Over 25 years of wide-ranging experience with project development, heading & supporting large-scale projects and leading multi-disciplinary teams in project management, execution, project control systems, and data management. Specialises in contract management & cost control. Advanced experience with AI-driven workflow optimization and web hosted applications.
Key Skills & Expertise
Project & Programme Management
Diverse construction, municipal & capital programs, JBCC PBA, EPCM, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).
Project Controls & Systems
Project Management Information Systems, ISO 9001/14001/45001 compliance, PMIS database engineering.
Leadership & Operations
Managing cross-border technical support and PM teams across multiple countries, stakeholder alignment.
Technology & AI Integration
Advanced knowledge of MS Office suite, AI tools for project management workflow, custom IT systems integrations and web-hosted database applications.
Personal Attributes
Education & Certifications
Academic Degrees
BT&RP (Town & Regional Planning)
University of Pretoria
BA Hons (Sociology)
University of Pretoria
Professional Credentials
PMP® (Project Management Professional)
Project Management Institute (PMI) - 2015 (exp 2018)
Internal Auditor Certificate
ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 Auditing - 2020
Labour Intensive Construction (LIC)
CESA Certification - 2010
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References
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Professional Experience
A chronological timeline of project management leadership and system deployments.
Head of Projects
Appointed in a newly created role to oversee the successful delivery of construction projects, combining strategic project management with financial, quality control, health & safety and field management control systems.
Key Achievements & Impact
- PMO Establishment: Establishing a Project Management Office (PMO) to coordinate cross-functional teams, manage subcontractors and internal construction teams, and ensure compliance with industry best practices.
- Quality Control Systems: Developing and enforcing quality control systems and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all site-related activities.
- Custom PMIS Tool: Personally developed and hosted an online web-based application for the control and management of project budgets, costs, schedules, scope, assets, and risks.
Principal Agent
Took over construction and contractual management for the client during a critical transition phase of redevelopment.
Key Achievements & Impact
- Contractor & Subcontractor Management: Led the procurement of a replacement main contractor and engaged directly with unpaid subcontractors to maintain continuity of services during the transition.
- Stakeholder & Community Liaison: Negotiated with community labour representatives and subcontractors to address delayed payments and mitigate unrest, ensuring ongoing site activity.
- Contractual & Legal Support: Supported the client’s legal team with project records and interpretation of JBCC PBA contract terms, helping navigate subcontractor claims and post-termination disputes.
Senior Project Manager
Acted as Principal Agent managing building and infrastructure contractors for large commercial developments.
Key Achievements & Impact
- Principal Agent Execution: Directed professional services on a major shopping centre expansion, integrating civil/building works with architecture, engineering, and quantity surveying.
- Tenant Integration: Managed tenant alignment and design fits-out through coordinate processes, minimising commercial friction prior to handover.
Project & Operations Manager
Led telecommunications energy backup installations and customer technical support operations across the continent.
Key Achievements & Impact
- Continental Setup: Implemented and ran technical support networks for energy backup solutions in seven countries, securing critical telecom tower uptime.
- Data Management Systems: Built a comprehensive service delivery management database tracking warranty states, spare parts inventory, repair cycle durations, and demand forecasts.
- Client Alignment: Fostered key relationships between Swedish parent systems and regional client heads to align product performance feedback.
- Team Training: Built and enabled regional engineering units to troubleshoot lithium backup technologies locally.
Senior Project Manager
Delivered structural programme support for capital municipal expenditure and luxury hotel developments.
Key Achievements & Impact
- City of Tshwane ePMU: Helped establish the Enterprise Programme Management Unit. Led the Project Implementation & Controls workstream to oversee the city's capital expenditure portfolio.
- Stage Gate Framework: Designed and deployed Stage Gate workflow criteria to track projects from identification and feasibility through to close-out.
- Data Analytics: Created analytical dashboards of monthly capital performance to highlight low-performing contractors and identify quick-win projects for acceleration.
- PMBOK Mentoring: Trained municipal departmental managers in PMBOK knowledge areas to raise public sector implementation standards.
- Midrand Residential (R100m): Managed residential building construction. Following contractor termination, took over as active contractor managing procurement, trades, and cost databases.
- Mpumalanga 5-Star Lodge: Led pre-development feasibility, environmental assessments, and engineering services plans for luxury lodge development under strict environmental regulations.
Senior Project Manager & Project Consultant
Consulted client developers on capital financing structures, public-private partnerships, and feasibility studies.
Key Achievements & Impact
- Bitou Municipality PPP: Governed the technical design and financial modelling structures for municipal property development PPP feasibility validation.
- Mpumalanga Rural Development: Directed structural project delivery parameters for community economic empowerment land settlement initiatives.
- DPW Accommodation Strategy: Compiled implementation systems for state-owned asset accommodation using alternative procurement mechanisms.
Manager: Project Systems
Specialised in configuring and deploying enterprise control systems for megaprojects.
Key Achievements & Impact
- Oracle Primavera Rollout: Directed the corporate initiative to configure Primavera P6 PMIS to monitor schedules and cost variance metrics.
- Transnet EPCM (R4bn): Structured controls for cost reporting, document index management, health & safety registers, and risk matrices.
- Gibela Plant Bentley Setup: Supervised the implementation of Bentley ProjectWise document control systems for high-tech rail vehicle manufacturing setups.
- ISO Certification: Audited and refined standard project tools and delivery structures to support corporate ISO certification.
Information / Senior Project Manager
Managed post-merger systems alignment and corporate headquarters relocation.
Key Achievements & Impact
- Systems Consolidation: Standardised information systems and records database structures during the integration of legacy BKS engineering into AECOM.
- Lakeside Office Move: Managed the refurbishment, network fit-out, and change management processes for relocating hundreds of staff to AECOM's new Lakeside headquarters.
Senior Project Manager
Provided client representation and independent certification for national development programmes.
Key Achievements & Impact
- DOE Head Office PPP: Performed Independent Certifier services verifying build stages and financial contract compliance.
- GSIP School Audits: Managed structural and technical due diligence evaluations on prospective school cluster designs.
- DBSA Tender Evaluation: Programmed a customized matrix system to process and audit bidding criteria for public housing construction programs.
Planning Professional (Strategic)
Structured spatial policies and coordinated key urban interventions within the City Planning Department.
Key Achievements & Impact
- Spatial Design Restructuring: Spearheaded metropolitan-wide spatial plans to align infrastructure investment with the city's long-term economic development strategy.
- Strategic Interventions: Managed high-impact urban zoning approvals and community planning panels critical to city growth.
Project Manager, Planner, Trade Advisor
Early career foundation spanning town planning, economic trade coordination, and military engineering units.
Key Career History
- Trade Advisor, Tshwane (2001-2002): Set up import-export information portals at 'Trade Point' under a UNCTAD-adapted economic development framework.
- Project Manager, Tshwane (1997-2001): Coordinated economic infrastructure proposals, town planning registers, and municipal spatial databases.
- Assistant Town Planner, Tshwane (1994-1997): Handled local zoning proposals and land development facilitation.
- Town Planner, SA Air Force (1994): Supervised land-use regulations and base planning projects.
- Demographer, National Health (1993-1994): Modelled census database indicators to evaluate regional population health programs.
- Town Planner, SA Defence Force (1992-1993): Drafted base master layouts, conducted land surveys, and implemented digital plotting systems.