GEORGE NEWS - Two newly appointed leaders started service at George Municipality.
Civil Engineering director Jannie Koegelenberg has enthusiastically immersed himself in the position a month ago, in November, and Janine Wells was welcomed as traffic manager on 1 December.
Koegelenberg hails from Oudtshoorn with a long track record of working in the Southern Cape and on a number of projects with the George Municipality's civil engineering officials.
Wells brings 21 years' experience in local government (traffic services) to the traffic team. Thirteen of these were in managerial positions.
Jannie Koegelenberg
The new director at Civils says the city of George is growing at a rapid rate: "Civil engineering infrastructure forms the heart of a city and has a direct impact on all residents' lives on a daily basis. Our aim at Civil Engineering Services is to be an institute of excellence that develops worldclass, sustainable and innovative infrastructure through advanced digital engineering."
Koegelenberg obtained his civil engineering degree cum laude at the University of Stellenbosch in 2002 and started his career at BKS (now Aecom) in Pretoria.
He moved on to Stewart Scott International and then Black and Veatch, a leading US consulting engineering firm, before returning to George in 2007 to join SSI (now Royal HaskoningDHV).
Adding to his skillset, he obtained his B Comm degree with specialisation in financial management through the University of South Africa (Unisa) in 2010.
In 2011 Koegelenberg was appointed as office manager for the George SSI office and later also for their Knysna office. In 2014 he was appointed as the principal in charge for the Southern Cape region until the company changed the management structure in 2016.
"I have worked in close collaboration with the municipal sector my entire career with many years focused specifically on the important projects here in the Southern Cape. I was the project manager and engineer for various George Municipality projects, and I have successfully completed these projects.
"I know the George municipal infrastructure very well and am well acquainted with many of the staff members at the municipality on a professional level," he says.
Koegelenberg serves on the executive council of the Institute of Municipal Engineers of South Africa (Imesa) and was recently appointed as the national treasurer for the institute.
He also serves on the management committee for the South Cape Karoo branch as the treasurer.
He is married to Ilza and has two daughters, Suane and Mienke. As a family they are active and love being outdoors. Koegelenberg is an avid mountain biker and enjoys hiking, running, gardening and doing projects around the house.
Janine Wells
The new head of Traffic has extensive knowledge and experience in the management of road safety (in the areas of accident response, public transport, speed enforcement and general enforcement), driving license testing centre, vehicle testing station, court section, motor vehicle registrations, parking management and bylaw enforcement.
Wells is a career driven individual with strong managerial and leadership skills which will stand her in good stead for the busy festive season ahead.
Traffic chief Janine Wells.
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