Nyiko Percy Shabane
Johannesburg,Gauteng
Summary
Detail-oriented Quality Control Technician adept at reviewing materials and finished items for compliance with specifications and standards. Skilled in reporting and problem-solving with a history of making a positive impact on operations. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Truck Driver
EC Engineering
03.2025 - Current
- Core Material and Equipment Transport Hauling materials: Moving bulk loads like sand, gravel, crushed rock, asphalt, and cement.
- Equipment relocation: Towing flatbeds or float trucks loaded with excavators, bulldozers, and scaffolding.
- Debris removal: Transporting excavated dirt, rubble, and waste away from the site to dump locations.
- Precise positioning: Maneuvering massive vehicles into narrow loading or unloading stalls.
- Vehicle Maintenance and Compliance Pre/Post-trip inspections: Checking tires, brakes, lights, and fluid levels daily.
- Securing cargo: Using chains, straps, and tarps to safely anchor heavy, irregular loads. Weight compliance: Ensuring cargo distributions match legal axle and gross weight limits.
- Preventative care: Keeping the truck washed, maintaining logs, and reporting defects immediately.
- Site operations and Safety Hazard assessment: Inspecting the drop-off site for overhead wires, unstable ground, or blind spots.
- Ground coordination: Utilizing hand signals, spotters, and two-way radios to back up safely.
- Active zone driving: Navigating around moving ground workers and active machinery.
- General labor: Assisting the crew with manual tasks like spreading gravel or clearing paths when not driving.
- Logistics and Administration Route planning: Selecting roads that legally accommodate oversized or heavy vehicles.
- Document management: Tracking haul sheets, delivery of tickets, fuel receipts, and customer signatures.
- Hours-of-service logs: Maintaining accurate electronic or paper logbooks for legal compliance.
Technical Underwriter
Momentum Insurance
08.2020 - 05.2022
- Scrutinized underwriting performance to identify weaknesses and provide recommendations for improvement.
- Studied insurance industry changes, remaining up-to-date with latest trends and protocols.
- Developed and implemented underwriting policies and procedures, establishing useful and accurate processing of applications.
- Analyzed data to identify trends and predict future insurance needs.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Gained extensive knowledge in data entry, analysis and reporting.
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Evaluated applications to determine insurance coverage and appropriate risk classifications.
Quality Control Specialist
Momentum Insurance
08.2015 - 08.2020
- Created and maintained several databases to track statistical data.
- Updated inspection journals and daily summary logs with quality-related data.
- Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies.
- Inspected finished goods to verify conformance with customer specifications and company quality standards.
- Monitored product standards and quality-control programs.
- Fixed identified issues to increase productivity and boost workflows.
- Recorded findings of inspection process, collaborating with quality team to implement corrective actions.
- Created and collaborated in implementation and maintenance of customer complaint log.
- Completed deviation forms and recorded findings of inspection process, collaborating with quality team members and department managers to implement procedural remedies.
Sales Coach / Quality Assurance Department Consultant
3Way Marketing
09.2013 - 08.2015
- Achieved top performance by strategically adapting to rapidly changing, competitive environment.
- Managed recruitment, training and development for highly effective sales team.
- Assessed training program effectiveness on regular basis and improved upon deficient areas.
- Collaborated with Human Resources to facilitate recruitment promotion at job fairs and other community events.
- Developed and led group training courses to align with corporate sales and service goals.
- Trained on sales and account management practices to reduce process lags and enhance performance, efficiency and profitability.
- Designed and implemented sales training program and documentation.
Education
Certificate - Call Center Services
Prestige Business College
Johannesburg11-2005
Certificate - Business Management
IQ Academy
Johannesburg10-2020
Skills
- Business Development
- Policy Development
- Risk management
- MS Office
- Maintenance and Repair
- Problem-Solving
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Correction action planning
- Records organization and review
- Project Management
- Materials inspection
- Excellent Communication
- Safe driving
- Self-motivation and discipline
- Strong work ethic
Timeline
Truck Driver
EC Engineering
03.2025 - Current
Technical Underwriter
Momentum Insurance
08.2020 - 05.2022
Quality Control Specialist
Momentum Insurance
08.2015 - 08.2020
Sales Coach / Quality Assurance Department Consultant
3Way Marketing
09.2013 - 08.2015
Certificate - Business Management
IQ Academy
Certificate - Call Center Services
Prestige Business College