Mpho Farisani

I have over 10 years Working Experience in civil and built engineering environment of which 3 years was in Private sector and over 5 years was in public sector. In January 2014 I started working for a company called Marungane Projects which is a Consulting and construction Company as a Technician, in March 2017 I worked for Greater Giyani Municipality as an artisan for roads and storm water department, in September 2019 I worked for Department of Water and Sanitation as a Ganger, in January 2020 I got promoted to a Senior Quantity Surveyor, in February 2022 I started working as a Building supervisor & OHS (Occupational Health and Safety) for the SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) in the Western Cape, In August 2023 I started working as Building supervisor & OHS (Occupational Health and Safety) for the SABC at Limpopo region and October 2025 I got a position of Specialist: Civil engineering of which I am currently occupying that position to date.

Specialist: Civil Engineering (Team Leader) - SABC (AUCKLAND PARK) - Auckland Park

(2025-10)

• Supervising building team.
• Effective contracting and evaluation of Performance Management.
• Inspect the buildings and grounds to ensure compliance to OHS act and Building Regulations.
• Follow up on reported faults.
• Responsible for OHS file and closing out of audit findings.
• Enforcing the OHS Act in the workplace.
• Set up and control Maintenance schedules and formulate daily routines
• Manage the maintenance of buildings and facilities.
• Source specialized services
• Personnel Development Plans (PDP) for all staff members.
• Manage expenditure according to Budget
• Cost estimation for quotations
• Conduct incident investigations.
• Preventative maintenance by means of daily, monthly, and quarterly inspections.
• Responsible for annual maintenance plan.
• Monitor services provide and contractors to ensure compliance with standard specifications.
• Consult with internal clients and contractors on services to be rendered.
• Allocate responsibilities and scheduling team.
• Compiling Internal services report
• Monitor performance of contractors and service providers according to Service Level Agreement.
• Contract management.
• Financial Cash flow management.
• Management of Governance practice.
• Interpreting BOQ's and deriving BOQ (BILL OF QUANTITIES).
• Responsible for the checklist and smooth running of 5x 1000kva generator, 5 x180kva UPS, HVAC plant system.
• Compiling a business plan for material.
• Compiling a business case for projects.
• Presenting business cases on the T.I.C.K committee.

Building Supervisor & OHS - SABC (Limpopo) - Limpopo

(2023-08 - 2025-09)

Reason for Leaving: GROWTH

• Supervising building artisan and handymen.
• Inspect the buildings and grounds to ensure compliance to OHS act and Building Regulations.
• Follow up on reported faults.
• Responsible for OHS file and closing out of audit findings.
• Enforcing the OHS Act in the workplace.
• Source specialized services.
• Conduct incident investigations.
• Check and verify tender documents for inclusion of OHS on the specs.
• OHS inductions on service providers before starting a project.
• Chairing the safety committee meetings.
• Preventative maintenance by means of daily, monthly, and quarterly inspections.
• Responsible for annual maintenance plan.
• Monitor services provide and contractors to ensure compliance with standard specifications.
• Consult with internal clients and contractors on services to be rendered.
• Allocate responsibilities and scheduling team.
• Compiling Internal services report
• Facilitate payment processes for service providers on SAP
• Communicate Standard Operating Procedures
• Monitor performance of contractors and service providers according to Service Level Agreement.
• Contract management.
• Financial Cash flow management.
• Management of Governance practice.
• Interpreting BOQ's and deriving BOQ (BILL OF QUANTITIES).
• Responsible for the checklist and smooth running of 500kva generator & 220 kva, 120kva UPS, HVAC plant system.
• Compiling a business plan for material.
• Responsible for CCTV and Access control Service and smooth running.
• Responsible for Firefighting equipment and detection service (Fire extinguishers, vesda 250, gas suppression systems and sprinklers system.
• Compiling a business case for projects.
• Presenting business cases on the tick committee.
• Adding projects on the annual procurement plan.
• Making sure of smooth-running operational experience of electromechanical services (HVAC, lifts)
• Space, office planning and furniture management
• Preventative maintenance on security equipment
• OHS training on employees and committee members
• Attending the BSC and BEC for all projects align to the facility management.
• Presenting to the disposal committee on old assets.
• Project Managing Capex project and minor capex
• Responsible for the Cleaning contract & Supervising cleaners and cleaners for the carwash bay.
• Supervisor garden service.
• Responsible for the lift service contract
• Responsible for the CFT for my contracts in my area.

