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| Ref # |  | JS226420 |
| Year of birth | | 1978 |
Current Location/Address |
| City or Town | | Gaborone |
| Country | | BOTSWANA |
Permanent/Home Location/Address |
| City or Town | | Gaborone |
| Country | | BOTSWANA |
Languages |
| Primary Language | | Fluency |
| Other | | Read, write and speak fluently |
Nationalities |
| Nationality | | BOTSWANA |
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Experience Classification |
| Job Function | | Years Experience |
| Civil Engineer | | <1 |
| Water | | 1 |
| Assistant Resident Engineer | | 1 |
| Materials Engineer | | 2 |
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| Industry | | Years Experience |
| Civil Engineering | | <1 |
| Water | | 1 |
| Pipelines | | 1 |
| Roads and Bridges | | 2 |
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Qualifications |
| Highest Qualifications | | Degree |
| Qualification | Subject | Establishment/Country | Year |
| Degree | Civil & Water Engineering | Australia | 2007 |
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Computer Skills and Software Used |
| AutoCAD, STRAND 7, EPANET, HEC-RAS, QuikDraw, Microsoft Office Suite(Excel,Word,Powerpoint) etc |
Work Locations |
| Are you willing to move or relocate? | Countries NOT Willing To Work In! |
Yes - I will travel domestically
Yes - I will relocate domestically
Yes - I will travel internationally
Yes - I will relocate internationally | - South America
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Availability |
| Start Immediately? | | Available Now |
| Earliest Start Date | | Given 12 weeks notice |
Ideal Next Job |
| Open to all offers under Civil Engineering and related, to work on permanent basis, prefers site/projects supervision, On married status basis (willing to relocate with family) |
Required Salary & Conditions |
| Market related salary with atleast US6,000 monthly plus fringe benefits especially free/subsidized housing and schooling for my two children or equivalent. |
Employment History |
| Total Years of Work Experience: | | 5 |
| Commenced Full Time Work: | | 2007 |
| Job Title: | | Materials Engineer |
| Duration | | From : 2009 To: 2011 |
Work Experience |
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Tertiary level
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Water Engineering)
Obtained from University of South Australia
BSc Part I (year 1 & 2), (August 1998 - May 2000)
Obtained from University of Botswana
High School (Cambridge Overseas Secondary Certificate)
Shashe River Senior Secondary School, (1994 – 1996)
Obtained First class (A) overall grade
Junior Certificate
Bonwatlou Community Junior Secondary School, (1992 – 1993)
Obtained Second Class (B) overall grade
Primary Education
Chakaloba Primary School, (1985- 1991)
Obtained First Class (A) overall grade
INDUSTRIAL/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
I am currently working as Materials/Pavement Engineer at Group Consult Global (Pty) Ltd, constructing Morwa-Mmapole road and bridge across Notwane River.
Period: 12th October 2009 to-date
Duties include:
• Supervision and co-ordination of laboratory staff to ensure that all road materials used on site (e.g. road surfacing stones from quarries, Insitu and borrow-pit soil/gravel for road layers, concrete quality from slump tests & concrete strength tests etc) are sampled, tested accordingly and adhere/complies to contract specifications
• Approval and doing concrete mix-designs
• Classification of soils, crushed stone tests, field density and compaction tests, CBR tests, atterberg Limits tests, Grading tests and other necessary tests, analyse test results and recommend suitable use of materials
• To ensure that thorough records and summaries of all test calculations and results are maintained together with recommendations and comments
• Preparation of monthly materials reports and statistical analyses of tests carried out on work and workmanship
• To advise on materials handling and storage at site
• Quantify materials especially rocks blasted on site
• To check that sampling, testing and inspection of all materials complies with specified procedures, to monitor all tests and inform Supervisor about the results and recommendations.
• To ensure that there is regular calibration and certification of laboratory equipments to enable operation with accuracy required
• To check suitability on the Contractor’s proposals for all materials for incorporation in the works, and all materials specified in the contract.
• Preparation of minutes and other duties assigned by Supervisor
• Generally, duties involve doing all quality control tests on site to ensure adherence to contract specifications as mentioned above.
