Gareth Lewis Email & Phone Number

Catalonia, Spain

Spain

Leading pilots in refugee hosting support including identifying and liaising with partner organisations and delivering training and coaching

• Facilitating the creation of a strategic operation framework, including establishing Strategic Advisory Group, workshops and consultation meetings with donors and local authorities and other stakeholders
• Preparing situation reports and response plans in response to ongoing conflict

Jordan

• Strategy and programme development for 3 Area Offices through direct and remote management
• Technical support for 3 Shelter and WASH Project Managers and their teams including development of Standard Operating Procedures, provision of training and quality control
• Technical studies, After Actions Reviews and Pilots, covering e-vouchers, wastewater treatment and landfills and water networks Housing rehabilitation; school rehabilitation; Unconditional and labelled cash; shelter.

Jordan

• Project planning and design, quality control, donor reporting, coordination with cluster/working groups, preparation of standard operating procedures, budgeting and cost control and technical studies
• Direct management of a team of 3 local and 2 international staff in Jordan and remote management of a further 16 local staff in 2 field offices in Syria
• HR management and capacity building of staff including training in Project Management; protection, corruption and programmatic risk management; and preparation of technical drawings and reports Shelter and WASH.

Greece

• Day to day management of Shelter and WASH projects
• Project planning and design, quality control, donor reporting, coordination with cluster/working groups preparation of standard operating procedures, budgeting and cost control and technical studies
• Management of a team of 25 local and 2 international staff including architects; engineers; outreach staff and maintenance technicians
• HR management and capacity building of staff including training in protection and corruption risk management and preparation of technical drawings and reports
• Creation of Information Management systems to facilitate collaboration with other departments (in particular camp management and urban outreach) and telephone Helpdesk to improve service provision and accountability to.
• Funded by ECHO- Apartment rental project, identifying renting, furnishing and maintaining 500 apartments for 2100 beneficiaries - Camp infrastructure project, managing all shelter and WASH related work in 2 camps.

Port Au Prince, Haiti

• Supervision of construction activities for buildings and infrastructure
• Structural design and production of drawings for buildings and infrastructure
• Final evaluation of projects, contract audits
• Supervision of resident engineers
• Clients including Inter-American Development Bank, AECID (Spanish Cooperation Agency), Haitian government ministries and agencies, J/P HRO, Finn Church Aid, Cesal and WE Architects - Construction supervision for 2.

Port Au Prince, Haiti

• Day to day management of Shelter and Reconstruction programme
• Development and implementation of programme strategy
• Preparation of proposals
• Quality control of all programme activities including planning, procurement, design and construction, with a team of 3 national engineers
• Liaison and co-ordination with donors and partners- Schools: Construction of five 2-storey school classroom blocks, latrine blocks and repair of damaged classrooms- Footbridges: Construction of footbridges, culverts.

London, United Kingdom

• Involvement in projects from concept design through to construction
• Site investigation and structural appraisal of existing buildings
• Production of reports, feasibility studies, calculations, sketches and CAD drawings
• Detailed design of steel, reinforced concrete, timber and masonry elements
• Attending and contributing to design team meetings, alongside Architects, Building Services Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, Contractors, Project Managers and clients- Barwa, Cairo: Office new build- SAMBA HQ, Saudi.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

• Managing a team of 8 staff, including local and expatriate community development workers, logisticians and engineers
• Setting up and managing supply chains for materials
• Setting up and managing labour contracts with local contractors
• Setting up and managing a workshop for the fabrication of the timber shelters
• Preparation of proposals, budgeting, accounting, project planning, training, recruitment, monitoring, evaluation, quality control, site supervision and liaising with and reporting to partner NGOs, donors and IASC.
• Use of participatory methods for planning and implementation- Two Transitional shelter projects with integrated WASH and livelihood components incorporating a total of 600 shelters, 300 latrines, distribution of.

London, United Kingdom

• Involvement in projects from concept design through to construction
• Site investigation and structural appraisal of existing buildings
• Production of reports, feasibility studies, calculations, sketches and CAD drawings
• Detailed design of steel, reinforced concrete, timber and masonry elements
• Attending and contributing to design team meetings, alongside Architects, Building Services Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, Contractors, Project Managers and clients- Battersea Powerstation, London: Mixed use.

London, United Kingdom

• Delivery of the overseas placements programme
• Manage a team of 50 part-time volunteers and 1 full-time paid staff
• Member of the National Executive, co-ordinating with other programme managers
• Responsible for budgeting, accounting, project planning, training, recruitment, liaising with partner NGOs and donors, monitoring and evaluation and quality control

Manila, Philippines

• Design of micro-hydro power and water supply schemes
• Surveying of potential and existing sites
• Production of feasibility studies, case studies, funding proposals and evaluation reports
• Liaison with local communities, suppliers and NGOs

Bath, United Kingdom

• Design of Sewage Treatment works

London, United Kingdom

• Ordering, scheduling, taking delivery and checking placement of 200 tons of reinforcement per month for the construction of the Home Office HQ project

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Civil Engineering

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