Wayne Overmeyer

Wayne Overmeyer th 41, 18 Avenue Boston Bellville Cape Town South Africa 7530 Mobile: - Home: - Email:- Professional Profile: I am an enthusiastic and committed professional who can bring a wealth of technical knowledge to a civil engineering project or team. I am a Principal Professional Officer with 30 years’ experience within the Transportation and Highways industry, with a varied practical and theoretical knowledge of traffic engineering design and policies, project management, and contract documentation. I consider myself to have a solution-orientated and dedicated approach which could make me a valuable addition to any team. I also consider myself to be a positive and a dynamic individual, with the ambition to succeed within the civil engineering industry. I always try to maintain a pleasant and professional approach when dealing with work duties, management meetings and project involvements. Key Skills:      Excels in problem solving, able to approach and solve problems in a creative and logical manner. Excellent computer skills, with extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office, MS Project. A team player that makes valuable contributions to the workplace. Varied experience in both Local Authority and Private Consultancy and construction work, having designed and project managed numerous schemes from commissioning stage to implementation. Have excellent project management and staff management skills Career History: October 2010 - Present City of Cape Town I am accountable for managing a team of administrative and technical staff who is responsible for the compilation and management of our department’s maintenance term tender contracts. Main Accountabilities:  Chairman of Bid Specification and Evaluation Committees.  Ensuring that these committees are properly constituted.  Fostering an excellent/healthy working relationship with the City’s Supply Chain Management Department as well as the Roads industry.  Compiling evaluation reports.  Delivering presentations to internal and external clients to facilitate compilation of tender specifications, evaluation criteria, tender submission and tender application to motivate the recommendations of the tender report.  Compiling reports to be submitted to Bid Adjudication Committee  Keeping abreast of changes in policy and legislation.          Ensuring that all procurement requirements are incorporated into all Annual Tender documents. Ensuring correct procedures are followed. Preparing tender documents for the procurement of consultants Evaluating the tender bids in order to determine a successful bidder. Formulating representative projects for term tenders that will require methods of evaluation. Liaising with and obtaining technical and other inputs from end users including the Procurement Directorate as and when necessary. Liaising with the Legal Department to ensure that responsive criteria and other requirements are correctly written into the tenders and seeking legal opinion during the process of evaluation. Designing and maintaining automated spreadsheets to facilitate the use of Tenders. Monitoring the progress of the Annual Tenders during their validity periods January 2010 to September 2010 Process Manager, BKS Consulting (Seconded to City of Cape Town) In this role I am responsible for the co-ordination (both time and resources) between the various planning processes, namely Operational Plan, Business Plan and Infrastructure Plan for the Cape Town Integrated Transit System (IRT). It is also my duty to prepare and update the master Gantt chart as well as individual Gantt chart for each project component. I am also responsible for conducting follow-up activities with consultant teams in order to ensure the timely delivery of required project deliveries together with providing technical input to the Operations, Business, Communications and Infrastructure work streams as appropriate and to prepare project summary documents. February 2006 – November 2009 Principal Highways Engineer London Borough of Lambeth I am accountable for managing a team of 34 internal staff and external resources responsible for the delivery of the Council’s highway services. I am also responsible for the provision of a comprehensive service on behalf of the Council for design, construction and maintenance of the highway network (including highway structures), and New Roads and Street Works activities, planned maintenance, responsive maintenance, capital works and Health and Safety. I am also responsible for the project management and budget control of all projects that has been commissioned to my team. Main Accountabilities:  In conjunction with the Head of Transport and Highways, I assist in the formulation and implementation of strategies that will direct and enhance all aspects of service delivery.  To ensure that the service contributes positively, flexibly and innovatively to wider departmental and corporate initiatives and to support the development of an organisational culture which is positive, flexible, responsive, forward looking, performance and customer focused.  To establish and maintain quality systems for the delivery of an effective service.          To regularly monitor work programmes, budgets, performance indicators and quality targets to ensure that the team meets agreed objectives for the provision of an effective service to maintain and protect the highway network. To ensure continuous delivery of “Best Value” services for businesses and residents which are measurable and significant. To manage external suppliers, consultants and contractors in the undertaking of their work on behalf of the Council. To manage substantial revenue and capital budgets as allocated in accordance with Council and departmental guidelines. To develop and implement demonstrable and significant improvement in the control of resources, efficiency, and effectiveness resulting in higher quality of services within budgets by use of “Best Value” techniques. To develop and maintain effective communications, liaison and working relationships with internal staff/external resources, Councillors, officers of the Council, community, other councils, other