Curriculum Vitae
for
TAVONGA BLESSING JIRI
***** ******** *, ******, +263-***-***-*** / +263-***-***-*** Email: ***********@*****.***
PERSONAL PROFILE
Sex : Male
Date of Birth : 24 February 1996
Nationality : Zimbabwean
ID Number : 75 488680 M 07
Languages : English and Shona
Technical Skills
AutoCAD
QGIS
Microsoft Office Packages; Excel, Word,
Power point
Microsoft Projects
EDUCATION
Project Management Institute 2024
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP)®
National University of Science and Technology 2020 Bachelor of Engineering Honours Degree in Civil and Water Engineering Upper Second Class (2.1)
Hartzell High School 2014
ZIMSEC Advanced Level
3 Subjects passed Math, Physics, Chemistry
St Dominic’s High School 2012
ZIMSEC Ordinary Level
10 subjects passed including Mathematics and English language Holder of Clean class 4 driver’s license number 81842JZ Graduate member of the Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers (ZIE), Reg. # ZIE176453 WORK EXPERIENCE
Site Engineer
Integrated Construction Projects
City of Victoria Falls – Construction of a Ground reservoir and elevated reservoir and associated works
April 2023 – present
Construction of a 5 megalitre ground reservoir, 0.98 megalitre elevated tank, earthworks for the reservoir tanks, extension of Aerodrome pump station, 12 km water pipeline, access roads
Cresta Hotel Raw water tank and pipeline construction July 2024 – present
Construction of a 150 cubic meter galvanized tank, 4.6 km water pipeline Key responsibilities
• Quality Assurance /Quality Control implementation
• Developing execution plan detailed with planned production outputs weekly, planned resources for the planned tasks and tracked progress using Microsoft Projects
• Enforcing implementation of SHEQ rules and regulations in liaison with the SHEQ Officer
• Initiation and execution of procurement processes for purchase/hire of required material, labour, plant and subcontractor resources
• Contract management and reporting – creating Requests for information, Technical Queries, Submissions, Requests for Inspection, Concession requests, Early warnings Junior civil engineer
SINOHYDRO Corporation Limited Zimbabwe
Hwange Power Station Expansion Project
September 2021 – March 2023
Worked on the construction of 600 MW Hwange Power Station Expansion Project
• Preparation of method statements and related documents
• Liaising with the ZPC engineers and Hatch consultants
• Supervising and monitoring of civil and structural construction works.
• Conducting inspections with clients’ engineers on construction works
• Resolving non- conformance reports (NCR) and Stop and Fix reports issued by the client
• Implementation of health, safety and environment regulations onsite. Civil engineer intern
Mutare City Council
August 2018 - June 2019
• Supervision of construction of school classroom blocks and sewer layout
• GIS data collection, compilation and analysis
• Assisted in implementation of district water metering for Mutare city using Flexim water meters and software packages
• Preparation of reports and progress of works for the maintenance of roads
• Preparation of tender document
REFERENCES
Eng. M. Kerith, Director of Engineering Department: City of Mutare, **********@*****.**.**, +263-***-***-***
Dr Eng A. Chinyama, National University of Science and Technology, **********@*****.***, +263-***-***-***
Eng. K. Mushunje, Civil and Water Engineering Department Chairperson: National University of Science and Technology, ******.********@****.**.**