Team Leader Project Management
Resume:
WILLIE VAN NIEKERK
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
I see myself as an energetic and dedicated employee with a track record of success ensuring productivity within demanding service environment. I am an effective team leader / Supervisor / Manager. I am focused on meeting deadlines and ensuring the highest standards are met within organisation.
I am able to drive success and direct high-producing teams while developing high levels of employee loyalty. I am experienced in using cost-reduction methods and streamlining production processes while being focused on meeting customer’s expectations and achieving company goals.
I manage and motivate skilled employees to achieve and surpass company targets. I equip employees to meet goals by building collaborative and skill-based culture. I am focused on delivering decisive as well as a forward-thinker and positive team leadership to enable employee success with effective workflows.
SKILLS / EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE IN:
Boilermaking Conveyor maintenance
Fitting & turning Plumbing
Drilling Concrete works & Dumpy levels
Project Management Reading Drawings
Crushing plants & maintenance on machinery Block making / Maintenance on machinery Steel works Installations
Budget, Quality Control Construction Management, Repairs & Maintenance Operations Management Staff Management
Plant maintenance Strategic Planning
Mechanic Contract Management
Dumpy Levels Lifting and lifting equipment
Natural Leader Employee Relations
Strong interpersonal skills Scaffolding
Building – Residential and Industrial – Civil works Welding PREVIOUS CERTIFICATES HELD / TRAINING DONE
Read Seal – Mechanical Fitter Trade Safety Representative Certificate Certificate for safe handling and removal of Asbestos containing material
KBC Supervisor Training
Valid medical certificate & KBC Working at Heights Mondi permit training – Richards Bay and Merebank DBN First Aid Training level 1 & 2 CBT Legal Liability OHSA certificate KBC BTT Training Mondi Induction / Supervisor training Glencore Sub-Ordinate Manager Training Certified Scaffolding Inspector BTT Site Induction / Training Certified Scaffold Inspector NOSA Certified Permit Issuer 2
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Willie
Surname: van Niekerk
Date of birth: 6th March 1984
Gender: Male
Languages: English / Afrikaans
Dependents: 2, son and daughter
Nationality: South African
Driver’s license: Yes, Code 08
Location: Amanzimtoti, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, Willing to relocate locally and internationally. Health: Good
Cell number: +276******** / +276********
Email address: ad1wfr@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
Witbank Technical High School - 2001
● English
● Afrikaans
● Electronics
● Mathematics
● Technical Drawings
● Science
COMPUTER LITRACY
● MS Office, Work, Excel, Outlook
● Internet
● Pastel basic knowledge
● Smartsheets
● PowerPoint
TERTIARY EDUCATION
Red Seal Mechanical Fitter
Various certificates obtained as listed on first page. NOSA Certified Permit Issuer
Scaffolding Inspector
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Current Employer: JLL - Diageo site, South Africa (Alcohol manufacturing & distribution) Duration: 15 November 2021 – current
Nature of Business: Industrial Real estate
Position Held: Facilities Coordinator – Diageo site. Duties:
• Assist the Senior Facilities Manager with operational activities in accounting and finance, maintenance and operations, vendor oversight, purchasing of material, equipment & supplies, occupancy services and helpdesk.
• Provide administrative support to the team.
• Client/Stakeholder Management
• Provide superior customer service to meet on-site client’s expectations.
• Maintain role as primary contact for service requests generated by the client’s staff.
• Proactively meet with Client’s local Management on scheduled basis.
• Communicate regularly with the client’s Management and staff, providing necessary support and information on the status of all areas under his management.
• Procurement & Vendor Management, manage supplier contracts, and hold regular (minimum monthly) meetings with supplier representatives, ensuring that agreed operational (supplier KPI’s) and financial (cost vs Budget) performance is achieved for each contract.
• Develop a close working relationship with all the vendors under my control to ensure that they fully understand the Client culture and are made to feel part of the team delivering a high-quality service.
• Assist in the procurement of vendors and services as required Act as primary contact for assigned site’s contractors and vendors.
• Finance Management Manage the financial processes to ensure that all financial management requirements are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Ensure prompt and accurate management of purchase orders in JDE.
• Health & Safety Management Conduct regular audits to ensure safety procedures on site are in place and working Assist in carrying out safety procedures when needed.
