Engineer - Merseyside, UK
I am a freelance engineer with 28 years experience in drainage design covering all aspects of drainage for housing and light industrial layouts, use of micro drainage, cctv experience, contract dwgs and acad experience, bills of quants, estimates, experience in highway design, section 104 agreements. Complete understanding of cctv surveys, I can also provide surveys of properties whether derelict or not and produce accurate dwgs of floor plans and elevations.
| Rating: | Unrated (New) |
| Hourly Rate: | £20.00 |
| Available From: | Now | Seller ID: | 251929 |
CV
Throughout my career I have gained extensive experience and skills in the following:
• Drainage area studies, all aspects of major and minor sewer schemes, housing layouts and highway projects, highway construction and land drainage projects.
• Complete understanding of CCTV in sewers including viewing and grading, checking contractors drainage dwgs, manhole details pipe classification –full knowledge of U.U standard details – assessments and surveys of as built foul and surface water manholes in connection with U.U. standards, field surveys etc.
• WINDES and WINDAP (Micro Drainage) (Computer based method of storm sewer design) (checking of developers designs)
• Project Management, bills of quantities, contract drawings, application of ISO 9001 Quality standard, etc
• Adoption procedures and legislation
• Experience in the checking of all developers drawings in connection with 104 adoption agreements.
• Some knowledge in building control and the construction of buildings and planning to O.N.C Level.
• ACAD drawings of house extensions etc
• Experience in dealing with the public (analysing flooding problems and providing solutions)
• Liaising with architects, engineers and staff from other professional disciplines
• Understanding of customer care and client requirements
• Excellent planning skills
• Ability to cope with pressure, and work towards tight deadlines
• Excellent communication skills
Employment History
(2005 & ongoing)
Engineer
Duties and responsibilities
• Project Manager within a multi-disciplinary role
• Designing the drainage for large complexes such as, Halewood Leisure centre, King George V, Sports Complex, BICC Redevelopment and Q.V.C
• Experience in developers drawings in connection with 104 adoption procedures
• Checking of all 104 agreement drawings for the Prescot Retail Park Development.
• WINDES and WINDAP trained.
• Experience in public and residential schemes such as Car Parking and access, off street parking, fencing, Pelican and pedestrian crossings.
• Gained knowledge of buildings construction and materials
• Experience in the construction of small Highway and footpath schemes
• Experienced user of ACAD (Computer Aided Design (AutoCAD)
• Experience and thorough knowledge of internal drainage systems for housing layouts
• Liaise effectively with architects and other engineers
Whilst working for Government office throughout my career history, I have dealt with the following Major Projects:
Drainage area study - St Kevins Development. - Project cost - £500,000
• Analyse large sites for the inclusion of drainage schemes
• Design and present a suitable and acceptable drainage solution for a five phase housing development
• Carry out a detailed study in storm water design
• Ability to fully utilise WINDES and WINDAP (Micro Drainage
• Various meetings with internal professional disciplines
• Liaise with outside bodies such as The Environmental Agency and United Utilities.
Drainage area study - Overbrook Lane Development. - Project cost - £300,000
• Design a suitable drainage system for this site incorporating proposed light industrial units.
• Drainage design using WINDAP (Micro Drainage)and the full use of Acad.
• Preparation of all contract drawing which also included drawings for the section 104 agreements.
• All necessary paperwork and lettering was completed.
• Meetings with United Utilities and other outside bodies
B.I.C.C Redevelopment. - Project cost - £5,000,000
As part of a team, works included
• Site drainage
• Roads
• Landscaping
• Footpath and associated works
Main responsibilities
• Complete drainage design for the site
• Preparation of contract documents and contract drawings
• Full drainage design utilising WINDAP (Micro Drainage)
• Preparation of Section 104 drainage drawings for compliance with United Utilities Sewers (Adoption process)
• Working closely with the Environmental Agency and United Utilities
Q.V.C - Project cost - £400,000
• Design of foul and surface water sewers
• Preparation of contract dwgs, bill of quantities etc
North West Water Pollution Scheme
Objective – to clean up rivers in Knowsley and surrounding area’s.
• Supervising Engineer for large scale Pollution Surveys
• Led a small team of technicians including 2 no site teams from D.S.O
• Liaise closely with National Rivers Authority and North West Water Ltd
• Extensive house to house surveys including thousands of premises.
Professional Qualifications
Education and Qualifications
Incorporated Engineer A.I.W.EM
H.N.C Civil Engineering
O.N.C Civil Engineering / Building
NEBSS (National Examination Board Supervisory Studies
ACAD (Fully qualified acad user
Also holds the current ECDL Licence in computer programmes, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc
Additional Information
Previous Work Experience:
1995 - 2005 Engineer Knowsley Design Consultancy
1992 - 1995 Engineer Knowsley Environmental Engineering Consultancy
1989 - 1992 Assistant Engineer Knowsley Metropolitan Borough
1988 - 1989 Senior Technician St Helens Metropolitan Borough
1985 - 1988 Technician Engineer Knowsley Metropolitan Borough
1983 - 1985 Technician Knowsley Metropolitan Borough
1981 - 1982 Technician Knowsley Metropolitan Borough
Other Skills:
HIGHWAYS:
• Highway schemes involving the use of The Manual Of Contract Documents For Highway Works
• Experience in the use of The Cheshire Guide for Roads and Housing
• Experience in Traffic Calming Schemes, the use of advisory traffic regulations for speed cushions and speed humps and tables
• Experience in the drafting of drawings for pelican crossings
• Experience of estimating and costing for highway works
• The development of contract drawings and bills of quantities for Highway schemes
BUILDING:
• The scaling up of old drawings from imperial to metric with the use of Acad
• Knowledge of the building control regulations and relevant sections for buildings and building extensions, specification, flat conversions etc -Drawings utilising Acad
• The measuring up of buildings and the reproduction of drawings
• Foul and surface water sewer layouts for building sites together with all relevant B.S components, levels, long sections, cross sections, manhole details and specifications.
• Interpretation of all cctv and desilting operations together with fact finding written reports and solutions
• Connectivity of sewer routes and details
Categories & Skills
Engineering & Technical
Categories
- Architecture (Construction)
- Building & Construction (Construction)
- Civil & Structural (Construction)
- Construction
Skills
- Assistant Engineer (Construction - Civil & Structural - Job Role)
- CAD Technician (Construction - Civil & Structural - Job Role)
- CAD Technician (Construction - Architecture - Job Role)
- Civil Engineer (Construction - Civil & Structural - Job Role)
- Highways (Construction - Civil & Structural - Experience)
- Project Engineer (Construction - Civil & Structural - Job Role)
- Property Development (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience)
- Water (Construction - Civil & Structural - Experience)

