Offshore Construction Manager, Offshore Project Manager, Engineering Manager, Maintenance Manager

Offshore Position

2003 - present SMIT Marine South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town, South Africa Position: Asset Manager - Subsea
Type of firm: Marine Salvage/Towage/Terminal Operator/Subsea Projects
Responsibilities:Manager at SMIT Subsea managing all non-vessel assets for Subsea projects globally. Assets include Saturation diving systems as well as surface supply dive systems. Management of budget, strategic management of location/rotation of assets to meet operational requirements, planned maintenance systems, modification to equipment, equipment specifications, and new asset purchases.
Project Management of Saturation diving projects for various oil majors. Projects include field development, IRM and Inspection of subsea installations.
Management of HSE-Q policies and procedures, risk management as well as coordination of training programs for offshore technicians.
Management of equipment audits to monitor and ensure standards are adhered to implement update and improvement to policies and procedures.

2001 - 2002 Kenfreight (Uganda) Limited, Kampala, Uganda
Position: Senior Project Manager and Inland Container Depot Manager Type of firm: Clearing and Forwarding - Containerisation
Responsibilities:Project Management for the construction of the Inland Container Depot, including warehouses, office block and railway siding. On completion of construction setting up systems and procedures.

2001 Spanfreight Shipping Limited, Moroni, Comoros
Position:Ships handling and Port operations Trainer
Type of firm: Shipping Line
Responsibilities:Train new staff on operations.

2001 Spanfreight Shipping Limited, Pemba, Mozambique
Position:Supercargo
Type of firm: Shipping Line
Responsibilities:Discharge of cargo

2001 Walford Meadows Ltd, Tanga, Tanzania
Position:Salvage and Surveying
Type of firm: Logistics Partners
Responsibilities: Search and recovery of sunken containers.

1996 - 2001 Kenya Marine Contractors Limited, Mombasa, Kenya
Position:Operations and Logistics Engineer
Type of firm:Marine Contractor
Responsibilities:Management of private port; project and site management (locally and internationally); overall responsibility for vessel maintenance, repairs and rebuilding; cost control; overall management of labor force; development of local business and submission of tenders; quality and cost control, budgeting.

1987 St Charles College, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

National Senior Certificate
Science, Mathematics, English, German, Biology, History, Computer Science


1988 – 1992 University of Natal, South Africa

BSc : Computer Studies, Economics (Incomplete)


1993 – 1996 Technikon Natal, South Africa

National Higher Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Certificate in Advanced Project Management

Certificate in MS Project 2000


2002 – 2003 International Institute of Marine Surveyors, United Kingdom

Studying through distant learning for Diploma in Marine Surveying.


2006 University of Witwatersrand Business School, South Africa

Graduate school of Business Administration, Management Advancement Program Diploma

National Higher Diploma : Mechanical Engineering
Management Advancement Program Diploma
Certificate in Advanced Project Management
Certificate in MS Project 2000
Offshore Survial and Fire Fighting

A graduate Mechanical Engineer with extensive management, operational and project management and project engineering experience.
Worked at management level with the following responsibilities: Strategy, HSE-Q, planned maintenance and risk management of the company’s assets internationally.
Successfully managed and completed multi US$m projects throughout South Africa, Angola, Dubai, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Comoros and Uganda. Work experience has been both site-based and at company headquarters and has included responsibility for budgeting, cost control, forecasts, projections and strategic proposals, manpower and business assets, including plant and equipment.
Practical, hands-on exposure and experience in the scope of Marine and Mechanical Engineering, extensive administration and general management of the head and regional office scenario, as well as project management from conception to completion of offshore field development, installations and IRM projects.
A committed and dedicated worker whose site experience has exposed him to a variety of challenging and difficult situations. His knowledge of Africa and the Far East and the working conditions in these regions is considerable. Works well independently as well as in a team environment and can be relied upon to get the job done under any extreme time and environmental constraints.