Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Lan Refresh Project: Selected Contributions
Lan Refresh Project: Selected Contributions
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Manager IT: Seriti (formerly South 32) March 2019 – present
Selected Contributions
Wolvekrans local area network (LAN) equipment that has reached end of life and currently posing the risk of cybersecurity.
Project Description
The LAN refresh project will include the refresh of all identified switches according to the CMDB managed by SAEC IT and BCX logistics;
The implementation of LAN equipment will take place;
An estimate team of up to 4 technicians will be performing the refresh;
The estimated completion date for project is 30 June 2021.
Objectives
The refresh of all identified switches according to the CMDB managed by SAEC IT and BCX logistics
Implementation Approach
BCX will replace the current network infrastructure in a phased approach to reduce downtime to a minimum. Testing will be done before each phase to ensure configurations are in place. The change
management process will be followed to include all risks, downtime, roll-back plans, and asset management.
Phase 1 – Access Layer
Replace each access layer switches with its designed Huawei counterpart while still connected to the Cisco core switches. This will allow reconfiguration of each switch and minimum downtime, as the
same cables and cabinets can be re-used. This includes all 165 access layer switches and the bulk of the project.
All removed devices will be factory reset once moved to the designated storage area.
1
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
2
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
3
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
4
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
5
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
o Better tracking system for the load and route of each truck; better inventory management
o Management of fuel – reduce the fuel bill for all 4 major sites to below R1 billion
Budget: R35million
Virtual Team reports: 45 resources
6
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
o Interview stakeholder for requirement
o Interview service provers for input data models
o Develop dashboards
o Present to VPs, General Managers and HODs
Budget: R15million
Virtual Team reports: 12 resources
7
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Execution of migration projects via the SDLC Cycle from legacy systems to new system both from a logistical perspective and financial perspective. Working with and liaising with business analysts,
data migration team, developers, release manager and client teams to ensure that requirements are met; ensure that there is data integrity and seamless migration and management of servers.
Establishment of communication channels with users regarding the transition process and ensuring that users are trained during the UAT stages.
Steerco Presentations which included both internal stakeholders and client teams to manager expectations, give project/programme progress; align on strategies and resolve issues in a collective
manner.
Duties
Execution of ERP Migration Project for various clients throughout the entire SDLC cycle
8
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Tracking of budget and schedule
Drawing up of plans
Conducting daily standups to ensure progress of projects
Selected Contributions
Migrated Telkom from old financial ERP to new financial ERP
Migration of Supply Chain, Navision, Corobrik, PPC Zim and Kellog’s scheduled for mid-Feb 2019
Budget: R22million
Virtual Team reports: 30 resources
Coaching Experience:
As a coach I used this model to re-shape the thinking of the young budding entrepreneurs:
9
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
The final step of re-shaping their thinking involved using this model:
10
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
11
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
12
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
13
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
b) Rooftop Roots
http://rooftoproots.co.za/
Oversee the process implementation of the project management office and ensures that the appropriate information gets both to and from the sponsors. Responsibilities include managing the day-to-
day activities of the Project Management Office to ensure that programs and projects meet organizational goals and requirements and managing a team of Project Managers and Program Managers
while providing coaching, direction and leadership in a rewarding work environment.
Selected Contributions
14
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Budget: R14.5mil
Virtual Team reports: 70 resources
15
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Overall Objective of PMO
16
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Continuously improve the Project Management discipline best practices General Management – monthly review meetings and/or dashboard reporting
and professionalism within LTSA Consulting – services that offer Project advisory to Business Chief Level – quarterly review meetings and or dashboard reporting
Govern the use of Project Management best practices and Unit’s
quality requirements as defined by the hub PMO Training – services that foster the development of Project b. Chair the Strategy Steering Committee meetings, ensuring the following:
Keep the LTSA Management Team well informed of Management skills and proficiencies.
relevant Project and Programme status information via Methodology – services that ensure Project Managers Portfolio opportunities are identified
highlight and dashboard reporting implement the defined project methodology throughout LTSA Portfolio risks and issues are identified, and owners allocated
Review and improve deficient Project Management Standardization – services that ensure that standards are Provide over/under expenditure and action accordingly
processes with standard and best practice tools, methods & adhered to by providing templates on a central repository Provide a portfolio overview and corrective action to address non-performance
processes
Centre of Excellence
Project Management training, coaching and mentoring on the LTSA adopted
standards
Conduct Project audits to ensure consistency and maturity
Represent Business as the Subject Matter Expert on Project Management Tools e.g.
