Martyn Lester

Experience

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  Devon and Dorset Regiment

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2002

  Infantry Soldier

  Undertaking a wide variety of duties, this included training and retraining troops for operational tours to be carrying out overseas and in the UK. As a warrior tank driver and commander which involved processing technical data and responding to difficult situations, operating communications equipment and adhering to strict health and safety guidelines and procedures.

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  Virgin Media t5

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  Manager

  Line management of teams of supervisors and engineers, prioritising work to be completed as efficient as possible.Complex and high quality installs of fibre optics, copper cabling, voice solutions, network equipment, wireless access solutions, smart boards and projectors.Extracting information from drawings, surveying containment routes and instructing teams to complete the work with work packages.Fault finding and problem solving, using technical equipment to resolve challenging situations.Being security cleared to work on the Airport airside and working within a sometimes demanding environment (Army security clearance was at DV level but this has now expired).Working to strict deadlines and ensuring that all work is completed to the highest industry standard.Ensuring that all teams adhere to health and safety, report any unsafe behaviours and give training where needed.Compile reports to senior management on completed work and updating final drawings for archive. Show less

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  Dimension Data

  Jan 2008 - Feb 2013

   Approved contractor to Dimension Data Advanced Infrastructure. Site Manager implementing PRINCE2 with SMSTS (site manager's health and safety).  Organising and running multiple projects, multi thousand points and million pound projects. Maintaining work efficiency with minimal labor, working to deadlines and ordering to budget.  Design and planning of containment and correcting design issues. Managing teams of electrical engineers, data and fiber engineers and telecommunication operatives. Problem solving such as over length routes and diverse routing. Making sure the workforce and site complied with health and safety CDM regulations 2007. Show less Site manager with Dimension Data Advance and my duties included managing a team of electrical engineers on first and second fix’s containment, this included correcting design issues, ordering to within a budget but maintaining work efficiency, I also designed all second fix containment and installed the cabinets. Other duties were to manage the cabling, terminating and testing of 3000 points, running and terminating fibre between three hub rooms, problem solving such as over length routes, organising optimum efficiency to keep to deadlines and budget whilst maintaining strict health and safety, making sure the workforce and site complied with CDM regulations 2007. Show less

  • Site Manager / Project manager

    Aug 2011 - Feb 2013

  • Site Manager

    Jan 2008 - Jul 2011
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  Berkeley Group Plc

  Feb 2013 - Oct 2015

  IT Operations Senior Project Manager

  The Berkeley Group is a FTSE 250 construction company, specialising in bespoke residential and commercial properties. With over 2500 employees, 12 UK regional offices and over 120 sites throughout the south east of England.

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  Wates Group

  Oct 2015 - Apr 2017

  IT Manager

  The Wates Group is one of the largest family run construction firms in the UK, specialising in residential and commercial properties. With over 4500 employees, 18 UK / International regional offices and over 170 sites throughout the south east of England.

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  LMG (lmgiq.com)

  May 2017 - Dec 2017

  Project Manager

  Line Management Group is an infrastructure management company in construction, specialising in structured cabling, audio visual, security and door access within commercial properties.

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  Duke Corporate Education

  Jan 2018 - Jul 2019

  IT & Facilities Manager

  Duke corperate education is the leading company in corperate education, specialising in education to the top leaders in an organisation, delivering large programmes of work for business strategy, ambidextrous leadership and focusing companies to grow in current markets.

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  CANCOM

  Jul 2019 - now

  IT Project Manager

  CANCOM MANAGED SERVICES – The CANCOM Group operates internationally with 4,000+ employees, With 25 years’ experience in the IT sector excelling in the comprehensive range of services and solutions cover consultation, implementation, management and support, CANCOM ensures market presence and proximity to a wide range of customers across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, United States and beyond.PROJECT MANAGERIT Relocation – My primary role within CMS is IT relocation, this includes but not limited to the Design, planning and implementing office relocations around the UK. Our partners are normally very reactive which requires detailed planning, correct bespoke solutions and precision timed deployments that are within budgets. Stakeholder management and relentless focus combined with thinking outside of the box has been key to my success within IT relocation.Data Centre Design and Build – From working with the top experts in this field and clear precise project management, this has progressed to a very successful partnership with a leading hygiene company, from a successful data centre deployment in the UK this has led to the partner planning to use the UK as their central hub for their global business. WAN, LAN and WLAN deployments – This includes the design of hardware, circuits, the configuration of hardware and core networks.Structured cabling installation – Bidding, designing of large complex projects that include Fibre, copper and electrical installations.Project Managing combined project of Citra £2.5 million with full control of the budget. Producing detailed programme / schedule of work and all documentation for distribution to the team and the principle contractor, coordinating the design team and implementing the design. Show less