Chief Engineer

Edmore Hamandishe

002**-***-***-*** ******@*****.*** Zimbabwe, Gweru,

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Dear Sir/Madam

I trust I find you well with this email. My name is Edmore Hamandishe, and I would like to apply for the Chief Engineer position within your organisation. I have found this position to be the best fit for my career growth aspirations.

I am a Senior Projects Engineering Professional who has 18 Years of practical experience in the implementation of various multi-billion infrastructure projects in the Mining & Metals Industry. I am a holder of the following qualifications:

1.Professional Masters in Infrastructure and Civil Engineering

2.Executive master’s in digital Twins for Infrastructure and Cities

3.Advanced Masters in Senior Strategy Management

4.Masters in Global BIM for Infrastructure Projects and Buildings

5.National Diploma in Civil Engineering

6.Management Development Program in Business of Consulting Engineering

7.Certificate of Competency in Project Management

8.United Nations Diploma in IWRM.

9.Executive Diploma in Business Leadership,

May you please find below a summary of my current job responsibilities.

1. Strategic Leadership and Accountability

1.1 I am a member of Anglo-American Unki Mines’ leadership team, who contributes to decision making on planning and execution of a 10-Year Portfolio of CAPEX Projects. Currently, executing a greenfield Portal Development, greenfield ventilation infrastructure projects and brownfield upgrades.

1.2 Actively leads, promotes, guides and facilitates high standards of governance, practice and professional services for major capital infrastructure projects, including procurement, contract management, project management and infrastructure development.

1.3 Actively and insightfully contributes to strategic, operational and Life of Asset planning and Projects execution methodology development for the Mine’s Capex Projects through working with the Technical Services Team.

1.4 Provides leadership and guidance to key projects stakeholders and internal Project Managers.

1.5 Establishes, leads and manages the inter-agency taskforce & stakeholders for each major infrastructure project.

1.6 Ensures that resources for each of the projects are managed and developed to meet the complex service requirements of Mine.

2. Communication and Consultation

2.1 Develops and maintains effective relationships and communication with government, industry, professionals, professionals, community and other key stakeholders to achieve capital development objectives.

2.2 Initiates, facilitates and maintains strong working relationships in order to effectively liaise, consult and negotiate with all relevant internal and external stakeholders.

3. Specific Position and/or Operational Responsibilities

3.1 Leads and directs the Capital projects function within the organisation, leading

service delivery, resource allocation, and adherence to relevant policies and procedures, operational plans and budgets to achieve agreed targets and initiate corrective action when necessary.

3.2 Leads and manages contracts with external service providers which relate to capital projects, to ensure compliance with all contractual requirements and operating agreements.

3.3 For the Capital projects, on an ongoing basis monitors and reviews service delivery and cost effectiveness of all areas of responsibility, to ensure all current and future operational and commercial needs of the state are met.

3.5 Leads and directs Unki’s 35MW Solar Facility Projects from design, execution and operation.

3.6 Superintends a Ventilation Upgrade project from feasibility studies, execution and commissioning.

3.7 Ensures adherence to operational plans and budgets, to achieve agreed targets, and initiates corrective action when necessary.

4. Anglo-American Unki Platinum Mines Governance, Safety and Quality Requirements

4.1 Ensures, as far as practicable, the provision of a safe working environment in consultation with Project Managers under their supervision.

4.2 Participates in an annual performance development review and undertakes performance development review of staff under their supervision.

4.3 Supports the delivery of safe projects including identifying, facilitating and participating in continuous safety and quality improvement activities.

4.4 Completes mandatory training (including safety and quality training) as relevant to role.

4.5 Performs duties in accordance with Government, Regulatory Authorities, Mines specific policies and procedures.

5. Undertakes other duties as directed.

I would like to further my motivation for a suitable position with your organisation through a meeting or interview.

Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours Sincerely,

Edmore Hamandishe

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KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

1.Received three awards at the Anglo-American Awards and Recognition ceremony held in 2023 for successful delivery of Capital Projects in terms of good safety record, costs, and efficiency.

2.Achieved 95% of Capital spend on Capital projects in 2023.

3.Successfully completed Feasibility Studies for Unki Solar Facility Project, Unki Open Pit project, Underground Silo, Exploration, Return Water Dam, and other Capital replacement projects.

4.Developed a Look-Ahead for Unki’s 10-Year Portfolio in line with the Life of Asset Plan.

