Experience

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• United States
• Internet Publishing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Sep 2009 - Present



Tate Consulting Engineers

• Project Manager

  • 2004 - 2009



Sunderland City Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Building Services Engineer

  • Jan 2005 - May 2005

  Working for Sunderland City Council in their Property Services Department, I carried out asset management surveys, condition surveys and health and safety surveys to schools and civic buildings, both mechanically and electrically. I also dealt with maintenance issues within Council properties Working for Sunderland City Council in their Property Services Department, I carried out asset management surveys, condition surveys and health and safety surveys to schools and civic buildings, both mechanically and electrically. I also dealt with maintenance issues within Council properties



Prescription Pricing Authority

• Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

• Building Services Engineer

  • Jun 2004 - Jan 2005

  Until January I worked for the PPA an arm of the NHS within their Estates Department. The PPA currently own or rent 13 properties throughout England. Whilst with the PPA I wrote three specifications and designs, two for new fire alarm systems and one for a CCTV contract.- I also prepared two tenders, one mechanical, one electrical and carried out the design of services for the refurbishment of two floors within PPA properties. Until January I worked for the PPA an arm of the NHS within their Estates Department. The PPA currently own or rent 13 properties throughout England. Whilst with the PPA I wrote three specifications and designs, two for new fire alarm systems and one for a CCTV contract.- I also prepared two tenders, one mechanical, one electrical and carried out the design of services for the refurbishment of two floors within PPA properties.



Newcastle University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Building Services Manager

  • Jan 2004 - May 2004

  I worked for the Estates Department at Newcastle University in their Capital Projects Division. I worked on The Beehive, which was a newly finished refurbishment, the Paul O-Gorman building funded by Cancer Research, the Devonshire building that had completed practical completion but not fully handed over to the University. My main remit was to ensure the successful completion and hand over of the 3 projects. I worked for the Estates Department at Newcastle University in their Capital Projects Division. I worked on The Beehive, which was a newly finished refurbishment, the Paul O-Gorman building funded by Cancer Research, the Devonshire building that had completed practical completion but not fully handed over to the University. My main remit was to ensure the successful completion and hand over of the 3 projects.



Sunderland City Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Building Services Engineer

  • Mar 2003 - Jan 2004

  I worked for Sunderland City Council in their Property Services Department carrying out asset management surveys, condition surveys and health and safety surveys to schools and civic buildings, both mechanically and electrically. I also dealt with maintenance issues within Council properties. I worked for Sunderland City Council in their Property Services Department carrying out asset management surveys, condition surveys and health and safety surveys to schools and civic buildings, both mechanically and electrically. I also dealt with maintenance issues within Council properties.



Robertson Group Construction

• Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

• Building Services Manager

  • Jul 2002 - Jan 2003

  Robertson Group Construction is a Scottish company with an area office based in Newcastle with an annual turnover over approximately -10m within the region. Robertson-s North East region had three projects running concurrently, an apartment block with office complex on the Quayside in Newcastle, a community hospital in Chester Le Street and a school in Ingelby Berwick, both of which were PFI projects. I was largely responsible for the services sub-contracts at both St Ann-s Quay on the Quayside and the community hospital at Chester Le Street. Each contract had its own problems and differences in their construction and services installation methods. Apart from managing the services sub-contractors I was also responsible for the installation of the Statutory Services.



Eve Graham

• Middlesbrough

• Design and Build Co-ordinator

  • Nov 2001 - Jun 2002

  Eve Graham were a building services sub-contractor with an annual turnover of -14m. They install building services on projects all over the UK primarily in large retail warehouses, retail units, apartment complexes and local authority schemes. At Eve Graham I was responsible for the co-ordination of the design process leading up to installation liaising between the Client, Client-s design team and Eve Graham-s design consultants. I also ensured that Eve Graham-s design consultant programmed their design process to best suit the installation programme and procurement programme both of which were my responsibility to produce using Microsoft Project.



M+W Zander

• Tianjin City, China

• Area Co-ordinator

  • Mar 2001 - Oct 2001

  Motorola Site MOS17 is the largest semiconductor site in China. I was part of the hook-up team managing the installation of all services for semiconductor production tools. Part of my remit was to: Ensure that all operatives were working safely and to the clean rooms protocol. Liaise with the equipment engineers and the vendors Write status reports and the signing off of tools Witness testing and validation of gas lines and to do final hook-up of the tools Look after the QA/QC of all installation work on the facilitisation and hook-up of all tools and ensure that materials met the client-s specification Make sure that all services were facilitised and that the hook-up ran smoothly and be completed for the target dates set by the client. The co-ordination of all services required by the tools The positioning and setting of tools



Sir Robert McAlpine

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Building Services Project Engineer

  • Jun 1999 - Mar 2001

  After completing my degree I returned to Sir Robert McAlpine's as a site manager looking after the building services sub-contractors. My main duties where to hold weekly package meetings with sub-contractors, ensure that the installation of services were installed correctly and safely and according to the design and specification. To co-ordinate the different services, liaise between the consultants and sub-contractors on all aspects of the design contracts. Carry out inspections at the manufacturers and insure that all procurement of main plant items arrived on time to site and to specification. Whilst at McAlpine's I worked on three projects: West Quay, Southampton West Quay was a ₤220 million shopping centre within Southampton. I was the package manager looking after Drake & Scull a ₤9 million mechanical subcontract and Colt International a ₤1.5 million pound fire safety sub-contract. Also I co-ordinated the interface of all services with the final finishes in the main shopping malls and the food court. 280 Bishopsgate, London 280 Bishopsgate is a ₤65 million office block being constructed for Hammersons a property developer. Here I was one of two building service managers looking after the services sub-contractor to a value of ₤15 million. This included all services required for a modern office block to be used by a major international bank. Atmel NTS North Tyneside Atmel took over the mothballed Siemens plant closed down two years earlier. At Atmel I was team leader of four area co-ordinators who managed the installation over one hundred major tools and 90 minor tools in a three and half month period



Sir Robert McAlpine

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Area Co-ordinator

  • Jun 1997 - Sep 1998

  As part of a degree sandwich course, I spent 16 months working for Sir Robert McAlpine Limited at Siemens Microelectronics North Tyneside. My role was as an area co-ordinator looking after the installation of all services connected to the tools that manufactured the silicone chips in a clean room environment. Part of my duties was to ensure the sub-contractors where working safely and to the clean rooms protocol. As well as working as an area co-ordinator, I looked after the installation of a 4.5Mw Carrier chiller, 5.0Mw Viessmann boiler and a Haden Drysis VOC plant including all the associated services with the three items of plant as part of the base build ramp-up.