Andre Koorts

Andre Koorts

Senior Electrical Engineer & Project Manager

Location
New Zealand
Industry
Design

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Andre Koorts's Overview

Current
  • Senior Electrical Engineer and Building Services Project Manager at AK Consulting Ltd
Past
  • 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
  • Electrical Engineer / Project Manager
Connections

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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 and Building Services Project Manager

AK Consulting Ltd

September 2011Present (5 months) Wellington

Senior Electrical Engineer & Project Manager

MWH NZ Ltd

July 2006October 2010 (4 years 4 months) Wellington

Senior Electrical Engineer / Team Leader

Norman Disney & Young

August 2004July 2006 (2 years) Wellington

Senior Consultant / Project Manager

Computer Consulting Services

June 1992May 2004 (12 years) Cape Town, South Africa

ICT Manager and Technical / Sales / Project Co-ordinator

Spectrum Communications (Pty) Ltd

January 1990May 1992 (2 years 5 months)

Andre Koorts's Languages

  • English

    (Native or bilingual proficiency)
  • Afrikaans

    (Native or bilingual proficiency)
  • German

    (Limited working proficiency)
  • Dutch

    (Elementary proficiency)

Andre Koorts's Education

Electrical Engineer / Project Manager

Andre Koorts's Additional Information

Groups and Associations:

* 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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