MS EPM, Nintex workflows, MS Projects, etc.
Maintain the CoE Portal to ensure latest available templates, tools and best practice
always.
Participate in Business Case reviews post product launch for the NPI process
Participate in Risk Management workshops to ensure common understanding and
management of Project Risks
Project start up support by coaching and mentoring of Project Managers
Benefits Management
Assist Business with mechanisms to set and track Benefits realization (if required)
Resource recruitment
Assist both Project Managers and business areas in resolving issues with troubled Projects.
b. Provide a centralized repository for all Project and Programme documentation and data.
17
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
LTSA Three Bid Tiers
Tier 1 – Transactional Bid
• Straight Forward Quotation for Service or Product required. To be executed by KAM and Sales Manager on BidIT.
Tier 2 – Mid Sized Bid
• A bid that does not meet the Big Deal criteria, i.e. <R240m ACV et al., but does carry some complexity. To be executed by the Bid Specialist in the Bid office.
Tier 3 – Large and Complex Bid / Big Deal
• Meets Big Deal Criteria >R240m ACV et al.. To be executed by the Big Deal Management team together with the nominated Virtual Team from the business.
With this process we able to manage intedepencies between different projects and programmes that were being executted via the process.
18
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
19
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
20
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
21
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
LEAD: STRATEGY AND COUNTRY ENABABLEMENT Dec 2015- June 2017
Standard Bank of South Africa, Johannesburg
Produced management information and insights to maximise return on investment on IT initiatives and demonstrated delivery of value. Identified and drove initiatives and approaches that enabled
the implementation of strategy and manage relationships with key regional, in-country and centre stakeholders.
Assessed and developed in-country Information Technology capabilities to enable self-sufficiency.
Optimised and facilitated service delivery by clarifying, analysing, monitoring and reporting service levels of all IT services contracted from the Group IT centre.
Formulated “One Africa” IT strategy based on the Group Universal Bank and line of business strategies while merging the reality of in-country capabilities. Operationalized strategic initiatives across
countries in Africa. Led Business Change and Communication, all external and governance reporting (including benefits tracking) and facilitated financial and risk management in the Africa IT function
and across 17 countries in the Africa portfolio. Formulated reporting for Group Boards and the South African Reserve Bank.
Selected Contributions:
Delivered the strategic payments engine for the bank
Developed commercial agreements & relationships with UK vendor to serve African countries
Developed regional service delivery operating model within Rest of Africa (RoA) and international sites
Advised & guided senior executives on critical strategic imperatives
Provided financial oversight of Africa IT, including invoicing of IT services from SA to African countries along with formulation of service level agreements (SLAs)
SENIOR MANAGER: PORTFOLIO & PROGRAMME MANEGEMENT April 2015- Nov 2015
Standard Bank of South Africa, Johannesburg
Accountable for the entire Business Improvement Model for Finacle Core Banking Programme roll-out. This was a signature project for the bank and aims to provide better banking experiences for the
customer via an integrated banking system with greater standardization and lower cost base for the customer and the bank. High level Leadership of the Project Managers, Business Analysts,
Developers, Testing Team
Duties:
Programme managed across the SDLC of entire programme, i.e. Business Improvement Model, reported on Upgrades, Ramp-ups & including the Cloud roll-out. Adopted Scale Agile Framework (SaFe),
this included the adoption and use of various DevOps and agile methodologies for delivery throughout Africa by aligning to the SaFe Framework. Led a team of project managers, release train
engineers, feature analysts, developers, testers, scrum masters to deliver multiple backlogs of work defined by executive sponsors.
YBIYRI (You build it, you run it) ensured feature teams maintained and supported all solutions being implemented in all countries.
Collaborated with business analysts, developers and testing teams (part of feature teams) in testing of products requested by country counterparts.
Vetted requirements gathered by business analysts to ensure that business products are well defined.
Worked with functional analyst teams to prioritize products according to deployment schedule in JIRA for relevant programs i.e. upgrades, cloud, ramp-ups and actual roll-out.
Worked with senior management within head office and within the countries to ensure a smooth planning and implementation occurs; and to anticipate any changes outside project controls and to
ensure constant communication between development & operations team such that products developed are fit for purpose.
Tracked project plans of each stream (cloud, ramp-up, upgrades, CIB and core banking products) with related schedules, budgetary limitations, operational readiness of countries, regulatory changes
(reserve bank etc.).
