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Ireland

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Implementation and management of Helath & Safety systems for a corporate client

Ireland

Design• AutoCAD design of plans, elevations, 3D models and, where appropriate, walkthrough of various projects, including: o Design of agricultural farm building to Dept of Agriculture standards. o Creating layout of sports hall for the Irish Fencing Federation international events.• Design and build specific purpose products to client specifications.• Developed and implemented for testing a concept online tournament management and entry website using ASP.Net, Visual Basic, and SQL database. The site allowed organisers to enter all necessary information about the competition and then created an XML file compatible with the competition software.• Created concept online fencing licence renewal website.Project Management• Overseeing refurbishment of three private residences by liaising with clients to understand their requirements and create their vision. Also completed BER assessments to recommend improvements in Energy usage.• Prepared Risk assessments for submission to Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Reviewed current Health and Safety Legislation (UK), identified applicable hazards and control measures, reviewed and implemented same on site.• Various German-English translation projects for a multi-national Engineering company.

Ireland

Lead and implement strategic development plan; represent Fencing Ireland internationally.

County Dublin, Ireland

County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin

Dublin

Key Responsibilities• Delivery of Power supply upgrade to eliminate Maximum Import Capacity excess capacity charges.• Delivery of refurbishment of a client site and upgrade server room. Worked with client to ensure their vision became a reality. Conducted meetings with the client and design team to finalise details of layout and reflected changes in AutoCAD drawings. • Scope and prepare phase budgets for refurbishment project and other projects as required and complete Tender evaluation for office fit-out.• On-site contractor management to ensure installation was completed to clients specifications and requirements.Key achievements• Prepared proposals for asset register identification based on implementation of PAT testing database (separate database from asset register database with a requirement for aligned asset identification).• Prepared design for LED energy efficient lighting proposals and specifications for internal and client fit-outs.

Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin

Key responsibilities• General care of animals. This involved prioritising of work and taking ownership of tasks to ensure everything was completed during the shift and urgent care requirements are met.• Supervision of Volunteer staff. Assigned duties on arrival and re-assigned to other, different duties if required during the shift. Monitoring of volunteers during their shifts.• Optimised the animal health tracking process by developing a system to chart the animals’ health during their stay.

Dublin - Nationwide

Key Responsibilities• Visited client sites as needed and prepared scopes of work and budget for approval.• Managed approved maintenance and installation projects (HVAC, Electrical and Mechanical) for a number of retail clients including Debenhams, TopShop and Karen Millen.• Appointed Health and Safety Coordinator for the Horizon Facilities Group.Key Achievements • Designed and Developed Health & Safety documentation database for contractor details to ensure all documentation was kept up to date, flagging any record where information went out of date using Visual Basic.• Resolved problems with stalled air conditioning upgrade project to complete installation before seasonal sale through liaising between client and contractors receiving very positive customer feedback.• Provided report highlighting Health & Safety issues with installation of new security fencing at B&Q Belgard.

Dublin

Key Responsibilities• Development of internal team work order tracking database using Excel.• Assistant team supervisor to Minor Works Project Team (FM contract).• Preparation of monthly report on Minor Works projects.• Assigned work requests to project managers within the team supporting the helpdesk.• Amendment of space plan drawings to reflect "as installed" and deviations from planned drawings using AutoCAD.• Management of a range of maintenance, churn and installation projects (HVAC, Electrical and Mechanical) with up to 110 projects under management at any one time.• Remotely managed projects throughout the country (Galway City, Donegal Town, Claremorris, Dingle, Rosslare Harbour, etc.), visiting sites as necessary.• Reviewed and approved Health and Safety Documentation for projects. • Prepared project proposals including full brief, budget and scope along with quotation and purchase orders for a range of commercial deals and conducted post implementation reviews.

Blanchardstown, Dublin 15

Key Responsibilities• Repair and maintenance of equipment (HVAC, Mechanical and Electrical).• Ensured Fire safety systems were properly operational and record-keeping were in compliance with applicable regulations.• Completion of site audits recording defects and implementing actions and fixes. Also reviewed security logs for details of defects identified by the security team.• Reviewed and streamlined departmental and security processes.• Promoted to supervisory position within department. Responsible for generating and circulating Facilities reports and interfacing with all levels of management.• Training junior technicians and new hires in department, also all site specific training for static security guards assigned to site and development of procedures, user manuals and guidelines.• Supervised contractors on-site reviewing work and ensuring delivery met agreed SLA and KPI• Environmental Health and Safety warden - responsible for managing MSDS for hazardous material and monitoring clean-up of hazardous materials spills. Also carried out accident reviews, risk assessments and investigations with company Health and Safety Officer. • Forecast and preparation of manufacturing engineering budget.• Control and management of expenditure against forecast, production of variation reports.Key Achievements• Developed machine performance monitoring tool for engineering department using Excel and later migrated to web-based tool including stock management module to optimise machine availability for production using ASP and SQL database.• Designed cost tracking reporting structure leading to 40% reduction in Engineering costs by identifying cost centre duplication and streamlining of maintenance and contractor processes.

Bachelor Of Engineering

Diploma

Diploma

Incomplete

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