Danie Van Ryneveld

• Compile MTOs.
• Generated cost and value reports to produce accurate information on cash flow.
• Suggested methods of construction, materials and equipment to use, leading to various cost savings.
• Site measures
• Assisting in programming / scheduling.
• Suggested methods of construction, materials and equipment to use, leading to multiple in cost savings
• Worked with various vendors to select and source construction materials

I have a comprehensive understanding of various construction contracts, specifically NEC3, FIDIC, and bespoke contracts.

My key responsibilities were:

• Conducting professional presentation of claims with sufficient details, premise, computations, and evidence.
• Ensuring claims management is carried out in a way that saves time, money, and effort for both the claimant and the defendant.
• Tailoring strategies for bespoke contracts to effectively manage unique clauses and stipulations.
• Implementing efficient procedures throughout the course of the project for claim management.
• Managing potential issues proactively to prevent claims in the early stages of a project.
• Aligning paperwork and managing entitlements in a timely and professional manner.

Skills:

Leadership: Experience supervising a team, department or entire companies, with a focus on financial aspects of a business. Guiding junior team members in their duties and inspiring them to perform well.

Project Management: Experience guiding complex tasks from planning, implementation to completion. Ability to discuss company needs and establish the scope, budget, deadlines and other aspects of the process.

Finance: Key responsibility is managing the finances of a company, negotiating and setting up contracts, improving employee performance and enhancing company profits.

Commercial Acumen: Strong business understanding, with demonstrated capability to manage commercial issues and deliver to defined expectations.

Contract Negotiation and Management: Ability to manage medium to large sized vendor contracts to ensure commercial, operational service levels and safety requirements are met.

Knowledge of Mining Value Chain: Extensive knowledge of the mining value chain with significant experience in mine planning, mining studies and business improvement.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Direct the finances of a business to negotiate and set up contracts, improve employee performance and enhance company profits.

Guide junior team members in their duties, ensure the company operates efficiently, complies with regulations and guidelines and meets client expectations.

Establish the scope, budget, deadlines and other aspects of business projects.

Manage commercial issues and deliver to defined expectations.

Lead and manage a team of account managers, with background in sales management [3].

Experience with financial reporting and being commercial and contract focused.

• Managed and coordinated cost, availability and timely delivery of materials and project schedules for suppliers.
• Performed measurements for structural and architectural works to prepare cost estimates for projects.
• Purchased materials and coordinated deliveries to and from construction sites.
• Generated cost and value reports to produce accurate information on cash flow.
• Reviewed all consultant drawings and made recommendation to adjust site requirements.
• Contract Management
• Payment certificates
• Claims assessments.

• Managed and coordinated cost, availability and timely delivery of materials and project schedules for suppliers.
• Performed measurements for structural and architectural works to prepare cost estimates for projects.
• Commercial Claims submissions
• Cashflow forecasts
• Allowable vs Actual
• Progress claim complication.
• Worked with multiple vendors to select and source construction materials.

• Vacation job in second year of studies

• Reason for Leaving: Started with BSc Quantity Surveying at the University of Pretoria in 2009
• Duties as a mine surveying trainee: One year served as an underground mine survey trainee
• Surveying of gulley and stope and plotting of pegs on plans
• End of the month measurements of development ends, stopes and gulleys
• Experience working with Shift bosses, geologists, rock engineers, ventilation engineers and mine planners
• I also worked as a mine sampler during this duration