Stefan Cronje

Highly accomplished Senior Infrastructure Project Manager with 30 years of cross-functional expertise steering multi-disciplinary project lifecycles across Telecommunications, Civil Construction, and Electrical Reticulation sectors. A dual specialist in master scheduling and National Safety Leadership (Section 16.2 Legal Appointments), with a proven track record of delivering high-stake digital and physical infrastructure rollouts on time, within budget, and in strict alignment with OHSA and Eskom standards. Expert at managing multi-million-rand project pipelines, coordinating complex vendor networks, and mitigating structural corporate risk.

Managing Director | Operations - Triad Integrated Solutions

(2024)

• Infrastructure Management: Directing turnkey physical security, infrastructure maintenance, and structural project lines, managing end-to-end installations of Electric Fencing, CCTV grids, Access Control frameworks, and structural Alterations.
• National Governance: Leading National Safety Management and compliance auditing frameworks for high-tech customers utilizing complex corporate assets (Digital Billboards, Wayfinding Units, and Satellite Systems).
• Risk Engineering: Executing expert-level Risk Analysis and formal Incident Investigations to establish and maintain strict zero-harm operational environments.
• High-Altitude Safety: Developing and implementing technical Fall Protection Plans optimized for high-altitude digital infrastructure rollouts.

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager & Safety Manager - Connecting Africa

(2017-08 - 2025)

Formally designated as Corporate Section 16.2 Safety Manager from March 2020 onward

• Infrastructure Delivery Frameworks: Strategically leading nationwide HSE operations and project delivery framework oversight for major digital billboards, complex wayfinding smart units, satellite dish networks, and extensive optical fiber network infrastructure pipelines.
• Regulatory & Legal Governance: Carrying full legal responsibility as the Section 16.2 Safety Manager, steering national compliance audits, comprehensive risk analytics, and formal incident investigations under structural legal liability.
• Risk Mitigation & Paradigms: Conceptualized and executed critical safety frameworks, including comprehensive Fall Protection Planning, Fire Safety Protocols, Environmental Protection Frameworks, and technical HIRA matrices.
• Resource & Crew Direction: Directing multidisciplinary infrastructure rollout crews from initial planning stages to final structural safety hand-over while driving a proactive zero-harm organizational safety culture.

Project Manager & Safety Compliance Officer - Wires & Wireless

(2014-08 - 2017-08)

• Telecom Infrastructure Rollouts: Successfully spearheaded network rollout programs, telecommunications infrastructure mapping, multi-site fiber network planning, advanced layout installation, and physical cable splicing architectures.
• Site Inspections & Audits: Conducted regular high-exposure site hazard appraisals, inspections, and project reviews to monitor progress, quality adherence, and active safety compliance legislation.

Project Manager & Construction Safety Compliance Specialist - Pro Projects and Management

(2009-04 - 2014-07)

• Lifecycle Project Control: Coordinated entire structural construction pipelines from commercial inception through final site sign-off, overseeing master planning, cross-functional resource budgeting, critical-path scheduling, and multi-team field execution.
• Strategic Stakeholder Liaison: Served as the core strategic liaison across premium clients, architectural boards, engineering professionals, and heavy civil construction labour crews to solidify safe, timeline-adherent operations.
• Documentation Management: Managed all project-related documentation workflows, including contracts, municipal permits, regulatory zoning, and compliance logs.

Finishing Foreman & HSE Representative - Woodpecker Properties

(2008-01 - 2009-03)

• Utilities Infrastructure: Managed structural housing contract projects localized at the Eskom Medupi Power Station developmental complex.
• Quality Assurance & Handovers: Executed systematic quality assurance handovers alongside Eskom engineers, leading intensive snagging/de-snagging tasks and executing daily rigorous HSE site inspections under rigorous state utility guidelines.

Site Operational Supervisor - Sibusiso Electrical

(1997-01 - 2007-12)

• Grid Reticulation Operations: Directed tactical on-site field electrical reticulation operations, primary infrastructure grid distributions, and complex substation installation initiatives.
• Compliance Audits: Successfully guided all physical electrical layouts through strict professional hand-over audits directly alongside Eskom inspectorate teams, ensuring permanent safe operational integrity.

Diploma - Project Management - Academy of York

Production and Operations Management (NQF Level 6) - Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology