compilation and tender evaluation.

– Senior Advisor Transmission Finance. Economic and Financial evaluation and modeling.  Statistical models for commodity forecasting on copper, zinc and specialist steels prices for Management Board, Supplier liaison and financial analysis and tracking of financial risk, exchange rate and interest modelling. Member of special teams for negotiation of complex technical contracts. Tender evaluation, Tender compilation and the introduction of new conditions of contract. Eskom Claims committee for arbitration of construction claims.

– Senior Advisor Generation Finance. Tender evaluation, and all of above tasks. Economic Evaluation model for Generation budgeting allocations development.

– Management Accountant for engineering design cost centres of Engineering Group. 

EMPLOYER                  Transnet                                               Period – 1974 - 1982

POSITION                    Technician

Maintenance, construction and design of permanent way, roads, water and sanitation reticulation, structures and townships including work on Thabazimbi – Grootgeluk and Richards bay coal line.  This included various contract works including documentation and procurement.

EMPLOYER                  SABS                                                   Period – 1971 - 1974

POSITION                    Technician

Quality control on civil engineering projects and factory compliance inspections