Mike Jenkins

Experience

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  NDSS Ltd

  Jun 2008 - Mar 2014

  Supervisor

  Working during summer festival season. Responsible for leading the security team at large scale festival campsites and full sites of smaller festivals. Also experienced logistics work with the company.

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  PCF Print Management Ltd

  May 2013 - Jul 2013

  Junior Software Developer

  Designing and developing for Windows Mobile using .Net Framework and C#. Custom software based on the needs of the client. Involved mostly in the development and testing of stock control systems, taking control of the Graphical User Interface designing for handheld devices. Job involved face to face meetings with clients and on site installs of software.

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  Showsec

  Mar 2014 - Jan 2019

  Responsible for my own venues, clients and contracts worth over £350,000. Taking up operational responsibility for security at events within venues and at green field sites. Worked my way through the company from steward level through SIA and Supervisor training, and successfully completed the company's 9 month Management Development Program. Notable highlights:Head of Security - Cardiff University Students' Union, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Bristol O2 AcademySecurity Co-Ordinator - Creamfields, Bestival, Camp Bestival, Wireless, Kasabian Victoria Park Show less

  • Supervisor

    Apr 2008 - Jan 2019

  • Operations Executive

    Mar 2014 - Apr 2015
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  Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd

  Sept 2020 - Oct 2022

  Responsible for a shift team of Campus Patrol Officers, managing rotas, team leave, training schedules and all administrative requirements of the shift along with ensuring all staff were briefed with up-to-date information.Position demanded careful distribution of staffing resources across the University estate and residential sites. Required to make final security related decisions daily, particularly during night shifts when I was the senior figure on university grounds. Developed and managed procedure documents for CCTV and Safezone to campus patrol officers across all shifts. Show less A secondment position on a project providing a unique service with an extremely short time scale that allowed students and staff to return to campus safely. Planned and delivered the sample collection processes for the University’s award winning COVID-19 screening service. Managed several sites where asymptomatic staff and students provided regular saliva samples to be tested for COVID-19. Responsible for writing risk assessments and full standard operating procedures, along with procurement and delivery of stock across multiple sites across the campus. The role also included the recruitment, training, and management of a team of full time and casual workers. Developed interdepartmental relationships to facilitate the smooth running of the service. The service received the ‘Exceptional Enhancement of Staff Wellbeing’ award at the 2022 Celebrating Excellence University awards. Show less

  • Campus Patrol Supervisor

    Jul 2016 - Oct 2022

  • COVID 19 Screening Service - Sample Collection Manager

    Sept 2020 - Jun 2022
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  Titan Risk Management Ltd

  Jun 2022 - Oct 2023

  Crowd Manager

  Crowd manager at some of the biggest beach festivals in the world -Secret Project Festival, Afronation and Rolling Loud in Portimao, Portugal.Responsible for monitoring crowd dynamics across the event - ingress, egress, and circulation of customersaround the festival site, identifying and resolving potential crowd flowissues. Working with local security, police, civil authorities, and eventproduction teams to ensure a safe event. Provide management support at UK festivals & Events including - Leeds Festival, Houghton Festival, Slam Dunk North, Huddersfield HERD & Warwick Caslt Show less

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  ESM Operations Ltd

  Oct 2022 - Mar 2023

  F1 Concerts. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (December 2021, March 2022 & March 2023) – Front of Stage/Golden Circle Security Manager.Responsible for training and mentoring local security managers and supervisors, deploying, and overseeing the stewarding and security team of over 200 and the operation at the front of stage and golden circle areas, including secondary barrier and golden circle entrances. Involved with logistics operation - ensuring local teams were correctly accredited, signed in and issued appropriate equipmentMDLBeast Soundstorm. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (December 2021) – Security Control on event days, producing detailed and accurate occurrence log and liaising with all festival stakeholders within a fast-paced control room environment. Management support for build phase security prior to event days. Overseeing multiple deployments, logistics and administration support to ensure accurate timesheets, and production of pre-event documentation for event days. This role also involved a full perimeter report for the site, highlighting access and gate issues, evacuation routes, and full snag list.Formula E After Race Concerts. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (January 2022) – Front of Stage/Front of House Security Manager. – An opportunity to share knowledge, experience and train a team who had limited English language skills to be able to deliver the concerts at a world-renowned sporting event. Show less Operational responsibility for front of stage, stage, and backstage areas during the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Involved during planning stages prior to event opening. Wrote and delivered training sessions for over 100 people including the Ministry of Interior, Medical teams and other stakeholders on the theory and practical understanding of operating a live front of stage area. This included a one-hour presentation delivered in both English and Arabic, as well as barrier exercises with the operational team – including regular refreshers across the course of the event to ensure a professional team was on display for one of the largest sporting events in the world. Show less

  • Security Manager

    Nov 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Crowd Manager - FIFA Fan Festival

    Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
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  Arena Europe, Middle East & Asia

  Oct 2023 - now

  Overlay Manager