Daniel J J van Wyk

Regional Sales Manager at Emerald Life

City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

About

Project Experience: Project Manager – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Road and Base camp construction. Project Manager - Sub Sahara Counter Terrorist Training Centre (CTTC) Project. Gao, Mali. Facility Manager/ Security/Vehicle Maintenance – AFRICAP Contract - Sierra Leone. Quality Control Manager - Liberia Refurbishment Contract. Sierra Leone. Operations Manager - MINURCAT Project. Abeche, Chad. Construction Manager - UNHSP Project. Darfur, Sudan. Acting Project Manager - (Services) UNHSP Project. Darfur, Sudan. Detachment Manager - UNAMID/UNHSP Project. Darfur, Sudan. Detachment Manager- AMIS/UNAMID 7 CE Project. Darfur, Sudan. Chief Security Officer - AFRICAP1 Contract, Sierra Leone. Registered member of MENSA Registered member of PMI (Project Managers Institute) Actively perusing PMP Accreditation

Experience

  • Regional Sales Manager at Emerald Life Pty Ltd
    Jul 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 1 mo

  • Consultant at PLC.SA
    Mar 2013 - Jul 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Procurement, Logistics, Warehousing services

  • PAE Government Services (2 yrs 3 mos)
    • Project Manager
      Aug 2012 - Nov 2012 · 4 mos

      Project Manager, for UNHCR Contract, Road Construction

    • Project Manager
      Sep 2011 - Aug 2012 · 1 yr

      Construction of Counter Terrorism Training Centre.

    • Chief of Security
      Dec 2010 - Sep 2011 · 10 mos

      Security/Vehicle/ Facility Manager - Africap - Sierra Leone

  • Management and Construction at Experiance
    May 2004 - Nov 2012 · 8 yrs 7 mos

    Managing all elements of the project to build access roads and hardstands to support the UNHCR refugee camps in the South Sudan: Overseeing all project and road construction teams, resolving issues and ensuring schedules are maintained as required: Member of the corporate Task Order Proposal team with expertise in preparation of task order proposals, technical proposals project time schedules and risk analysis Managing the project to build a counter terrorism training centre in Mali, leading a team of subcontractors and a directly-reporting construction team to deliver against all objectives: Providing quality control for Liberia refurbishment contract: Responsible for the management of operations within the air and on the ground in Chad, ensuring all materials are delivered in time: Ensuring health and safety requirements are met and adhered to throughout all project elements Liaising with the medical team to ensure life support can be provided to teams as required Initially constructing the super camps in Dafur, Sudan to meet with UN requirements, including own personnel movement, accommodation and life support. Responsible for maintaining the camp, overseeing catering and logistics within the site to ensure all personnel requirements are delivered Ensuring effective communication with the UN, US Government and Government of Sudan to complete all operations effectively Managing all finance operations, including petty cash and purchasing, and all salaries and payroll requirements Providing training and overseeing the use of a variety of heavy construction equipment including bulldozers, excavators, front loaders, roller compactors, graders and backhoes Providing comprehensive security for the base and compound in Sierra Leone, including escorts for convoys and training for other personnel Conducting comprehensive investigations into incidents and ensuring extensive access control is provided

  • Operations Manager at PAE
    Jan 2009 - Apr 2010 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Base Camp construction under UN MINURCAT contract