Ken Charles

Construction Project Manager, Facilities Manager

Project /Contract types:

• Infrastructure: Housing, water, sewer, power (grid, generators, renewables (solar, battery etc),
• Facility Infrastructure management, operations, and maintenance: Hard/soft services, building operations and maintenance, rehabilitation, renovation, and extension of infrastructures, 
• Public-Private Partnership (PPP), Build Operate Transfer, Build Own Operate, BOOT, Design-build,
• Contract Management – Supplier/Vendor Management, Outsourced/in-house, capital/labour-intensive projects,
• Facilities and Infrastructure management,
• Public and Private Sector Real Estate management,
• Facilities and Maintenance management,
• Operations management and contract management,
• Asset management, and
• Procurement, Organization prequalification of subcontractors, suppliers, business partners and vendors.

I have a strong track record in managing various infrastructure projects, construction projects, project management as well as professional/ services contracts across several regions (Africa, Europe & Middle East) in the past 28 years. My responsibilities include managing various infrastructure projects across multiple engineering disciplines, civil construction, housing and water, sewer, waste, power/electrical (automation/ instrumentation/ substations), mechanical as well as geotechnical and environmental projects as a Construction Project Manager, Contract Manager, Facilities Manager and Procurement Manager.

 PMP®: Project Management Professional No. 1360637 Project Management Institute. [2010]
 PhD: Procurement & Contract Management
University of Pretoria. [2010]
 Masters: Project Management
University of Pretoria. [2005]
 Bachelors: Building Engineering
Obafemi Awolowo University, [1992]