Andrew Herrington

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Email: ac57o1@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL SUMMARY

With over ten years of diverse professional experience, I offer a fresh perspective in many different fields such as design and architecture, project and operations management, logistics, events coordination, hospitality, and restaurant management. I am looking for employment where my hard-working skills can be of benefit and where I can further my professional career growth.

CAREER HISTORY

Taylors International Services, Inc. (Baghdad, Iraq) (April 2015 – March 2016)

Operational Manager, Bar & Restaurant Manager on the US Embassy Compound. Running of all Operations. Events Coordinator. Catering Functions In & Out House 1 – 750+ people. Marketing & Cost Control. Daily Inventory on the Bar Stock & Monthly Kitchen Stock General Running of Day and Night Operations, Menu Planning and Staffing. Reason for Leaving: Contract Ended

Freelance Consulting (August 2013 –Present)

Catering & Restaurant Industry. Menu planning And Staffing, Team building between Owner/Managers & Staff, Problem identification and solving, General operation improvements for sustainable business. Support for Owners/Managers & Staff.

Studio 83 D & D (Pretoria, South Africa) (July 2007- Present)

Freelance Drafting and Design Studio. Architectural & Engineering (Civil, Electrical & Mechanical) General Business, Meeting with Clients, Design, Council / Construction plans, Interior & Exterior Design as well as Site Inspections & Project Management.

Chiver’s Rock Pub & Pool (Pretoria, South Africa) (August 2014 – February 2015)

Barman & Event coordinator – Pool league, Bands, DJ’s (etc.) Marketing & Cost control. General Running of Day and Night Operations, Kitchen & Bar Supervisor. Reason for Leaving: To Explore New Opportunity.

Gem Stone Spa & Hotel (Pretoria, South Africa) (March 2013 – August 2014)

Assistant Manager, Running of all Operations. Corporate events. Catering & Kitchen Manager of hotel restaurant/bar & Spa. Marketing & cost control. General Running of Day and Night Operations, Menu planning And Staffing. Reason for Leaving: Contract Ended/Change of Ownership.

Mea Catering Ghana Limited, Mea Court (Monrovia, Liberia) (September 2012 – February 2013)

Country Manager of Apartment Block in Monrovia, Liberia, Running of all Operations of 40 Apartments (Long & Short term Clients) Corporate events. Managing on-site restaurant, Barman. On-shore catering manager in Liberia. Marketing & cost control. Reason for Leaving: Contract Ended.

Mea Catering Ghana Limited GSF Monitor (Cote d'Ivoire) (March 2012 – September 2012)

Camp Boss on board Off-shore Oil Rig. Running all internal logistics of the Oil Rig, Cost Control, Weekly Ordering of all Products, Head Chef on board. Menu and weekly co-ordination of cooking, cleaning & laundry of 120 + People on board. Reason for Leaving: Contract Ended.

Villa Nova (Pretoria, South Africa) (January 2009 – February 2012)

Restaurant Manager of Italian Restaurant, General Running of Day and Night Operations, Menu planning And Staffing, cost control, Ordering of All Products, Barman, Chef and Pizza Man. Reason for Leaving: To Explore New Opportunity.

Pacific Fusion (Johannesburg, South Africa) (July 2006 – April 2008)

Part Owner & Manager of Restaurant, General Running of Day and Night Operations, Menu planning And Staffing, cost control, Ordering of All Products & Services. Head Chef. Reason for Leaving: To Explore New Opportunity.

Schoonraad Architects (Pretoria, South Africa) (February 2004 – June 2007)

Architectural Draughtsman / Senior Technologist. Overall right hand man in the business. Caddie Operator. Assist with clients and the operations of successfully managing a business. Reason for Leaving: No Growth Potential.

Alexis Basson Consulting (Pretoria, South Africa) (February 2003 – December 2003)

CSIR. Fire Investigations, Draughtsman and Driver. Overall assistant. Reason for Leaving: Decided to move into a more professional field.

Woolworths. Menlyn (Pretoria, South Africa) (September 2000 – January 2003)

Cashier – Foods and textiles. Floor Manager – Foods and textiles. Reason for Leaving: To Explore New Opportunity.

KEY SKILLS

8 years culinary experience in Italian & Continental style cooking (Practical experience)

Food Safety and Hygiene Training By NIZO

ServSafe Training - Food Safety and Hygiene

World Culinary School of Excellence. Courses in Fine Dinning & Prep

SABS Food Operations Training (Food bone Illness & Cross contamination)

HACCP Training (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point)

Bosiet Training (Basic Offshore Safety Induction Emergency Training)

EBS Training (Safety Induction, Sea Survival)

HUET with EBS (Basic firefighting & Self Rescue)

OPITO Approved – 5700

Windows 10, XP Pro, ME, Vista, Mac OS, and previous releases. Internet user, e-mail, etc.

MS Office 2003-2016 Professional, MS Internet Explorer 2003-2017, Outlook Express.

MS Publisher 2003-2016, MS Excel, MS Power Point 2003-2016 & MS Projects, etc.

Various research programs. (Encyclopedias, Auto-Spec, Speci-Link, etc.)

3D Studio Max & 3D Pro Lines. (Intermediate Level)

ArchiCad 18. (Intermediate Level)

Auto Cad 2016 and previous releases. (Intermediate Level)

Autodesk Revit Building & Engineering Pro. (Beginner Level)

Corel Draw X7 & previous releases, Corel Photo Paint, Sketch Up. (Fluent)

Caddie 9. (Preferred) Caddie 10 -22. (Fluent)

Current valid US Driver’s License

Bilingual- fluent in English and Afrikaans

KEY COMPETENCIES

I take great pride in everything I do both professionally and personally. Willing to learn and naturally analytical, conscientious, and practical. I aim for neat and accurate work. I enjoy new challenges, meeting people, gaining knowledge through experience, and learning and integrating this knowledge in a practical and useful way. I can display a great degree of emotional control in stressful situations. I have a basic concern for others therefore, able to both build trusting relationships and be highly approachable. I am comfortable in taking on responsibility and acting independently to meet established objectives. I enjoy assisting others and I’m able to teach others through experiences.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

South African Red Cross – Various certificates completed and awards received. Up to and including Stage 4 first aid and medical training.

Registered Commissioner of Oath – Country Wide (Ref # AH/1069/11)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2003-2008, University of Pretoria, Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) (Pretoria, South Africa)

Fields of Study: Freehand Architectural Drawing, Architecture I –V, Basic Principles of Structures, Building Structures I –V, Building Materials and Construction, Basic Principles of Structures, Building Analysis, Materials & Assembly, The Art of Building, Structural Concepts & Design, Construction Management, Advanced Building Structures, Environment and Building Systems, History of Architecture, Urban Technology and Architecture, Environmental Systems & Planning, Computer Applications in Design, Environmental and Building Systems, Ideas, Concepts, and Representations of Architecture, Professional Practice.

2009-2010, UNISA - University of South Africa, BSc Interior Architecture 2010 (Pretoria, South Africa) – (did not complete)

Fields of Study: Continuing Practice Development, Research Project Environment, Practical Development Feasibility, Continuing Practice Development, Exhibition Design, Sustainability, Product Design, Social Housing, Ergonomics, History of Art, History of the Environment, Theory of Design, Design Practical, Principles of Design, Environmental Studies, Materials Studies, Earth Studies, Business Law, Design Communication, Construction, Practice Management, Textiles

1997 – 2001 Pretoria Boys High School.

REFERENCES

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