EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

• Results orientated certified Project Management Professional with Mechanical Engineering degree, MBA and more than 22 years experience in engineering, procurement, construction and management.
• Exceptional project management expertise, engineering capability and leadership have resulted in significant contributions in the Mining, Oil&Gas, Petrochemical, Engineering and Manufacturing industries internationally, including South Africa, Mozambique, USA and Canada.
• Well qualified and experienced to handle engineering, facilities management, project management and operations.
• Team focused and driving business results.
• Project and Engineering Manager with strong business sense and well - developed leadership skills
• Well versed in Project Management methodologies with broad Project Management skills
• Particularly strong in the area of leading diverse multi-disciplinary teams
• Proven track record in completing projects on time and within budget, without losing focus on safety and quality
• International experience in capital project execution in a variety of industries
• Design Engineering background with ability to analyze problems, propose solutions and make informed decisions
• Operations Management with a focus on product/process development/optimization
• Business Management with a focus on managing the strategic direction and running a profitable business
• Excellent organizational, communication, interpersonal and computer skills

AREAS OF PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE:

• Design and operation of enhanced oil recovery methods using steam injection and water flood
• Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management of capital installations in the Mining, Oil&Gas, Petrochemical, Engineering and Manufacturing industries up to a value of US$ 1 billion with specific focus on safety, engineering, estimating, cost control, scheduling and construction
• Facility Engineering with a focus on optimization, consolidation, statutory compliance and energy efficiency
• Planning, development and acceptance of engineering and project management deliverables on behalf of owners
• Industrial manufacturing with focus on safe, reliable, cost effective and timely design of components and systems
• Product/process development and industrialization
• Product Management with a focus on sales, marketing and customer support
• Management and supervision of highly skilled employees
• Strategic planning and implementation
• Risk Management, including health, safety and environmental compliance
• Demonstrated experience in Onshore Oil, Petrochemical and Gas industries
• Leading a Project Team in all phases of the Project Life-cycle
• Demonstrated experience working with large multi-location project teams
• Believe safety is the most important aspect and that all accidents can be prevented
• Ability to create a motivating environment and aligned commitment between stakeholders
• Professional approach
• Respect for people, their values and beliefs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Identified and eliminated high risk areas where fatal accidents or serious damage to plant could be caused by condensate induced water hammerthroughout high pressure steam system.
• Lead Confidential design team, completing 80,000 engineering man-hours and managing construction with costs peaking at $1 million per week and no lost time or injuries.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Reduced duration of Regulatory enforced production cap and reduced risk of Environmental impact by managing a construction team working 24h a day, 7 days a week for 6 months to bring sumps and drains in compliance with new government regulations without any lost time or injuries.

Confidential

Senior Project Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Upgrader by 10-15 years through installation of chemical dosing system to prevent corrosion and microbiological induced corrosion.

Confidential

Senior Project Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reduced air pollution on Confidential by installing flare monitoring system, cameras and flare sampling points to prevent flare flame outages.

Confidential

Procurement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Reduced inventory by 30% by negotiating consignment stock from suppliers.

Confidential

Owner’s Representative

Responsibilities:

• Successful construction of 826 km pipeline through international consortium with workforce peaking.

Confidential

Project Manager and Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Increased electronic detonator production capacity from 3 000 units per day to 60 000 units per day by working closely with production automation experts from around the world to design and manufacture unique equipment, never been built before, followed by the successful implementation of blasting installations in underground and opencast mines leading to Confidential becoming the number one supplier in the world for electronic detonators.
• Successful construction and handover of the company’s first explosives plant in USA.

Confidential, Ventura, CA

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Portfolio Management with focus on predictable cost, schedule and performance of all Confidential and Confidential projects in Ventura Basin, a 650 square mile area in Southern California.
• Managing a team of Project Managers and Engineers in support of reservoir development and surface facilities.

Confidential, Ventura, CA

Senior Facilities Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Providing engineering and project management expertise in support of reservoir development and ongoing operations with focus on value optimization
• Managing surface infrastructure projects, including pipelines, compressor stations, pumping stations, and oil/water/gas separation, conditioning and processing facilities.
• Project planning and management for safe execution of projects with predictable cost, schedule and performance in a variety of oil, gas and water treatment plants over a large geographical area.
• Analyzing, troubleshooting, and refurbishing existing surface infrastructure elements for optimum utilization.

