Plant Attendant at Mese/NMOL (2022-01 – Present)
- Loading and unloading of vehicles
- Keeping the plant clean and hazard free
- Complying with all health and safety requirements set on site
- Help out wherever required
- Liase with our regular drivers to keep fly ash and bottom ash removed from site
- Fill out correct paperwork for waste transfer off site
Yard Manager at H Brown & Son (Recycling) Ltd (2020-10 – 2021-12)
- Running a very busy recycling yard looking after the daily activities on site including organising workload and drivers to ensure a smooth daily operation on site
- Also responsible for all aspects of health and safety on site
- Managed staff performance, undertaking regular appraisals and providing on-the-job feedback
- Supervised, hired, trained and developed all yard operatives and drivers
- Kept yard neat, tidy and hazard-free to keep staff and customers safe
Yard Manager at Ashbrook Plant Hire (2019-03 – 2020-10)
- Looking after the day to day operations of a very busy plant hire yard
- Looking after health and safety on site as well as all aspects of the running of the site
- Supervised, hired, trained and developed all yard operatives and drivers
- Delivered staff training sessions on customer service, manual handling and safe movement of goods within the yard
- Managed pre-delivery operations, ensuring vehicles were inspected for correct orders and safely loaded
- Managed staff performance, undertaking regular appraisals and providing on-the-job feedback
- Kept yard neat, tidy and hazard-free to keep staff and customers safe
Quarry Manager at Tarmac (2003-09 – 2019-03)
- Responsible for the daily running of the quarry
- Health and safety, dealing with contractors as well as risk assessment safe systems of work permits etc
- Continuous improvement, production planning kpi
- Managed the development of the quarry annual plan and budgets, completing within set deadlines
- Supervised and managed all employees and contractor personnel working in quarries, with safety as the key priority
- Managed the quarry development plan with consideration for geological conditions and commercial requirements
- Ensured teams met production targets within the timescales and cost restraints to meet customer demands
- Ensured work carried out in the quarry was risk assessed and safe-working procedures were in place before starting tasks
- Continuously motivated, developed and trained the quarry personnel to ensure they continue to meet the competency requirements
- Supervised staff selection, training and performance, evaluating employee knowledge and skill in extraction and excavation for highly-skilled workforce
- Liaised with other managers in establishing production quotas, planning extraction sites and crafting policies for removal of raw materials
- Established and managed emergency procedures, instituting measures during crises for improved worker health and safety
Supervisor at Cookson Plantpak (1993-03 – 2003-09)
- Ensured orders were met to correct standards
- Setting up of machinery
- Tool box talks
- Kept good knowledge of and complied with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at all times
- Scheduled and recorded bookings for construction machinery, equipment and tools
- Kept strong knowledge of health and safety policies and guidelines to keep other staff and customers safe
Dairy Herdsman at Jepsons (1988-06 – 1993-03)
- On a dairy cattle farm doing all types of farming
