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Curriculum Vitae Colin Goodwin
Occupation Industrial RelationsManager
Gender Male
Nationality SouthAfrican
Current Employer AvengGrinaker-LTA
Contact Details
Cell phone +27 788018157
Email
colin.goodwin@grinaker-lta.co.za
Alternativeemail address:meraki72@gmail.com
Residential Location 2 Onyx Street,KensingtonJohannesburgGauteng,SouthAfrica
Professional Vision
 Applyinga conceptual approach to all disciplines within Human Resources to promote cost
efficiency and contribute to the enterprise
Professional Profile
 I have over 15 Years’ experience in Senior Management as a Human Resource Manager in the Miningand
Construction Industry
 Track record in managingEmployee Relations and Human Resources in labour intensiveIndustries coupled with
implementing and managingproactivelabour relation policies and structures in differentindustries
 Diverseexperience in promoting effective workplacerelations between unions and management on a timely
basis.
 Possess professional skills of a Human Resources and Industrial Relations specialistwith the ability of promoting
costeffectiveness and efficiency in these above mentioned practices.
 Renowned mentor to Human Resource Practitioners aswell as to Line Managers
 A strategic HR Practitioner with strong employee relations acumen and negotiation skillsin diverse instances
based on my high degree of experience. (refer to below)
 Specialised experience in managingIndustrial Relationsand Human Resource functions in a restructuring
environment.
 Seeking African/International exposureto add to my pedigree of experience

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Areas of Expertise
Human Resource Management:
 Recruitment,sourcingandselection of skilledandsemi-skilledemployees.
 Payroll/SAPandVIP
 Performance management.
 Health/ safety.
 HR informationsystems.
 Manningof labour.
 Toolbox talksat the workplace
Training and Development:
 Social and labourplan implementation.
 Employmentequity/Managingthe compliance.
 Mentorship of HDSA talent.
 Talentmanagement,progressontalentdevelopment.
 Skillsdevelopment.
 Portable skillstraining.
 Interunionrelationshipbuilding. (NUM,AMCU,NUMSA, Solidarity,UASA)
 External funding/portable skills.
Labour Relations:
 Negotiate wagesandconditionsof employment(14years) at plantlevel andNational Level.
 Employee relations LRA, BCEA,EEA, SDA.
 Section189 (a) Consultation.
 CCMA / Labour Court.
 Legal / illegal industrialaction.
 Sharedservices.
 Organisational rights/RecognitionAgreementswithNUM,AMCU andNUMSA
 Managing employeerelationsof 16 Civil EngineeringsiteswithinSouth Africa
Management:
 Part of the Executive Managementteamforthe last15 years.
 Businessplans/monthlyreviews.
 Settingupand planningbudgets.
 Design/implementationof businessandHumanResource strategies.
 DesigningandimplementingHuman Resource strategies andpolicies.
 Community/stakeholderrelations.
 Miningcharter implementationand compliance.

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Career History
1. September2014 to date
Senior Industrial RelationsManager Aveng Grinaker-LTA
Responsibilities
 Managing the employeerelations forthe Civil EngineeringDivisionof 16Sitesacross SouthAfricaand
Namibia
 Conclude demobilizationagreementswithUnionsassitesannounce demobilizationprocesses
 Co-ordinate disciplinaryprocessesonall sites
 Attendtoall CCMA disputes
 Visitsitestoauditemployee relations
 Issue/manage the retrenchmentof staff,core andlimiteddurationcontractsemployees
 Train Line Managerson site inEmployee Relations/DiversityTraining/effectivediscipline
Achievements
 Successfullydefended59CCMA Casesout of 60 during2015
 ReducedMan Hours lost/monthfrom19806 in2014 to 880 in2015
 SuccessfullyimplementedDemobilizationAgreementsonall Sites
2. 4 December2013 to 31 August2014
Human Resource Manager AvengGrinaker-LTASecondedto Medupi Power Station
 Seconded to Medupi Power station and appointed as Human Resource Manager in a Joint Venture
between Murray and Roberts and Aveng Grinaker- LTA (MPS-JV) and in addition responsible for the
Human Resource function in the greater Lephalale area. (Mokolo Pipeline, Grootegeluk)
 Part of the Executive Management Team
 The joint venture employs 2100 employees, inclusive of 433 Sub-Contractors
 Due to the scalingdownof the projectthe company isdemobilizingemployeesona monthlybasisas
certain tasks come to an end at specific times
 Implement and consistently manage the Project Labour Agreement
 Part of the ContractManagers Forumthatmanagesall employee relationsonsite includingdeveloping
established policies and procedures to promote an effective decentralisation process in a timeous
manner.
Achievements
 Implementing a formal/Informal Performance Management system
 Training production teams to increase profitability through team building, relationshipbuilding and
costing sessions
 Reduction of staff absenteeism from 18% to 8%
 Manage the total Human Resource function i.e. recruitment ,employee wellness, training,
accommodation,payroll,feeding,transport,Policies and Procedures, CCMA and Employee relations