Approved timesheets of all project teams in each stream in order to perform earned value management (EVM) to ensure schedule and budget talk to each other.
Selected Contributions:
Successfully implemented Cloud in first 5 target countries in November 2015.
Successfully delivered upgrades for 5 other countries to the latest version of Cloud.
Improved the operability of several banks with new Core System to average of 5%.
Harmonized the Personal/Business Bank IT strategy between Business and IT in SA and West Africa (Nigeria, Namibia, Angola, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Accountability for the IT Change the Bank budget for West Africa
Other Contributions:
Deployed & operationalized the New BancAssurance in Kenya, Zambia, Namibia
Deployed Base Contact Centre in 10 neighbouring African countries
22
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
23
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
24
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
25
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
26
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Portfolio Project Manager 11/2011 to 03/2015)
Sasol Technology, Floor 1, 33 Baker Street, Rosebank
PROJECT UNDERTAKINGS
Phase 1 - New tool with improved resource data as ratified by functional managers and portfolio executives, focusing only on Sasol Technology resources. Includes defined set of project
roles, different contracting strategies, and historical SAP data for comparison.
Phase 2 – Updated to include business unit roles and contractor information.
Phase 3 – Use the modelling experts in the Decision Support team to model the resource usage per role/per phase to improve the resource input data.
Develop a model that determines service provider performance with regard to metrics as follows:
Safety
Quality
Schedule
Cost
This model assists ensuring we have the right service providers for the right projects; assist is assessing their performance; and with negotiations between client and service providers for new projects.
27
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Diagram 1: Showing detail and flow of activities for Data Matrix Project
28
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
29
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Budget: R65mil
Virtual Team reports: 350 resources
30
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
31
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Serve as the main driver of the client relationship and communication. Manage the budget, timeline, resources, scope, change requests, status report
and sales interface. Produce a detailed project plan to match customer requirement
Involved in all aspects of the engagement, leading the team to: identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing and conducting analyses,
synthesizing conclusions into recommendations and helping to implement change
Preside over lively brainstorming sessions; build consensus; recognise and accelerate peers’ strengths; delegating the right tasks to the right person
thus build powerful teams. Advise on technical issues around projects and contract administration; provide coaching and training project finance, risk
and compiling of compelling business cases. Develop integrated strategy between departments.
PROJECT UNDERTAKINGS
Budget: R350K
Virtual Team reports: 14 resources
Drive alignment of project management with Asset Governance Framework Implement PGC-individual projects
Implement PRC-project portfolio
32
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Quality assurance- coaching
Project Requirements
Set-up and maintenance of PMO to track and plan major programmes consisting of 20+ projects. Required to own full lifecycle of each project from
request and sponsor engagement to delivery, training and benefits tracking. Required to develop, train and maintain standard Project Management
Office processes and techniques to all divisions within the business. This included all Business Change teams impacted in the Project implementation
lifecycle for all approved changes. Additional requirement to implement process change to allow senior stakeholder management information to be
collated. This key requirement allowed analysis of progress of change initiatives to ensure progress in line with strategic goals and planned value.
Selected Contributions
The implementation of an asset project management framework (APGF) to prioritise and govern the projects functions for small/medium
capital projects;
Analytical project prioritisation using the Canfield Grid;
Coaching and Training in the framework;
Combated resistance by conducting one-on-one and group training sessions to help staff understand nuances of systems;
The development of a 5-year capital replacement plan and schedule for BHP Billiton (Manganese);
Wiring of the project reporting cycle from project manager to the EXCO for the Manganese Asset (BHP Billiton)
Designed & Deployed the PMO process framework (more than 100 process assets) and trained the staff to use them
Mentored and coached personnel to sit the PMP exam (15 trainees, 95% success rate)
Enabled a culture switch to win buy-in from senior stakeholder’s hostile to a matrix organization
Established the Project Controls and Financial Controls functions for the company and the program
Established the Risk Management function and managed the Risks for the program
Budget: R950K
Virtual Team reports: 150 resources
Selected Contributions
Wiring of the Capital Supply Chain Lonmin Platinum Asset (Lonmin Plc.), by proper contract administration; improved contract spend (via
conversion of one time tenders into long-term contracts; established healthy rapport between Supply Chain and Business (end-user);
Developed a new Capital Supply Chain Policy for Contract Administration;
Analyse current contracts and T&Cs in order to align with new policy; and
Design of new templates for the whole tender process which will make Capital Procurement more efficient
Led and directed corporate supply chain strategy across Lonmin facilities
Delivered continuous improvement opportunities in Lean supply chain including supplier rationalization and inventory reduction
Led efforts that produced approximately 15% reduction in active raw materials inventory from 2009-2010
Negotiated key supplier partnerships across strategic commodities such as steel, plastics and finished goods, resulting in lower
inventories, better cost controls and more robust, reliable supply chains
Designed and developed supplier report card for launch in Q1 2009
Developed and implemented supplier NCM (Non-Conforming Material) process requiring root cause analysis and written corrective action
33
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Led and directed team of salaried supply chain and materials professionals, including Materials Manager, Supply Chain Manager,
Schedulers and Buyers
Recognized as key leader and contributor on Senior Operations Leadership team
SME (Subject Matter Expert) for Lean supply chain development and project management methodology
Budget: R450K
Virtual Team reports: 35 resources
Budget: R200K
Virtual Team reports: 8 resources
Budget: 340K
Virtual Team reports: 12 resources
As an MBA student, as part of financial analysis (Corporate Finance) we formed syndicate groups competing against each other for best financial
analysis based on a particular theme.
