PROFILE

A Senior Construction Manager with an excellent track record of profitable contracts, brought in on time,

combined with high quality standards.

Strong refurbishment, improvement and maintenance background.

Champion of partnering, open book, non-adversarial contracting.

A customer focussed team builder with good motivational skills.

Able to assess deficient work practices and implement change with minimal business disruption.

An innovative individual who can think outside the box for solutions.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

Project Management

• Managing project from concept to final customer satisfaction.
• Recruited, managed and motivated multidisciplinary teams.
• Controlled and managed third party sub - contractor activity to ensure quality, timescales and value for money.
• Ensuring client and customers expectations are and are seen to be integral to service delivery.
• Introduced new work practices in the face of strong oppositions from the old guard.
• Responsible for Health and Safety of team, client, contractors and general public.
• Champion for local involvement and training.

Communications

• Provide senior management with progress reports.
• Technical presentations to clients and customers to aid sales.
• Provide customer feasibility studies with realistic cost appraisals.
• Sub contractor selection, valuations and accounts.
• Comfortable friendly approach in dealing with clients and customers.
• Proven record in man management, motivation and team building.

Technical Expertise

• Extensive knowledge of building and construction industry.
• Reactive and programmed service implementation and delivery in social housing.
• Competent Estimator and Quantity Surveyor.
• Use of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project.
• Lotus Notes.
• Good knowledge of Health, Safety, and Environmental issues.
• CSCS Contracts Manager Card No 01413863

Employment History

General Manager March 2003 - July 2006

Simons Construction Ltd., Grimsby

· Responsible to Divisional Director for an area office.

· Ensure profitability, training and health and safety.

· Cultivate key account customers whose repeat business accounts for 80% of turnover.

· Recruit, train, and develop staff and operatives.

· Ensure ISO Procedures are complied with and revisions implemented efficiently.

· Identify and target new key account customers.

· Oversee all estimating, quantity surveying functions.

· Sub contractor selection, valuations and accounts.

· Provide technical back up for contract managers and site supervisors.

· Work with client to build a proactive non-adversarial relationship to target reductions in procurement costs, lead in times, onsite construction times whilst innovating methods to increase quality and margins.

· Turn around of loss making offices into a profitable and effective team.

Building Maintenance Manager April 1996 - March 2003

North East Lincolnshire Council, Grimsby.

• Head of Building DLO spearheading change agenda based on Egan principals.
• Introduction of training for local people with disabilities and / or were socially excluded along side traditional apprentices, mature trainees and persons undertaking career changes.
• Responsible for Unit with a workforce of 120 operatives, 21 managerial and clerical staff.
• Average 50,000 separate jobs annually, of which the majority was housing but also included commercial properties.
• Implementing new systems, work practices and cultures whilst downsizing the staff and workforce to a size that was required by the core business. This turned an anticipated loss making unit into a strongly focussed socially aware, customer driven profitable team.
• Sub contractor selection, valuations and accounts.
• Responsible for all Health and Safety issues including training of staff and operatives.
• Setting up of a series of annual supply, supply and fit contracts and partnership working practices instead of frequent smaller individual purchases.
• Consultations and negotiations with union officers and shop stewards.

AssistantBuildingManager (Operations)April1990 - March 1996

Humberside County Council, Beverley.

• Maintenance and repair of over 1000 properties in a 450 square mile area.
• Managing a team of 65 operatives and 5 managerial and clerical staff.
• Measuring up work, pricing work.
• Sub contractor selection, valuations and accounts.
• Preparation of invoices.
• Customer liaison.

Working Director,May1986 - March 1990

ABC Building Contractors Ltd., Grimsby

• Pricing work.
• Ordering materials.
• Carrying out the work.
• Sub contractor selection, valuations and accounts.
• Organising work.
• Customer satisfaction.

Contracts Manager,May1985 - May 1986

Tuckers Building Contractors Ltd., Cleethorpes.

• Pricing work.
• Ordering materials.
• Supervision of workforce.
• Sub contractor selection, valuations and accounts.
• Final accounts and invoices.
• Customer satisfaction.

Technical Assistant,March1983 - April 1985

GrimsbyBorough Council. Grimsby.

• Assessing work requirements.
• Writing specifications of work.
• Contract validation.
• Site quality inspections.
• Financial completions.

Measurement Technician,February1982 - March 1983

Scott, Wilson, Kirkpatrick and Partners.

• Preparation of interim and final measurements.
• Onsite remeasures.
• Preparation of interim and final accounts.

Manager,September1980 - February 1982

GrimsbyCarpet Warehouse, Grimsby.

• Direction of a sales force of 6.
• Customer satisfaction.
• Profitability.
• Settlement of claims.

Unemployed July 1980 - September 1980

Surveyor,August1979 - July 1980

Warwick Damp courses, Grimsby.

• Assessing work requirements.
• Writing specifications of work.
• Pricing of works.
• Site inspections and financial completions.

Assistant to Contracts Director.September1975 - August 1979

T. Wilkinson & Son Ltd., Cleethorpes.

• Training to be a Contracts Manager.
• Alterations works for blue chip companies.
• New builds for local authorities.
• Estimating from Bills of Quantities or drawings and specification
• Contracts management.
• Interim and Final Account preparation and agreement.

TRAINING, EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS.

2005 IIP Appraisal Techniques In-house training

2005 H&S Procedures (Update). In-house training

2004 Asbestos Recognition and Control. Construction Industry Training Board

2004 Introduction to MS Project. Remarc Training

2004 H&S Procedures. In-house training

2004 Customer relationship management. In-house training

2003 Procedures 1 and 2. In-house training

2002 Accident Investigation and Reporting Zurich Municipal

2001 Ladder Safety Awareness Course Nottingham County Council

2001 Rethinking Repairs and Maintenance IMBM

2001 Risk Assessment Training Lincsafe

2001 Risk Awareness with regards to Contractors Zurich Municipal

2000 EFQM Excellence Model Training Course TMS Insight Ltd

1999 PUWER 98 British Safety Council

1999 Safety for Managers British Safety Council

1996 NEBOSH Diploma in Health and Safety Fairlands Training

1996 NVQ Vocational Assessor Award Prospect Training

1996 Training Groups Award Prospect Training

1995 IIP practices and procedures. Prospect Training

1995 Communication skills for Managers. Prospect Training

1995 Customer Care. Prospect Training

1995 Handling of Counselling and Disciplinary Hearings. In-house training

1995 Risk Analysis and Forward Planning. In-house training

1995 C.D.M. Regulations Overview British Safety Council

1995 Confined Spaces Working. Hull City Council

1995 Emergency Aid Attendance. Hull City Council

1994 NEBOSH General Certificate in Health and Safety. Grimsby College of Technology.

1979 HNC Building. Lincoln College of Technology

1977 ONC Construction. Grimsby College of Technology

PERSONAL DETAILS & INTERESTS

Driving: Car owner, full licence no penalty points

Interests: Gardening, Walking, Travelling in England and abroad.