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3. 1 July2013-3 December2013
Group Human Resource Manager Village Main Reef
Responsibilities:
 Dismissed25%of the workforce at Cons Murch due to employeesparticipatinginIllegalIndustrial
Action
 Closedthe undergroundoperationsatBuffelsfonteinGoldMine due todepletionof profitableore
reserve
 Implemented aSharedServicesDepartmentwhichcentralisedthe Payroll andFinance department
of the company
4. 2002 – 30 June 2013
BlyvooruitzichtGoldMiningCompany Ltd
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Responsibilities
 Part of the Executive Management Team that manages approximately 350kg of gold per month
employing approximately 4000 employees (including contractors).
 Involved in the design and implementation of the Human Resources strategic plan, policies and
procedures.
 Chief Negotiatorforwagesand conditionsof employmentatBlyvooruitzichtGoldMiningCompany(12
years).
 Management of health care, housing / accommodation, feeding, recreation, education, training and
development, workforce planning, labour relations, talent management, community development,
performance management system, communications, Human Resources information system, mining
charter, new order rights conversion, business improvement initiatives and employee relations.
Achievements
 TrainedHR staff in the core businessandbusinessacumen(whenthe tonsand the grade and costs are
under control we are able to solve any problem we are faced with).
 Identifiedthe worstperformingproductioncrew andimprovedtheirefficiencyfrom10m2 (perman) to
20m2 (per man) in 6 months.
 Retrenched 2000 employees in 2004 and 2012.
 Re-opened 1 of the shafts with a gold price linked wage package.
 Introduced reef picking for females as a job creation project.
 Part of the strategicdesignanddevelopmentteamof the business.
 Implementedthe businessstrategicplan.
 Managed illegal strikesand legal strikeaction.
 Party to a judicial managementprocessandbusinessrescue proceedings.
 Receivedvariousawardsforoutstandingworkperformance.
 Negotiated3yearwage deal withorganisedlabour.
 Successfullynegotiated2retrenchmentprocesses.
 Signedarecognition agreementwithAMCU.
 RecentlysignedaretrenchmentagreementwithAMCU,NUMand UASA.
 Part of the implementationteamforHealingsandnew beginnings.

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5. 2001 - 2002
ScharrighuizenOpen-CastMiningCompany
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Responsibilities
 Accommodationandfacilitationof servicesprovidedtostaff
 Traininganddevelopment.
 Skillsdevelopmentfacilitator.
 Employmentequity.
Achievements
 Successfullynegotiatedwagesandconditionsof employment.
6. 1998 – 2001
RESTAURANT OWNER
Responsibilities
 Managed/owned 3restaurants inUmhlanga
Achievements
 Gained experience inthe foodandbeverage Industry.
 Enhancedmy capabilitiesof notonlydealingwithHumanResourcesonly,butabusinessasawhole.
7. 1997
BlyvooruitzichtGoldMiningCompany Ltd
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Responsibilities
 Managed the total Human Resource function within the company.
 Participatedinthestrategicdesignofthe businessandalignedthe HumanResourcestrategyaccordingly.
 Employee Relations,traininganddevelopment,staffingthe operation,accommodationandfeedingand
time and attendance.
Achievements
 Successfully negotiated wages and conditions of employment.
 Successfully retrenched 1619 employees without any form of industrial action.

