Thomas Harvey Email & Phone Number

New Zealand

Pretoria Area, South Africa

As Logistics Manager at our Head Office, I managed the entire fleet & 9 Depots. In my current role as Manager, I am responsible for managing the entire depot from daily operations, formulating policies & managing all resources, hr functions, supervising the transportation & storage of the fuels, inventory control, ensuring safe fuel handling, creating schedules & supervising drivers & managing the maintenance of the truck transportation fleet.Managing the procurement & logistics of my branch, including managing a team consisting of warehouse managers, logistics supervisors, logistics administrators & drivers, delegating tasks & managing information accrued from point of origin to delivery.Assisting & overseeing the firm's sales functions & marketing, liaising with clients, taking their orders & ensuring payments are received & goods are delivered, resolving all matters & finding the best solutions to meet the customer's requirements.Negotiating domestic freight rates with clients, calculating freight costs & providing estimates, taking orders from customers & ensuring correct billing & timous customer payments & managing stock levels with supply & demand data to ensure availability.Planning distribution schedules for the efficiency, optimising available resources & space on trailers & containers, coordinating backhauls & routing inbound & outbound shipments to maximise revenue & cost savings.Coordinating & tracking the movement of goods through logistic pathways to ensure they reach destinations on schedule, analyzing data to increase business operational efficiency & monitoring driver behaviour, ensuring a high level of customer service.Developing strategies for greater fuel efficiency, reviewing freight rates & other transportation costs to keep working costs low & finding other ways to cut costs & maximise profits.Preparing operational statements, & maintaining online records, generating business reports to present to all stakeholders.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

In the position of Heavy Combination Driver, I was responsible for the safe & timely delivery of fuel & other goods to our customers, maintaining trucks that were assigned to me, as well as working closely with our logistics team & dispatcher in order to plan routes & track deliveries.Ran truck & trailer long distances to deliver fuel & other materials to customers within distribution territory.Loaded, handled & transported dangerous materials & heavy cargo safely, securing for safe transportation when not transporting only fuel tanks, by running ratchet straps, chains & binders to secure loads to the trailer.Investigated safety loads to correct materials loaded on trailer.Planned routes using GPS system, monitoring road conditions & watching for traffic congestion to ensure delivery of goods to the clients on time, completing paperwork & recording cargo deliveries. Directed customer queries to location management & took new order from clients when needed.Refuelled & cleaned my vehicle, inspected & recorded issues, & reported mechanical problems to maintenance personnel, to ensure the safe operating condition of the vehicle as required by the Department of Transport. Followed accident procedures, kept an activities log & logged hours.Maintain a positive attitude with customers, representing the company professionally & delivered loads with good attention safety.Reported road incidents to the dispatcher, followed traffic laws & kept my commercial driver license up to date.

St. Helena South Afric

St. Helena Gold Mines Limited operates a gold mine in the Welkom district & controls the operations of the Oryx gold mine in the Theunissen area, Orange Free State.In my final position of Blaster, I was tasked with performing both drilling & blasting activities.Drilling blast holes.Loading explosives in blast holes by hand, or directing bulk explosives trucks to load holes.Connecting electrical wires, detonating cords or fuses into series & connecting the series to blasting machines.Detonating charges.Conducting field tests to determine the type & quantity of explosives required.Directing the drilling of blast holes & determining the depth & diameter of blast holes.Handling, storing & transporting explosives & accessories.Reading & interpreting instructions or diagrams.

Certificate Of Competency | Convey Dangerous Goods

Certificate of Competency in Conveying Dangerous Goods Chapter VIII NRT-Act 93 of 1996

Permit To Work

Responsible Person HV02 | HVO 02 (S1-S4) | SAQA ID NR 244104 Permit to work | Eskom 01/08/2010 32-846 Rev 0 | U/S 120330 (Risk assess) U/S.

Dantran Dangerous Good Training & Assessing Services

National Certificate in Professional Driving, Convey dangerous goods in Terms of Chapter VIII - Regulation 280 of the National Road.

Hazchem Certificate

High School Certificate