Experience

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  urbanest UK

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Estates Project Manager

    • Sep 2018 - Jul 2020
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    Unfortunately, due to the Covid 19 Crisis I was made redundant in July 2020. Whilst disappointed to be leaving my current role in this manner, I am excited for a new opportunity and challenge. • The role as Estates Project Manager was to manage projects at seven student accommodation sites situated across London, also working from the head office based at Leicester Square. • The project could vary from all or some sites having multiple projects at the same time, as well as planning for up and coming project as the head office. This needed me to manage my time management and workload, making sure all deliverables where completed on time and on budget.

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  DLD College

  • London, Greater London, United Kingdom

  • Facilities Manager

    • Mar 2017 - Sep 2018
    • London, Greater London, United Kingdom

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  Alpha Plus Group Ltd

  • Westminter Bridge Road SE1

  • DLD College London

    • Mar 2017 - Sep 2018
    • Westminter Bridge Road SE1

    • Completing all facility management tasks. Working closely with the Landlord, making sure the College was fully compliant at all times.• Managing the security contract, making sure there was 24hr coverage 365 days a year. Monitoring all security points had been recorded on the guarding patrol system. Meeting the guards on shift changeover to discuss any issues, events, room setups, also to check fob and key register, to make sure all where accounted for.• Collaborated closely with the Director of Operations to put in place a Full Lockdown Procedure. Arranged regular lockdown training, where we would use different scenarios to put the whole College in lockdown,• Arranging PowerPoint training for all staff, including, working at heights, manual handling, staff inductions, fire training, also arranging Griffin training with the Met Police.

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  Primary School in Lewisham Bourgh

  • Brockly, London, SE4

  • Myatt Garden Primary School

    • Sep 2013 - Mar 2017
    • Brockly, London, SE4

    • Completing all facility management tasks, making sure the school was fully compliant at all times. • Managing a team of cleaners and a maintenance assistant, who was deaf. This was an experience for me learning ways to communicate. The ways we used were some sign language, which he taught me, as well as communicating via text message and using a dial in system where a person would communicate with speech for me and sign for my maintenance assistant.

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  HARTSDIY

  • Brockly, London SE4

  • Company Director

    • Oct 2008 - Sep 2013
    • Brockly, London SE4

    I owned a Handyman company for 5 years. Working for schools and private customers. The works covered carpentry, painting and decorating, plastering - rendering, general electrics and plumbing. The company started as a hobby, but grew due to word of mouth, which gave me the opportunity to try my hand at being self employed.

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  Bethnal Green Academy

  • Bethnal Green, London E2

  • Premises and Contracts Manager

    • Sep 2004 - May 2013
    • Bethnal Green, London E2

    At Bethnal Green Academy I started as Security Manager, The school had gang issues within the school and in the surrounding areas. After two years I was then promoted to Premises and Contracts Manager• I was responsible for all facilities management, managing a large facilities team of Fifteen people, including a caretaker, cleaners and security guards, to ensure the school was safe, maintained, and clean at all time.• Working closely with a CCTV company, setting out a CCTV control room, and working out the best places to install all 90 CCTV cameras. Covering all entrances, exits, heavily used areas and blind spots.• During an £18 million BSF project. My primary responsibility was to ensure the school was always safe during the construction and not compromised in any way.

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  Charlton Athletic Football Club

  • Charlton London SE7

  • Head of Security

    • Jun 1999 - Sep 2004
    • Charlton London SE7

    • As Head of Security, my duties were to manage nine security officers at three different site, this included 12 hr shifts, 4 on 4 off shift pattern., making sure there was security coverage 24hrs a day 365 days a year. Updating the team on events making sure all visitors were signed in and out. The stadium was key suited. Closely keeping track who was allocated master keys and sub master keys.Monitoring regular patrols were completed at the stadium and training ground. Keeping the logbook always updated and dealing with issues as they arouse. Also, on match-days supervising 45 match-day stewards in the stadium, covering seven lounges and twelve hospitality boxes. Rotating them around the lounges and hospitality boxes, this helped to stop competency and fatigue.