• Site Operations Management
• Develop, gain consensus for, and implement the Best Practice/ Building Operation Plan for assigned portfolio.
• Conduct site inspections and assessments to ensure all building procedures and performance measures are always maintained.
• Seek ways to constantly reduce costs and improve operational standards.
• Assist to all defined services to ensure they are completed in accordance with all operating procedures, statuary requirements, and within the Health and Safety guidelines.
• Assist on the site operations team performance, absences coordinator and monitor, regular catch-up in order to provide an excellent service delivery and customer care.
• Maintain premises in neat and good working condition at all times.
• Maintain duplicate office keys in good order.
• Provide support for regular reporting packages.
• Risk Management Assist in the implementation and management of property risk management program
• Support the implementation and monitoring of disaster recovering and business continuity plans.
• Follow established escalation procedures and incident reporting procedures.
• Adhere to JLL’s business conduct by ensuring compliance with the firm’s guidelines, procedures and strategies.
• Achieve Key Performance Indicators and Service Level Agreement targets. 4
Previous Employer: Industrial Roof Sheeting and Civil Works and Maintenance Duration: Contract February 2020 – 15 November 2021 Nature of Business: Civil Works
Position Held: Projects Site & Maintenance Manager Duties:
● Project planning
● Adhering to policies and procedures of company and Client
● Manage all sub-contractors on site.
Appex and FTS Safety Equipment
Manage all concrete works, steel works, finishing’s, final touch ups, paint works, roofing sheeting, welding etc.
● Monitoring and controlling performance of employees.
● Manage Rope Access team on all working at heights projects.
● Meet operational standards.
● Completing projects with timeline
● Implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards
● Resolving queries
● Maintain good customer and supplier relations.
● Meet construction budget by monitoring project expenditures.
● Accomplish construction project results by defining project purpose and scope.
● Calculating resources required
● Allocating resources
● Project Management on various sites
● Scheduling and coordinating staff and sub-contractors.
● Evaluating milestone assumptions and conclusions
● Approve / manage construction projects by conducting inspections at critical phases.
● Sourcing material and spares for site and project.
● Placing orders.
● Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following and enforcing standards and procedures.
● Complying with legal regulations.
● Read drawings and plans.
● Conducting regular Asbestos test to ensure employees are healthy and comply with Asbestos standards.
● Manage Asbestos removal projects.
● Manage roof sheeting projects.
● Manage Silo maintenance projects at Mondi.
● Manage all repairs and maintenance work.
● Boilermaking, cutting and welding.
● Installation of industrial roof sheeting and gutters.
● Cutting lists
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Previous Employer: EXAC Construction (Infinico Solutions – Contract work) Duration: 5 July 2018 – Contract ended 22 October 2019 Nature of Business: Civil Works
Position Held: Civil Supervisor
Duties:
Disciplining employees when needed.
Communicating job expectations
● Planning
● Adhering to policies and procedures
● Manage all sub-contractors on site.
Builders, Plasterers, Painters, Concrete works, Plumbers, Electrician etc
Manage all concrete works, steel works, finishing’s, finial touch ups, paint works, roofing etc.
● Monitoring and controlling performance.
● Meet operational standards.
● Completing projects with timeline
● Plant operations
● Implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards
● Resolving problems
● Good supplier relations
● Identify construction management system improvements.
● Meets construction budget by monitoring project expenditures.
● Accomplishes construction project results by defining project purpose and scope.
● Calculating resources required
● Allocating resources
● Project Management
● Scheduling and coordinating staff and sub-contractors.
● Evaluating milestone assumptions and conclusions
● Approve / manage construction projects by conducting inspections at critical phases.
● Concrete works
● Sourcing material and spares for each site and project.
● Obtaining approvals from buyers.
● Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following and enforcing standards and procedures.
● Complying with legal regulations.
● Read drawings and plans.
● Work with dumpy levels
● Good people skills
Previous Employer: ACM Construction & Maintenance
Duration: 1 April 2014 – 29 June 2018
Nature of Business: Construction / Maintenance / Civil and Manufacturing Position Held: Site Manager / Fitter
Duties:
● Client / Customer visits daily
● Fabricate, install and repairs heavy machinery.
● Work with set specifications
● Grind, mill, shape raw materials to specified form, assemble final product for maintenance of plant and machinery.
● Schedule maintenance meetings and attend to breakdowns.