Building Supervisor & OHS - SABC (Western Cape) - Western Cape

(2022-02 - 2023-07)

Reason for Leaving: TRANSFER

• Supervising workers.
• Inspect the buildings and grounds to ensure compliance to OHS act and Building Regulations.
• Follow up on reported faults.
• Responsible for OHS file and closing out of audit findings.
• Enforcing the OHS Act in the workplace.
• Source specialized services.
• Conduct incident investigations.
• Check and verify tender documents for inclusion of OHS on the specs.
• OHS inductions on service providers before starting a project.
• Chairing the safety committee meetings.
• Preventative maintenance by means of daily, monthly, and quarterly inspections.
• Responsible for annual maintenance program.
• Monitor services provide and contractors to ensure compliance with standard specifications.
• Consult with internal clients and contractors on services to be rendered.
• Allocate responsibilities and scheduling team.
• Compiling Internal services report.
• Contract management.
• Monitor performance of contractors and service providers according to Service Level Agreement.
• Financial Cash flow management.
• Management of Governance practice.
• Interpreting BOQ's and deriving BOQ (BILL OF QUANTITIES).
• Responsible for the checklist and smooth running of 300kva generator, 180kva UPS, HVAC plant system).
• Compiling a business plan for material.
• CCTV and Access control Service and smooth running.
• Firefighting equipment and detection service (Fire extinguishers, vesda 250, gas suppression systems and sprinklers system.
• Compiling a business case for projects.
• Presenting business cases on the tick committee.
• Adding projects on the annual procurement plan
• Space, office planning and furniture management
• Preventative maintenance on security equipment
• Supervising cleaners and carwash bay.
• Supervisor garden service.
• Responsible for lift service (monthly services and annexure B for lifts)
• Ohs training on employees and committee members
• Attending the BSC and BEC for all projects aligned to the facility management.
• Presenting to the disposal committee on old assets.
• Responsible for the Cleaning contract & Supervising cleaners and cleaners for the carwash bay.
• Responsible for the lift service contract
• Responsible for the CFT for my contracts in my area.

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Department of Water and Sanitation: Construction North - Construction North

(2020-01 - 2022-01)

Reason for Leaving: PROJECT BASED CONTRACT

• Planning and organizing of work schedule.
• Reading plans.
• Surveying.
• Calculating quantities.
• Drawing.
• Enforcing the OHS Acting in the workplace.
• Determining of level routes and pegging of heights for construction.
• Report writing and preparing a monthly certificate.
• General construction supervision.
• Designing a Monthly work schedule program.
• Maintenance hole inspection e.g., Air valve Chamber, Isolation valve chamber, scour chamber and Reservoirs.
• Quality of work inspection.
• Interpreting drawings according to specifications.
• Project Management.
• Supervising of Foremen and giving technical advice.
• Budget planning/Price quotations.
• Monitoring the utilization of diesel, material, utilization of machinery and equipment.

Ganger - Department of Water and Sanitation: Construction North - Construction North

(2019-04 - 2020-01)

Reason for Leaving: PROMOTED

• Supervising workers.
• Check machinery, installations and ensure the safety of water plant installations.
• Excavation and earthworks.
• Fencing.
• Installing of filter systems.
• Casting of concrete.
• Enforcing the OHS Act in the workplace.
• Preparing bedding pipes and laying of pipes.

Artisan (Maintenance) - Greater Giyani Municipality - Giyani

(2017-02 - 2019-03)

Reason for Leaving: CONTRACT EXPIRED

• Documentation.
• Preparing payment certificates for work done by service providers.
• Help the senior technicians to monitor and activities of staff to ensure that work (road maintenance) is performed according to work plan.
• Deriving of bill of quantities
• Doing wayleaves and drafting monthly reports.
• Inspect the grounds of all municipal buildings (Stadiums, Civic center and Community halls)
• Supervising workers.
• Interpreting drawings according to specifications.
• Inspection of culvert bridges.
• Monitor services provide and contractors to ensure compliance with standard specifications.
• Reading of drawings and maps.
• Roads and storm water inspection.

Technician - Marungane Projects Pty (Ltd)

(2014-01 - 2016-12)

Reason for Leaving: CONTRACT EXPIRED

• Calculating quantities.
• Surveying.
• Building inspecting and storm water drainage.
• Pegging of heights of a project.
• Site supervision.
• Deriving a detail Bill of Quantity.
• Pricing of Bill of Quantities.
• Scoping of project.
• Project cost estimates.
• Preparations of payment certificates.
• Documentation.
• And overall project management duties.

National N Diploma - Civil Engineering - Tshwane South College (2018)

Grade 12 - Risinga High School (2010)