Project Manager in Horticultural Services and Landscaping Project at Leafy Space (Pty) Ltd (2021-07 – 2023-03)
Plan, organise, direct, control and coordinate the maintenance team to provide horticultural services and maintenance services as agreed with the clients. Project resource management including ensuring adequate resources that are signed to the project, monitoring, and reporting man-hours against budget, subcontractor management and procurement execution. Responsible to lead project teams in successful execution of projects of complexity, acting as primary project advocate and point of communication.
Project financial management including ensuring project budgeted costs and profits are met and improved, maintenance of project cash flows, implement earned value tracking and reporting.
Site Manager for Garden Maintenance and Landscaping Project at Leafy Space (Pty) Ltd (2019-06 – 2021-06)
- Development and implementation of strategies to meet client requirements and maintain a dynamic and committed continuous improvement approach.
- Be responsible for the cost effective rostering of site supervisors and the direct labour reporting to the site supervisors.
- Establish and annually review standards and work procedures for all staff.
- Plan work schedules, hours, areas of work, and job duties to ensure adequate services are rendered to all areas.
- Participate in interviewing, selection, hiring, evaluation, and recommending termination of personnel in accordance with company standards.
- Orientate, train, develop, and supervise of all supervisory staff under span of control.
- Regularly inspect and evaluate physical condition of equipment's and facilities; recommend repairs, additions and disposals... etc.
- Provide monthly administrative progress reports relative to short term accomplishments, future short term plans and staff education/training.
- Report unsafe conditions and conduct research to improve service quality and safety standards.
- Conduct regular staff meetings and communicate with members of other departments to coordinate operational activities.
- Schedule major project work, assuring that adequate staff and supplies are available to perform said tasks.
- Maintain and support Operational goals and objectives.
- Coordinate all outside services relative to the operation department (i.e. Sweeping the roads, tree felling and Spraying weeds with herbicide)
Site Manager for Maintaining the Parks and Cemeteries Project at Leafy Space (Pty) Ltd (2018-12 – 2019-05)
To manage the team on these following duties
- Grass on cutting and removal of waste in cemeteries and in park
- Beautifying the park and maintain the garden beds to keep clean all the time
- Tree felling and tree pruning if it is needed
- Spraying with herbicide in hard surfaces
- To serve all horticultural work according to scope of work
Project Manager for Maintenance and Landscaping Project at Leafy Space (Pty) Ltd (2017-11 – 2018-11)
To manage the team on these following duties
- Tree felling and shrub pruning
- Checking the health of plants by identifying ant pests of diseases and control them
- Grass cutting and lawn mowing
- Maintaining the garden beds (removal f weeds, dead leaves, dead heads) and split and divide the plant do that I can plant in open spaces.
- Spraying with herbicides in hard surfaces
- Apply nutrients to plants and maintain moisture level
Agricultural Officer at Seda Alfred Nzo Agro Manufacturing Incubator (SANAMI) (2016-01 – 2017-10)
- Position and regulate plant irrigation system, program environmental and irrigation control.
- Facilitate the preparation of soil for planting, transplant seeds, bulbs and cuttings.
- Assign work schedules duties to nursery staff and supervise work.
- Determine types and quantities of agricultural plants to be grown based on budget.
- Assist with the management of plant production, measuring, recording and analysis data.
- Facilitate the construction of structures of greenhouses.
- Assist in performing research and development activities in the hydroponic programs.
Project Manager (Bio-Control) at City of Cape Town (2015-01 – 2015-12)
- Mentoring and maintaining the insect mass rearing facility, rearing and collection of insects for biological control of invasive aquatic weeds and terrestrial plants
Horticultural Intern at Alfred Nzo Development Agency (2008-01 – 2008-12)
- Facilitate and demonstration on horticultural duties.
- Working with consultant for service delivery in horticulture.
- Monitoring and evaluation of projects.
- Co-ordinate mechanization and chemical programme
- Manage and control effectively and materials, identify resource requirements and special operational needs, monitor the condition and availability of horticultural equipment.
Horticultural trainee at Alfred Nzo District Municipality (2007-09 – 2007-01)
- Supervising on construction of Ntslzwa Community park in Mount Ayliff
- Assist in implementing and maintaining of new projects, tree felling and planting of Indigenous plant species.
- Identify and report maintenance progress for municipallity projects.
