Tim N.
Engineer and Senior Safety Officer, Search and Rescue Team
Experience
Engineer and Senior Safety Officer, Search and Rescue Team
SA Gauteng Provincial Government Urban
- Responded to fires, building collapses, and people trapped in trenches
- Assessed flood and weather damage
- Acted as senior safety officer for local emergency response operations
Leadership Team
Rescue South Africa
- Checked stability of collapsed structures and maintained safety standards in extreme and stressful conditions
- Liaised with other teams and coordinated with police, security and local army units
- Briefed journalists accompanying the teams
- Coordinated with local community leaders and populace
- Participated in internationally recognised certification practical tests
Managing Director
T Norris & Associates
- Managed implementation and customer growth of IBM/Lotus Notes and related products
- Established an African Centre of Excellence to assist companies and government departments with system purchasing and implementation
- Served as one of the first Communications Business Partners of Lotus Development Corporation in South Africa
- Also served as Managing Director of Purchasing Auctions South Africa and Voiplus
Lieutenant, Royal Engineers
H.M. Forces
- Provided military engineering and technical support to British armed forces in peacetime and during operations
- Commanded a troop of 40 as a Troop Commander
- Served as Regimental Diving Officer and Air Emplanement Officer
- Completed training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and the Royal School of Military Engineering, Chatham
- Served in Germany and the UK with multiple overseas tours
Site Manager
LTA Grinaker Construction
- Managed construction of a new 10,000 tonnes per day export coal mine at Goedehoop, overseeing all concrete works, inclined shaft, silos with train pushers, conveyors and building foundations
- Acted as shift manager on Khutala power station lift shafts and slides
- Ran a 384m long incrementally launched rail bridge on piled piers leading to the Rand Show ground
- Built a community waste treatment works on a greenfield site at SADA
- Constructed a dual carriageway from Wilderness to George on a cliff above the coastal railway
Business Development Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa
Lotus Development South Africa
- Played a pivotal role in the establishment and expansion of Lotus Development’s operations in Southern Africa
- Managed a multi-million-dollar operation using trade shows, advertising, in-house presentations, customer visits, engagement and projects throughout sub-Saharan Africa
Site Agent
Various UK Companies
- Managed and supervised large engineering projects for Willett, Cementation and Murphy
- Engineered construction of 100,000 tonne steel tank farm in Anglesey with piping, foundations and valve chambers
- Ran construction of an offshore single buoy mooring and bunkering site with large pumping station and 1.8m concrete pipeline to sea
- Managed British Gas underground gas storage site with 6,000 psi pumps, pipes and scrubbers and the linking East Coast 1.2 m pipeline between Bishop Auckland and Northallerton
- Oversaw construction of southern half of bridges on the M26 motorway, including road over rail and pedestrian bridges and underpasses
- Built two Sainsbury’s stores with linked multi-storey car parks in Tonbridge and Peckham
- Ran site with 18 steel framed warehouse units
Summary
Former Royal Engineers Officer and seasoned Managing Director with a distinguished career in Construction, Engineering Management and IT. Well recognised for successful stakeholder engagement and focused high quality, driving business growth, delivering large-scale technically complex projects, and enuring safe working environments as well as strategic management within the civil engineering, building and IT sectors.
Comfortable with the implementation and management of technically challenging projects of many types. Possesses robust leadership, project management, planning and technical skills, enriched by diverse roles and international experience across many countries. Possesses a track record of successful change leadership, with a resilience to the continuous improvement of cultural changes, coupled with planning and delivery.
Passionate about team development and success, but also sustainability and growth. A keen contributor to society through voluntary leadership engagement for disaster relief organisations with worldwide operations. I held high-profile leading roles in local communities for many years.
Languages
Education
BA · Databased Information Systems
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
Camberley, United Kingdom
Royal School of Military Engineering, Chatham
Chatham, United States
Certifications & licenses
Certified Lotus Professional
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