1. Curriculum Vitae
Darren Keys
DOB: 6th
September 1971
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: New Zealand
Phone: +60 1133572886 (Malaysia)
Email: darren.keys@yahoo.com
Functional Skills
Project Management
Site Management
Workshop Management
Workshop Foreman
AutoCAD
Trade Certificate Fitting, Turning and Machining
TIG, MIG, Arc Welding, Fabrication, Design, Site Installations
Office skills- Purchasing, Word, Excel, Projects
Work History
Construction Manager, Pringles, Malaysia
Symtech International- Sept 2014- Present
Responsible for the Mechanical and electrical installation of potato chip
manufacturing lines.
Duties include;
 Supervision of the installation project team
 Supervision of installation subcontractors
 Mechanical, Electrical and Utilities connections
 Works planning and Progress tracking
 Work Permitting
 Variation orders and tracking
 Commissioning and hand over

2. Installation Manager, Kellogg’s, Chennai, India
Symtech International Jan ‘14- Sept ‘14
Responsible for the Mechanical and electrical installation of Cereal
manufacturing lines.
Duties include;
 Supervision of the installation project team
 Supervision of installation subcontractors
 Mechanical, Electrical and Utilities connections
 Works planning and Progress tracking
 Work Permitting
 Variation orders and tracking
 Commissioning and hand over
Installation Manager, Various locations
Symtech International March 2012- Jan 2014
Organize and oversee various onsite and offsite engineering Project works
Site installations, mechanical, electrical, commissioning of local and
international process and packing equipment.
Contracts include;
 KP Snacks- Leicestershire, UK- extruded snack packing lines
 Simba Snacks- Johannesburg, Sth Africa- potato chip packing lines
 Kellogg’s- Mumbai, India- Cereal process and packing lines
 Kellogg’s- Rayong, Thailand- Cereal packing lines
Twintech Engineering
July 2009 – March 2012
Self Employed
Conveyor Design, Manufacture and Installation, General Engineering,
Project Management.
Projects include:

3.  Middle East Glass , Cairo, Installation of cold end glass conveyors
 Heat and Control Ltd, Project management for Heinz Watties
 Bluebird Foods (Pepsico),Snack foods- Conveyor design, manufacture
and installation
 Goodman Fielder- Longburn , Dairy products- conveyor system
design, Manufacture and Installation
 Pro-life Foods, Platform design , Manufacture and Installation
 NZ Sugar, Conveyor system design, Manufacture and Installation
 Fonterra , Conveyor design, Manufacture and Installation
 Heat and Control Ltd, Conveyor design, Manufacture and Installation
 Toll Logistics, Conveyor design, Manufacture and Installation
 Nestle Wiri, Conveyor design, Manufacture and Installation
 API, Pharmaceuticals, Conveyor design, Manufacture and Installation
Conveyors and Engineering Ltd
Manukau
Jan 2007- July 2009
Workshop manager
Utilizing a wide variety of skills including;
 Workshop and Production supervision
 Design , AutoCAD
 Manufacture
 Installations
 Sales and purchasing
Custom Conveyors Ltd
East Tamaki
Jan 2004-Dec 2006
Foreman position, responsible for the manufacture and installations of
various projects in New Zealand, Australia and Dubai
Work in Europe
Holland 2000-2004
Van Vlan Deren BV
Beverwijk

4. Architectural stainless steel manufacture and install
Kitchens, Hand railing, structural
Van Doorn BV
Nijmegen
Manufacture and install of structural steel
Ace-tech (UK)
Various short term contracts
Venlo, Eindhoven, Helmond, Asten, Noordwijk
England 1996- 2000
Sainsbury Warehouse
Waltham Abbey
Sub –Contracted to Siemens Dematic
Replacement of sorting conveyors
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden
Whitelight Technical Services
Installation of set conveyors and elevator
Vauxhall Car factory
Luton
Whitelight Technical Services
Installation of car conveyors and steel work
Rover Car factory
Cambridge
Whitelight Technical Services
Installation of car conveyors and steel work
Ford Car factory
Dagenham
Whitelight Technical Services
Installation of car conveyors steel work and dip tanks
BMW Car factory
Bracknell

5. Whitelight Technical Services
Installation of car conveyors and steel work
Vauxhall Car factory
Luton
Whitelight Technical Services
Installation of car conveyors and steel work
Elite Metal Craft
London
Architectural stainless steel, shop fittings
Custom Conveyors Ltd
East Tamaki 1989- 1996
Fitting, Turning Apprenticeship 1989-1993
Design, Manufacture and installation of various projects throughout New
Zealand and Australia.