Alasdair McDowall

Seeking career development in field of facility, property or technical sectors. Continuous employment since starting work life with no absence issues. Extensive experience in dealing with customers and the public in differing situations both formal and informal. Large collective of manual skills and technical knowledge across several trades and working environments. Aware of time and working constraints and able to meet deadlines without reducing overall quality of finish and content.

Mobile Fabric Technician - Skanska UK - Edinburgh

(2023-07)

Covering Edinburgh council stock properties. Working as a mobile Fabric Engineer PPM and Reactive fire doors and building reports and corrective actions.

Mobile Fabric Maintenance Operative - Enertech FM - Scotland

(2022-11 - 2023-07)

Servicing commercial and housing properties with PPM and Reactive works covering Scotland.

Mobile Maintenance Operative - Pebbles Care - Scotland

(2021-05 - 2022-11)

Worked in mobile maintenance covering Scotland childrens' homes and schools.

• Planned and reactive maintenance to fire doors (including new door and frame install with all door furnishings locks and closers)
• Building fabric and external fencing maintenance
• PAT testing
• Interior decoration
• Patch plaster repair
• Minor plumbing works

Mobile Maintenance Operative - Emtec FS - Scotland

(2019-09 - 2021-05)

Worked in mostly commercial sector, planned and reactive maintenance.

• Water hygiene legionella
• Fire doors
• Fabric and HVAC clean and maintenance

Mobile Maintenance Operative - Totalis Solutions

(2019-04 - 2019-09)

Carrying out planned and reactive works for mostly bars and restaurants.

• Door maintenance
• Groundworks
• Pest control
• Painting and decoration
• Minor refurbishments

Maintenance Operative - Capital Document Solutions

(2018-11 - 2019-04)

Covering 4 sites responsible for projects, maintenance and ensuring compliance measures such as LOLER and FGas regulations for all properties.

• Familiar with SharePoint and Excel database to populate compliance records

Mobile Small Repairs Assistant - Care and Repair West Lothian - West Lothian

(2017-09 - 2018-11)

• Installation of keysafes, grab rails and lowering of thresholds
• Small repairs and handyman tasks from plumbing to changing locks or adjusting doors
• Fitting bathroom accessories or curtain poles
• Refer to other services as need arises (e.g., falls assessment or fire safety check)
• Van maintenance and stock level management

Facilities Maintenance Operative - Local High School

(2009-01 - 2017-09)

Working in facilities maintenance in PFI high school with 9 years of experience.

• Reactive and pre-defined building fabric maintenance including tiling, plastering, painting, joinery, fire door maintenance, ironmongery and pushbar systems
• Plumbing fitting replacements and blockages and leaks
• Room setup and liaising with teacher and public let customers
• Weekly testing and reporting of water temperatures and little use running (legionella)
• Emergency lighting systems testing and bulb and battery replacement
• Fire testing, sprinkler testing, meter reading and monitoring of building plant systems
• Use of and burning images from CCTV
• Use of and maintenance for security magnetic lock systems and key card access software
• Swimming pool plant maintenance and water chemical treatment and swimming pool floating floor management

Multi-skilled Operative, Custom Care - Barratt Homes

(2007-10 - 2009-07)

Multi-skilled building fabric repair operative carrying out snagging works of new build properties and assisting contractor trades on unfinished sites.

• Joinery roughing to finishing (e.g., shuttering of cement works, boxing in pipework, fitting doors, door furnishings and locks, skirtings, facings, shelving)
• Kitchen and bathroom unit assembly, fitting shower screens, bath panels and window panes
• Ceramic tiling from start to finish, patching, taping, plastering of dry wall
• Painting (emulsion and gloss)
• Replacing and pointing brickwork
• Minor screeding-grouting, mastic sealing application
• Bath showers and externals
• Plumbing, tightening of traps and changing dripping tap seals

Home Garden Maintenance and Home Improvement Services - Self-employed

(2006-04 - 2007-10)

Ran own business offering home garden maintenance and home improvement services, full time for predominantly domestic and some commercial work.

Designer/Sample Maker - Design/Sample Making Company

(1985-11 - 1994-03)

First job worked and trained as a Designer/Sample Maker with 9 years experience in workshop design and sample making.

• Interpreted technical drawings and produced working samples in polystyrene
• Gained experience in using industrial machinery, including table drills, hotwires, and band saws, working to small tolerances
• Tested samples through in-house and customer requested patterns

Diploma - Mental Health Nursing - Napier University (1994-01 - 1997-01)

O grades - English, Arithmetic, Art and Design, Craft and Design

Higher - Craft and Design