Confidential, Santa Paula, CA

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Providing engineering and project management expertise in support of reservoir development and ongoing operations with focus on value optimization, including:
• Managing surface infrastructure projects, including pipelines, compressor stations, pumping stations, and oil/water/gas separation, conditioning and processing facilities.
• Project planning and management for safe execution of projects with predictable cost, schedule and performance in a variety of oil, gas and water treatment plants over a large geographical area in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, Southern California.

Confidential

Consultant Engineering Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing TOYO Engineering and HATCH whilst integrating ongoing research by Confidential to complete detail design for a Commercial Demonstration Plant of a revolutionary Partial Upgrading Technology with the potential to change the oil sands industry by lowering emissions and reducing capital cost significantly.

Confidential

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing Confidential team on FEL/FEED of a Water Technology Development Centre for a consortium of companies
• Implementation of final phases of Water Hammer Elimination program

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Planning and execution of Confidential In-Situ Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) upstream projects, involving surface facilities, as well as oil- and water treatment.
• Developing Project Charters and PEP’s to ensure approval of project funding
• Project planning from inception to handover including development of cost estimates and schedules
• Projects included reliability improvement, health, safety and environmental compliance
• Overall project execution including cost control, construction, progress reports and cost projections
• Stakeholder management to ensure end user satisfaction within approved scope, schedule, and cost boundaries

Senior Project Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the design, procurement and construction of sustaining projects on Hydrogen Plant, Hydrotreaters (used to upgrade bitumen), Utilities and Offsites
• Front-end engineering and detailed engineering, using in-house and external engineering providers including Bantrel, SNC Lavalin and Fransen Engineering
• Construction and commissioning support
• Provide monthly updates and forecasts to ensure deviations to annual capital budgets are recognized and corrective action taken where necessary
• Complete projects on schedule with no unplanned outages affecting production facilities
• Improve plant reliability with implementation of high risk ranked sustaining projects
• Execute projects within the accuracy of the estimated budget approved for project implementation
• Projects included reduction of air pollution on Confidential by installing flare monitoring system, cameras and flare sampling points to prevent flare flame outages, increasing plant reliability through installation of chemical dosing system to prevent corrosion and microbiological induced corrosion, winterization of cooling towers, implementation of the 2005 Upgrader 2 Turnaround projects within the Turnaround window

Confidential

Procurement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage supply contracts with international suppliers in the steel industry
• Manage Procurement Department with 4 buyers, handling ZAR 30 million PO’s per month
• Close interaction with Materials Management Group to optimize the supply chain, reducing Total Cost of Ownership by 30%

Confidential, Houston, TX

Owners’ Representative

Responsibilities:

• Design and construction of 865km Mozambique to South Africa Natural Gas Pipeline
• Manage EPC contract with regards to scope, cost control, schedule and contract compliance
• Integrate and manage Owner’s EPC contract management team
• Commissioning interface management and final approval of Ready for Commissioning (RFC)
• Evaluation and recommendations to commercial/legal team on all claims
• Acting as the Single Point Project Leader during the project execution

Project and Engineering Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Operations support, product/process development, optimization and implementation
• Identification and evaluation of alternative raw material suppliers
• Material and equipment specifications, as well as input to and support of Balanced Scorecard process

Product Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Line management of product engineers and technicians
• Co-ordination of all surface activities in quarries and open-cast mines
• Application of Electronic Initiation Systems for optimal surface blasting results
• Support Regional Sales Manager in marketing efforts, identifying specific product opportunities
• Co-ordination of product development and improvement, training and risk assessments
• Close interaction with Marketing, Production and Quality Departments
• Customer focus and support

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installation of electronic manufacturing facility, electronic detonator explosives facility and cable assembly facility, increasing production capacity from 3 000 to 60 000 units per day
• Evaluation and inspection of potential suppliers
• Managing development of automated electronic detonator assembly line by Modular Automation (UK), high speed moulding machines from Exma (Germany) and explosives mixing machine from IKA (Germany)
• Managing design and construction of various large civil structures, including blast proof production facilities
• Selection of process equipment and optimization of production lines
• Focus on product quality to improve failure rate from 1: 00
• Secretary of Sasol SMX Executive Committee and Member of Confidential Operations Committee
• Installation of Confidential Centralized Blasting System at underground gold and platinum mines
• Responsible for training co-ordination and Training Center installations, as well as Risk Assessments

JV Representative/Senior Project Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Engineering and Procurement of rotating equipment
• Review FCCU and piping engineering drawings
• Front-end engineering on pressure vessels and tanks for Confidential
• Project management on toll manufacturing of chemicals