GRADUATE TRAINEE

Employed at a number of regional offices to gain experience including St Fergus Gas/Oil terminal (Quantity Surveyor and Temporary Manager) with a workforce of over seventy. Moved to Aberthaw Power Station for an outage (Bonus Surveyor and Supervisor), and then to completion of Ince 'B' Power Station, and
maintenance of ICI Fleetwood (Contracts Manager)

TECHNICAL ASSISTANT SURVEYOR

Employed as a junior member of a four person team rehabilitating flats, maisonettes, and houses in Liverpool. Contract values of £1.2m for approximately 30 dwellings. Working on projects from conception and survey to final account.

ASSISTANT SURVEYOR

Employed in the Maintenance team for the survey, preparation of specifications, tendering, contract supervision and administration of minor works contracts up to the value of £100,000.

BUILDING OFFICER

Employed at a large Victorian mental illness hospital, to beresponsible for the day to day maintenance of the buildings with a staff of twenty mixed trade operatives. Trades included joiners,
upholsterers, carpenters, plumbers, labourers, painters, drainsmen,and bricklayers.

ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER

Employed on the day to day project management and site administration of speculative housing and light industrial developments. Project managed medium size industrial units up to£700,000 in value.

Promoted to COMMERCIAL SURVEYOR and undertook similar works with a wider range of customers. Assisted in the project management and administration of a 20 lane bowling centre
(£1.2m), and a new office development (£1.0m).

Peterborough City Council
Housing Department
Town Hall
Bridge Street
Peterborough

1991 - 1998

SENIOR MAINTENANCE SURVEYOR

Employed as a team leader of three technical staff on planned
preventative maintenance of 12400 council dwellings with
responsibility for a budget of £800,000 per annum. All contracts were handled from brief to final account directly, including design,
specification, tendering, administration and agreement of final
account.

Promoted to PRINCIPAL CONTRACT MONITORING OFFICER in 1996 after reorganization. This is a third tier post acting as clients agent on the day to day management of a contract containing 4400 dwellings. The post also involves the monitoring of four similar contracts and clients representative for maintenance issues of all four contracts (all 12400 dwellings).

Promoted again to PRINCIPAL HOUSING PROGRAMME COODINATOR in 1998 after Local Government Review. The post involves Project Management of the Single Regeneration Budget in respect of Estate Action, the monitoring of Capital and Response Based Maintenance through out the authority. Still client representative on all building related issues.

Corby Borough Council
Deene House
New Post Office Square
Corby

1999 - 2000

REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Employed as the leader of a small team of surveyors for the planned and cyclical maintenance of 6700 dwellings in the Corby area. Also provided technical information to housing staff, and monitor the budget spend of approx £4m. Also act as project manager for the S.R.B projects being undertaken.