Ben Collard Email & Phone Number

Thirsk, GB

London, United Kingdom

• Managing construction of up to six new care home developments concurrently
• Site finding, appraisals, HoTs, exchange of contracts and completion of landpurchases for new developments
• Leading design teams to ensure best in class design and timely submission ofplanning applications
• Working with directors to continually review and implement design improvementsinto new schemes
• Taking consented schemes through a tender process or negotiation with maincontractors
• Ensuring construction quality, budget management, compliance of projects andsmooth handover to operations team

London, England, United Kingdom

Darlington, United Kingdom

• Leading a team of 16 people, successfully delivering over 100,000 property tasks and projects per annum
• Ensuring full property compliance and business continuity across a 350 care home estate
• Responsible for the delivery and management of £22m Opex and £22m Capex annual budgets
• Managing large contractor base, ensuring adherence to KPIs, SLAs and implementation of cost control measures
• Integration of 112 ex BUPA care homes into the existing property portfolio
• Supporting development and regional surveying teams

National

• Delivering Barchester Healthcare’s extension and refurbishment property development projects
• Manage, owning and implementing the property development process ensuring specification, budgets and programmes are delivered effectively
• Lead project submissions and business case submission through to Property Services Director for board approval/sign off
• Create and manage effective relationships with external framework providers, consultants and contractors, ensuring clear communications
• Engage and work collaboratively with operations, finance, business development and other relevant support functions to assist in delivering effective project developments
• Work with appropriate teams, suppliers and stakeholders to drive standardization of project specification, realising cost savings through use of alternative solutions where possible, whilst also committing to.

Property management of 49 care homes and hospitalsPrioritising and utilizing capex and revenue budgets Ensuring property compliance for internal and external regulationMonitoring contractor output quality, response times and pricingDelivering solutions to improve and ensure continuation of key servicesLeading a team of 8 to support over 2000 residents and.

• Managed and procured £13m of utility spend per annum
• Reduced total utility spend by over £500,000 per annum
• Set up energy reduction strategy and targets with web based, ½ hourly reporting for gas, electricity, water and recycling
• Implemented a companywide energy matters training program and green leaf employee engagement program across 220 sites
• Delivered Solar PV, Bio-mass, VO, Plant, LED lighting, controls and large heat pump projects

North East

Master Of Science (Ms), Renewable Energy, Enterprise And Management

MSc Renewable Energy, Enterprise and Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Hrm

BA (Hons) Human Resource Management

A Levels, Economics, Sports Studies, History