Alan Kavanagh CDCMP

Experience

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  Crescent Communications Ltd

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2005

  Director
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  Electro Automation Ltd

  Apr 2003 - Mar 2005

  Services Manager
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  Darjac Technical Services Ltd

  Apr 2005 - Oct 2015

  Operations Director Darjac Technical Services

  We offered a complete installation and property maintenance solution to the retail, commercial & private sectors. We also offered full internal & external building maintenance & repairs throughout the country. Our maintenance & installation departments had personnel available for Electrical, Fire Alarms, Emergency Lighting, Portable Appliance Testing & Planned Preventative Maintenance. We also had dedicated teams to carry out our shop fitting & office fit out projects. We offered Complete Property Maintenance Solutions & fit out services for the Retail & Commercial sectors throughout Ireland. We specialised in providing services in the following areas:• Fire alarm installation, testing and certification to standard.(IS 3218).• Emergency lighting installation, testing and certification to standard (IS 3217). • Tailored Maintenance packages.• Thermal Imaging on Electrical Distribution Boards.• Fixed wire testing and certification (as per ECSSA & ETCI recommendations) Through our dedication and constant search for improvement we prided ourselves on adding value to our clients. so that we could ensure that we represented our clients in a Professional, Courteous and Seamless manner.The following are some of the companies that are among our portfolio of clients. • O Dwyer Property Management.• Kelloggs Ireland.• Impulse Products.• Misys. Show less

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  CB Electrical

  Oct 2015 - Apr 2016

  Contracts Manager

  I was involved in the day to day running of an electrical contracting firm with a strong emphasis on FM. This involved meeting with clients, producing competitive quotations, ordering materials, organising labour forces and working within budgets.Ensuring the smooth and professional running of installations and preventative maintenance contracts. Liaising with the customer on a daily basis to ensure that a high level of customer care and relations is maintained. To liaise between the Management and the Installation Staff under my supervision.I supervised and allocated labour to complete the following tasks:• Inspection of distribution boards, outlets, appliances and fixtures.• Making sure that all light fittings are functioning correctly and that lamps get replaced as required and disposed of properly. • Making sure that all life safety systems such as emergency lighting and fire alarm were compliant with current statutory requirements.• Making sure that all emergency power systems such as UPS’s and power generators were functioning correctly.These services were provided on the following sites and Clients:• Connolly Station, Iarnrod Eireann.• Hueston Station, Iarnrod Eireann.• Broadstone Bus Depot, SIAC.• DunLaoghaire/Rathdown CC, KN Networks. Show less

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  Structuretone

  Jun 2016 - Mar 2018

  Technical Service Manager

  My role with Structuretone involved the following:• I was responsible for overseeing the Mechanical and Electrical services installations, that the installations were on schedule and ensuring the highest quality and health & safety standards.• For conducting the weekly TSM coordination meetings. These meetings are held with the relevant M&E contractors and regular minutes are kept which are circulated as required.• Liasioning with clients, consultants, subcontractors and suppliers.• Monitoring M & E works documents and shop drawing coordination.• Maintaining and updating the variation & submittal logs.• Carry out checks to ensure that there are no discrepancies between project drawings and technical specifications.• Ensuring that the installation and commissioning works are managed in accordance with the relevant quality procedures.I also developed and managed the following:• M&E Commissioning Plan.• M&E Commissioning Quality.• M&E Commissioning Schedule.• Records & Preparation of O&M Manuals. Show less

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  John Paul Construction

  Mar 2018 - Aug 2018

  Senior Services Coordinator

  My role involved the following: • Coordinate and control the services information flow from the design team.• Set out, maintain and report on Services Design Information Requests. • Engage with the design team to overcome any problems or issues that arise during construction. • Liaise with the site management to ensure the smooth running and management of the project.• Liaise with design team members if required to establish suitable inspection times prior to works being covered up and progress ancillary certification with sub-contractors to ensure notification deadlines are made in line with requirements.• Review services design drawings, specification and provide feedback on design.• Review subcontractor submittals and work proposals.• Coordinate services drawings/design/specification approval process.• Implementation and coordination of specialist subcontractor design.• Coordination of the equipment technical information.• Value engineering of design and systems.• Coordination of on-site installations.• Overseeing quality assurance checks.• Obtain, review, record commissioning and balancing reports including system certification.• Manage design team and subcontractor related meetings.• Liaise with statutory service providers. Show less

