PERSONAL DETAILS
Surname Mkize First name : Nkosinathi Ernest
Gender Male Identity number: 771********** SA Passport : A00556538
Contact number 083******* E-mail address : *******@*****.***
Contact Address 5 San Marcello
8 Mariannhill Road
Ashley
Pinetown
3610
Nationality South African Race Group African
Marital Status Married Languages IsiZulu, English, IsiXhosa Driver’s licence Code B Criminal Records None
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Highest Current Qualification National Diploma Surveying
Institution Durban University of Technology (Technikon Natal)
Year Obtained 2003
Registered South African Geomatics Council (SAGC)
Engineering Surveyor (GTc ES 2150)
Short Courses Model Maker and Road Maker
Year Obtained 2008
GPS Trimble, Trimble Robbotic
2013
Health and Safety (OHS)
2012
Last school attended Hillcrest High School
Year of Matriculation 1997
WORK EXPERIENCE
Current Employer WTW Civils (PTY) LTD
Current Position Senior Surveyor
Period Employed August 2018 – Present
Duties
Survey setting out road
Surveying Original Ground Levels
Setting out levels
Surveying asbuilt
Producing asbuilt drawings
Measuring and calculating quantities
Producing plans and designs
Mentoring students
WORK EXPERIENCE
Previous Employer Stefanutti Stocks Roads & Earthworks
Current Position Surveyor
Period Employed Jan 2008 – August 2018
Duties
Setting out of roads and earthworks batter boards and profiles.
Setting out stormwater. Sewer, water lines and conveyors at the mine.
Provide quantities for claims.
Setting out of concrete structures, columns and plinths.
Surveying of road layer work level tolerances and calculating results on road maker.
Doing month measures for the certificate on Model and Road Maker.
Participating in doing the monthly claim certificate.
Doing tache survey for quantities and design on Model Maker and Road Maker.
Doing asbuilts for all the jobs done Model Maker
Designing small roads on road maker program and platforms on model maker program.
Supervising earthworks and layer works jobs.
Doing all the setting out for airport rehabilitation runway and stormwater.
Setting out big culverts, roads, stormwater and a bridge at the Hammersdale interchange.
CONTRACTS WORKED ON FOR STEFANUTTI
1.Goedgevonden in 2008 constraction of the new Xtrata mine at Ogies.
2.N17 road rehab from Bethal to Devon (Sanral Job).
3.Kusile Power Station.
4.Road construction and a bridge in Swaziland ( next to Palace)
5.Road contruction, bridges and culvert from Tshituni to Musekwa in Louis Trichard and reconstruction of a bridge washed away by flooding.
6.Kumba mine for construction of workshop in the Northern Cape.
7.Road construction and a bridge and pipe culverts at Taung (North West Province)
8.Building effluent dam in Sasol at Secunda.
9.Construction of the airport in the North West Province, setting out run way and stormwater.
10.Hammersdale bridge interchange, setting out big culverts, road batter boards and profiles,stormwater and setting out bridge piers and abutments (Total value of the project about R300m)
11.Xhora dam project, setting out of culvert, setting out of spillway, setting out of resevoirs and pump stations, setting out of pipe lines, water level lines and buffer lines.
Previous Employer Power Construction (Pty)Ltd
Previous Position Senior Surveyor
Period Employed Aug 2005 – Dec 2007
Project 1 Country View Estate Development in Pretoria East
Project 2 Serengeti Estate Development
Duties
Surveying ground levels (tache survey)
Setting out of roads and platform batter boards and profiles stormwater, sewer, water lines, ducts and concrete works.
Calculating quantities on model maker and manual calculations.
Managing junior surveyors and mentoring them.
Setting out deep pipe excavations with a lazer.
Attend on site complaints and problem solving.
Report daily on the progress of junior surveyors as per their program to the site agent.
Producing asbuilts drawings for the engineer.
Setting out the bridge and dual carriage way road.
Setting out traffic circles.
Setting out platforms and boundary beacons.
Checking levels torances on road layer works.
Redesigning some of the roads according to engineers specification.
Doing month measures for the certificate.
Mentoring junior surveyors and foremen on site.
Making sure health and safety standards are maintained on site.
Attending daily production meetings.
Attending meetings with engineers and clients for project updates.
Previous Employer Eire Contractors( Pty) Ltd
Position Quantity Surveyor
Period Employed 2003 – 2005
Project 1 Samquartz Silica Mine (open cast)
Duties
Supervision of drilling rigs.
Mark holes and survey them to determine the drill depth .
Producing a drilling plan for both the operator and the mine manager.
Calculating quantities on model maker for production and claim.
Ensure safe working conditions and methods.
Setting out for structures.
Designing and setting out ramps to the pit on model maker and road maker and marking grade lines.
Quality control (file plans and suggesting which areas to be drilled for certain material).
Ensure good house keeping.
Survey stockpiles for quantities and checking water levels on dams.
Reason for leaving I could not finish my studies as I was working long shifts
and weekends
Previous Employer Namandla Roads & Civils (Pty) Ltd
Position Surveyor
Period Employed Dec 2002 – 2003
Project 1 La lucia
Duties
-Setting out batter boards and levels profiles for the platforms.
-Setting out profiles for stormwater and sewer excavations
-Setting out levels for retaining walls
-Survey asbuilt for platforms, stormwater and sewer pipe
Poject2 Cato Manor
Duties
-Setting out profiles for platforms and roads.
-Setting out profiles for stormwater and sewer excavations
-Survey asbuilt for roads, platforms, stomwater and sewer pipes.
Project value +-R30million
PERSONALITY
I am a diligent, technically and business minded person who enjoys the engineering field and its challenges.Comfortable on Model Maker and Road Maker softwares. I enjoy both indoor and outdoor workings. I am self-driven and always striving for excellence. I am willing to grow within the company and also willing to travel and work anyway in the country and abroad.
SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
1. Model Maker, Road Maker and MS Office
2. Total Station Workabout ( Ceaser and Logger)
3. Trimble GPS and Trimble Robotic
REFERENCES
Contact Person Phil Young
Position Senior Surveyor
Company Stefanutti Stocks Roads & Earthworks (Pty)Ltd
Tel. No. (011-*******
Contact Person Shadrack Sokomane
Position Senior Surveyor
Company Power Construction (Pty)Ltd
Cell. No. (083-*******
Contact Person Rajen Govender
Position Contracts Manager
Company Eire Contractors (Pty)Ltd
Tel. No. (031-******* / 082-*******
Contact Person Eddie Wentzel
Position Managing Director
Company Namandla Roads & Civils
Tel. No. 031-*******