Curriculum Vitae
Nicolaas Kean
Junior Mechanic — Road Construction | Plant Servicing | Workshop-Raised Since Age 9
Professional Summary
Nicolaas is a junior mechanic targeting road construction crews and plant workshops. He has been around tools and engines since the age of 9, working alongside his father, an auto electrician, and his uncle, a well-known private Mercedes mechanic. That early grounding turned into real workshop hours: fault finding, servicing, repairs, and getting machines back to work. On site he is hands-on with road construction plant including tractors, CAT and BOMAG equipment, and is comfortable on a civil crew. He is ready to step into a junior mechanic role on a road construction outfit and grow from there.
Experience Focus
Targeting junior mechanic roles inside road construction companies. Keep the fleet running: tractors, rollers, plant trucks and earthmoving gear.
- • Servicing and repairs on road construction plant
- • Hands-on with CAT, BOMAG and tractor equipment
- • Diagnostics, fault finding and field repairs
- • Comfortable in both the workshop and out on the job
- • Ready to work under a senior mechanic and develop fast
Grew up around tools and engines. Father is an auto electrician and his uncle is a well-known private Mercedes mechanic. That is where the mechanical instinct comes from.
- • Apprentice-style help in family workshops from age 9
- • Exposure to auto electrical work through his father
- • Workshop time on private Mercedes vehicles with his uncle
- • Years of watching, learning, and getting his hands dirty
Solid civil background that pairs directly with a road construction mechanic role: knows the gear, knows the sites, knows the pressure.
- • Crew coordination and daily run-sheet on road sites
- • Asphalt, paving, milling, and crack sealing
- • Traffic control, signage, and site safety
- • Operated and maintained plant on live job sites
Outdoor, hands-on background fixing whatever needed fixing across mixed farms — tractors, fencing, structures and livestock work.
- • Servicing and repairs on farm tractors
- • Built pig kennels and livestock shelters
- • Repaired and erected fencing across large properties
- • General farm labour and seasonal upkeep
Core Skills
Mechanical & Plant
Workshop & Trade
Road Construction Site
Employer Fit
Why Hire Nicolaas
- • Junior mechanic focused on road construction
- • Workshop background since age 9 — not starting from zero
- • Father is an auto electrician, uncle a private Mercedes mechanic
- • Hands-on with CAT, BOMAG and tractor plant
- • Civil site experience to back the mechanical work
- • Reliable, disciplined, gives his best every day
- • Tough and built for outdoor and workshop work