Neil Hawthorne TechIOSH

Experience

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  British Army

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  Training Instructor and Mentor

  Responsible for the delivery of a structured training programme to new Army recruits, on order to reach the required standard for further progression in the induction process.Instrumental in the moral development of young workers in the core values and standards of the British Army and society as a whole.Catalyst in the physical development of new Army recruits to the physical standards required for output into the operational arena.Instrumental in the recovery and rehabilitation of injured recruits to enable them to return to full training in the shortest possible time to ensure the organisation continued to function with maximum value.Achievement - Achieved an individual award in recognition of having reached the highest possible standard in recruit instruction and mentoring. Show less

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  British Army

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2010

  Organised numerous overseas deployments to the USA, Canada, Iraq and mainland Europe which required the international clearance for personnel and equipment.Managed Operations Cells whilst deployed on overseas locations including Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Responsible for the accurate allocation of aircraft, vehicles and personnel to a variety of tasks. Working with limited human resources, re organised work scheduling by closing down non productive activities and redeploying resource to more productive areas. 12% increase in resource in required areas. Responsible for large and expensive G4 accounts which were critical for the successful operation of the organisation. Achievement - Successfully instigated new working procedures for an area within the workplace that had been the cause of one serious accident and had also been the cause of dissatisfaction within the workforce.Responsible for the supply and demand of consumables and materials for an organisation of 80 personnel.Allocation of living and working accommodation and management of all the associated facilities. Overall supervision of all health and safety matters and the maintenance of a building fire safety plan and the maintenance of all fire fighting equipment.Administered an equipment scaling plan which ensured that the required stores and equipment were in the correct location, in the required quantities at the required time. Achievement - Developed a LEAN RIE centralisation plan to remove unnecessary duplication of tasks. This produced greater availability of assets and reduced the labour bill by over 50%. Show less Responsible for the design of a training programme to develop leadership. The aim was to unlock potential in junior managers and team leaders and to be able to identify individuals for the succession of the plan.Identified unsafe working practices that had potentially lethal ramifications and successfully produced a working solution with minimal disruption to operational output.Canvassed departments within the company for feedback on training courses, in order to evaluate the current training provision. This resulted in greater customer satisfaction and the removal of outdated or irrelevant subjects along with explaining misconceived perceptions on others.Organised and executed a number of overseas training events which involved the movement o f stores and personnel to various locations such as Germany, Canada and the USA. Achievement - Reduced staff turnover over a 2 year period by 40% through focusing the team on employee engagement. Interventions included career development discussions, training and regular one to one meetings. Show less

  • Senior Logistics Manager

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  • Senior Training Manager

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
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  British Army

  Aug 2010 - Mar 2013

  Senior Operations and Facilities Manager

  Senior posistion within the organistation. Responsibilities include security, health and safety, fire managment, training, subordinate development and facilities management. Communication between the workforce and the senior management was key to its success. Responsible for the moral and wellbeing of all employees at all times.

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  Openreach

  Mar 2013 - Oct 2014

  Engineer

  Field engineers install and maintain the physical network wiring from the telephone exchange into end users' premises. This is regardless of which telecoms provider is actually selling the service to the end-user. Openreach installs, services, supports and maintains the wiring, fibres and connections which link tens of millions of homes and businesses in Britain to their Communications Providers' networks. Openreach works on behalf of 400+ service providers in the UK. These companies hire Openreach to install/repair/provide a working service to anywhere within the UK. Show less

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  Victoria Hall Management Ltd

  Oct 2014 - Oct 2016

  Hall Manager

  • Implementing and planning all essential operations such as marketing, reactive and planned maintenance, lettings, reception, security, cleaning, waste disposal and recycling, all health and safety requirements.• Coordinating and leading a number of teams to cover various areas of responsibility, using performance management techniques to monitor and demonstrate achievement of agreed service levels and to lead on improvement.• Liaising with all stakeholders including tenants, students union, university accommodations services, local policing teams and organisations such as Unipol/ANUK, ASRA, UCAS and Coventry City Council. Responding appropriately to emergencies or urgent issues as they arise, including changes in legislation. • Calculating and comparing costs for required goods or services to achieve maximum value for money, managing budgets, monitoring cash flow and P&L. • Preparing documents to put out tenders for contractors, project management and supervising and coordinating work of contractors, Investigating availability and suitability of options for new premises.• Strategic and project planning for current refurbishments and future developments in line with strategic business objectives, managing and leading change to ensure minimum disruption to core activities.• Improving customer service through the delivery of quality managed services. Show less

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  Host.

  Oct 2016 - now

  National Health and Safety Manager

  Responsible for providing advice and guidance to key stake holders in relation to all Health & Safety matters and building services in an FM capacity.