● Creating of Working files & Safety files, ensuring files are kept up to date and Standards of the client.
● Estimate costs involved for each site. Work with set budgets
● Liaise among various departments e.g., suppliers, all management levels, customers and clients.
● Ensure that health and safety guidelines are always followed and adhered to.
● Supervising and motivating a team
● Identify training needs and ensuring employees are trained in all required areas.
● Forecast the requirements of production in order to achieve the production target.
● Making most efficient utilization of the available sources 6
● Attend hearings.
● Liaise daily with Workers Unions
● Oversee all staff scheduling, time off requests and overtime.
● Ensure task are given to relevant staff and work is set out accordingly.
● Ensure preventative maintenance on all company vehicles.
● Coordinate and manage all inventory supplies to ensure minimum waste and spoilage.
● Receive and purchase materials.
● Maintain payroll for weekly and monthly employees.
● Ensure all breakdowns are attended to as soon as possible.
● Ensure all checklist and inspections are conducted.
● Attend management meetings as well as meeting with staff.
● Organise construction scope and objectives.
● Read drawings for projects.
● Survey required areas to ensure area is level for new developments as well as meet the required criteria.
● Laying out of concrete works as well as shuttering for each site
● Complete all risk assessments, work permits as required.
● Installation of new solar geysers at various sites
● Supervise and attend to all electrical work required on site.
● Work on shutdowns
● Build handrails.
● Demolition of old stores
● Welding and repairing work.
● Project Management
● Apply fault-finding techniques, conduct root cause failure analysis and regular plant inspections.
● Clean, maintain and repair mechanical parts, components and equipment.
● Conduct regular plant and steel structures inspections.
● Carry out workshop fabrication, equipment assembly and installation.
● Complete breakdown and preventive maintenance work orders
● Basic Rigging, Working at Heights
Previous Employer: Midmar Concrete Products
Duration: February 2011 – March 2013
Nature of Business: Manufacturing of cement blocks / Concrete Products Position Held: Site Manager
Duties
● Oversee the production process, drawing up a production plan / schedule.
● Plant maintenance
● Planned plant maintenance.
● Attend to breakdowns.
● Seeking new Clients and maintain existing Customer relationship.
● Ensure that the production is cost effective.
● Ensure products produced are done so on time.
● Work out the human and material resources needed.
● Drafting up a time scale for the task
● Ensure task are given to relevant staff and work is set out accordingly.
● Estimate costs.
● Read drawings for specifications on task.
● Responsible for the selection and maintenance of all equipment on site, mobile machinery and trucks
● Monitoring production standards and implementing quality control.
● Liaise among various departments e.g., Suppliers, Managers, Directors, Customers
● Working with Directors to implement the companies’ policies and goals.
● Ensure that health and safety guidelines are always followed and adhered to.
● Supervising and motivating a team of 30 + workers
● Reviewing the performance of subordinates and team
● Identify training needs.
● Forecast the requirements of production in order to achieve the production target. 7
● Making most efficient utilization of the available sources for production
● Building team spirit among the workman and motivating by means of personal involvement.
● Guarantee satisfaction and value for our customers
● Maintain order entry discipline.
● Attend hearings.
● Employee new employees as well as terminate required contracts.
● Visit potential customers as well as suppliers and maintain a good relationship with existing.
● Update and maintain production schedule.
● Oversee all staff scheduling, time off requests and overtime.
● Ensure preventative maintenance of all production equipment and company vehicles.
● Coordinate and manage all inventory supplies to ensure minimum waste and spoilage.
● Receive and purchase materials.
● Maintain payroll for weekly and monthly employees.
● Ensure all breakdowns are attended to as soon as possible.
● Ensure all checklist and inspections are conducted.
● Attend management meetings as well as meeting with staff.
● Visiting Clients on a regular basis to maintain business relationship. Previous Employer: Servest Group – Cleaning
Duration: Contract position February 2010 - December 2010 Nature of Business: Industrial Cleaning
Position Held: Site Manager Xtrata / Glencore Mine - responsible for 7 sites. Duties:
● Creating Contractors Pack and ensuring files are kept up to date with the Standards of Xstrata Coal
● Client / Customer visits daily
● Creating of Working files and ensuring files are kept up to date with the Standards of Xstrata Coal
● Workout / budget the human and material resources needed for each contract.