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  Dunnes Stores

  Aug 2018 - Nov 2019

  Senior Building Services Engineer

  My role responsibilities were as follows:• Responsibility for management of assigned building services categories across the estate. These include electrical, mechanical, refrigeration, lifts, escalators and sprinkler systems.• Produce written specifications for assigned areas of Building Services for new installations through to re-vamps, maintenance and repairs.• Ensure that all necessary maintenance contracts are in good order and up to date at all times.• Manage the day to day repair issues and monitor contractor performance.• Prepare capital programs for the upgrade and the replacement of existing building services.• Prepare budgets for annual expenditure on repairs, maintenance and capital projects.• Manage all projects through for approval to completion, ensuring that programs are met, budgets achieved and quality is maintained.• Work with other internal departments on cross functional projects. Appoint and manage external teams as required.• Ensure that all projects are adequately resourced.• Advise on legislative duties and responsibilities and ensure compliance with same at all times. Show less

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  CBRE

  Nov 2019 - Jun 2021

  Data Centre Critical Facilities Manager

  My Key Responsibilities were as follows: Develop, mentor and manage the Critical Environments team on the contract.Manage and develop a professional relationship with the client representatives to create a positive customer experience. Conduct Post-Incident and Root Cause Analysis reviews and communicate lessons learned to the client & CBRE teams.Be the main point of contact during significant events or multi-discipline technical escalations occurring on site 24/7.Development and management of all operational procedures and Drills within the Data Center.Full financial responsibility for the budget spend.Preparation and ownership of all monthly forecasting and billing documentation for the Data Center.Responsible for the preparation of the CE data required for all reports and meetings for the Data Center.Promote collaboration and co-operation of efforts from CBRE CE teams at all levels.Manage team’s efficiency and performance, develop efficiencies and innovations that benefit the client and CBRE.Ensure that appropriate training plans are identified and carry performance reviews so that career progression is identified.Motivate and develop a successful team by setting achievable targets, promoting accountability and sharing of information, provide constructive feedback, encourage new ideas and aligning priorities within the critical domain.Ensure Data Centre coverage is maintained for 24/7 operations.Ensure both the clients and CBRE’s, Quality, Health, Safety and Environment policies and processes are effectively implemented across both CBRE and subcontractors’ activities.Manage all annual maintenance service contracts within budgets and all contracts are accurately captured within the financial forecasting and technical planning documentation for the Data CenterManage all subcontractor’s projects and break fix repairs within the data Center. Ensure all accounts and documentation associated with these subcontractors are current and up to date. Show less

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  DATALEC PRECISION INSTALLATIONS LIMITED

  Jul 2021 - now

  • To support new business leads and establish key relationships with the existing and new client base and other external and internal key stakeholders.• Lead and development of the growth of DPI with a focus on Ireland and Europe.• Lead and manage all customer relation and follow business process through to ensuring pricing, order placement, delivery and execution sign off and project handover. • To support the production for bid and tender information enabling the business to accurately estimate cost new opportunities.• Design & Installation and lead the project for various clients.• To ensure that necessary company project specific processes and procedures are used while looking for efficiencies and improvements to increase customer satisfaction. • To ensure provision of timely and accurate customer project reporting and maintain quality standards as well as implementing corrective actions to meet the high-quality standards. • To lead and motivate field teams, motivating resource pool and any subcontractors staff to deliver the project and successful and resolving and supporting with technical issues and information where necessary.• To support and coordination all aspects of the project documentation systems from initiation to handover and close procedures. • To ensure that all aspects of the compliance and H & S are always adhered too. • To demonstrate leadership, driving a culture of continual improvement to achieve our vision and achieving the business objectives Show less

  • Country Manager Ireland

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Project Director

    Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

  • Operations Manager

    Jul 2021 - Jan 2023