Fako Khoanyane
Summary
Facilities Maintenance Manager with 17 years of progressive leadership experience across infrastructure operations, and facilities management. Additionally, having a strong track record of driving strategic initiatives, safety programs, and delivering measurable cost savings.
Overview
1
1
Certification
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Mohale Operations Branch Manager
Lesotho Highlands Development Authority
01.2021 - 01.2026
- Successfully led a 9-month project in assets identification, verification, coding and uploading into computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), IBM MAXIMO.
- I was part of a bi-national team, leading the maintenance of water transfer tunnels from the Lesotho side to South Africa. A complex undertaking planned years in advance.
- My cross-sector experience spans civil and electro-mechanical infrastructure, complemented by sound capabilities in work safety, finance, risk management, and board-level reporting.
Superintendent Engineering
Letseng Diamond Mine
12.2025 - 01.2021
- Managed general mine maintenance of plants, residential, food storage facilities, roads, and light motor fleet.
- In-sourced routine vehicle maintenance, saving the company $360,000 annually.
Education
BSc - Electra-Mechanical Engineering
University of Cape Town
11.2001
Senior Manager's Development Programme -
University of Stellenbosch Business School
12.2016
Diploma in Project Management -
Alison
11.2024
Skills
- Facilities Management
- Project Management
- CMMS
- RCM
- HSE
- Asset Management
- Dam Operations
- Water Treatment Plants
- Microsoft Office
- AutoCAD
Certification
- Incident Investigation Level 3, 038133114824, NOSA College, South Africa, 2025, nosa.co.za/
- FIDIC Contracts, LHDA/0222/1, Southern African Training Hub, SATHU, 2022, www.sathu.eo.za/
- Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), SAIMechE-0585-08/15, Premier Conferencing, South Africa, 2015, premierconferencing.co.za/
Languages
- English
- Sesotho
Job Title
Facilities Maintenance Manager
Projects
LHDA Contract 1373 Katse, Mohale and Muela Assets identification, verification, coding and uploading into CMMS IBM MAXIMO, Project Supervisor, Supervise implementation of the project across multiple sites.
Timeline
Superintendent Engineering
Letseng Diamond Mine
12.2025 - 01.2021
Mohale Operations Branch Manager
Lesotho Highlands Development Authority
01.2021 - 01.2026
Diploma in Project Management -
Alison
Senior Manager's Development Programme -
University of Stellenbosch Business School
BSc - Electra-Mechanical Engineering
University of Cape Town