Operations Manager Roads Surfacing

Curriculum Vitae

Willem Badenhorst

Curriculum Vitae

Personal information

Name: Willem Abraham Badenhorst

Address: Umhlanga Rocks, Durban, South Africa, 4320.

Contact No: Mobile: +27-83-412-****

E-mail: ******@**********.**.**

Nationality: South African

Gender: Male

Desired employment: R o a d s Construction Superintendent, Asphalt Manager

Work experience: Total Construction experience: 16 years

Name of employer: Oro Projects

Dates: Oct 2013 – Current

Occupation or position held: Project manager

Project: Completion of certain sub – contracting packages relating to:

Construction of a Bulk Water Supply Scheme.

Value: 390 million (ZAR)

Main activities: Oversee all project management related tasks, including, but not limited to- cost

reports, budgeting, liaison with suppliers, liaison with client, plant acquisition,

management of staff etc for the following works:

Construction of ancillary works related to the Bulk Water Supply Scheme, ie. Bulk

Earthworks, Construction of access roads, Blasting activities, Pipe Trenching,

Construction of Headwalls, Energy breakers and pipe crossings.

Name of employer: EXR Construction

Dates: Sept 2012 – Sept 2013

Occupation or position held: Divisional Manager

Project(s): Construction of 80.4 km Road from Roma to Semonkong (Lesotho)

Value: 680 million (ZAR)

Main activities and responsibilities:

• Materials m a n a g e m e n t ( coordination w i t h quarries, ensuring correct materials gradings,

production and supply, liaison with laboratories, density testing, moistures, bitumen contents

etc).

• Cross border material orders and imports.

• Planning and scheduling of routine maintenance on all mechanical equipment.

• Client liaison to monitor project compliance - contractually (FIDIC) and with regards to

project specification (COLTO).

• Responsible for overseeing all activities associated with production/manufacturing of asphalt

and construction of asphalt/surfacing.

• Commercial aspects (budgeting, negotiating new work, cost reports etc),

• Staff HR/IR management.

• Ensuring high standard of compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality.

Name of employer S.B.I International Holdings (Switzerland)

Dates: June 2011 to August 2012

Occupation or position held: Site Agent

Project(s): Construction of 90km Road from Kampala to Masaka (Uganda)

Value: USD137 million

Main activities and responsibilities:

• Managing earthworks and asphalt surfacing operations in multiple sections of the project.

• Responsible for overseeing quality aspect of company owned quarries that supply

aggregates

• Assist with drafting of project production programme and implementation thereof.

• Develop method statements for layer works, paving, grading, milling and Road Furniture

• Monitoring quarry operations and asphalt plant production.

• Participating in the IPC preparation.

• Periodic inspection of operations in progress for quality and cost control procedures.

• Controlled job site layout and utilization of all equipment and personnel.

• Managed teams of up to 60 people-crews for earthworks, layer works, asphalt lay down and

milling operations.

• Maintain employee satisfaction, communication, commitment, teamwork, and pride.

Name of employer : Raubex (Pty) Ltd

Dates : January 2008 to June 2011

Occupation or position held : Project Manager.

Projects: Many different roads construction projects (including Government projects)

Main activities and responsibilities:

• Ultimately responsible for conducting a wide range of management operations

• Contractual documentation and site administration

• Site monitoring (safety, quality and production),

• Staff and sub-contractor management

• Develop good Resident Engineer/Client

relationships,

• Programming and costing, (handover to de establishment)

• Several different roadwork’s technical responsibilities

(earthworks/layer works, surfacing, milling, insitu recycling and stabilizing, as well as foam

bitumen and cement stabilizing, paving cold mix asphalt, (kma), hot mix asphalt, base and

wearing course mixes and asphalt plant (manufacturing of asphalt and control testing.

Name of employer Sanyati Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Dates January 2007 to January 2008

Position held Site Agent

Main activities and responsibilities

• Fulfilled a management role in the overall site management of several different the projects

requisitioned the plant

• Management of materials, sub-contractors and suppliers

• Established and sustained procedures, monitored the sites, contractual documentation and

site administration, while adhering to client relations/specifications

• Effectively performed technical requirements i.e. earthworks/layer works, installations

(sumps, catch pits, subsoil drains and drainage layer (Mc Adam), level control, density

checks, insitu recycling and C4 cement stabilisation

Name of employer Professional Maintenance Services cc

Dates January 2004 to December 2006

Position held Owner

Main activities and responsibilities

The company provided diverse building and maintenance functions, was registered as a

government supplier and frequently performed government work, as well as the private. E.g.

plumbing (new plumbing and maintenance), tilling (floor and walls), roofs, renovations on

wooden floors, smaller operations (dry wall, boundary and retaining), foundation to plastering

and painting walls, extensions to existing building, including complete kitchen and bathroom

refurbishments.

Name of employer Grinaker Lta Earthworks

Dates January 1997 – December 2003

Position held Asphalt Plant Manager

Earthworks/ Layer works General Foreman

Main activities and responsibilities

Vast Variety of technical responsibilities from earthworks/layer works to road surfacing and

asphalt production, depending on the type of project.

Project(s):

• Johannesburg International Airport runway upgrade – increase weight capacity and width of

existing runway

• N3 Estcourt Project – Repair and SMA overlay operations of – 500km

• Gewane Mille Ethiopia: Addis Ababa to Djibuti Harbor-complete reconstruction and upgrade

of existing road (successfully completed under extreme conditions).

• Pro Rand N3 Harrismith Project – 80km

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Name of employer Durban Navigational Colleries

Dates January 1993 – December 1997

Position held Miner

Main activities and responsibilities

Responsible for production, blasting, safety, team supervision, explosive control and daily

production report functions. Obtained status of the youngest qualified c oal miner in RSA.

Name of employer – South African Defence Force

Dates January 1990 – December 1992

Education and training:

Title of qualification awarded

Durban University of Technology : Project Management

Project Management: Project Management Institute (PMI)

Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM)

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Senior Certificate: Ladysmith High School 1990

Advanced Health & Safety NOSA

ISO14001 System Implementation: - DECRA

Conversant with FIDIC (2010) NEC3, GCC & JBCC

Other Skills

Computer: Microsoft Projects, Microsoft Office Suite

Licenses: RSA code 8, International driving permit

Blasting Certificate (quarries)

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