Dear HR Recruitment Team:

I enclose my curriculum vitae for your perusal and would appreciate your kind consideration for employment at your firm. I have completed my BSc Eng. (Civil Engineering with Honours) at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal in 2016 I have over 4 years working experience. I am currently employed as a Consultant Engineer at Aurecon (Zutari Africa) where I am responsible for providing the Asset management team with technical expertise regarding Stormwater, Water and Sanitation infrastructure. I have previously worked as a Roads Engineer at Eskom at the Hendrina Power Station in Mpumalanga where I was involved in maintenance, design and project management related to roads and other infrastructure within the power station. I also have experience conducting geotechnical site and lab testing with data interpretation as well as report compilation providing results and recommendations. I am a member of ECSA as a candidate engineer. I believe I would greatly benefit from working at your firm as it will provide me with a platform to further develop my skills and engineering knowledge.

I look forward to your favourable response herein. Yours faithfully

Muhammed Vawda

Cell: 079-***-****

Email: admtqf@r.postjobfree.com

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Qualifications

BSc Civil Engineering

with Honours

Professional

registrations

Candidate Engineer,

Engineering Council of

South Africa (ECSA)

Specialisation

Civil engineering

4

years in industry

Languages

English – Proficient

Afrikaans – Fair

IsiZulu – Fair

Personal Details

Full Name: Muhammed Vawda

Gender: Male

Race: Indian

Date of Birth: 17 August 1993

Nationality: South African

Identification Number: 930**********

Marital Status: Married

Current City: Johannesburg

Mobile: 079-***-****

E-Mail: admtqf@r.postjobfree.com

Education and Memberships

University of KwaZulu – Natal (2012-2016)

BSc Civil Engineering with Honours

Candidate Engineer – Engineering Council of South Africa

(No. 201751101)

Referees

Available upon request

Project Experience

(Refer to pages 2 and 3 for previous work experince) Muhammed Vawda

Consultant Engineer (Civil)

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PROJECT EXPERIENCE (4 years, 3months)

Post-Graduation Working Experience

18/03/2019 - Date Zutari (Aurecon), Engineering Consultant - Asset Management 01/02/2017 - 31/01/2019 Eskom, Civil Roads Engineer 21/11/2016 - 31/01/2017 Geo Solutions, Civil Geotechnical Engineer Zutari (Aurecon) - Civil Engineer, Storm Water Technical Consultant - Asset Management, Mar 2019 – Present (26 months)

Aurecon has been engaged to assist the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CTMM) in auditing infrastructure assets to recompile and update existing infrastructure asset registers (IARs). The objective of the project is to develop a comprehensive Municipal Standard Chart of Accounts (mSCOA) and a generally recognised accounting practice (GRAP) compliant asset register. The work involves assisting in updating the assets under construction projects, recompiling IARs based on full physical verification, land surveying to identify and categorise all land owned by CTMM, compiling a socio-economic study and infrastructure asset management plans and compiling a comprehensive municipal infrastructure plan (CMIP). The project also involves a skills transfer programme. Responsible for:

• The verification and linking of stormwater components for a new fixed asset register.

• Quality assurance (QA) of field components data, photos, global positioning system

(GPS) and shape files.

• Understanding the Tshwane Stormwater system i.e. Stormwater Collection, Conveyance and Attenuation. Identifying and improving gaps in current database making use of sound engineering principles, standards and methodologies.

• Updating Tshwane Attenuation Dam Database.

• Conducting a desktop study aligned with The South African National Roads Agency Drainage manual for the estimation of Pipe flow rates and dimensions.

• Engaging with Tshwane Roads and Stormwater Department. Understanding Client requirements and presenting all findings, approaches and deliverables for sign-off.

• Tshwane Water and Waste Water Treatment Works Verification, Register Linking and Register Upload

• Conducting Site verification of all Wastewater and Water Treatment works in Tshwane.

• Understanding all process flows and treatment plant layouts with buried assets. Eskom (Hendrina Power Station) – Civil System Engineer, Feb 2017 – Feb 2019 (24 months)

• Civil Engineering department

• Understanding and modifying plant design and maintenance philosophies.

• Investigation of problems/incidents related to performance and production loss.

• Internal and external road network custodian for the station.

• Assisting civil maintenance department with technical expertise and detailed work instructions: Temporary road rehabilitation.

Re-design of station speed humps.

Surface repairs of station internal roads.

Repairs of water treatment plant eroded steel gratings.

Pavement design of critical station road intersection. 3

Appointed Engineer: Hendrina Power Station Coal Road Rehabilitation Project Due to the exponential increase in the number of coal trucks accessing the station, there was a need to rehabilitate the access road to improve the efficiency and reliability of the coal delivery process. The project required the compilation of a safety risk assessment, an environmental impact assessment (EIA), technical specifications for tender review and NEC engineering and construction contract. The scope of work consisted of:

• Site Preparation (safe removal and disposal of coal sediments)

• Road Rehabilitation (removal and re-construction of road layers from the subgrade level)

• Drainage Provisions (establishing flow in existing drainage network and provision of sub-soil drainage)

• Establishment of temporary deviation (alternative access to coal stockyard during road works)

Development of Hendrina Power Station Roads Maintenance Strategy The strategy outlined the maintenance interventions that were required and the frequency at which these interventions were to be completed.

• Provided detailed work instructions for maintenance to execute.

• Designed station roads dashboard to keep track of current road conditions and maintenance actions.

Geo-technical Solutions – Civil Geotechnical Engineer, Nov 2016 – Jan 2017 (3 months)

• Establishment of general site conditions.

• Fieldwork (Soil profiling, Testing: DCPs, Percolation, Nuclear gauge compaction)

• Laboratory Testing (Soil grading analysis, Atterberg limits, Max dry density with OMC, CBR, Hydrometer, material classification)

• Compilation of reports with recommendations (Foundation and drainage)

• Compilation of quotes and BOQ’s

Appointed Engineer: Rural Sanitation Development Bergville Area The project consisted of 50 rural schools around the Bergville area in KZN. Geo Sol was tasked to prepare Geotechnical Reports detailing site conditions for all 50 schools. Responsibilities:

• Interpreting site conditions

• Interpreting site and lab test results

• Providing design recommendations for drainage and foundation construction 4

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