MDUDUZI LUCKY KHOZA
Sappi Ngodwana Site Manager
SEBOKENG
Summary
Hard-working Site Manager with 13 years of experience in Forestry, from Silviculture, Mechanized Harvesting to Timber Processing at the Sawmill. Educated in OSHA safety requirements and experienced leading team of over 100 workers.
Enjoy being part of a successful and productive team, I always thrive the best of my ability in highly pressurized and challenging working environments. I am attentive to detail with a practical approach to problem solving, ensuring that deadlines, budgets objectives set are achieved.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2031
2031
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Site Manager
Sappi Mill
01.2020 - Current
- Company Overview: Woodyard Timber Handling (Woodyard – Softwood and Hardwood)
- Planning – Machine availability, scheduling of daily operational activities (offloading and feeding of logs to the deck – SLA and FIFO), planning of short hauling, planning of employee’s monthly salaries, overtime, PPE and Diesel recon issuing control.
- Managing Timber deliveries (Woodyard and Biomass) Road trucks offloaded within 40 minutes (TAT); rail trucks offloaded within 18 hours, standard stacking height of 5m for all timber species, stock counts.
- Safety Management Ensure that teams understand the Stop and think before you act principles, reporting of incidents and accidents to Sappi risk department before end of each shift, Woodyard daily safety inspection to ensure safety standards is maintained.
- Quality control Conducting daily inspections (Woodyard and Biomass area) to ensure that quality is maintained and targets are achieved in operations (Stacking height, feeding ratio – CP, Feeding of bark at Biomass and Housekeeping).
- Woodyard Timber Handling (Woodyard – Softwood and Hardwood)
Silviculture and Fire-Fighting Operations Manager
Sappi
01.2017 - 12.2019
- Company Overview: Mooiplaas Sappi-KZN
- Planning- compiling a monthly operational plan, scheduling of weekly and daily operational activities, compiling a monthly operation budget plan, Diesel recon issuing control and transporting of personnel.
- Quality control- conducting interim infield inspections to ensure that quality is maintained and targets are achieved in operations (marking and pitting, planting, fertilizing, blanking and weeding).
- Safety Management- Ensure that teams understand the Stop and think before you act principles, check that teams identify and mitigate hazards and risks when compiling a compartment risk assessment for operational activities. Reporting of non-conformance and incidents on the deviation system. Conducting safety simulations with teams using the safety circle App, infield interim inspection to ensure safety standards is maintained (PJO’S).
- Vehicle Fleet management- Ensure that Fire tenders are maintained accordingly by checking drivers daily reporting checklists, Reporting all non-conformance to Sappi management timeously.
- Fire-Fighting- Prevention, Protection and suppression- compiling a fire break burning plan, obtaining burning permits in slash burning operations, weekly tools and firefighting crews’ inspections, co-ordinating fire drills and pack test with fire crews, responding as a strike unit during fire callout (stand-by duty).
- Village Management – conducting monthly inspections to ensure buildings and infrastructure is maintained legal standards and comply with (report all non-conformance to responsible forester.
- Mooiplaas Sappi-KZN
Mechanised Harvesting Operator/ Forester
York Timbers
08.2015 - 12.2016
- Quality control (machine calibration)- Ensuring timber spec quality is achieved in the following timber products: saw timber (6.6m,6.0m, 4.8m, 4.2m) Hew saw (3.6m, 3.0m), Plywood- pruned and unpruned (4.2m) and pulp (13% allowance).
- Harvester and Forwarder operator training- simulator training with CMO, felling and processing trees into different sizes.
- Planning- compartment planning and timber transport, forwarding timber to roadside.
- Maintenance and housekeeping- Machine calibration, greasing of the machine, cleaning of the machine, saw bar and chain maintenance, servicing of machines.
Silviculture and Fire-Fighting Forester
Khanyilanga Trading CC
01.2013 - 06.2015
- Company Overview: SAPPI forest Barberton District (Escarpment Plantation)
- Planning - compiling a monthly operational plan, scheduling of weekly and daily operational activities, compiling a monthly operation budget plan Diesel control and transporting of personnel.
- Monthly budget – Transport costs, Diesel, labour costs, PPE and Training, monthly Invoicing.
- Personnel Management – Managing team performance by conducting productivity and quality checks infield inspections to ensure targets and quality is achieved.
- Safety coordinator - Managing the SHE system to comply with SHE legal requirements and NOSA standards, and to comply with FSC standards.
- Fire-Fighting- Prevention, Protection and suppression (Fire boss, fire breaks preparation, slash burning and standby duty).
- SAPPI forest Barberton District (Escarpment Plantation)
Silviculture and Fire-Fighting Forester
Khanyilanga Trading CC
04.2011 - 01.2012
- Company Overview: SAPPI forest Sudwala District for both Pine Valley and Mooifontein Plantation
- Personnel Management – Managing team performance by conducting productivity and quality checks infield inspections to ensure quality and targets is achieved.
- Safety coordinator - Managing the SHE system to comply with SHE legal requirements and NOSA standards, and to comply with FSC standards.
- Fire-Fighting- Prevention, Protection and suppression (Fire boss, fire breaks preparation, slash burning and standby duty).
- Village Management – conducting monthly inspections to ensure buildings and infrastructure is maintained legal standards and comply with (report all non-conformance to responsible forester).
- SAPPI forest Sudwala District for both Pine Valley and Mooifontein Plantation
Education
Matriculated -
General Smarts High
Vereeniging, GautengNational Diploma in Forestry - undefined
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Mechanized Operator Certificate-CMO - undefined
Bachelor of Science - Forestry
Nelson Mandela University
George Campus 04.2001 - 01.2024
Skills
Problem-solving
Rsa Id Number
8907066080084
Contact Number - Cell
0724874718
Drivers License
10 (C1), 15
Operating Skills
- Vehicles
- Harvesters
- Forwarder
- Chainsaws
- Tractor
First Names
MDUDUZI LUCKY
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 07/06/89
- Marital Status: Married with 3 beautiful kids (9-year-old Son, 6-year-old daughter, and 3-year-old daughter)
Disclaimer
I declare that all the information provided (including any attachments) is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false information supplied could lead to my application being disqualified or my discharge if I am appointed., Khoza M.L, 03/2025
Timeline
Site Manager
Sappi Mill
01.2020 - Current
Silviculture and Fire-Fighting Operations Manager
Sappi
01.2017 - 12.2019
Mechanised Harvesting Operator/ Forester
York Timbers
08.2015 - 12.2016
Silviculture and Fire-Fighting Forester
Khanyilanga Trading CC
01.2013 - 06.2015
Silviculture and Fire-Fighting Forester
Khanyilanga Trading CC
04.2011 - 01.2012
Bachelor of Science - Forestry
Nelson Mandela University
04.2001 - 01.2024
National Diploma in Forestry - undefined
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Mechanized Operator Certificate-CMO - undefined
Matriculated -
General Smarts High
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