Andre Koorts
Senior Electrical Engineer & Project Manager
- Location
- New Zealand
- Industry
- Design
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Andre Koorts's Overview
- Current
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- Senior Electrical Engineer and Building Services Project Manager at AK Consulting Ltd
- Past
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- Senior Electrical Engineer & Project Manager at MWH NZ Ltd
- Senior Electrical Engineer / Team Leader at Norman Disney & Young
- Senior Consultant / Project Manager at Computer Consulting Services
- ICT Manager and Technical / Sales / Project Co-ordinator at Spectrum Communications (Pty) Ltd
- Education
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- Electrical Engineer / Project Manager
- Connections
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123 connections
Andre Koorts's Summary
ICT Consulting & Project Management
Senior Project Manager / Consultant, Emerald Fern Technology, 2010 to present.
o Managed ICT projects consisting of:
Software development.
Web Page development.
Financial planning and management.
Negotiation with stakeholders.
Senior Electrical Engineer & Project Manager, sole proprietor of AK Consulting Ltd 2010 to present.
o Designed and managed projects consisting of:
Electrical Building Services.
Standby Generators.
UPS Systems.
Data Centres.
Computer cabling.
Electrical investigations.
Senior Electrical Engineer / Project Manager, MWH, 2006 to 2010.
o Designed Electrical Building Services projects consisting of:
Electrical installations.
Security installations.
Medical installations.
Large Public Library installation.
Building due diligence reports for potential buyers.
Financial planning and management.
Senior Electrical Engineer, Team Leader, Norman Disney & Young, 2004 to 2006.
o Designed Building Services projects consisting of:
Building Services Projects / Computer server rooms.
Standby Generators.
UPS Systems.
Owner, Computer Consulting Services, 1992 to 2004.
o Managed projects consisting of:
Computer cabling installations in large buildings.
Data Centres - Government Departments.
Software development - Government Administration
Statistical database for Government Departments
Data Centres for Corporate clients.
Wide Area Networks (WAN).
Financial planning & documentation.
Electrical Building Services
Project Co-ordinator / IT Manager / Technical / Business Development Manager, Spectrum Comms (Pty) Ltd, 1990 to 1992.
o Managed projects consisting of:
SCADA systems.
Building Management Systems (BMS).
Radio communication systems physically built,
integrated with computer systems.
Assisted with design of computer systems as well as
project management.
Managed 50 direct reports.
Managed building of custom computer systems.
Specialties
Electrical Building Services design, management and monitoring of the following:
Technical Specifications
Datacentres in detail, PM of Installations & Relocation
Planning and process documentation
Client liaison at a high level
Risk management
Quality assessment
Schedule and Budget control
Project health and remediation strategies
Relationship Management and Communication
Establishment of stakeholder working relationships
Hospital Installations
Standby Generators
UPS systems
Andre Koorts's Experience
Senior Electrical Engineer / Team Leader
Norman Disney & Young
August 2004 – July 2006 (2 years) Wellington
Andre Koorts's Languages
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English
(Native or bilingual proficiency) -
Afrikaans
(Native or bilingual proficiency) -
German
(Limited working proficiency) -
Dutch
(Elementary proficiency)
Andre Koorts's Skills
- Electrical Building Services
- Electrical Specifications
- Lighting Modelling
- Lighting Design
- Road & Area Lighting Design
- Theatre Lighting Design
- Sports Lighting Design
- Data Center Design
- Medical Installations
- Nurse Call Systems
- Audio Visual Design
- Power Distribution
- Transformer Design
- Standby Generators
- UPS Systems
- Green Building Design
- Security & Access Control
- ICT Distribution Design
- Electrical Design Reports
- Tender Adjudication
- Site Inspections
- Buildings Due Diligence Reports
- Contract Negotiation
- People Management
- Problem Solving
- Building Services Project Management
- PMBOK PRINCE2 PM
- Contract Management
- Project Planning
- Project Delivery
- Team Building
- Team Management
- Quality Management
Andre Koorts's Education
Electrical Engineer / Project Manager
Andre Koorts's Additional Information
- Groups and Associations:
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* Institute of Business Management, Diploma in Business Management (Dip IBM) * INTEC College, Certificate in Systems Analysis & Design * Institute of Professional Engineering Technologists [IPET] (SA), Member * Institute of Business Management, Associate Member * Academy of Advanced Training, Associate Member [AAT] (SA) * Registered with the Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) * Chamber of Engineering Technology (CET), Member * New Zealand Computer Society (NZCS), Full Member
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