5.Demonstrated key leadership and management skills in the delivery of multiple and massive infrastructure development projects for Rio Tinto Murowa Diamonds Mine (2011-2021)

6.Translated strategy into action; showed strong influence, negotiation, and communication and stakeholder relationship management skills during my entire career path from 2004.

7.Designed accelerated program roadmap, saving 20% on expenditures and delivering completed implementation three months ahead of schedule on business expansion projects at Anglo-American Unki Mines.

8.Executed implementation of mega projects for the business that resulted in the realisation of 100% profit.

9.Designed and aligned projects implementation strategy and business objectives.

10.Demonstrated expertise/knowledge of the project life cycle: scope definition and management, planning, estimating, analysis, development, testing, and implementation up to commissioning.

11.Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with business sponsors, communicate project status, and understand detailed business requirements across multiple project initiatives.

12.Provided strategic and consulting type advice and project execution services to support management’s most significant challenges.

13.Designed an Infrastructure Lifecycle Management for the Site Services Department with Rio Tinto Murowa Diamonds.

RESEARCHING AND AREAS OF INTEREST

Engineering, Technology & Innovation.

Global Business Leadership & Consulting

Business Operational Excellence

Sustainability practices in the delivery of business Projects & Operations

Designing for a Circular Economy- Our Planet, Our World.

SMART Engineering practices- Smart Energy, Smart Cities & Smart Infrastructure.

ESG issues in the global economy.

Digital Transformation in the Built Environment

1 Sunningdale, Southdowns Mobile: +263-***-***-***

Gweru, Midlands, Zimbabwe Email: ******@*****.***

Edmore Hamandishe

Head of Engineering Projects

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES

A highly competent Head of Engineering Projects with excellent technical, strategic, managerial, leadership, communication, organizing and co-ordination skills of delivering complex Capital Projects. Possessing a proven track record of delivering highly impactful projects of all magnitude, safely, cost-effectively, within schedule and within the required scope of work.

Keen to find a challenging opportunity in Strategy, Innovation, Smart Technology & Complex Projects delivery at an International Scale.

CAREER SYNOPSIS

A delivery focused Projects Lead with extensive experience in delivering business growth while leading large complex projects involving multiple cross functional teams.16 Years Experienced Senior Projects Professional highly skilled in leading engineering teams and business professionals and external contractors/consultancy to carry out best practices and compelling value to stakeholders and shareholders mainly in Mining, Metals, AEC & Energy. Proficient in generating user-centric reports and managing multi-million-dollar critical projects. Adept at identifying and fulfilling business objectives and shareholder expectations within the organizational framework while controlling costs and accomplishing delivery of business aligned initiatives.

Bulk Earthworks for massive Civil Projects

Bulk Water Supply and Tailings Dam Structures

Mining Services, Civils, SMPP, EC&I & Energy Projects

Mining Greenfield & Brownfield Development Projects

Municipal, Fit-Out, Site Services, Facilities, Lifecycle Infrastructure Management

Tourisim and Industrial Infrastructure Projects

Client Liaison and Stakeholder Relationship Management

Business Advisory & Consulting on Engineering, Technology & Growth issues

Health Safety Environment and Quality Management

Knowledge of ISO 45001, ISO14001 and ISO 9001 standards

Business Development, Strategic Growth and Strategic Operational Excellency management

KPIs setting and Performance Management

KEY KNOWLEDGE AREAS & EXPERTISE

Whole project lifecycle delivery management in AEC, Mining, Heavy Industry & Energy projects.

Proficient with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, MS Project, BIM, Primavera

Emerging Technologies & Engineering Designing

Tendering and Contract Administration

Construction process management

Lean & 360^0 management Systems

Innovation Management

Change Management System

Projects Financial, Procurement and Risk Management

Team Building, Collaboration, Mentoring & Coaching

BIM Project Information Management and Advanced BIM based Project Controls

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

DBA in Strategy, Project Leadership & PMO Management-Swiss Business School (Candidate)

Executive Masters in Digital Twins for Infrastructure and Smart Cities

Masters in Global BIM Management for Infrastructure Projects and Buildings

Professional Masters in Infrastructure & Civil Engineering

Advanced Masters in Senior Strategy Management

Business Of Consulting Engineering-Consulting Engineers South Africa

Post Graduate Diploma in IWRM-United Nations University

National Diploma in Civil Engineering

Executive Diploma in Business Leadership

Certificate in Project Management

Certificate of Competence in Project Management

Certificate in GIS

Membership

Member of the Project Management Institute of Zimbabwe

Member of the Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Anglo-American Unki Mines May 2021-Current PMO Manager

Heads Anglo American Unki Mine’s Projects Management Section with a key role of managing a complex portfolio of all Mine Projects including both surface and underground. Runs the business’ 10-Year and Beyond Stay-in- Business and Long Life of Mine Expansion Capital Projects.

