Construction Foreman Yard Manager,Driver

CHARLIE BUCHANAN

Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Name: CHARLIE

Surname: BUCHANAN

Date of Birth: 24 JANUARY 1979

Age: 41 YEARS

Nationality: SOUTH AFRICAN

ID Number: 790**********

Marital Status: Married

Dependents: 2

Bilingualism: ENGLISH/AFRIKAANS

Driver’s License: Code 10 C1

CONTACT DETAILS:

Postal address: 29 Trossachs Street

The Hill

Johannesburg

Residential address: 29 Trossachs Street

The Hill

Johannesburg

Telephone: 060******* / 064-***-****

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

WORKING EXPERIENCE:

Last Employment

Company: RENEW-IT Group

Period: 1 July 2019 - Present

Position: Security/ Maintenance Manager/driver

Responsibilities:

- 1. Contribute towards COS by controlling budgets for security & Maintenance operations

●Monitor expenses related to security and maintenance

●Stay within monthly budget by focusing on critical maintenance issues

●Source providers that offer best price & service

- 2. Develop and implement effective security policies

●Manage security staff and ensure that they are complying with company security standards

●Investigate and resolve issues

●Attend meetings with other managers to highlight security risks and report on recommendations for improvements

●Maintain records of daily incidents/activities

●Make recommendations in terms of improving security in the branch

●Ensure Branch security is compliant with Health and safety requirements

- 3.Develop and Implement preventative and corrective maintenance protocols

●Analyze repairs requests and troubleshoot them

●Perform Installations, assembling, Fittings, Repairs and replacements as needed

●Ensure adequate stock of maintenance material

●Ensure workshop equipment and machinery is serviced and maintain in working order

●Ensure maintenance equipment, tools and machinery is serviced and maintained in working order

●Manage the relationship with discovery and the maintenance interns

WORKING EXPERIENCE:

Company: MAWELE METALS

Period: OCTOBER 2018-APRIL

Position: Driver, Supervisor

Responsibilities: - Read scope of work and work accordingly

- Worked on sites

- Buying and collecting Building Material

- Worked flexi hours (Overtime) Standby

- All foreman duties (Can read plans for all steel construction

- All steel structures (building them)

Reason for leaving was on a fix term contract and company terminated it.

Company: COUNTER POINT CONSTRUCTION

Period: 05TH AUGUST 2016 – 17TH SEPTEMBER 2018

Position: Site Construction Foreman

Responsibilities: - Read scope of work and work accordingly

- Worked on sites, Building, Plumbing Etc (, Albany and Sab)

- Service of company Vehicles

- Buying and collecting Building Material

- Worked flexi hours (Overtime) Standby

- Travelling (Virginia, Secunda)

- All foreman duties (Can read plans for all steel construction

- Scaffolding Training (Certificates

- Driver

Company: MONARCH BUILDING SUPPLIES

Period: 9 MARCH 2015 – 5TH FEBRUARY 2016

Position: Yard Supervisor

Responsibilities: - Stock Received

- Worked behind the sales counter

- Worked with customers on a daily basis

- All supervisor duties

Company: 1 STOP RECYCLING

Period: 8 DECEMBER 2011 – 2015

Position: Driver

Responsibilities: - Pickups (Collecting stock from customers)

- Selling stock, collecting cash and banking cheques

- Maintaining company vehicles

- Basic yard manager duties

- Opening of yard and closing of yard

Company: SSJ SECURITY

Period: 5th SEPTEMBER 2008 – 1st MARCH 2010

Position: Operations Manager

Responsibilities: - Regular site visits

- Interviewing new staff

- Control room duties

- Preparing of posting sheets and duty rosters

- Issuing of staff uniforms

- Working shifts (Night shifts)

- 24/7 Emergency standby

- Assist in meetings

- Working with Booysens Police

Company: CHAMPION SECURITY

Period: 3rd FEBRUARY 2006 – AUGUST 2008

Position: Technician

Responsibilities: - Regular site visits

- Installations & Repairs on alarms

- Electric Fence Install & Repair

- Keep clock machines up to date on sites

SECONDARY EDUCATION:

HOËRSKOOL PRESIDENT

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

GRADE 10: (1995)

- Afrikaans First Language HG

- English Second Language HG

- Business Economics SG

- Technology SG

- Biology SG

- Typing SG

- Woodwork HG

TRAINING

Nemtek Electric Fence Training (2007)

Elvey Security Technologies (Alarms) (2007)

LABOUR LAW SECURITY (2009)

Basic Discipline

Ball Training

Psira Training: Psira Number: 1870872 (2010)

COUNTER POINT CONSTRUCTION

Operate a Telescopic Boom Handler (2018)

Scaffold Erector NQF Level 3 (2018)

Scaffold Inspector NQF Level 4

REFERENCES:

Company: Champion Security

Owner: Birt Fourie

Contact Number: 082-***-****

Company: SSJ Security

Owner: Shane van Zyl

Contact Number: 083-***-****

Company: Monarch Building Supplies

Owner: James

Contact Number: 083-***-****

Company: COUNTER POINT CONSTRUCTION

Owner: Receptionist Cecilia Richardson

Contact Number: 083-***-****

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