relevant organisations and individuals so as to ensure maximum effectiveness of the services delivered by the team. To ensure the implementation of relevant Health and Safety legislation and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy and to implement effective working practices to ensure compliance personally and by others during the course of any works undertaken. To act in accordance with the Council’s strong commitment to achieving equality of opportunity in both services to the community and the employment of people, and to understand and promote the Council’s equalities policies. To use the Council’s electronic finance system to raise Purchase Orders and certify invoices as appropriate. September 2004 – January 2006 Senior Highways Engineer, London Borough of Lambeth Main Accountabilities: I shared duties with the Principal Highways Engineer by managing the Planned Works Section of the Highways department. These duties involve the following:       Managing 4 Assistant Engineers, 1 Technical Assistant, 1 Cad Operator and 3 Clerk of Works Co-ordinating all works with the term contractor Being responsible for the tendering and overseeing of the borough’s resurfacing program Works in close partnership with the Strategic Team on highway works involving Section 106 contracts Approving invoices and payment for all contractual works Work in close partnership with the Traffic Manager to ensure that all projects are in accordance with the new Traffic Management Act (TMA) procedures Other Responsibilities  Involved in compiling a new Design Guide for the London Borough of Lambeth  Responsible for compiling the new 5 to 10 years Highways Term Contract which included Bill of Quantities, Method of Measurements, Condition of Contract and Specifications. This contract has won an award for Excellence in Public Procurement.  Have a leading role in compiling Standard Detail drawings for the Borough of Lambeth. August 2001 – September 2004 Senior Engineer, Mouchel Parkman (Operating as Hertfordshire Highways. A partnership between Mouchel Parkman Consultants, Hertfordshire County Council and AmeyLafarge Contractors) I was a Senior Engineer working on specialist project such as, Safer Routes to School, Green Zone Projects (Town Centre Enhancement Schemes) and Rural Initiative Schemes. I was entrusted with multiple projects commissioned by the Client, Hertfordshire County Council, which involved all aspects of design, management and scheme implementation. These schemes involved Safety Improvement Schemes, 20mph Zones, and Taxi Ranks etc. My duties involved the following:  Identification of Traffic and Transport concerns by means of consultation  Attending working committee / forum meetings and public exhibitions  Consultation with residents, police and emergency services  Project Engineer for designs and implementation of various measures  Preparing Traffic Regulation Orders  Commissioning other internal and external specialist service teams (e.g. Traffic Signals, Street Lighting and Land Surveys)  Preparing Contract Documents which includes, Bill of Quantities, Contract Specification, Instruction to Tenderers, CDM Procedures (Pre Health and Safety Plans, Risk Assessments etc), Contract Drawings and Specifications July 1990 – July 2001 Senior Professional Assistant, City of Cape Town (South Africa) In the City of Cape Town I was a Senior Professional Assistant who acted the duties of the Depot Manager from March 1998 to July 2001. My duties were to manage a construction depot which was responsible for new road construction and road and drainage maintenance. My responsibilities were as follows:  Managing a staff compliment of 70 people of all levels from engineers, administrative staff to labourers.  Attend monthly program meetings  Preparing cost estimates for construction works  Monitoring and controlling operational and capital budgets  Compiling work programmes and the monitoring thereof  Investigates complaints and queries from the residents and Councillors  Setting out work and supervising thereof.  Calculate quantities of materials required for various construction jobs  Health and Safety coordinator for the district January 1989 – December 1989 Junior Technician, Martin and East Contractors (South Africa) As a student doing in service training my duties were as follows:  Setting out roads, sewage and stormwater drainage  Supervising a team of 6 people  Calculating and ordering of materials Qualifications: NHD Civil Eng (National Higher Diploma – Civil Engineering) Peninsula Technikon – Bellville, Cape Town – South Africa Training and other Qualifications:         Prince 2 Practitioner (Project Management Course) – Registration number P2R/295998 CDM2007 Co-ordinator training course Procurement Practise training course Specifying Asphalts (UK Standards) training course Transport and Traffic Engineering Programme Training course MX user training course Highway Maintenance: Managing and Delivering Service training course Health and Safety Course Personal Achievements:    London Borough of Lambeth received a Highly Commended GO (Government Opportunity) award for the category Best Service Award 2008 for the Highways Service Contract which I compiled. London Borough of Lambeth together with Cross River Partnership received an award for Best Project Collaboration which symbolises the co-ordination of a diverse range of project stakeholders on a 3 million pound project. My role on this project was Project Manager / Resident Engineer. This project also won the INTEREG award of excellence which was presented by the European Union in recognition of urban realm improvements in linking routes to the high speed realm network. While employment with Mouchel Parkman Consultancy was recognised for the Quarterly Award under The Dolphin Award Scheme. This award recognises and wards staff for either consistent excellent performance or personal behaviour or endeavours over and above those normally required with an individual’s role. Referees: Mark Ernstzen Head: Asset Management and Maintenance City of Cape Town Martin Sachs Head of Transport and Highways London Borough of Lambeth Email:- email:- Tel: - Mobile: - Tel: - Mobile: -