● Drafting up a time scale for each task at each individual site
● Estimate costs involved for each site.
● Liaise among various departments e.g., suppliers, all management levels, customers and clients.
● Working with Directors to implement the companies’ policies and goals.
● Ensure that health and safety guidelines are always followed and adhered to.
● Supervising and motivating a team of 60 + workers
● Reviewing the performance of subordinates and team members
● Identify training needs and ensuring employees are trained in all required areas.
● Forecast the requirements of production in order to achieve the production target.
● Making most efficient utilization of the available sources
● Building team spirit among the workman and motivating by means of personal involvement.
● Guarantee satisfaction and value for our customers
● Maintain order entry discipline.
● Attend hearings.
● Employ new employees as well as terminate required employee contracts.
● Liaise daily with Workers Unions
● Visit potential customers as well as suppliers and maintain a good relationship with existing.
● Oversee all staff scheduling, time off requests and overtime.
● Ensure task are given to relevant staff and work is set out accordingly.
● Ensure preventative maintenance on all company vehicles.
● Coordinate and manage all inventory supplies to ensure minimum waste and spoilage.
● Receive and purchase materials.
● Maintain payroll for weekly and monthly employees.
● Ensure all breakdowns are attended to as soon as possible.
● Ensure all checklist and inspections are conducted.
● Attend management meetings as well as meeting with staff.
● Visiting Clients on a regular basis to maintain business relationship. 8
Previous Employer: Witbank Electrical
Duration: January 2007 –December 2009
Nature of Business: Building / Maintenance / Home Improvements Position Held: Site Manager
Duties
● Purchasing stock and maintaining stock levels
● Source new suppliers
● Negotiate prices with suppliers.
● Drawing up of quotations for clients
● Providing advice on home plans
● Restoration of homes
● Reading building plans and making recommendations accordingly
● Build extensions on homes, businesses and offices.
● Painting
● Roof repairs
● Gardening and landscaping
● Building and maintenance
● Installation of electrical equipment e.g., gate motors, pumps, electrical wires
● Oversee all safety of workers on site.
● Debtors and creditors
● Ensure customer satisfaction.
● Handling the maintenance of all electrical appliances
● Supervising in workshop and delegation of duties to employees for site and off-site work
● Visit sites for repairs on various machines.
● Drawing up of quotations for clients
● Delivering of stock to clients in a timorous manner
● Ensure staff are working safe at all times.
● Implement safety procedure and ensure all are adhered to. Previous Employer: WJ Home Improvements - Own Company Duration: Temporary to sustain an income
Nature of Business: Building / Maintenance / Home Improvements Position Held: Owner
Duties
● Canvass for new clients
● Advertise services.
● Purchasing stock and maintaining stock levels
● Source new supplier
● Negotiate prices with suppliers.
● Drawing up of quotations for clients
● Providing advice on home plans
● Restoration of homes
● Reading building plans and making recommendations accordingly
● Build extensions on homes, businesses and offices.
● Painting of all buildings
● Roof repairs
● Gardening and landscaping
● Building and maintenance of swimming pools
● Installation of electrical equipment e.g., gate motors, pumps, electrical wires
● Oversee all safety of workers on site.
● Debtors and creditors
● Ensure customer satisfaction.
● Handling the maintenance of all electrical appliances
● Supervising in workshop and delegation of duties to employees for site and off-site work 9
● Visit sites for repairs on various machines.
● Drawing up of quotations for clients
● Delivering of stock to clients in a timorous manner
● Ensure staff are working safe at all times.
● Implement safety procedure and ensure all are adhered to. Previous Employer: Tata Steel
Nature of Business: Manufacturing of Chrome
Position Held: Production Foreman
Previous Employer: Anzer Projects – Witbank
Nature of Business: Civil works / Construction / Engineering Position Held: Foreman
Previous Employer: Witbank Electrical
Nature of Business: Electrical Workshop / Sales
Position Held: Foreman
Previous Employer: CML Investments – Witbank
Nature of Business: Chrome Manufacturing
Position Held: Foreman / Safety Representative
Previous Employer: Allomed Chrome Melting Company – Germiston Nature of Business: Engineering / Excavations
Position Held: Foreman
Previous Employer: ABNA Cleaning Services – Witbank Nature of Business: Civil cleaning industry
Position Held: Supervisor and Safety Representative 10
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