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Work History
Education
Skills
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Reading, long distance jogging and Listening to music.
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Wesley Matea

Wesley Matea

Construction Project Manager
Kinross

Summary

Focused Project Manager adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Experienced in directing maintenance employees and keeping efficient production in accordance with quality standards. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Project Manager

Coega Health Care Facility
8 2023 - Current
  • Developed comprehensive project plans with clear timelines, milestones, and budget requirements, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
  • Completed a conditional assessment project for health care facilities in Eastern Cape.

Construction Project Manager

King Shaka International Airport
02.2023 - Current

Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.

  • UPS maintenance project with a project value of approx R30m (5 years project)
  • Air conditioning installation (R6m)
  • HVAC Maintenance project with a project value of approx R18m (36 months project)

Assistant Project Manager

2BLN Engineering Consultants
09.2023 - 05.2024
  • Assistant project manager for Port of entry repair and maintenance project with a project value of approx R14m
  • Assisted in the successful completion of projects by coordinating tasks, monitoring progress, and maintaining documentation.
  • Led development of project plans, achieving milestones through strategic planning and organization.

Shift supervisor

Sasol Mining
01.2021 - 10.2022
  • I was appointed under regulation 2.15.1 of the mine health and safety act where my primary function was to maintain safety and production standards for two continuous miner sections
  • I was responsible for supervising a of team 26 employees. Addressing both technical and planning challenges in the section.
  • Planning production support services such as conveyor belt extensions, rescue drills and section moves.
  • Resources management (labor and material), using an integrated planning system called work block scheduling.

Engineer in training

Sasol Mining
1 2019 - 12.2021
  • My first 3 years at Sasol was in a graduate development program, where I worked with various departments within the underground coal mining value chain
  • During this time, I was involved in the planning and implementation of a new shift system project (FULCO) that the company rolled out in 2019
  • My responsibility was to assist the monitoring and controlling team in testing the effectiveness of the execution processes; as well as, improving and tailoring current operational processes to fit into the new shift system
  • We collected data from different stakeholders, which was analyzed to come up with improvement initiatives
  • These initiatives were tracked and continuously improved in an agile sense

Education

Bachelor of engineering degree (BEng) -

University of Pretoria
02.2014 - 12.2018

Blasting certificate for Fiery mines - undefined

Department of Mineral resources (DMR)
04.2019 - 12.2019

Master of Science - Project Management

University of Pretoria
Pretoria
05.2019 - 07.2023

No Degree - Mining Engineering

Department of Mineral Resources And Engergy
Pretoria
05.2022 - Current

No Degree - Professional Project Manager Accreditation.

Project Management Institute
05.2023 - 02.2024

Skills

    Project Management

    Construction Management

    Team collaboration

    Document management

    Contract management (NEC and GCC)

    Relationship building

Personal Information

  • Place of Birth: Dennilton
  • Date of Birth: 06/25/94
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: South African
  • Marital Status: Single

Drivinglicence

Code 10 drivers licence

References

  • Muzwandile Nhlabathi, 0176141019, Muzwandile.Nhlabathi@sasol.com, Sasol mining
  • Lloyd Moti, 0861777719, mothusi@2bln.co.za, 2BLN PTY LTD
  • Thabane Ndlovu, 0798975375, Sasol Mining

Projects

Department of public works land Port of entry repair and maintenance project, approx R14m, 09/01/23 - Present Coega health care facility conditional assessments, approx R15m, 08/01/23 - Present HVAC Maintenance project at King Shaka International Airport, approx R18m, 02/01/23 - Present UPS maintenance project at King Shaka International Airport, approx R30m, 02/01/23 - Present

Software

Proficient in using Microsoft projects as a scheduling tool

Using Airtable for project and resource management

Reading, long distance jogging and Listening to music.

I am inspired by the work on ancient philosophers such as Victor Frankt. I am inquisitive; thus, I strive to understand things to the finest details. Reading gives stimulates my thinking for innovation and creativity. I believe a healthy body, leads to a healthy mind; therefore, staying physically fit gives me work endurance and energy. 

Timeline

Assistant Project Manager

2BLN Engineering Consultants
09.2023 - 05.2024

No Degree - Professional Project Manager Accreditation.

Project Management Institute
05.2023 - 02.2024

Construction Project Manager

King Shaka International Airport
02.2023 - Current

No Degree - Mining Engineering

Department of Mineral Resources And Engergy
05.2022 - Current

Shift supervisor

Sasol Mining
01.2021 - 10.2022

Master of Science - Project Management

University of Pretoria
05.2019 - 07.2023

Blasting certificate for Fiery mines - undefined

Department of Mineral resources (DMR)
04.2019 - 12.2019

Bachelor of engineering degree (BEng) -

University of Pretoria
02.2014 - 12.2018

Project Manager

Coega Health Care Facility
8 2023 - Current

Engineer in training

Sasol Mining
1 2019 - 12.2021
Wesley MateaConstruction Project Manager