Jamiel Felton

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Contact Details

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Bridgetown

Athlone

7764

ad22ge@r.postjobfree.com

068-***-****

Personal statement

I am a 47-year-old man who is a highly organized detail person who enjoy and excels at finding solutions to challenges I encounter in the construction industry. I am happily married with four children. I qualified as construction Manager and quantity surveyor in 2001. I have working knowledge of MS Projects, JBCC, NEC 4 and have done short courses in H&S on construction sites. Furthermore, I have 9 years’ experience as quantity surveyor, 12 years as construction manager. I am currently employed as operations manager with Zamil Engineers and Constructors. My duties includes but not limited to overseeing existing and new contracts. I also oversee the tendering department where we source tenders from all government departments. As construction manager I was involved in many hand over of different facilities and facilitating and leading teams of cleaners to bring the facilities to and over acceptable standard. Up to now, I have been involved in all aspects of construction, from planning and programming tendering, measuring, awarding tenders, construction, handing over projects and maintenance of projects as well as doing government tenders. Software used in my career are DataBuild, Builder Trend, CCS, QSplus, ms projects and Billsmart. I have also done work in industrial commercial and housing industries. In Addition, my knowledge of quantity surveying spans over years which includes estimating, costing of boq, variation orders, subcontractor claims, monthly certificates, ordering material, extension of time claims.

I am willing to work as an individual and in a team. I am a hard worker and learn quickly and have strong verbal and written skills. Also I have a strong background in Health and Safety on sites. It will be my pleasure to bring my experience, leadership, versatility, and dedication to your organization. Further to this I have also worked as PRECINCT MANAGER in Manenberg for the MURP department for the City of Cape Town from 2021 to June 2022 on contract bases. Thus having extensive working knowledge of communities. Further detail on this will be made available on request. Employment Summary

Company Position Dates Value

Zamil Engineers Operations

Manager

July 2021-present New projects: R15 000 000

Small projects: R4 000 000

Maintenance: R1,5 000 000

Nokhanya Services Construction

Manager

Jan 2020-June 2021

Contract completed

New Projects: R18 000 000

David Reid Homes (North

Shore)

(Auckland)

Quantity

Surveyor

Jan 2018- May 2019

Redundancy of

position

New lux Houses: NZD 6 000 000

Cemac Commercial

Interiors

(Auckland)

Senior Quantity

Surveyor

May 2017-December

2017

Reduction of staff

Retail refurbs: NZD 2 500 000

Goodhope Construction Senior Site Agent May 2014- April 2017 Immigrating to NZ

New Project: R56 000 000

Refurbs: R12 000 000

Benchmark Construct Quantity Surveyor

/Site Agent

Jan 2011- April 2014

Contract Complleted

Refurbs: R8 000 000

RC Civils Quantity

surveyor/ Site

Agent

June 2011- Dec 2011

Contracts Completed

New Projects: R30 000 000

Life Cycle Investments Quantity

surveyor/project

manager

Aug 2010- May 2011

Contracts Completed

Refurbs: R 650 000

RH Plastering contractors Project Manager AUG 2008- Mar 2010 Contracts Completed

New Projects: R450 000

West Cape Construction Quantity

Surveyor/Estimato

r

Aug 2007- Sept 2008

Retrenched

New Projects: R150 000 000

Life Cycle Investments Quantity surveyor Sept 2005- July 2007 Contracts Copleted

New Projects: R300 000

Murray and Roberts Jun. Site Manager Jan 2002- April 2004 Opportunity for

experience

New Projects: R100 000 000

Education

TERTIARY EDUCATION

Institute Attended

NCC Training College Jan 1996- Dec 1996

Subjects undertaken: Microsoft Office (MS Word. MS Excel, MS PowerPoint) Business Administration Peninsula Technikon Jan 1998- Dec 2001

Degree Type: Btech Degree Construction Management and Quantity Surveying MS Projects May 2020

MS Projects 2016 Basic

MS Projects 2016 Advanced

Memberships

ASAQS- Association of South African Quantity Surveyors from 2016 NZIQS- New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors from 2017 Health and Safety April 2023

Duties

Operations Manger

• Oversee/Manage all new and existing contracts.

• Oversee/Manage tender department.

• Oversee/Manage all operations in technical department.

• Oversee/Manage quantity surveying department.

• Oversee/Manage all budgets for contracts.

• Implement new policies to improve company processes.

• Source new tenders for pricing

• Appointment of subcontractors

• Pre contract planning, post contract reporting

• Financial reporting

Quantity Surveyor

• Create BOQ for new renovation contracts

• Develop contract infrastructure

• Implementing company policies on site

• Pre -contract planning

• Payment of Sub contractors

• Verifying sub-contractors claims

• Costing site instruction, variation orders

• Submitting claims for delay

• Programming new contracts on MS Projects

• Control long lead schedule

• Liaise with suppliers, Architects, Engineers, PQS

• Measurements of site works for payments.

• Project Manage all renovation jobs.

• Interpreting bills of quantities, Architectural plans, structural plans, Electrical plans Monthly payment certificates for subcontractors and labour-only subcontractors

• Measuring all work done on site for monthly claim

• Calculating materials needed

• Ordering of materials

• Pricing / estimating

• Quotations

• Pricing of site instructions

Site Agent

• Supervise up all trades for fortnight payment

• Supervise all trades for monthly certificate

• Approve all procurement of material from suppliers

• Liaise with Architect, Engineers and sub- contractors

• Co-ordinate meetings between all roll players

• Programming work on a daily basis on MS projects

• Co-coordinating activities with foreman

• Cost Report writing

• Managing sub- contractors

• Appointments of sub -contractors

• Managing health and safety on site

• Supervise payment certificate for subcontractors

• Supervise tenders for government contracts

• Extension of time claims

• Site programming;

• Ordering of materials

• Pricing / estimating

• Final accounts

• Monthly progress reports and sectional status reports

• Cost reports

• Quotations

• Pricing of site instructions

• Pricing of variation orders

• Site instruction register

• Contractors Reports

Estimating

• Identify and quantify cost factors, such as production time, materials, and labour expenses

• Travel to job sites to gather information on materials needed and other factors

• Read plans and technical documents in order to prepare estimates

• Collaborate with production, architects, clients, and contractors on estimates

• Evaluate a product’s cost-effectiveness or profitability

• Recommend ways to make a product more cost effective or profitable

• Work with sales teams to prepare estimates and bids for clients

• Develop project plans for the duration of the project

• Preparing elemental estimates

• Preparing square meter estimates

• Detail material schedule for projects

• Interpretation of plans and technical documents in order to prepare estimates Referees

Reference letters available on request

Beth

Nokhanye Services 083-*******/ 021-*******

Martin Whiltshire (Director)

David Reid Homes (NS) (09)414 1146/ 021 440 651

Derek Flinnigan(Director)

Cemac Commercial Interiors(Auckland) (09) 259 8700/ 027-***-**** Abu Bakr Majiet (Director)

WESTCAPE CONSTRUCTION (Cape Town, SA) (021-***-**** / 082-***-**** Rafiek Hendricks (Project Manager)

RH Plastering (Cape Town, SA) (021-***-**** /072-***-**** Ghalib Conrad (Director)

RC CIVILS(Cape Town, SA) (021-***-****/ 082-***-***** Garieth Hendricks(Director) (021-*******/ 082-******* BENCHMARK CONSTRUCT(Cape Town, SA)

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