Group Work
Analyzed companies, performed financial modeling and valuations; worked on potential sell-side and buy-side M&A deals
o Media Company’s Acquisition of Internet Company
Researched list of potential targets for technology company and narrowed down list from 100 to 10 based on
geography, market cap, and product line
34
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
o Mining Company’s Potential Sale
Assessed best buyers for mining company and created list of 30 based on acquisition proclivity, financial
wherewithal, and product overlap
Write a report and each of the M&A deals and rationale for them both from a strategic and financial point of view.
Independent Investing
Managed portfolio and selected US and foreign stocks to invest in; earned 9% average annual return over 2years
o Oil Stock
Analyzed market fundamentals and invested 5% of portfolio in company due to planned expansion into deep
ocean fields and hedging strength relative to competitors
o Biotech Stock
Compared company to competitors in similar niche market and found that pipeline was weaker; shorted stock
and earned 10% return over 6 months
Clean-Tech Group (International Companies)
Analyzed ethanol and solar companies’ performances and reported on key financial and market characteristics
Collected financial performance data on solar cell manufacturing companies and concluded that post-IPO companies missed
earnings expectations in 50% of cases due to overly aggressive forecasts;
Tracked individual ethanol producers based on management teams, strength of intellectual property, and rounds of venture capital
funding
Selected contributions
Collaborated with Senior Anglo Platinum management on safety efforts and resulted in best record for working at heights for major capital
projects (Louwill Engineering 100 000 LTI free hours). This record applied specially to working at heights with the group doing the sheeting of
the crusher building. I ensured that the workforce understood the importance of working safely while maintaining the time targets set for them
to finish. I ensured they took the necessary breaks for refreshments by drinking MEGA. This was essential as they were working long hours to
meet deadlines and having regular safety talks with the crew helped keep them vigilant;
Established comprehensive control sheets for each discipline and/or contractor and this improved times on project deliverables. This was a tool
used to track all the activities and ensured that all the crews worked to the new schedule due to time/budget constraints. This tool ensured
that teams could work simultaneously, and activities had to be coordinated such that they do not clash.
General Duties
Project managed commissioning of WCM (Waterval Converter Matte) Crusher Project for Anglo Platinum (Rustenburg), with a budget of R350million.
Planning, implementing, supervising and monitoring every phase of the project (Civil; Construction; Mechanical, Electrical & Instrumentation
Installations; Programming & actual Plant Commissioning). Preparation of project documentation, bidding, negotiations, sub-contractor selection,
material purchasing, scheduling. Supervision of crew of up to 60 trade workers.
Preparing and reviewing process specifications and control narratives and other related documentation viz., project execution method statement
(PEMS); process design criteria (PDC), risk assessments; and hazard & operability studies (Hazop & Hazcon).
Reviewing and approving line lists, equipment lists, flow sheets, isometrics, plot plans and specifications before release. Commissioning a new
crusher within the Anglo Platinum mining facility and ensuring its seamless integration with existing plants, processes and operations.
35
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Ensure that every aspect of the construction, integration and operation of the plant meet the design budgetary, operational and corporate
requirements of Anglo Platinum. Drafting process flow, piping and instrumentation diagrams and preparing equipment specifications and process
descriptions. Obtain and review progress and expenditure reports from contractors, make cost revisions and absorb contract changes and
negotiations into project budget.
