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PROFILE OF DANIEL DU TOIT GROENEWALD

Application for

Civil Works Foreman / Earth Moving Mechanic / Workshop Manager

Current Employment

Recently Retrenched

Availability/Notice Period

Negotiable

Surname

Groenewald

First Names

Daniel Du Toit

Citizenship

South Africa

Identity No

681**********

Gender

Male

Passport Status

Valid

Residing in

Cape Town

Areas to consider

Willing to Relocate

Languages Spoken

English / Afrikaans

Expectation

Negotiable

OVERVIEW

Hard worker, focused and proud of what he achieves in life

Excellent management skills and training skills.

Motivated to reach his professional and personal goals.

Strive to have a positive impact on a company.

Confident, Calm and always in control of any difficult situations.

Great team player.

I am seeking a position within the Earth-Moving and Construction Earthworks

ACHIEVEMENTS

Owned three companies in George for 11Years: Construction Company

Earthmoving Repair Company

Steel Structure Company

Involved in establishing companies in Cameroon

Done Courses

Catepillar maintenance course Barlows CAT

Dyno Testing & Loading engines Barlows CAT

1.1 Litre Engines Barlows CAT

Service Worth Barlows CAT

Electronic Technician Barlows CAT

Hydraulic Drive Loaders 914G/IT14G Barlows CAT

New Development: Wheel Type machines Barlows CAT

Electronic controlled engines Barlows CAT

Gd675-5 Motor Grader Komatsu

Technical Training Liebherr Dozer PR754C – PR764C Liebherr DRC

ACQUIRED SKILLS / ABILITIES

Communication Skills

Negotiation

Troubleshooting

Problem-solving

Supervisory Skills

Team Leading and Building

Analytic Thinking

Strategic Planning

Report Writing

Computer Literate

Contract Management

Change Management

Conflict Management

Performance Management

Implementation Management

Staff Management

Staff Development

Profit & Loss Management

Direct Sales

Client Liaison

Customer Service

Marketing

Financial Planning

Budget Management

Administration

Time Management

Policy & Process Skills

Stress Management

Presentations

Plant Management

Maintenance

Maintenance Management

Equipment Management

Mechanical Repairs

Technical Inspections

Machine inspections

Site Management

Workshop Management

Training

Supplier Management

Earth Moving Diesel Mechanic

Supervisor Civil Works

Level areas with dumpy level

EDUCATION DETAILS

Highest Grade

Grade 12

Institution

Jan Kriel

Year Passed

1987

TERTIARY EDUCATION

Qualification

N3 National Certificate

Institution

Olifantsfontein

Year Passed

1990

Qualification

Institution

COMPUTER LITERACY

Ms Word

Ms Excel

Ms Power Point

Internet

Email

SIS Cat Program

QuickBooks

Sage ACCPAC

CAREER DETAILS

(From most recent)

Name of Employer

Teichman DRC

Designation / Title

Leading Hand

Period of Employment

2014 – 2016

Reason for Leaving

Retrenched

Designing for Workshop

Manufacturing of Workshop

Erecting of Steel Construction for Workshop

Line boring work in workshop for different machines

Made tools needed to work on machine

Training of mechanics

Machine inspections daily

Daily break down reports

Establishing platforms for large amount of containers

Civil works on haul roads

Civil works on slatch dams wall

Filling of ground works in layers by compacting to specifications

SOS Samples on routine services

Daily services as per service schedule

Cat, graders, dozers, telehandlers, TLB, loaders, excavators

Liebherr excavators

Bell dump trucks, water trucks and diesel bozers

Implementing of systems

Using ET – CAT program for fault finding on Cat Machines

Name of Employer

ASLA Construction

Designation / Title

Workshop Manager

Period of Employment

2014

Reason for Leaving

Contract Position

Ordering of parts

Technical inspections

Safety of workshop and workers

Quotations on new machines

Log book on company vehicles

Workshop budgets

Communication with site managers on new contracts

Machine inspections

Technical support

Training of mechanics

Name of Employer

Bell Equipment DRC Kibarli Mine - Subcontracted for Teichman Plant

Designation / Title

Expasite Foreman

Period of Employment

2012 – 2013

Reason for Leaving

End of Contract

Opening and closing of jobs

Warranty claims on Bell and Liebherr machines

Distributing work to mechanics

Doing reports and standby Rosters

Maintenance of Bell and Liebherr Earthmoving Equipment on the Mine

Repair of Mechanical work and services

Standing in for Plant Manager when on leave

Ordering of parts

Implementing of systems

Technical Inspections

Machine inspections

Communicating with Site Managers and Mechanics with regards to parts, problem solving, failure inspections

