Andy Barton

Experience

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  U.K

  Aug 1984 - Feb 1991

  Design Technician \ Draft Apprentice

  U.K.A.E.A. provided the design arm of the UK's nuclear industry.Key Achievements:4 year draft apprenticeship - award winner in second year.Survey and design of concrete and steel structures.Design and production of concrete and steelwork detailed drawings, via hand and CAD.

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  Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, Warrington

  Feb 1991 - May 1995

  Design Engineer

  RPT were a multi discipline engineering company, with projects across the UK and overseas.Key Achievements:Survey and design of mobile telecom sites for Orange PCS Ltd.Management of contractors pre and post contract award on behalf of Orange PCS Ltd.Survey, design and site management for the restoration of historic monuments in Wales on behalf of CADW.

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  Orange PCS Ltd

  May 1995 - Jan 2001

  Construction Project Manager

  Orange became the U.K.'s 4th mobile network in 1994 and continued to build what was, at the time, the fastest growing network in the UK.Key Achievements:Managing the delivery of new build and site share cell sites across the Orange Northern regions. Successfully delivering multiple cell sites against monthly, quarterly and annual targets.Successfully managing multiple contractors and designers to ensure projects were completed to stringent in house time, cost and quality criteria.Responsible for all budgetary aspects of the construction phase of the rollout. Proactively driving the quality and health & safety requirements to ensure risks were minimised. Show less

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  Spectrasite Transco Ltd

  Jan 2001 - Nov 2001

  National Programme Manager

  Spectrasite Transco managed the infrastructure on behalf of Transco, providing infrastructure for all 5 mobile companies across the UK.Key Achievements:Forming and developing a team tasked with the end to end life cycle of cell deployment onto Spectrasite infrastructure.Client facing role, reporting to regional delivery teams within Orange regional offices across the UK.Responsible for monthly, quarterly and annual forecasting and delivering against set targets.Mentoring of team members, including periodic reviews, motivating, disciplinary actions and team bonding. Show less

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  Crown Castle UK Ltd

  Nov 2001 - Jan 2004

  Crown Castle managed telecom and broadcast sites across the U.K., providing infrastructure for all 5 mobile companies plus the BBC.Key Achievements:Forming and developing a team tasked with the design, build and integration of 3rd party equipment onto Crown Castle owned infrastructure.Delivering against clients monthly and annual targets.Generating monthly forecast and "achieved v target" reports for submission to regional and national stakeholders, both in house and for clients.Mentoring of team members, including periodic reviews, motivating, disciplinary actions and team bonding. Show less Key Achievements:Cultivating a successful partnership with regional delivery teams at a major network provider.Forming and developing in house teams responsible for the end to end delivery of cell deployment on Crown Castle owned infrastructure on behalf of the client.Generating monthly forecast and "achieved v target" reports for submission to regional and national stakeholders, both in house and for clients.Client facing, reporting to regional delivery teams at client regional H.Q. Show less

  • Area Rollout Manager

    Nov 2002 - Jan 2004

  • Area Programme Manager

    Nov 2001 - Nov 2002
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  3 Ireland

  Jan 2005 - Jul 2006

  Network Rollout Manager

  Seconded from BT Ireland and acting as clients' agent, I was the national manager responsible for the delivery phase of Ireland's first 100% 3G mobile network.Key Achievements:Building and managing teams tasked with the design, build and integration of the network infrastructure across Ireland.Responsible for delivering against clients' monthly, quarterly and annual targets.Client facing, providing weekly updates on progress in written and verbal form.Engaged on site inspection, ensuring all aspects of design and health & safety criteria were met. Show less

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  Mott MacDonald Ltd

  Jul 2006 - Sept 2010

  Regional Delivery Manager

  The Firelink project was tasked with delivering a new TETRA WAN to the Fire and Rescue Services across the U.K. Sponsored by the Dept., for Communities and Local Government, the project is part of a £1Billion investment in the fire service by central government. As Regional Delivery Manager, I was successful in delivering the project at a regional level to London Fire Brigade, the third largest fire service in the world.Key Achievements:Cultivating a pragmatic and forward thinking team that delivered the installation of digital communication equipment to LFB's entire fleet of 350+ vehicles, on time and with no impact on operations.Delivering a bespoke control room solution with minimal impact on brigade operational capabilities.Acting as Single Point of Contact for CLG (client), LFB (end user) and the principle contractor.Representing the interests of the Firelink national project at a regional and FRS level, providing expert advice on project issues and contractual constraints to the Regional Project Board Chair.Managing Risks, Issues and Change Control at regional level to ensure minimal impact on FRS operations and to maintain project continuity.Production and implementation of the design review and acceptance process for the project.Production and implementation of the Lessons Learned \ Best Practice process for the project. Show less

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  GallifordTry Telecoms

  Sept 2010 - Nov 2023

  HS&S / Project Manager

  Project Manager for a very busy Telecoms ADC business unit within a large, multi disciplinary organisation. Responsibilities include day to day management of the delivery of telecom cell site build, upgrade and decommissioning, managing both internal team members and external suppliers in a client facing role all aspects of Health, Safety, Sustainability and Welfare, investigation and reporting of all incidents and accidents, site inspection and safety auditing, management of Business Unit Quality processes and standards in conjunction with wider group standards and "on boarding" of suppliers via Builders Profile. I also provide structured and ad hoc HS&S advice to both internal and external stakeholders, liaise with clients and client governance suppliers and provide training to internal teams on various aspects of HS&S. Managing a small team of internal HS&S coordinators, the team strive to ensure all internal and external stakeholders are up to date on all aspects of HS&S and Quality and thus compliant with legislation and company standards. Show less

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  GallifordTry Digital Infrastructure

  Apr 2023 - now

  Senior Project Manager