Establish PMO role, create center of excellence that aligns with the Anglo-American PLC guidelines, quality standards and company strategy.

Delivers a complex portfolio of Growth, Lifex and Stay-in-Business projects by observing business values of integrity, accountability, zero harm, honest, care and respect.

Implement efficiencies that meet or exceed the financial expectations established at project initiation.

Develop and govern program and portfolio management processes, uses of dashboards, templates, keeping aligned with policies and metrics.

Monitor projects, programs and portfolio to ensure compliance with project policies and standards as well as keeping to schedules, budgets and quality expectations.

Manage project, program and portfolio deliverables and tasks.

Coach and mentor team and share knowledge and best practices in order to maintain a culture of a high performance and operational excellence.

Hire and manage PMO staff, including project, program, and portfolio professionals, in line with project objectives.

Coordinate deliverables with project managers, analysts, market leads, et al., while supporting contractors and reporting structure

Oversee project managers of all projects to make sure delivery of their projects is on time and within budget as well as meeting quality standards.

Works with executive team to assess and decide on which proposals have the highest potential value, impact and strategic alignment.

Identify project, program and portfolio priorities, deal with challenges and communicate project risks and opportunities.

Creating long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines

Delegating project tasks to Project Managers best positioned to complete them.

Making effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with projects.

Serving as a point of contact for teams when multiple units are assigned to the same project to ensure team actions remain in synergy.

Communicating with Business Leads to keep projects aligned with business goals.

Projects Financial management including budgeting, cashflow management and cost management.

Rio Tinto Murowa Diamonds 2011-2014 Site Services & Civil Engineering Projects Lead

Rio Zim Murowa Diamonds 2014-April 2021 Head Site Services and Projects

Section Lead for the Civils, Infrastructure and Growth Function, Minesite Services, Corporate &Social Responsibility Infrastructure Projects, SMPP (Structural, Mechanical, Platework and Pipework) functions for the business’ Expansion Growth Projects, Tailings Storage Facilities Management and Facilities Management.

Delivered 95% of the overall functions of the business’ growth projects, business development, execution, implementation, and commissioning and lifecycle infrastructure management since 2011.

Developed the Business’ Projects Execution Strategy and ensured that the business’s expansion objectives are met with a deviation of zero.

Prepared technical and HSEQ (Health, Safety, Environment and Quality) standards for the section and maintained zero harm and no LTIs for the business.

Involved in all phases of projects, conception, front-end engineering, detailed engineering, and construction and commissioning.

Interfaced with the whole Project Professional Team and External Stakeholders, Contractors and Subcontractors and realized the successful completion of projects with a 98% success in managing project conflicts and disputes.

Designed Project Schedules and Project Tracking Systems that ensured timely delivery of infrastructure projects.

Provided support to Contractor Companies and Subcontractors in the execution of Mine Infrastructure, Property and Real Estate, Bulk Earthworks and SMPP projects.

Established compliant capital budgets for the projects department and individual projects and provided budget tracking systems that ensured all projects are executed with a deviation of not more than 5%.

Performed effective construction management strategies on all projects and maintained construction productivity well above 90%.

Performed the interface role between the Projects Department and other Mining Departments and ensured 100% success execution of both brownfield and Greenfield Projects.

Section Head for the Site Services Department and Facilities and Estates Section with more than 200 employees and External Contractors. Provided the Mine adequate support services that ensured more than 95% production availability.

Involved in technical and financial audits, analysis and maintained documentation as per contractual requirements and ensured business objectives are met with no deviation.

Performed an Advisory Role to management during the entire project Lifecycle and ensured risks are eliminated before any project starts.

OTHER ORGANISATIONS

1.Oxfam Great Britain 2010-2011 Projects Manager-Energy, Water, Environment & Infrastructure

2.Action Contre La Faim 2010 Projects Manager- Energy, Water, Environment & Infrastructure

3.Fresh Limitada 2007-2009 Senior Projects Manager- Infrastructure Projects

4.Sirtech Investments 2006-2007 Manager-Production

2. District Development Fund 2004 Civils Projects Supervisor

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