Fault finding and costing on plant

Visit site for repairs at times

Doing all clock cards related to Workshop personnel

Responsible for the safety and security of the Workshop and personnel

quotations on machines which is damaged on site

Done specialized courses on electrical, hydraulic and fault finding using Lindai program

Establishing platforms for large amount of containers

Civil works on haul roads

Civil works on slatch dams wall

Filling of ground works in layers by compacting to specifications

Compaction of paving

Name of Employer

Namakwa Sands Mine

Designation / Title

Earth Moving Mechanic

Period of Employment

2012

Reason for Leaving

Better Offer Received

Working on the following machines on the mine Namakwa Sands:

Excavators : pc 3000

Pc 450

Pc 300

Loaders wa 250

Wa 500

Wa 600

Wa 800

Dump truck hm 400

Bull dozer da 375 da65

Name of Employer

STUART DAVIDSON CONSTRUCTION PORT ELIZABETH

Designation / Title

Earth Moving Diesel Mechanic

Period of Employment

2011 – 2012

Reason for Leaving

Temp Position

Machinery: hyhundai, daewoo, komatsu, bell, simutomo, halla, volvo, hitachi terex, dump trucks, tlb’s front end loaders, tippers, bull dozers, Back actors, cranes, graders

Attend To Field Services on site repairs, on transmissions, hydraulics and electrical

Attend To Hydraulic Repairs, hydraulic pumps, hydraulic valves, hydraulic motors

Maintenance On Various Caterpillar, dozers, excavators, digger loaders, rollers, dump trucks, TLB’S, graders, Off-highway trucks, landfill compactors, telehandlers

Construction of Machines, Vehicles And Trucks ( Total rebuilds on cat, komatsu, bell, terex, hyhundai, Volvo, Daewoo, simutomo, fai, Hitachi,halla, bomach

Name of Employer

Alex Brett Corp

Designation / Title

Sub-Contracted

Period of Employment

2011

Reason for Leaving

End of Contract

Renovating of workshop in Port-Elizabeth

Renovating workshop with my background ) was laying out of workshops .Renovating and changing building to specific specks to suite the type of work been done on premises. Changed offices, change workshop so that heavy earth moving equipment can move freely inside the building and the layout of all the different apartments in the workshop. Changing outside space by the layout of concrete slabs to carry heavy earth moving equipment.

Managing Subcontractors and financials of renovating of contract.

Day to day inspections, signing of sub divisions of contracts

Name of Employer

D&D Earth Moving Specialist

Designation / Title

Owner

Period of Employment

1999 – 2010

Reason for Leaving

Financial Difficulty

Managing workshop staff and doing daily planning, co-ordinating and excepting and discussing quotes with customers. Discussing payment conditions

Company divided three divisions, Earthmoving Repairs, Plant Hire and Development of Steel Structures for Industrial Buildings, and roofing of Shopping Malls

Civil works on all excess and entry roads at developments

Completion of sewerage and water pipe lines

Construction of big platforms with compacting layers of soil for preparation for concrete slabs

Installation of storm water pipes and sleeves under road works

Specifying of ground heights by using dumpy level and laser levelling

Maintenance on generators

Discussing credit applications and creditors check on new customers.

Working with accounts department, internet payments creditors, ordering of parts, setting up of quotations. Handing out job schedules to welding department.

Doing daily schedules on the plant hire division.

Visit customers once a week to sell new and second hand earth moving machines. New machines, was agent for Terex sold the first six months the most diggers the country. Buying of second hand machines, komatsu, caterpillars, hyhundai, terex and renovating machines to sell.

Helping out workshop department on specialized problems. Helping mechanics out on hydraulic problems, transmissions, engines and electrical problems.

Head of staff department

Co-ordinating with accountant on budgets and financial statements

Buying of second hand machines to renovate and sell

EARTH MOVING SPECIALIST

Management Of Mechanical Division

Management Of Workshop Division

Maintenance On Earth Moving Machinery, setting up schedules, maintenance plan every 250hours, servicing and doing preventive maintenance on earth moving machinery.

