Victoria, Victoria Westminster and Whitehall BusinessImprovement Districts (BIDs) • Contract

The Northbank Business Improvement District (BID) LTD

Early Years recruitment is an extraordinary Recruitment Company who hold a wealth of experience within the Education and Care sectors.Our passion and personal approach sets us aside and makes us a unique Agency. We work closely with our Clients to understand their requirements and to match the right candidate to the right role.We supply Teaching Staff, Nursery Staff and Support Workers on short term, long term and permanent basis to a wide range of Schools, Nurseries and Care Settings across all the Home Counties and London.

Griffith Property Services manages home Automation projects such as smart lighting, External lighting for gardens. Shortly we will be creating a Home Maintenance department so more to follow on those developments and lastly project management of home extension projects.

Maintaining effective relationships with key maintenance customers and stakeholders, managing all communications with outside bodies (e.g. Crossrail, Reading Council for the Station development team, Electrification and re-signalling schemes) Providing a professional, first class, consistent and effective project management service to the clients including project monitoring and reporting systems in accordance with Railway Group, Network Rail company standards and guidelinesIntroduction of Best Practice Notice boards, to improve communication with staff understanding what good looks like and changing working culture and practices.Working with UTC Reading from intial launch to deadline, providing support for projects for students, work experience days for students to visit Network Rail and supporting taster events to promote Network Rail's partnership with the UTC.Working with the Great Western Electrification Project team to ensure all staff, Training, accomodation tools and equipment is delivered in time for the first electric trains.

Senior Maintenance role reporting to the Western Infrastructure Maintenance Director Key accountability was to lead the Maintenance and renewals activities within the Reading delivery unit. Responsible for 350 people. Key achievements include top of the country four time during the year best train performance Best overall delivery unit ‘Top Dog’ award for Safety, Performance, Customers, People and Cost

Senior Maintenance role reporting to the Reading Infrastructure Maintenance Delivery Manager Key accountability was to lead the Maintenance and renewals activities within the Reading delivery unit. Responsible for 250 people

Senior Maintenance role reporting to the Thames Valley Infrastructure Maintenance ManagerBrought into the team to lead the recovery in the Thames Valley area for train performance taking it from 78% to 91% PPM. Under my leadership the area was turned from the worst performing area in the country to the one of the best which led to a much improved relationship with our main customers First Great Western, Heathrow Express and BAA. Key accountability was to lead the Maintenance and renewals activities within the Reading delivery unit. Responsible for 300 people.

Senior Maintenance role reporting in to the Infrastructure Manager Reading. Lead and direct the safe delivery or area wide services, maintenance activities and programmes of work for the delivery units to agreed timescalesWork included Small renewals, S&C replacement programmes to delivering maintenance depots.

Key accountabilities to Liaise with Asset Manager to ensure specifications are realistic and achievable. Ensure the production of an efficient plan optimising utilisation of resources. Ensure cost effective procurement of all resources required to achieve plan. Ensure production of detailed specification of work.

Signal Maintenance Engineer I was the professional head for Signal Engineering in the London area.Awarded Service Excellence award for construction of the West Ealing Training School

Signalling Section Manager for London Paddington to Reading

Various front line roles during this period from Assistant Technician to Signal Maintenance AssistantFirst member of staff on the Western Region to be award an IRSE licence.