Neil Bishop Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London.

Euston, England, United Kingdom

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

London Bridge Bdu And Ssp Works

Employed as a Construction Manager for the BDU and SSP works as part of the redevelopment of London Bridge station on the Thameslink project to develop and maintain liaison on site with contractors to include management of construction safety, progress and compliance with specifications and designs on site. Identification and processing of non compliances operational issues and interfaces with third parties.Review and accept Works Package Plans.Monitor works by way of inspection of sites to ensure that they are carried out without risk to Network Rail controlled infrastructure, tenants, employees and the general public.Produce reports in the agreed format.3rd parties interface in relation to ongoing works.Delivery of the training for the Skanks led saftey iniative that is Injury Free Environment as part of the integrated team.

Network Rail Thameslink Project Blackfriars

Employed as a Construction Manager on the Blackfriars bridge and station redevelopment on the Thameslink project to develop and maintain liaison on site with contractors to include management of construction safety, progress and compliance with specifications and designs on site. Identification and processing of non compliances operational issues and interfaces with third parties.Review and accept Works Package Plans.Monitor works by way of inspection of sites to ensure that they are carried out without risk to Network Rail controlled infrastructure, tenants, employees and the general public.Produce reports in the agreed format.3rd parties interface in relation to ongoing works.

High Speed 1

Employed as a Project Manager responsible for the management of a number of contracts on Section 2 of the Channel Tunnel high speed rail link. Contracts include landscaping, storage of strategic spares and rail plant and most recently the management of the contractors carrying out the final fit out of Ebbsfleet International Station. The main focus of the role is to ensure works are carried out in line with project plans and that management of contractors is tightly controlled to ensure compliance with works programming, health & safety legislation and contractual requirements.On a weekly basis, project teams undertake a review of work to date and consider forthcoming events so that planning of activities and contractors are controlled to ensure that work is progressing in line with project deadlines and to respect budgetary constraints. Any deviations to the project plan must be incorporated into the works scheduling and advised to all interested parties accordingly. Responsible for the creation and implementation of an end product checklist to ensure that sub contactors working on and around the railway infrastructure are doing so in accordance with applicable health and Safety and legislation.

A 282 Fastrack Crossing Project Dartford

Employed as an Engineering & Safety Co-ordinator for the ‘A282 (M25) Fastrack Bridge and Approaches’ project. Working closely with Senior Project Managers and Engineers, the main focus of the role was to ensure that multi-disciplined works were carried out in accordance with master project plans and to ensure that management of contractors was controlled compliantly with regards to health & safety regulations, contractual requirements and detailed programming.Specific activities included the production of risk assessments and associated method statements, safety toolbox talks, weekly safety inspections and management of permit systems for digging, pumping, hot working and lifting plans. In a site supervisory capacity, particular attention was paid to contractor’s safe methods of working and approval processes for their safety submissions. Periodic topic audits were undertaken in various disciplines as a control measure to ensure compliance.Monthy QUENSH audits undertaken to ensure that sub contractors were working in compliance with current legislation. Weekly liaison with project management team to ensure that works is progressing in accordance with project plan. Management of sub contract plant and labour requirements producing 4 weekly forecast for future requirements reporting directly to the project manager. Liaison with the bridge access authorities to ensure that all sub contractors were managed in accordance with departmental security policies

Cheriton Terminal

1993 – 2005 Eurotunnel Services LimitedFrom initially joining as a Shuttle Driver, subsequent positions included Technical Advisor, Development Standards & Training Manager, with the final role undertaken being Works Train Manager/Duty Technical Manager.Duties included the day to day management of all works train activities including line management of a team of both UK and French drivers. This would involve the creation and implementation of rosters to cover all planned maintenance activities in the running tunnels, task observations and competence management, formulation of training needs, training plans and delivery of training as part of driver’s ongoing development. In addition, all required standards, procedures, risk assessments and method statements were produced and updated as the operational environment developed.An important element of the role was to undertake incident/accident investigation where members of the department were involved and to liaise with corporate departments so that recommendations could be implemented to avoid repeat occurrences. During this period, there was also a requirement to cover the role of Duty Technical Manager that took responsibility for technical based decisions in conjunction with the rail and traffic control centres. The DTM had to ensure that all trains were fit for commercial use and would manage the interface with the Rolling Stock Department for train changes with regards to planned and unplanned maintenance. The DTM was also the interface with the national railways for any degraded operations involving their rolling stock.

Education record

GCSEs: English Language, English Literature, Geography, Mathematics, Engineering Theory and Practice, Physics CSEs: English, Geography.

Education record