Louis

Full CV / Resume

I am a self-motivated and driven individual, cope well under pressure and generating solutions is what makes me love what I do.  I have been working in the electrical industry for over 24 years with extensive experience in various fields.  I qualified as an electrician in 1998 and in 2000 my wireman's license.  I've had the privilege of owning my own electrical contractors business for 9 years.

I have been involved in various projects at timber and paper mills, steel, water, sewerage, processing and bottling plants, industrial and commercial sectors, the nut and fruit industry and agriculture and forestry.  These projects ran  in South Africa, Malawi, Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi,  Angola and Mozambique.

My experience includes the following:

•  Project planning, design/management (quotation, design, assembly/manufacture, and final commissioning)

•  VSD’s and soft starters:  new installations, refurbishments and upgrading

•  PLC’s:  new installations, upgrading and basic programming

•  Control and distribution panels – supply new and refurbish old units:  quote, design, manufacture and factory testing

•  Instrumentation (pressure transducers, flow, temperature and humidity control, PID control)

•  Wireless communication:  installation of radio, emetry and GPRS systems

•  Generators:  manufacture and install automatic change over systems

•  Power factor correction:  manufacture, installed and maintained

•  PV (Photovoltaic) / Solar (residential & commercial):  Audits/Inspections, Risk mitigation,  Maintenance, Performance monitoring, IPP working partnerships

•  Metering and monitoring:  Basic or smart meter technology, BMS (Building Management Systems), AMR (Automatic Meter Reading), Monitoring and control, Power consumption and reticulation verification.

•  Certificate of Compliance which is required by law in South Africa, (as per Code of Practice SANS 10142 ) with any new electrical installation or where any addition or alteration has been made.

Companies I dealt with are:

York Timbers, Columbus Steel, Unilever Nigeria, Unilever Kenya, Lujeri Tea Estates in Malawi, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry in Elukwatini, Xikundu and Siyabushwa, Vinto Minerals/Coca Cola Nelspruit,  Buscor,  Kudu Farms, Golden Macadamias, Green Farms, UVS (The Umhlatuzi Valley Sugar Company),  Thyolo Nut Company in Malawi, Rotondo Wallnuts, VIL (Victoria Investment Ltd) in Malawi,  Dryers for Africa, Mbombela Local Municipality,  Afgri, Dr Oetker and Energy Partners to name a few.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Company:  Electro Systems (August 1995 - May 2003) - 8 years

Position held:  Project Manager/Panel Designer

I joined the company as an apprentice where I mainly did the wiring of control panels, and qualified as an electrician.  I also did my wireman's license four years later.  Fault finding and breakdowns were my main responsibility by then and I worked my way up over the years to Workshop Manager.

At this stage my main focus and responsibility was to design, manufacture and commission electrical control panels,  and to manage the workshop staff and electricians.  I was later promoted to Project Manager where my duties included:

• Quotes

• Liaising with clients

• Receiving of orders

• Design of control panels electrical circuit using WS Cad

• Compiling a spares list for each project

• Planning and coordinating of projects

• Factory testing and commissioning

• Handover to client

• Final on site inspection

As there were no prospects for me to work my way further up in the company, I made the decision to resign and in 2003 I established my own electrical contractors company.

Company:  Lakeshore Trading 175 t/a Electro Controls (June 2003 – July 2012)  9 years

Position held:  Owner

My electrical contractors company was established on 1 June 2003 as a Closed Corporation.

I have extensive and specialized experience in the following fields:

• Main systems:  water and sewer pump stations and reticulation

• Process control of curing fruits/nuts/wood.

• General electrical

• Control panels

• Distribution boards

Skills and certification

Wireman's License Nr:  23736

Estimating and Tendering course done through ECA (Electrical Contractors Association)

Adroit Scada Development Course (Basic)

Unitronic PLC Course

Lovato Programmable Relays

Moeller (Eaton) PLC and Darwin Technology

Allen Bradley PLC Control Logix, Micro Logix and Compact Logix

Z-View Scada System (Basic)

Computer Literacy:  Windows8/10/ XP/7/Vista, MS-Office, Internet,  WS Cad

We relocated to another city and closed down our business.

Company:  Electrahertz (1 August 2012 – 30 August 2013)

Position held:  Branch  Manager

My duties include:

• Liaising with clients

• Quotations

• Design, stock list compilation and ordering of stock, management of suppliers and staff manufacturing the required products.

• Invoicing

• Coordinate with workshop manager on existing projects

• Testing of panels (more advanced units)

• Technical assistance to clients from wholesaler

• Technical assistance to staff

• Advanced/specialized site work

• Data logging and reports

• Basic training to sales and technical staff on products

Staff under my supervision:

• 1 x Workshop manager

• 1 x Store Supervisor

• 1 x Store Assistant

• 3 x Qualified Electricians

• 4 x Wireman

Syspro – ing and stock program used

As there were no prospects for me to work my way further up in the company, I made the decision to resign.

Company:  Energy Partners (2 September  2013 – Dec 2017)

Position held:  Technical Branch  Manager

My duties include:

• Management of the field services team in Gauteng including the building of the team.

• Taking responsibility of electrical field services or contracting work (including workmanship, legal compliance and health and safety)

• Project management and executional success of all field services installation projects in the Northern South Africa region.

• Installing metering and other electrical systems on site.

• Signing off on electrical design and installation work and issuing Certificates of Compliance where required.

• Conducting electrical surveys and energy audits at client sites.

• Working alongside project managers and engineering design team based in Cape Town.