Luviwe Nogqala

In accordance with MFMA requirements and City of Cape Town's SCM policy, I compile, implement and manage applicable Framework Contracts (ranging from R20 million to R800 million) in order to procure Service Providers/Contractors for construction, goods and services contracts required to provide essential water & sanitation basic services and infrastructure within City of Cape Town. I manage the roll out of monitoring & evaluation procedures, resources and systems to ensure that all contract requirements are met.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Annual Tenders: Draft annual tenders to procure construction, goods & services contracts required to provide essential water & sanitation basic services and infrastructure
• Manage Contracts: Implement & maintain quality assurance procedures by ensuring that external service providers act within contractual obligations
• Stakeholder Engagement & Liaison: To ensure that all role players understand the department's capacity & obligations in terms of essential water & sanitation service delivery
• Project Management: Responsible for the roll out of special projects to assist with the fast tracking of essential water & sanitation infrastructure roll outs
• Financial Administration: Ensuring compliance with MFMA, relevant legislation procedures and corporate directives
• Personnel Management & Administration: Manages personnel within the Section to ensure productivity and performance levels.
• Mentored junior staff members, helping them develop their skills and advance in their careers.
• Established effective relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally for increased collaboration opportunities.

• Manage the daily capital planning and implementation of basic and essential water and sanitation infrastructure installation
• Key Responsibilities and Duties:
• Planning: Manage the investigation and assessment of all potential installation of water and sanitation infrastructure
• Financial Control and Budget Monitoring: Manages capital budget of the section in order to ensure effective overall financial planning and implementation
• Personnel Management & Administration: Manages personnel within the section to ensure productivity and performance levels
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

I perform functions associated with infrastructure design (roads, stormwater, lines and signs), analyse technical information, conduct levelling & analyse results, drawing plans, long/cross sections

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Infrastructure Repair and Maintenance Plan: Co-ordinates, facilitate and administer operation & maintenance of roads, stormwater, lines, signs, rivers and coastal defence infrastructure
• Functional Support: Performs specific tasks as delegated by manager that are associated with design of road and stormwater related infrastructure
• Technical Support: Provide basic technical support in the department by arranging designs to assist with project implementation of minor projects
• Established effective relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally for increased collaboration opportunities.
• Technical Drawings: Maintaining and updating various record plans to ensure that proposed infrastructure changes conform to Council and other accepted standards
• Personnel Management & Administration: Manage junior personnel within the section to ensure productivity and performance levels.
• Mentored junior staff members, helping them develop their skills and advance in their careers.

With reference to Project Life-Cycle methodology, projects undertaken include rehabilitation, repairs and maintenance of all: Roads Infrastructure (with an operating budget of R18 million)

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Infrastructure Repair and Maintenance Plan: Co-ordinate, facilitates and administer the operation and maintenance of stormwater, river and coastal defense infrastructure
• Maintenance Management Systems: Co-ordinate, facilitates and monitor operational and maintenance planning of stormwater infrastructure
• Annual Tenders: Co-draft annual tenders to procure construction and goods & services contracts
• Administrative Reporting: Produce administrative reports and implement maintenance programmes
• Project Management: Project Management Infrastructure maintenance and operations planning for the required services
• Land Use and Building Plan Applications: Checking building plans to ensure that proposed plans conform to the Council's Zoning Scheme.
• Established effective relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally for increased collaboration opportunities.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Organise labour workforce for scheduled task
• Organise material needed on site
• Recording quantities of work done and material used
• Frequently liaising with suppliers to place an order for construction material
• Performing layouts and setting outs accurately
• Provide technical interpretation of plans, detail sheets and specifications for sub-contractors
• Follow up on deficiency list (snag list)
• Assist on supervision of carpenters, steel fixers, shutter hands and bricklayers on site
• Conduct tube tests and slump tests for quality control.
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills through successful completion of challenging coursework within the engineering curriculum.
• Improved engineering project efficiency by streamlining processes and optimizing resource allocation.