Dean Smith Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

I am the National Technical Facilities Manager for Discovery Health. I am a detail-orientated professional, offering considerable building maintenance and electrical experience. I manage all campuses in South Africa which includes our newly built head office in Sandton. Our new building is 318 000 sqm in size and is the largest single-phase commercial office development in Africa. It is also the largest new building to receive a five-star rating from the Green Building Council SA. Electrical Maintenance / Operations• Electrical distribution board preventative maintenance and thermal scanning• Electrical circuitry fault finding• Wiring of industrial & commercial distribution boards• Wiring of power distribution units in data centre• Cable terminations in UPS units and commissioning• Installation wiring of domestic lights and plugs• Main cable articulation and installation• Electrical & lighting design including specialized lighting installations and lux levels• UPS systems and back-up generators, PDU distribution and load monitoring• Heating & cooling systems, HVAC, chillers, heat pumps, air handling units, cooling towers• Security access controlling systems• Generator & battery bays• Diesel storage, wetworks, grey water recovery plant, sewer management & heat pumps• Waste management, recycling and bio-degradable planningMaintenance Management• Equipment monitoring and scheduling of services • Quality control of building• Manage and negotiate all service level agreements • Service delivery of architects and engineers• Health and safety management• Maintenance scheduling and reports• Building Management System (BMS) design, reporting & testing• Procurement & budgetsData Centre Essential Services • Scheduling of services with IT specialists• Dust free environment filtration system• PDU balancing of data racks• Design & installation of access flooring• Thermal scanning

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Managed all facilities for the entire Cavaleros Group Portfolio including industrial, commercial and retail buildings. Head of facilities and procurement including the handling of all tender specifications, screening of new contractors and invoices. Managed the entire maintenance team. Introduced and implemented an equipment monitoring programme into all the building within the group including The Hilton Hotel and The Maslow Hotel. I implemented the OSHA system within the Cavaleros Group based on ISO9000. Duties include : • Project revamps – industrial, commercial & retail & maintenance projects• Electrical maintenance & installations• Deal directly with designers, architects, plumbers, engineers and project management companies• Managed the Cavaleros construction team • Installation, inspection & maintenance of all generators, UPS systems• Oversee all contractors for all maintenance & new projects• Inspections for all building within the group including white box• Implementation and management of all equipment monitoring systems• Service reports for all commercial, retail and industrial buildings• Manage all special projects dealing with tenant, designers, shop owners and contractors• Manage all procurement processes and invoicing• All maintenance, specialized heating pumps, specialized lighting, sound rooms and theater system

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

CEO / Owner of Ngomo Safari lodge which is a 72 bed game lodge and conference centre in the Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve in the Cradle of Humankind. Built and designed the entire lodge which consisted of 4 luxury camps, conference center and restaurant.

Midrand, South Africa

Manage and co-ordinated all new building projects and revamps of the bank and call centre. This includes the co-ordination and maintenance of several different buildings and stores simultaneously. Consisting of 10 000sq meters with a staff complement of 2600. I was responsible for the installation, commissioning and maintenance of all generators. As well as the installation and maintenance of UPS systems. Duties include : • Management of Project Revamps – main building and call centre • All electrical installations• Rebuilding ceilings and walls, dry walling partitioning, electrical, carpeting, painting, plumbing• Installation, commissioning and maintenance of all air conditioner systems • Installation, commissioning and monitoring of UPS & generator systems • Authorization of all invoices, compiling budgets and costings, procurement• Management of all building construction / alterations • Management of tenders for approval• Implementation with SHEQ managementBuilding Facilities Manager • Management of all buildings and stores – 5 buildings, over 10,000 square meters• Compiling all paperwork for all moves and services• building surveys for all needs, and ordering of all stock• Authorization of all invoices, compiling budgets and costings for various projects• Management of Building Services staff • Management of all building construction / all new alterations • Management of services – water, electrical, gardens, cleaning, catering, waste removal • General maintenance, BMS, security, HVAC and access card system• Management of tenders for services• Assistance with group Procurement department

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Owned a property development company that developed and built exclusive houses in Sandton. I project managed the whole development from start to finish. Duties include :Electrical• All electrical installations and main power distribution boards• Lighting design and installation of all light fittings• All electrical supply and layout of plugs and points• Installation of specialized lighting systems• All underground cable articulation• Main power distribution board from municipality • All automation, intercom and alarm systemsWood work• General carpentry, window frames, hoarding, specialized hard timber doors and frames• All wooden architraves and skirting’s• Wooding flooring and specialized outdoor deckingBuilding • Planning, organizing, and controlling daily operations of building team • Recruiting of staff & supervising of all sub-contractors• Plan and prepare construction schedules and budgets• Positioning and layout of the estate and all services and roads• Design & manufacturing of all security gates & balustrades• All wet work which include excavations of foundations, reinforcements of foundations• Concrete pouring and construction of columns & beams• All brickwork and plaster work, specialized plaster finishes and painting• Ceilings and all special designed ceiling details, volted and bulkhead ceiling details• Design and manufacture of insitue concrete curved staircases• Positioning and installation of storm water drains & sub-surface drainage• Design and building of swimming pools and outdoor water features

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Electrical Contracting / Turn key Projects Company (Owner / CEO)Owned and managed an electrical contracting, signage and turnkey projects company which includedelectrical installations, lighting design and maintenance including design, manufacturing and installation of all signage. Responsible for the design and installation of backup supplies such as UPS and generator systems. Duties include :Electrical / Signage• All day to day operations of electrical and signage company• Specialized in commercial, residential and domestic electrical installations• Negotiation of all contracts with interior designers and clients• All electrical and lighting layouts and designs• Commissioning of all electrical installations and lighting • Main articulation of main feeder power cables and load balancing• Fault finding, testing and measuring of voltage loads• Wiring and labeling of distribution boards• Electrical maintenance • Quotations and invoicing of jobs • Costings & ordering of stock including budgets• Designing, manufacturing and installation of various signage

Diploma, Business Management Diploma

Diploma, Project Management

Activities and Societies: Prince 1 Prince 2 Practitioner Project Management Prince 2 Practitioner

Diploma, Facilities Planning And Management

Activities and Societies: Facilities Planning and Management Diploma Completed Facilities & Management Diploma

Diploma, Culinary Arts/Chef Training

Activities and Societies: Qualified Chef Qualified Chef

Trade Certificate, Electical Wiremans Licence

Activities and Societies: Electrical Wiremans Licence

Red Seal Trade Certificate, Electrician

Activities and Societies: Qualified Electrician Trade with Red Seal Qualified as a Electrician with Red Seal Trade Certificate