Selected Contributions
Directed and coordinated budget planning and development, schedules, work plans, and resource utilization.
Identified and assessed the impact of project management risks and developed backup plans accordingly.
Evaluated communications and archiving of the project progress to the sponsor and all business owners of the project.
Negotiated scope of work and manpower resource planning for project with leadership executives, line management and project sponsor.
Prepared the planning timeline coordination and resources of the activities of the project team according to project deadline.
Supervised and communicated vital information regarding scope, timing, cost risks and performance of project timeline to the
management and board.
General Duties:
Plan, manage, and oversee the daily functions, operations, and activities of the project and service engineering teams to continuously improve
organisational productivity and customer service.
Coordinate and direct projects, analyse technology, resource needs, and market demand, to plan and deliver complex projects, on-time and within
budget. Develop business case for projects for board approval.
Undertake development of systems to fulfil changing legislative requirements and value engineering when required, and pro-actively develop and
standardise procedures and methods to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of engineering services and projects.
Provide high level technical support in the management of warranty claims and appropriate correct actions thereafter.
Confer with management, production, and marketing staff to discuss project specifications and procedures.
Direct, review, and approve product design and changes.
Prepare budgets, bids, and contracts, and direct the negotiation of research contracts
Selected contributions
Collaborated with senior management and BI team on business process re-engineering (BPR) efforts gaining 5% in productivity and quality;
Established preventative maintenance schedule, ensuring optimal equipment operation in the crucible workshop without costly downtime;
Redesigned floor layout of crucible workshop achieving 10% improvement in overall productivity while reducing required manpower by at least
4%. This involved marking floors for empty and full crucibles respectively, working out the turning circle for the tractor to make the process
efficient as delays in moving the ladles led to metal freezing & most of it going to waste (Kanban Methodology);
Implemented just-in-time strategy to optimize metal tapping and ladle transportation to cast-house. This was linked to the above work. This
meant tapping by crane instead of the conventional way via a crucible. This reduced tapping times, increased safety and tied to improved
crucible workshop area, let to lower turn-around times. The molten Aluminium was delivered to the cast house quicker and much more
volumes of material could be converted into the value-added products the organisation produced;
Created cost models to support internal customers’ proposals and cost reduction initiatives;
Monitored and analysed workflow, processes, procedures and line activities, identifying & resolving bottlenecks to maximize efficiency.
General Duties
Provide project management expertise on both green-fields and brown-fields project work for BHP Billiton Aluminium Smelter with budgets ranging
from R100 000 to R640million (80mill US). Project types ranged from process improvement; cost reduction, innovation; sustainability; and
environmental.
36
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Perform pre-feasibility studies, do market research on available technology. Confirm accurate foreign exchange cover and import costs. Generate
draft scope of works; establish budget prices (man-hour budget); and verify savings or opportunity income. Gather technical information required for
tender documents. Handle site inspection and due diligence on tender adjudication processes. Expedite contractual documentation (bonds & proof
of insurance); check & witness invoices; generate variation orders as per negotiated claims; compile safe working procedures; and arrange safety
induction sessions. Minimise costs by ensuring efficient implementation of the designed system/equipment. Collaborate with administration and
financial teams to establish viable support of safety standards. Provide ongoing production support and troubleshooting with internal stakeholder
clients’ business improvement (BI) team. Generate contractual documentation viz., bonds; variation orders; capital expenditure requests, purchase
requisitions/orders. Follow project management using PMBOK methodology.
Selected contributions
Commissioned the Paste Thickening Plant for the Water Recovery section in line with government regulations for slimes dams. By having a
denser sedimentation process, the material from the settling tanks could be pumped to the slimes dams and also used to build the walls to
prevent seepage. This was a very important sustainability project to both protect the environment and also ensure that the organisation
continues its operations;
Devised a plan to improve productivity via a time study for Optical Sorting Project. The team recovered 3500 carats instead of the mandated
2000 carats. This contributed to the established gain-share scheme. This was one of the big five initiatives of De Beers. The project was called
Optical Sorting using a machine hired from IST Technik. The whole idea of recovery was that the machine separated diamonds from other
material when a light shone through the diamond. The important thing was to ensure that material was dry, as water particles would have also
been perceived as diamonds. This meant that any material that had a water particle would be sorted into the diamond stream.
