Daniel Mullins

Experience

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  Milton Keynes Council

  Sept 1995 - Jan 2016

  • Senior Management of Term Service Contractor (TSC) under NEC3• Scheme brief, design approval and development lead• Key member of the senior management team monitoring strategic direction and all programmes, performance and finances for the Term Service Contract.• Direct operational experience of scheme build (including walk, talk and build)• Detailed operations knowledge of Highway service requirements• Significant management of employee and supply chain training and health and safety matters. • Preparation of contract specifications and service requirements• Managing strategic visions, policy and business delivery changes where needed• Management of up to £20 million annual spend in contract programme and operational delivery works• Responsible for the production of all Highway schemes and programme under the TSC.• Responsible for management of the Highways adoptions team (delivering S106 schemes and S278, S38 agreements and appropriate agreements)• Responsible for the management of Highways Traffic Management team (design and manage all requests, schemes and signage requirements across the network)• Responsible as client for highways maintenance contract including winter maintenance and all aspects of scheme delivery and finance, performance controls under the TSC. • Commissioning and facilitating through legislation and partnership working with a range of local communities and in particular Town and Parish Councils• Responsible for Highways requirements for international events in Milton Keynes i.e. Rugby World Cup 2015 Traffic Management Plan production Show less • Managing and delivering public realm services across Milton Keynes including Waste, Highways and Landscape maintenance. • Management of the Council's Highways operations, inspections and Winter Maintenance service along with policy reviews, updates and implementation.• Winter Maintenance Duty Manager - Decision making and policy preparation• Delivering sustainable improvement projects within scope, agreed frameworks and within budget across Highways and Landscape and other public realm services• Delivering a Highway and Landscape Maintenance service within budget, clearly defined and evidenced priorities• Project sponsor and board member for a number of corporate projects across the local authority – reengineering of systems and processes from customer contact to closure of request• Delivery of Section 106 agreed projects with local partnership agreement and negotiation• Management of over £10 million in revenue budgets and additional capital project budgets• Working with stakeholders internal, external and at boardroom level to obtain ‘buy in’, financial inputand objective setting across agencies• Budget management, forecasting, profiling and SAP finance controls• Operating projects across the local authority including projects across people, services and localities• Managing strategic visions, policy and business delivery changes where needed• Producing reports outside projects to support decisions for senior members, officers and directors Show less • Managing and delivering projects (prince2 standards) within scope, agreed frameworks and budget• Operating projects across the local authority including projects across people, services and localities• Managing and producing project plans and documentation to support key decisions• Managing department budget• Identifying new projects within directorate• Producing reports outside projects to support key decisions for senior members, officers and directors• Understanding and developing budget profiling data, analysis of peaks and trends Show less

  • Highways Programme and Finance Manager (incl Schemes and Adoptions Management)

    Mar 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Neighbourhood Manager (Highways)

    Jan 2010 - Apr 2014

  • Project Manager (Public Realm - Highways)

    Jul 2008 - Jan 2010

  • MK Council - Various Public Realm & Highways Roles

    Sept 1995 - Jul 2008
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  Ringway

  Feb 2016 - now

  Leadership of the Milton Keynes Term Service Contract team ensuring delivery of Highway Maintenance, Street Lighting Maintenance, Winter Maintenance, Annual Capital delivery programme including road safety and improvement schemes, resurfacing, footways, structures, signing and lining. • Budget responsibility for Circa £350m, overall contract value• Effective and efficient leadership of all direct and subcontractor resources including CDM compliance.• Manage and lead a multi disciplined team including, Contract, Commercial, Business, and operational Managers, Supervisors, designers and Programme Managers to ensuring all works achieve performance targets and high level of client satisfaction• Proactively engage in all NEC Contract Methods and processes in a collaborative approach• Ensure all operational teams perform in line with HSEI requirements, ensure productivity and quality targets• Ensure Business Unit teams provide accurate weekly costs and value using bespoke software• Schemes brief, design approval and development lead for all Term Service Contract disciplines.• Leadership of all Term Service direct and indirect staff to ensure a fully compliant, continuously improving service• Lead all teams to ensure client and commercial opportunities are achieved Show less Overall accountability for delivery of the Milton Keynes Term Service Contract including delivery of Highway Maintenance, Street Lighting Maintenance, Winter Maintenance, Annual Capital delivery programme including road safety and improvement schemes, resurfacing, footways, structures, signing and lining. • Overall revenue responsibility of up to 20 million.• Effective and efficient management of all direct and subcontractor resources including CDM compliance.• Manage a multi disciplined team including, Contract Managers, Assistant Contract Managers, Supervisors, designers and Programme Managers to ensuring all works achieve performance targets and high level of client satisfaction• Proactively engage in the NEC Contract Methods and processes in a collaborative approach• Schemes brief, design approval and development lead for all Term Service Contract disciplines.• Leadership of all Term Service direct and indirect staff to ensure a fully compliant, continuously improving service Show less • Overall accountability for delivery of Schemes across the Milton Keynes term service contract including resurfacing, footways, structures, signing and lining. overall revenue responsibility of up to 15 million. • Effective and efficient management of all direct and subcontractor resources including CDM compliance.• Manage a multi disciplined team including, Assistant Contract Manager, supervisors, designers and Programme Manager to ensuring all works achieve performance targets and high level of client satisfaction• Proactively engage in the NEC 3 Contract Methods and processes• Ensure all operational teams perform in line with productivity and quality targets• Provide accurate weekly costs and value using bespoke software• Scheme brief, design approval and development lead for schemes across all scheme disciplines.• Significant management of employee and supply chain training and health and safety matters.• Delivery of wider commercial opportunities• Successfully delivered a programme of works following a DFT challenge fund bid of over 3.9m.• Delivery of the new V4 Underpass at Whitehouse roundabout in Milton Keynes Show less

  • Business Unit Manager

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Operations Manager

    Jan 2021 - Oct 2023

  • Contract Manager (Schemes)

    Feb 2016 - Aug 2021