Experience

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  Great yarmouth borough council

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1994

  Trainee technician
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  Associated british ports - lowestoft

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  Engineering technician

  Planned maintenance of all port structures and facilities, including roads, quays, mooring structures and buildings. Design and supervision of capital schemes such as resurfacing, marine and land structure demolitions and diving contracts. Project Engineer for Grimsby office for marine demolitions and warehouse constructions. Safety Officer responsible for diving and port operations such as heavy cranes and module loadings.

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  Fdrc

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Assitant engineer
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  Waveney district council

  Apr 2002 - Jan 2005

  Development control engineer

  Safety Officer responsible for monitoring Health and Safety, planning supervision for highway schemes, including footpaths and night time works.

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  Broads authority

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Rivers engineer

  Project managed £500k maintenance dredging and £100k capital works. These were completed on time and within budget, with due regard for current Health and Safety legislation and good practice guidance. Also provided engineering, safety and navigation advice, to internal departments and the public.

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  Breckland district council

  Apr 2006 - Nov 2006

  Drainage engineer

  Responsibility to ensure that all land drainage and flooding queries were investigated and remedial measures put into place as quickly as possible. The role was mainly advisory and required effective negotiation between landowners and third parties. I also evaluated planning permissions for land drainage and SUDS.

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  Waveney district council- drainage and coast protection

  Nov 2006 - Dec 2007

  Project engineer

  Capital and maintenance schemes of value £250k and £4 million. Works included new quay reconstruction, stabilisation of a promenade wall and investigations into engineering options for the harbour wall at Southwold. For each scheme I was also the CDM Coordinator and budget manager. I was also responsible for a number of maintenance schemes for coast protection structures and land drainage issues.

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  City college, university of york europe campus

  Jan 2008 - Sept 2008

  Technical and professional
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  Waterman international

  Sept 2008 - Oct 2010

  Country manager ukraine, georgia, central and eastern europe

  business development in Ukraine and Georgia for all structural, civil and mep engineering. Local management of projects and coordination of contractors and sub-consultants.

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  Meinhardt (hong kong)

  Feb 2011 - Feb 2012

  Country manager ukraine, georgia, central asia

  Business development in Ukraine and Georgia. Negotiation of contracts. Effective marketing of Meinhardt to private industry and public bodies. Management of local staff, sub consultants and contractors.

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  Medved engineering ltd

  Nov 2011 - Oct 2014

  Director

  Civil and infrastructure engineering consultancy offering project management, surveying, inspections and project supervision. Specialist in Ukraine and Georgia. Working with Hill International to provide cost and project management services in Ukraine to reduce financial risk.

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  Halcrow

  Nov 2011 - Sept 2012

  Senior river engineer

  Did development, project management, site supervision.

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  Nwg (northumbrian water group)

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Project acceptance engineer

  Commissioning engineer and technical management of projects such as new offices, building refurbishment, civil infrastructure, dredging, river structures etc

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  Nwg (northumbrian water group)

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2014

  Project acceptance engineer

  Ensuring civil engineering and construction works meet the high standards for acceptance.Commissioning and handover of projects to the end user client. Managing the technical, performance, quality and safety aspects of numerous and varied Water Treatment projects such as storage/wash-water tanks, demolitions, chemical dosing refurbishments, major new builds, dredging, erosion control, reservoir works, different piling forms etc. Team approach to ensure highest level of professional input from specialist engineering and operational disciplines. Show less

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  Canham consulting

  Oct 2014 - Jul 2016

  Project management of civil and structural engineering schemes from conception to handover.Business development primarily in East Anglia and East Midlands.Team management.Due to flexibility our service can be delivered effectively anywhere in UK.Retains a watching brief in Ukraine and other areas of Eastern Europe. Start up of new office covering the Midlands. Business Development and negotiating contracts. Project management and contract administration of major projects. Advising on CDM and construction safety.

  • Project Manager

    Oct 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Regional Manager-Midlands

    Oct 2014 - Jul 2016
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  The coal authority

  Aug 2016 - Jan 2020

  Commercial manager

  Coal and metal mining affects millions and remediating its impacts can be costly. At the Coal Authority we are using our skills in mining remediation to provide sustainable engineering solutions that add value to a development, are practical and beneficial. We offer this service across the UK and internationally.We are also looking at ways of turning our mining legacy into profitable commercial ventures such as using heat from mine water, energy storage in mine shafts and utilising hydro, my role is to implement these innovations.As the Commercial Manager in the Public Safety and Subsidence team I have been effective in promoting our engineering and project management services across the UK and have successfully won a number of schemes including extinguishing a major coal fire in Scotland where we acted as both project manager and site supervisor. My role is divided evenly between business development and project delivery and in both I have been effective in winning and managing projects.Contact me to discuss your mining operations or development needs:[email protected] Show less

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  Turner & townsend

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2023

  Senior project manager
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  Gleeds

  Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

  Associate director
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  Arc partnership

  Aug 2023 - now

  Senior project manager