Site Supervisor Construction Manager

NOEL DUMBA

Site Supervisor

Location : Brakpan, Gauteng

Telephone : +277********

Email : *********@*****.***

Profile

Dedicated supervisor with over 25 years in the building industry. Skilled in coordinating activities and working collaboratively with all stakeholders to ensure projects are completed on time. I prioritise site safety procedures and product quality in every project I manage.

WORK EXPERIENCE

January 2025 – Present

Thabile Engineering Consulting Company

Unit F18, Pinewood Square, 33 Riley Road, Woodmead, 2151 – South Africa Site Supervisor

Responsibilities

Projects:

Ariadne-Eros 400Kv Multi circuit Line.

Ensure contractors and their employees work safely and follow procedures

Collaborate closely with contractors to keep the project on schedule

Supervise contractors and subcontractors to ensure they fully adhere to project specifications

Communicate effectively with contractor and other stakeholders

Complete and maintain records for site reports

Attend site management progress meetings

Inspect contract work for quality control

March 2023 – December 2024

Lyons and Partners (Pty) Ltd (Electrical Engineers) – South Africa Site Supervisor

Responsibilities

Projects:

Ariadne-Eros 2 400Kv double circuit.

Ensure project meet and conform to construction specifications and regulations.

Ensure that gangs adhere to accepted methods of work for specific tasks.

Ensure that the contractor adheres to appropriate site rules, conduct a risk assessment before work commences.

Enforcing safety measures by making sure that the contractor put in place necessary welfare facilities where people are working.

Ensure that contractors are notified of any defect or deviations on project specifications by writing non- conformance report and ensuring that reports are addressed within stipulated time frame.

Quality inspection during construction.

May 2021 – February 2023

Trans Africa Projects (TAP) – South Africa

Foundation Site Supervisor

Responsibilities

Projects:

Gromis – Juno 400Kv Section A & B

Ensure conformance of contractors to project specifications.

Ensure that gangs and activities follow the correct method of work for the specific task.

Ensure that the contractors adheres to appropriate site rules, conduct a risk assessment before work commences.

Ensure that the contractors put in place necessary welfare facilities where people are working.

Raise defect and nonconformance notifications to contractors for any product out of project specifications and ensure that the contractor addresses the non-conformance notifications within the stipulated time frame.

Quality inspections and approve control sheets for the specific task. March 2020 – April 2021

Spinner Legacy (Pty) Ltd – South Africa

Construction Manager

Responsibilities

Projects:

Ankerlig - Koeberg 132kV Line Deviation

Manage and coordinates all tasks according to priorities and plans.

Ensure project resources and manpower are adequate

Scheduled meetings with clients, vendors and officials to meet project timelines and budget.

Ensure projects remains within budget by monitoring expenditures.

Plan weekly, daily activities as per project requirement.

Ensuring that all work performed is as per project specification.

Ensure safe work environment for team members and contractors.

Conduct a toolbox talk every morning.

Collaborate with team supervisors to resolve production issues and take necessary actions to improve production targets.

Reported on project progress to project manager and all stakeholders on a daily basis to ensure efficient communication.

April 2019 – Jan 2021

UTE Elecnor Effage - Liberia

Foundation Manager

Responsibilities

Projects:

Cote D’ivoire Liberia Sierra Leonne Guinea Interconnection Project Lot 1 L.T.225kV Yakepa/Buchanan

Manage, supervise all foundation works, including plant, equipment and material for foundation work.

Plan daily activities and direct all foundation works.

Organizing activity gangs, appointing gang leaders, setting weekly and daily production targets for the teams.

Ordering materials, equipment and allocating it to teams.

Writing weekly, daily and monthly reports to the project manager.

Monitoring production as per planned targets and taking remedial action if there is a negative deviation on the set path.

Conduct weekly, monthly progress meetings.

Attending all stakeholder meetings and report project progress. Jan 2019 – March 2019

not attached to a company

May 2009 – Dec 2018

Babcock Nthutuko Powerlines – South Africa

Surveyor/Supervisor

Responsibilities

Projects:

400Kv/765Kv Masa-Gwedi Section A

Ferrum Nieuwehoop 400Kv Line

Ngwedi Lilo 400Kv Line

Hendrina- Gumeni 400Kv Line Section A

Matimba Lephalale 2x 132Kv line –Lephalale

Kappa-Sterrekus 765Kv Transmission Line

Abattoir/Nagle Dam 132Kv Line-KZN

Idutywa-Gatyana 132Kv Line-Eastern Cape

Gamma-Kappa 765Kv Transmission Line

Hydra Perseus 765Kv turn-in and Hydra Kronos 400Kv turn in Transmission Line-De-Aar

Sckaapkop-Woodville-Leeubosch-Knysna 132Kv Double circuit Line

Mercury-Mookodi 400Kv Line

Medupi-Spitskop 400Kv Line Section A & D

Tabor-Spencer 275Kv Transmission Line

Plan site daily activities and report progress.

