Experience

Structural Soils

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  • Responsible for managing all Structural Soil Ltd.'s drill-only projects across the UK from tendering through siteworks management to project completion and invoicing • Providing advice and drill only services to the wider RSK Group of companies • Managing drilling resources to maintain high utilisation across Structural Soils Ltd and the whole RSK Group of companies • Project support for other RSK Group drilling contracting companies. • Responsible for managing all Structural Soil Ltd.'s drill-only projects across the UK from tendering through siteworks management to project completion and invoicing • Providing advice and drill only services to the wider RSK Group of companies • Managing drilling resources to maintain high utilisation across Structural Soils Ltd and the whole RSK Group of companies • Project support for other RSK Group drilling contracting companies.



CC Ground Investigations Limited

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Manager

  • Oct 2013 - Oct 2020

  • Initially employed as a Drilling Manager heading up a department managing 25 field staff and associated equipment and vehicles • Soon asked to move in to the operations side of the business and develop systems and procedures to help manage a rapidly expanding business • Manage supply chain • Monitor quality and costs • Recruitment and training of new staff • Initially employed as a Drilling Manager heading up a department managing 25 field staff and associated equipment and vehicles • Soon asked to move in to the operations side of the business and develop systems and procedures to help manage a rapidly expanding business • Manage supply chain • Monitor quality and costs • Recruitment and training of new staff



Structural Soils

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Drilling Manager

  • Mar 2010 - Oct 2013

  • Oversee the running of Drilling and Plant Department, which include 10 drilling crews (20 people), associated rigs and vehicles, and support staff• Ensure that the company drilling equipment is fully compliant with the law and client’s expectations and ensure that all staff are fully trained in their respective roles and embrace the health and safety culture• Tender all drill only work and manage and invoice projects• Responsible for all of the major purchasing/budgets within the Drilling Department• Manage project planning, programming and logistics of day to day workload• Undertake staff appraisals and apply disciplinary procedures when necessary. Show less

• Geotechnical Engineer

  • Mar 2005 - Mar 2010

  • Undertook site investigations for a wide range of projects both over water and land-based,from the planning and tender stage, supervising the fieldworks, through to thepreparation and writing of factual and interpretive reports.• Extensive experience in the logging of both superficial and bedrock lithologies to BS5930, including Amendment 1 (2007), and knowledge of BS1377.• Fieldwork experience includes supervision of both in-house and sub-contract drilling andspecialist testing crews, site technicians, plant operators as well as undertaking trialpitting, in-situ field tests, dynamic probing and sampling, and borehole permeability andsoakaway infiltration testing.• Experienced in the installation of gas/water monitoring standpipes, inclinometers,vibrating wire piezometers and magnetic extensometers. Show less



Placer Dome Asia Pacific

• Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

• Underground Geologist/Sampler

  • May 2004 - Aug 2004

  • My main tasks were to make geological interpretations of the development faces, take representative samples of the ore body, and direct mining of the ore. I was also involved with geotechnical mapping, underground mapping, and core logging • I became very familiar with the strict safety procedures of a working mine site, such as tagging requirements, underground and surface 4x4 driving and radio communication. • My main tasks were to make geological interpretations of the development faces, take representative samples of the ore body, and direct mining of the ore. I was also involved with geotechnical mapping, underground mapping, and core logging • I became very familiar with the strict safety procedures of a working mine site, such as tagging requirements, underground and surface 4x4 driving and radio communication.



EMAP Active Ltd

• Peterborough, United Kingdom

• Angling Journalist

  • Jul 2001 - Oct 2003

  • I started as a Staff Writer, but quickly moved on to become Features Writer and finally Features Editor on Match Angling Plus Magazine – a market leading, specialist match fishing magazine • Was heavily involved in the redesign, re-launch and rebranding of Match Angling Plus, turning it into Angling Times Advanced – a new title aimed at a slightly different ‘Advanced’ market • Worked in a very tight team with the strictest deadlines so personal management, organisation and drive were important • Main duties included brain storming feature ideas, organising features and photographer, writing features to style, presenting the features to the designer with suggestions, subbing the magazine, and representing the magazine at industry events. Show less



EMAP Digital Ltd

• Peterborough, United Kingdom

• Content Manager

  • Aug 2000 - Jul 2001

  • Content Manager on AnglingTimes.com, Europe’s biggest angling website • My job was to populate the database with new product information, write interesting and relevant news stories and features, upload venues, FAQ’s etc, referee the chat rooms, and arrange competitions. • Content Manager on AnglingTimes.com, Europe’s biggest angling website • My job was to populate the database with new product information, write interesting and relevant news stories and features, upload venues, FAQ’s etc, referee the chat rooms, and arrange competitions.