EDWARD LE ROUX

• Responsible for project delivery from inception through to contract close.
• Monitored project completion within time, budget, resource targets, and quality standards.
• Management of all projects in accordance with set standards and uniformity.
• Ensured adherence to commercial, contractual, financial, administrative, and engineering duties on projects.
• Responsible for planning of projects.
• Defines the scope of the project in collaboration with project / contract managers.
• Conducted risk management and calculated strategies to minimise potential risks.
• Managed all aspects of contract resources and planned site capacity effectively.
• Anticipated and addressed emerging issues impacting contract milestones.
• Communicated, delegated, implemented, and executed meeting resolutions effectively.
• Conducted regular reviews to ensure compliance with design, status, budget, quality of work, and contract progress schedule;
• Accountable for all engineering, logistics, and commissioning activities on project/s;
• Provides technical guidance to subordinates on all projects.
• Ensures that all subcontractors and subcontracting work being performed are in compliance with the contract specifications.
• Conducts regular inspections on plant and equipment, including log sheet inspections to ensure compliance with required statutory requirements;

Managed and maintained small plant, tools, equipment, and yard stock, ensuring responsible and efficient operations.

Oversaw picking, storing, issuing, and returning of all small plant assets to support seamless workflow.

• Maintained high standards of cleanliness and organisation in the workplace.
• Trained new employees on company policies and job duties, ensuring quick assimilation into the team.
• Assessed team strengths and abilities and utilising skills to best advantage, increasing team performance.

• Erect, assemble and fit OHTE steelworks under isolated and earthed conditions.
• Assemble and fit small steelworks to overhead track equipment steel structures under isolated and earthed conditions.
• Install and secure OHTE switches under isolated and earthed conditions.
• Prepare and install OHTE conductors under isolated and earthed conditions.
• Inspect, fault find, remove, install, replace and adjust a steady arm and/or side strain insulator on overhead track equipment under isolated and earthed conditions.
• Fault finding and installing splices on overhead track equipment conductors under isolated and earthed conditions;
• Remove, replace, install and adjust section insulators phase break runners on overhead track equipment under isolated and earthed conditions.
• Sag and tension overhead conductors on overhead track equipment under isolated and earthed conditions.
• Measure and set the stagger and height of the contact wire on overhead track equipment under isolated and earthed conditions;
• Prepare and install a booster return conductor on 25 or 50 kV AC overhead track equipment under isolated and earthed conditions.
• Install and erect masts on box and core type foundations, set back rake and grout;
• Selected and utilised power tools while maintaining safety and efficiency.
• Apply and maintain safety in an electrical environment.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the electrical environment in the rail sector.
• Identify, handle and care for electrical systems material in the rail sector.
• Interpret electrical circuits.
• Operate earthing devices on electrical networks.
• Measure and install back guys, stay rods and raking legs, tension the guy wires and set back rake of anchor mast;
• Identify, inspect, use, maintain and care for engineering hand tools;
• Select, use and care for power tools;
• Installed height gauge on equipment to ensure accurate measurements.
• Perform basic firefighting.
• Fits bolt groups, cuts or bends foundation group hook bolts to fit using oxygen acetylene gas or hacksaw equipment;
• Prepares, sets up levels and casts cement, floats top of foundation in box-type and core type foundations for steelworks.
• Select, use and care for power tools;
• Apply electrical high voltage safety instructions when working in the vicinity of or near exposed “Live” high-voltage overhead track equipment.

• Assisted in electrical construction for railway and power infrastructure projects.
• Completed NQF Level 2–4 training in various subjects related to construction and electrical work.
• Acquired practical experience in construction, maintenance, and administration on various projects.
• Contributed to projects including Kudumane, Kalagadi, and Mamelodi during training.