I worked as an Assistant Resident Engineer at Water Resources Consultants (Pty) Ltd constructing North South Carrier (N.S.C.) connection to Serowe project – water transfer scheme
Period: 1st September 2008 to 9th October 2009
Duties:
• Supervision and inspection of pipeline construction and related works
• Quantifying work
• Surveying-setting out, levels
• Quality control at site e.g. ensure adherence to specifications through materials testing, materials handling, checking levels & setting out etc
• Formworks
• Ensure adherence to set standards or contract specifications and as per drawings
• Assist in recording and preparation of progress reports for the project
• Concrete mix-design and other Consultant duties
• Verification of interim payment calculations
I worked as an Assistant Water Engineer at Ghanzi District Council
Period: 24th July 2007 – 31st August 2008.
Experience gained:
• Design of water reticulation projects e.g. Metsimantsho Rural Water Supply project
• Involved in preparation of Tender documents, Appraisal & evaluation of tender applicants and award
• Inspect and/monitor on-going projects
• Prepares and update progress reports of on-going projects
• Propose new projects with estimated costs for each incoming financial years
• Design new sewerage systems and upgrading/extension of existing sewer
• Monitor and help with maintenance of sewerage
• Surveying for water reticulation e.g. Metsimantsho Project and sewerage systems
I was attached to Roads Department and was seconded to Africon Company (Botswana) constructing Moshupa River crossings in Moshupa.
Period: 6th March 2007 – 29th May 2007
Experience gained:
• Surveying for roads, leveling for approach roads and bridges under construction
• Concrete-mix design, slump tests, concrete inspection
• Steel reinforcement inspection
• Quantify and costing
• Earthworks (road works) includes stock piling, checking road layers’ compaction strength using Troxler and DCP after compaction of every layer etc
• Progress reporting
• Formworks
• Bridge construction involving piling
I was attached to China Civil Engineering Construction Company (C.C.E.C.C) constructing New Lobatse Mental Hospital, as a way to gain industrial experience.
Period: 30th November 2006 – 20th January 2007
Experience gained:
• Concrete-mix design, Slump testing
• Steel reinforcement/steel fixing inspection
• Site inspection
• Quantity and formworks
• Survey
National Service (Tirelo Setshaba), April 1997 – April 1998
Worked as a Biomass Research Assistant at National Institute of Research (N.I.R.) at University of Botswana. Duties included data collection, its entry and analysis.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Structural Engineering
• Footing Design ( CORD used)
• Extensive Steel Structure Design (Microstran 8 and STRAND 7)
• Residential Timber Frame Design ( Australian Standards Book)
• Concrete Slab Design
• Concrete and Steel Structural Design
• Geotechnical reports (CIRCLY used)
• Application for Tenders and Expression of interest, Feasibility Study and Detailed drawings
Civil and Water Engineering:
• Industrial Stormwater Design
• Occupational Health & Safety (O.H.S) reports
• Urban Storm water Design
• Detention/Retention Basin Design
• Risk Impact Assessment /Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports
• Stormwater harvesting for ‘passive’ irrigation (final year investigation project)
• Surveying and GIS
• Application for Tenders and Expression of interest, Feasibility Study and Detailed drawings
• Roads design
Other Civil Engineering Courses learnt includes:
• Mining Engineering courses
• Geology
• Transportation Engineering
• Engineering Materials
• Environmental Engineering
• Professional Engineering Practice including; Occupational, Health & Safety (O.H.S or S.H.E), Work Ethics, Value Engineering and related
• Management, statistical and business courses
• Environmental science
• Geotechnical Engineering
SKILLS:
Computer Literacy:
• General: Microsoft Office suite(Excel, MS word, Powerpoint)
• Structural Engineering: Microstran 8 and STRAND 7
• Geotechnical Engineering: CORD, Circly, SLOG, X-Slope
• Water Engineering: HEC-RAS, EPANET
• Civil Engineering: AutoCAD, Quikdraw
• GIS: Arc-view 3.1
• Microsoft Project
Interpersonal:
• Ability to work as part of a team (in projects)
• Demonstrated skills in analysis and problem solving
• Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Excellent skills in time management
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Motivated and eager to learn new things
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Comments/ Hobbies/ Interests etc: |
| Watching Soccer, Listening to music and Reading |
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Last Updated on 14-Jul-11
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