Perform Field Service Running Repairs ( Burst and hydraulic pipes all small repairs that could be done in the field, repairing oil leaks, fuel starvation, hydraulic problems, tyre change, diff repairs.

Rebuild Of Engines of earth moving equipment, cat, bell, komatsu etc.

Admin – Debtor – Creditors -Reports - Quotations-Invoicing

Erecting Of Steel Construction Buildings

Setting Up Footings For Steel structure

Management Of Sub-Contractors

Attend Disciplinary Hearings as the principal of the company (done course at Cofesa (Union)

Sold a lot of Second Hand Earth Moving Machinery in Africa (disassembled machines to fit in containers and send of to each destination and went to assembled machines. Operators Training on front end loaders and diggers loader and bull dozers also on excavators and maintenance course.

Technical Support To Companies in Cameroon

Rep On New And Second Hand Earth Moving Machines

Buying Of Second Hand Machines And Rebuilding Of Second Hand Machines To Sell

Agent For ELB And Agent For Donaldson Filters

Buying and Selling Of Parts.

Managing Of Own Construction Company.

Done Various Developments in Industrial Areas.

Managing Projects In Cameroon for Governments

Done Various Developments in Industrial area. Bought clear land did ground works designed buildings to suite the requirements of the client. Erected steel buildings, Co-ordinating all brick works and throwing of concrete slabs, co-ordinating all plumbing and electrical works.

Name of Employer

Barlows Equipment (CAT)

Designation / Title

Earth Moving Diesel Mechanic

Period of Employment

1994 – 1999

Reason for Leaving

Started Own Company

Barloworld Equipment has been the Southern African dealer for Cat® products, including earthmoving equipment and power systems, since 1927. Integrated new, used and rental equipment options, together with comprehensive maintenance and parts support, cater to the equipment procurement and management requirements of customers.

Repair of earth moving machinery, doing daily service schedules.

Helping out parts department

Stand in to help out in the workshop department

Doing reports on work been done

EARTH MOVING DIESEL MECHANIC

Attend to Field Services, attend small break downs, pin pointing problems to decide if problem can be sorted out in the field or machine must be moved to workshop.

Perform Technical Analysis 1, go to machine take hydraulic pressures testing of transmissions doing special tests on engines to pin point problem can machine be repaired in field or must be transferred to workshop.

Attend To Hydraulic And Transmissions

Rebuild Of Various Caterpillar Diesel Engine (Strip engines and analyse parts, set up quotations which parts are needed, order parts, re-assembled engines according to specifications.

Supervise Service Team (Set up work schedule for mechanics out in the field, organise and order all parts needed, follow –up parts and planned the artisan daily schedule. Administrate order of parts and the completion of forms for the oil samples and communicating with clients after results was receive of the oil samples which was taken of the different components of earth moving machinery. Reports on all brake=downs that mechanics had attend to discussed with clients.

Plan And Control Various S.O.S (Oil Samples, completing oil sample forms and discussed with customer, planning of preventive maintenance on critical oil sample results. Retrieve previous oil sample results to see if condition has been detected on previous oil sample, decide if oil sample was contaminated or not, discuss with customer to replace oil and take another oil sample on a later stage.

Contract Routine Services, On Caterpillar Earth Moving Construction Machines

Analysis Feedback Reports (Feedback report on diesel or oil samples and what action will be taken.

Manage Routine Machine Inspections on earth moving machinery, sell a maintenance plan where the customer pays a once off fee, look after customers machine for example for the next 2000 hours including his oils, filters, travel and labour.

Done Various Courses – Caterpillar maintenance, Dyno Testing & Loading engines, 1.1 Litre Engines, Service Worth, Electronic Technician, Hydraulic Drive Loaders: 914G /IT14G, New Development: Wheel Type Machines, Electronic controlled engines, Course in firefighting and prevention and first aid.

Name of Employer

Power Construction

Designation / Title

Earth Moving Mechanic

Period of Employment

1989 - 1993

Reason for Leaving

Better Offer

Perform Field Service Running Repairs (Caterpillar, komatsu, bell, bomech, JCB, hynoma, Dinopac, John Deere, Fiat

Perform Various Component Repairs In Workshop (Overall of engines, Overall of transmissions, hydraulic pumps. Build of buckets. Line boring, working on Lythe and building of specialized tools. Milling machine works. Did welding work. Repairing of small plant. Servicing of bakkies. Servicing of earth moving equipment. Re-building of diff’s. Servicing of various trucks.

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