Andy Dibble Email & Phone Number

Watford, Gb

Watford

Watford, England, United Kingdom

Watford

Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Visiting between 20 and 30 domestic and commercial properties a week on instruction from our insurance company clients to validate insurance building claims in value from £500 to £20,000. Building accurate schedules of works for our direct trades and sub-contractors to work to. Creating full and detailed written reports comprising of cause, validity and extent of damage. After client approval collating and organising supply and delivery of required materials. Project managing ongoing works carried out by direct and sub-contractor trades to customers satisfaction. Proactive management of any on site problems that may arise including reactive problem solving and resolution. Complaint handling resolving any customer complaints by dealing with customers directly to satisfactory conclusion. Building client and loss adjuster relationships with on site and pre-start visits.

Employed by Woodland Commercial as a working foreman. My main responsibilities were attending pre-start meetings with Clients and Directors particularly for C.D.M projects. My site role consisted of inducting all trades and visitors upon entering site and ensuring they had also signed the site attendance register and had the correct P.P.E. I had responsibility for coordinating trades and allocating our direct trades and sub contractors their tasks for the day. Mainly working from prepared drawings I was responsible for checking all works were carried out according to these drawings. I have just completed a seven week contract to strip out and refurbish the humanities block of a large school in Guildford. I have also carried out several other large refurbishments on other schools and bus garage offices. The contract sizes ranged from 10k to over 200k. I have also recently completed and passed the 5 day S.M.S.T.S (site managers safety training scheme) course.

Working as a fully qualified carpenter/multitrade. Highly experienced in all aspects of carpentry including kitchen fitting, 1st and 2nd fixing and other trade disciplines including decorating, tiling and like for like plumbing. Long experience in working in void and occupied properties. Currently for a building company covering social housing repairs. Attending up to six properties a day. Usually occupied properties with general wear and tear repairs or accidental damage. Carrying out works to high standards and completing reports with details. Also liaising with tenants and reporting back to the office.

Organizing and running building repairs to private and commercial properties with the costs varying from £500 up to £20k. Ensuring profitable margins. Managing up to twenty PAYE. Employees, numerous CIS Tradesmen, Sub-Contractors and companies.The bulk of the jobs being buildings claims from numerous insurance companies and loss adjusters following damage from water, fire, subsidence or accident. Using my extensive knowledge and experience of general building, especially carpentry, decorating and tiling to estimate times allocated to tradesmen to carry out repairs. Over seeing each job personally, ensuring it runs smoothly and that the client is happy. Often getting involved with collecting materials if this was a productive way to help the tradesmen and help to ensure the deadlines were met. Whilst ensuring the job is as profitable to the company as possible by working to a supplied schedules of rates.

Responsible for managing a team of about twenty various tradesmen and one office based Works Co-ordinator. I covered an area of designated postcodes, which changed periodically from Hertfordshire to Central and Outer London areas. I visited private and commercial properties that had been through the claim validation process and were undergoing repairs by the company.Ensuring the unit of tradesmen were on task and that the job was running to schedule both time and financial. Keeping all aspects of the job in line with the report and keeping all parties informed of progress. Liaising daily with loss adjusters and insurance companies. When works were complete I was responsible for collating and inputting all relevant paperwork to prepare the final invoice before sending it to the insurance companies for payment.

Visiting up to six pre-booked appointments per day. On arrival and inspection of damage and validation I created a schedule of works to be used by the Co-ordinator and tradesmen. Managing the insurance claims process from validation to producing the scope of works required to remediate properties following damage by flood, fire and subsidence etc. Initially scoping of the repair works using a hand held tablet P.C. Ensuring as much information as possible is gathered and documented. Listing the works in best order to enable co-ordinators to book work to commence with as much ease as possible. Pricing the required works and commissioning of necessary specialist reports if required. Followed by management of the claims process and ensuring client satisfaction.

To carry out works described on supplied job sheets. Including all aspects of household carpentry, decorating and tiling. Responsible for accurately measuring and calculating amounts of different materials, organizing deliveries to site and overseeing less experienced trades. To carry out these duties whilst keeping the properties clean and well protected and also keeping the home owner informed of all works and order of works. Daily reports back to the Repair Manager on progress.

This small building company is owned by my family and is still currently in business and being run by my brother. During my ten years employment I carried out all aspects of building work including carpentry, decorating and tiling and only left when my family decided to down size the company and I decided I wanted to broaden my experience.

I served my apprenticeship with this Ealing based building company from leaving school. I was sponsored by the newly introduced government Youth Training Scheme. Although I was offered a permanent position I was encouraged to work for my families building business.