START Date:
February, 1985
END Date:
July, 2013 - Project management and control services provider on a consulting basis for 17 years.
- Emerging market experience –South Africa, Angola, Ghana, Gabon and Namibia.
- Multi-disciplinary experience gained on over 30 projects in the mining, petrochemical and building industries from concept through to project execution, commissioning and operations.
- Feasibility Studies.
- Environmental Studies, Social and Labour Plans.
- Knowledge and comprehensive understanding of project data management processes and systems; successful implementation of accepted project management practices, business systems and reporting for numerous companies.
- Experienced in the preparation of project execution and business plans and procedures.
- Mentoring and training of project controls staff.
- Development of project schedules,estimate preparation, cost plans, monitoring and earned value assessment, management reports and presentation preparation.
- Project close out reporting.
- Change management.
- Delay analysis, evaluation and preparation of contract claims.
- The preparation of specifications and contracts for engineering procurement for cost estimating purposes, manufacture and construction.
- Setting up of reporting structures to measure key performance indicators for the monitoring and control of the drilling and downstream functions required for input to geological and mine modelling.
- Cost modelling, optimisation of production, establishing targets and using the measuring of key performance indicators identify and rectify losses for mining operations.
- Project review,evaluation of project risk and feasibility, preparation of investor presentations.
- Evaluation of mechanised mining methodology and improvement of planned maintenance systems to improve performance and optimise costs and productivity.