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8. 1995 – 1997
Grootvlei Mine
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Overview
 The company employed ± 3500 employees.
Responsibilities
 Employment equity, employee relations, strategic development and implementation, providing
accommodation and feeding to employees and staffing the operation.
 Introduced full-time ABET.
 Feasibility study conducted on ERPMMine.
Achievements
 Successfully negotiated wages and conditions of employment with Unions and Associations at the
Chamber of Mines and on mine level without any industrial action.
 Youngest appointed Human Resource Manager in Gencor (29 years old).
 Promoted to Human Resource Manager and formed part of the EXCO team on the mine.
9. 1994 – 1995
Unisel Mine
ASSISTANT HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Overview
 The company employed3500 employees.
Responsibilities
 Accommodationandfeeding.
 Employee relations.
 Staffingthe operation.
Achievements
 PromotedtoAssistantHumanResourcesManager.
 Thiswas my firstopportunitytobe responsibleforthe total HumanResource function.

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10. 1992 – 1993
Oryx Mine
HUMAN RESOURCES SUPERINTENDENT
Overview
 Oryx Mine was the first mine in the Gencor group to move away from the Chamber of Mines.
Responsibilities
 Formedpart of a team that establishedthe HumanResourcessystemspoliciesandproceduresat Oryx
Mine when it was reopened.
 Staffing the operation from infancy to full production.
 Establishing accommodation and feeding, (i.e. building 3 hostels and purchasing company houses).
 Establishing time and attendance, manning system and crush / clocking area.
 Employee relations.
 Part of the negotiating team that concluded a wage agreement with organised labour.
 Part of a team that established a mine from shaft sinking to full production.
11. 1987 – 1991
Oryx Mine
HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER
Overview
 The company employed3500 employees.
 Oryx was a brand newshaftwhere theycommencedwithshaftsinkingoperationsin1987.
Responsibilities
 Staffingthe operationfrominfancytofull production.
 Establishingaccommodationandfeeding,(i.e.building3hostelsandpurchasingcompanyhouses).
 Establishingtime andattendance,manningsystemandcrush/ clockingarea.
Achievements
 PromotedtoAssistantHumanResourcesManager.
12. 1981 - 1987
Beatrix Mine
HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER
Overview
 My late father was a General Manager of a gold mine, and he mentored me during my training
programme.
Responsibilities
 1981 – 1985: Learner Official: Survey and Mining.
 1985 – 1987: Human Resources Trainee.
 Underground mining experience gave me an understanding of the core business.

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Achievements
 Completed the Gencor Human Resources Trainee modules and practical components.
Education
2000
Durban University
Advanced Labour Law (Incomplete –did not write the exam)
1994
Universityof Cape Town – BusinessSchool
Supervisory,Leadershipand ManagementProgram
1991
Institute of Personnel ManagementDiploma(M+3) (IPMDiploma)
Professional Courses / Training
2007 Project ManagementMediaTraining (Adrian Steed)
1999 FlagshipEnterprise - Financial Management/ ManagementAccounting and Entrepreneurship
1983 Chamber ofMinesElementarySurvey Certificate
Professional Registrations / Memberships
 Council Memberof the Associationof Mine HumanResource Practitioners.
 Memberof the SouthAfricanBoard of Personnel Practitioners
Computer Skills
 ProficientinMicrosoftOffice
 Experience inoperatingsoftwareprogramssuchas SAPand VPN
Key Strengths
 Business acumen / possesses knowledge and understanding of the core business.
 Strategic, entrepreneurial, ability to identify and develop opportunities.
 Focused, self-motivated and target driven; determined to succeed
 Excellent negotiator and able to develop strong work relationships with various unions.
 Cost saver due to promoting timeous efficiency within my profession
 High level of interpersonal skills due to high degree of experience in different industries

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References
1. Collie Russouw
Vice President Reclamation (Ex General Manager Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine)
Sibanye Gold
Contact Number: 0794987914
2. Mark Burrell
Financial Manager DRDGOLD
Contact Number: 0824147247
3. Richard Evans
Divisional Managing Director Grinaker-LTA Civil Engineering
Contact Number: 0827788194
4. Juan Du Toit
Ex- Senior Human Resources Executive Grinaker-LTA Civil Engineering
Contact Number: 0788018105
Remuneration Package
Currently, my total employment cost is R 1 231 700/ annum which is negotiable based on the
current economic environment.
Personal Details
 Married (ANC)
 2 Children. Both have been educated and are working
 ID Number 6404085027082
 Excellent communication skills in English and Afrikaans as well as Fanakalo