a. Time constraints: the project took place initially in the winter months and there was very little sunshine. This meant that it took
extra long to dry the material before processing it through the Optical Sorter. We asked the security to allow us to leave
material overnight drying out in the dump. The other time constraint was due to the fact that same team had to still sort the
absolute diamonds by hand from other material that had similar features to diamonds;
b. Security regulations: we had one security that assisted us during the project. The presence of security was important, as this
was an area deemed to be red area due to high concentration of diamond material. The main problem came up when the
collection drum of material was full and had to be taken into the building to the volt. This meant that the machine be stopped,
and everyone gets into the building so that nobody is left alone in the dump to be tempted to steal a diamond. It took +/-
20mnutes to fill up a bag with material. Due to the fact that the whole team had to leave the area, most of the time was
37
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
wasted taking the drum up to the volts. Within one hour, only one drum was processed, and the rest of the hour went to
waste. We negotiated with security to install a camera in the optical sorter to ensure that while others took the drum to the
volt, the rest of the team could continue to process further material;
i. The other challenge was when we had to calibrate the machine with the diamonds already sorted from the normal
diamond process. This meant that we had to declare how many diamonds left the building and also ensure that all
the diamonds were returned thereafter. If there were any missing, disciplinary action would have been taken. We
made sure we maintained constant communication with security of all our activities and report any problems that
might have arisen. This helped especially if we did not recover all the diamonds that we collected for calibration
purposes;
c. Difficult material to treat: Due to the Red Kimberlite material mined, it presented a problem of being flaky and caused the
machine to shoot haphazardly to a point where it has to be re-booted. This caused a lot of delays and we counteracted this by
dividing the team into day and night shift to process more drums of material.
Engineered a way of purging spent (used up) fine Ferrosilicon (FeSi) from the fines stream to the course stream. This was based on the
understanding that spent fine FeSi has similar characteristics as course FeSi. This meant a saving on the usage of course FeSi. There are two
streams, course and fine, in the area called DMS (dense medium separation). FeSi is the agent that separates diamond-bearing material from
gangue material. Fine FeSi contained 90% microns of fine material while course FeSi contained 60-70% microns of fine material. By being spent,
fine FeSi had the same number of microns as course FeSi. I made a proposal to purge the spent fine FeSi from the fine stream toward the
course stream and it could be used there. Course FeSi was the more expensive of the two. By reducing the consumption of course FeSi, it
reduced the cost of production of diamonds from the course streams;
Optimised the Magnetic Separators in the dense medium separation (DMS) area, which reduced FeSi losses by at least 10%;
Optimised the Magnetic Roll Separators in the Red Area (Diamond Recovery), which improved the catchments of diamonds into the correct
streams. This involved doing calculations of the slide positions, which would result in higher catchments of diamonds according to the strength
of the magnet. Non-diamond bearing material is magnetic and thus working out the optimal positioning of the slide ensured that an
improvement of 30% diamonds going into the right stream was achieved;
Investigated feasibility of and applied the Split On-line Camera Technology used to analyse particle size distribution and provide live feed. This
involved placing the cameras at specific exit points of critical equipment that gave an idea of their efficiencies. This improved the results
provided by laboratory and served as secondary information;
38
Moses Goosen
39 Banbury Park, Hunters Road, Northworld, Randburg, 2188
Cell: +27 77 314 5100 email: moses27za@gmail.com
Endeavoured to increase plant utilisation by performing a study on overall plant utilisation initially on all conveyors in the plant. By collecting,
analysing and collating each section’s data, I was able to ascertain the historic and current OPU’s (overall plant utilisations) and began with
some Kaizen activities to remove some of the bottle-necks. This improved the OPU from 81% to 95%. This was achieved by holding a workshop
with shift supervisors using the RCA methodology (Root Cause Analysis).
General Duties
Provide technical services support to production teams and perform project undertakings. Plan projects while taking cognisance of management
principles, steps & guidelines. Perform technical investigations via ISO audits and revise ISO procedures. Identify possible opportunities and threats in
production sections and formulate plans to enhance or counteract. Diagnose problems; determine time parameters and resource requirements; and
setting performance specifications. Served on quality assurance team, developing guidelines and procedures to improve standards & performance.
Developed documentation system to ensure accurate, timely updates. Apply statistical methods using Citect and Statistica. Ensure security of
sensitive documentation/information and general security adherence. Establish sound working relationships and on the job awareness (BBSHE-
behaviour based SHE). Identify non-compliance to personal protective equipment (PPE); health and safety policies.
39