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Walsall, United Kingdom

Water Industry

Stourbridge, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Manage surveying and technical part of the business including advice to customers and internal directors Overseeing , organising and delivering survey programme to targets  Managing and responsible for Health and Safety for the business ensuring compliance with law Generating leads and gathering data for sales team Achieved cost savings for customers up to £50000 on their water bills

Stourbridge, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Surveyed sites and inspected sewers to determine flows, discharge points, sewer type and defectsProduced survey drawings on Auto CadProduced risk assessments and method statements for survey including dynamic site risk assessmentsWriting technical reports for clients advising on potential water and drainage risks on their sites and recommending solutions

Telford

 Carried out site vehicle audits and site safety audits on operators Key account holder managing customer work requirements – Severn Trent, GKN, Wrekin Housing Trust Generated new sales from new clients and negotiated costs for work Led and Managed a team of 20 Operators including organising and planning work Deployed teams to set up river flooding apparatus ensuring all equipment available 

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

2006 – 2008 Severn Trent Water Position: County Sewerage Manager Management and Leadership of 20 Operators meeting Key Performance Indicator Targets Managed reservoir pools leading survey teams on structural inspections of dams, outlets and syphons identifying necessary structural and non-structural defects and actioned worksControlled OPEX budget £1.8m and delivered CAPEX projects £200KAdministered CCTV surveys and identified structural defect auctioning all repairs, renewals and reliningMet Health and Safety Audits targetsAudits on lifting plant at sites ensuring in date tags and SWL services,Managed open mesh walkways programme ensuring all gridding clips secure and paintedDelivered a high standard of customer service resolving drainage issuesWriting monthly reports for senior management team Delivered asset management programme of 400 sewage pumping stations and supervised site works cleansesPresented tool box talks, team meetings and training to operators and technicians 2000 – 2006 Severn Trent Water Position: Distribution Reservoir and Booster Supervisor  Led and managed a team of 10 Operators including auditing their health and safety site standards Managed and delivered CAPEX projects up to £100k for reservoir repairs, waterproofing and refurbishments Trained over 30 company inspectors on reservoir procedures Produced risk assessments and method statements, writing safe systems of work and COSHH  Controlled and planned reservoir programme including confined space entry training 

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

1996 – 2000 Severn Trent Water Position: Reservoir and Booster Technician Managed OPEX budget £30k with no overspend Reservoir structural material expert for company inspectors Supervision of contractors and issuing of permits to work Appointed on to the company reservoir group producing standardised policies and procedures Co-wrote reservoir best practice manual including creation of a company strategy for reservoir cleaning 1991 – 1996 Severn Trent Water Position: New Mains and Services Technician  Surveyed and produced drawings of 180 reservoirs and 200 booster stations Designed sewer pipeline schemes, water mains and services for customers

Birmingham, United Kingdom

 Identified maintenance requirements and defects of tenants properties Surveyed Housing stock of Void properties and occupied properties Liaised and worked closely with housing officers

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Surveyed council properties Redesigned layout for new tenantsProduced drawings for various council departments

Hnc Building And Construction, Hnc

Ond Building, Surveying, Ond And O Level

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