Shane Smith Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Trained groups of unemployed students over a revolving 3-week course to improve their job-seeking skills, and connecting with each student during the course, to broadly cover;In-depth document review,Creating resume’s, cover letters & profiles, Mental health & mentoring,Social & communication skills,Digital literacy & AI, and more!

Development per ghost-writing, research, fact-checking, referencing, formatting and editing for all-new UK-based Construction Design Management diploma course for post-graduated industry professionals wanting to become Design Managers (Academic).

Sydney, Australia

Site Supervision for subcontractors construction company, specialising mainly in shopfitting and office fitout; partitioning, glazing and renovations work on projects $50k - $1.6m.Supervised a team of 3-8 tradesmen,Primary on-site liaison to client or main contractor, start-to-finish site folder management, coordinating site team activities, Materials ordering, variations, attendance,Some hands-on work with in-house tradesmen,On and offsite quantities estimating and ordering of materialsSome hands-on measuring, bolting, plastering, patching, fixing etc.Estimating & cost engineering, Improve templates for project planning, cost control, SWMS & methodologies, Sourcing and managing consultants, suppliers, subcontractors,Creating bills of quantities, Writing of detailed scopes, Administering payments and purchase orders, Traffic management, Checking and ensuring BCA compliance, Authority approvals.

Sydney, Australia

Site Manager for government and business office refurbishments ($30k - $1.5mill)Supervision of tradesmen to complete tightly programmed works to;Working with weekly-changing project teams and clients, Managing programme, mitigating risks to planned time/spec/cost, quality control,Main client / subcontractor liaison for variations, safety & expectation management.

Grocery store refurbishments, including major internal and external upgrades:Managing independently or working under a senior site manager to execute works, attend to defects and various outstanding items to bring works to completion.Main retail, FOH and BOH area upgrades, access points, offices and carparks

Sydney, Australia

Junior Foreman (later promoted to foreman role) for bulk earthworks/ civil works, piling etc on projects $1.5m-$4mCoordinated a team of 5-15 workers with a fleet of 3-8 machines,Project planning & methodologies, contract review & advice,Selection of permanent and temporary teams, mentoring of young workers,Surveying, setting out, estimating quantities,Keeping track of / ordering of inventory and consumables, budgeting,Responsible for coordination and supervision of works on site,Maintaining client and main contractor confidence / working relationships,Health & safety, risk management, daily and situational toolbox talks, first aid,Chaired or attended site meetings, employee interviews, disciplinaries and inductions,

Sydney, Australia

Site Manager for Fitout and Specialised construction projects $50k-$1mCoordinated up to 12 tradesmen as main-contractor's site manager,Coordination and supervision of works on site, access and security, Facilitated Briefing & Programming meetings with stakeholders,Quality assurance, dilapidation & defects of works and existing structures,Establishing lasting working relationships with clients, tradesmen & building managers,Health and safety management, general toolbox talks, first aid, SWMS compliance,Assist with tenders and estimating,Chaired site meetings and inductions, Preparing quantities for price estimates for current and upcoming projects,