Supervision of all site activities

Liaise with the client on all functions on setting out of towers for construction

Supervision of excavation, steel fixing, concreting, Installation of shutters and stub setting.

Liaising with environmental officer on matters of access roads, installation of gates, excavations, backfilling and rehabilitation.

Tower pegging, measuring guy ropes, Leg extensions.

Ensure all working materials, namely drawings, ladders, shovels etc. are available to gang leaders.

Liaise with the client on tower movements, changes in foundation and line deviation.

Observing and enforcing quality control and safety rules and practices.

Liaise with Safety Officer on matters of safety concerning activities under my supervision. Feb 2007 – April 2009

Young Stuart and Associates – South Africa

Surveyor

Responsibilities

Projects:

220Kv Fungurume-Kwatabala 220Kv Transmission Line-DRC

Tati –Selibe Pikwe 220Kv Line –Botswana

Ellis Park road and pavements upgrade

Valkfontein roads

Line marking, angle coordination, tower pegging & setting out and angle coordination.

Determining leg extension, checking hindrances and determining way to overcome them.

Setting out substation, plinths, check plinths levels, set out drainage channels, stub setting, guy rope measurements and calculations.

Detail survey of roads adjacent to Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg.

Topographical surveys on mines and new buildings layout plans.

Gathering information about the towers along Eskom's old lines in the province of Gauteng. This includes collecting details such as structure number, GPS coordinates and noting any defects found on the structure. July 2004 – Dec 2006

ABB Pty – South Africa

Surveyor

Responsibilities

Projects:

110Kv Gurue/ Gwamba/Lichinga transmission line -Mozambique

Morupule/Thmanga 220KV transmission line–Botswana

Tower pegging and setting out.

Stub setting, measuring clearance on road and rail crossings.

Base erection, steel fixing, erecting guyed towers, guy rope measurements and calculations.

Line Inspection

March 2004 – July 2004

ABB Pty Ltd - Zambia

Surveyor/Supervisor

Responsibilities

Projects:

Kitwe Distribution System Rehabilitation Project (33/11kV, 66kV) lines.

330kV transmission line Kafue West/Lusaka West.

Copperbelt Energy Cooperation – 220kV Cosak/Luano, 220kV Luano/CSS

Chambishi Substation, 11kV Nkana mine

Route selection, profiling, line designing using sag-templates.

Supervision of all surveys works on site.

Allocating activities to different gang leaders.

Planning and programming as per critical path analysis chart.

Ordering and maintaining survey equipment and records.

Observing and enforcing quality control and safety rules and practices.

Supervising and monitoring sub-contractors to ensure work is done as per client’s specifications, and projects milestones are achieved.

Formulating remedial actions when targets are not achieved.

Liaising with the project and works managers on programs, strategies and methods applied to different activities.

Writing progress reports.

May 1995 – February 1998

ABB Pty Ltd – Zimbabwe

Surveyor

Responsibilities

Projects:

330Kv Matimba/Insukamini

132kV Bindura/Trojan mine

132kV Lalapanzi/Indiva cement plant

132kV Marvel/Turkmine

132kV Dema/Coleford/Pomona

132kV Chertsey/Shangani

132kV Orange Groove/Nyanga

Surveys for power lines, topographical surveys producing site plans for substations and transmission lines.

Profiling, traversing, angle coordination, survey computations.

Pen and ink drafting of survey and structural drawings.

Line design, tower pegging, excavations setting out, base erection and leveling, building layouts, sub-station drainage layouts.

Expertise with Topcon, total station, Wild and RDS survey instruments.

Supervision of work on site.

Interpretation of structural working diagrams.

Compiling as built diagrams.

Dec 1993 – May 1995

Department of Surveyor General (Photogrammetric Section) - Zimbabwe Technician

Responsibilities

Base sheet preparation, compilation of maps, interpretation of aerial imageries, and field check on sheets plotted.

Digitizing digital and plan metric maps through CADD using semi-analytical stereoscopic plotting Instruments PG2, Zeiss Planicomb E3.

Map updating, photointerpretation, aerial triangulation and flight planning.

Liaising with the topographical section on the up-dating and field checking of new maps. Skills & Attributes

Excellent understanding and interpretation of drawings.

Competent in the construction and supervision of OHTL.

Team builder with good leadership qualities, ability to interact with people at various levels, team player.

Site supervision, able to plan and priorities busy workload.

Excellent in mathematical calculations.

Good understanding of the TRMSCAAC1, and Eskom environment and quality policy requirements.

Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite, including: - Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, knowledge on model maker.

Knowledge of Candy (Construction Computer Software) for project estimating. Educational Qualification

Institution Qualification

University Of South Africa (UNISA) Diploma in Project Management Business Career Development LCCI Diploma in marketing Harare Polytechnic National Diploma in Land Surveying Other Qualifications

Construction Estimating and Valuation

Photogrammetry Technology

SSSTS

References

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