Charlotte Shaw

Since 2017 Charlotte joined the house building industry and successfully transferred her skill set to the industry. Charlotte was responsible for 18 development sites ranging from 50 to 500 plots around the Yorkshire and Midlands regions and ensured that her engineering requirements provided a betterment to the key date targets of each site. She has demonstrated she can liaise with Yorkshire water and the Local Authority to gain technical approval on S38, S278, S104 and S185 approvals.

Charlotte has proven experience working with internal departments by producing comprehensive feasibility studies for the Land department, assisting with value engineering for the commercial department as well as assisting with construction and sales queries. Charlotte also mentored the new technical trainee to take them through their first site. She has also adapted to the site drawing portal and assisting her peers in using the portal.

Prior to joining Barratt David Wilson Homes Charlotte has 6 years industry experience in the assessment and management of contaminated sites. Charlotte has been responsible for soil and groundwater assessment during field assessments, data management using Access and including use of GIS, risk assessment and report preparation for a range of industries at sites within the UK. Charlotte has also had experience working on nuclear sites.

Charlotte has been a mentor for a number of new graduates. Prior to joining AECOM Charlotte worked in the geosynthetics industry where she was responsible for providing technical advice on implementing vapour barriers and presenting both on a national and international basis.

Engineering Manager - Harron Homes

(2023-02)

Within my role as Engineering Manager at Harron Homes, I effectively manage a team of 4 engineers to deliver the engineering and utilities infrastructure to facilitate our developments on site. My responsibilities include managing the team to deliver all engineering aspects from inception of a site at land bid stage to adoption of the roads and sewers once the site is completed.

• Take a lead role in reviewing all engineering elements at the land bid stage of the development process, reviewing all technical information such as highways, utilities, geotechnical/environmental and other abnormal to present opportunities and risks to allow the land team to put together informative land bids
• As the site develops through pre development/planning stages, effectively procure and manage external consultants to undertake reports and detailed designs to ensure planning milestones and sites start or completed in a timely manner
• Develop good relationships with consultants to ensure they deliver especially when time critical issues present themselves
• Develop quick and dynamic thinking with innovative engineering solutions at land stage to help win a site, solving complex issues at construction stage where unforeseen events have occurred or negotiating with planning officers or other regulatory bodies
• Develop and manage the technical fees of each site to set the budgets at land stage ensuring all technical reports are procured within the budget and liaise with the commercial department for unforeseen costs
• Take the lead role in ensuring the delivery of pre development program and produce the monthly cashflow report for all sites
• Submit and take an active role in the monthly board meetings

Senior Engineer - STRATA

(2021-05 - 2023-02)

Development Engineer - Elan Homes

(2020-11 - 2021-05)

Engineer - Barratt David Wilson Homes

(2017 - 2020-04)

Hydrogeologist - AECOM / URS

(2011 - 2017)

Prior to joining AECOM Charlotte worked in the geosynthetics industry where she was responsible for providing technical advice on implementing vapour barriers and presenting both on a national and international basis.

• Project Manager – Petroleum Retail Sites UK: Responsible for engaging subcontractors and preliminary work tasks to enable successful completions of site investigation works, experienced in supervision and management of subcontractors on site, competent in undertaking soil and rock logging, sampling and ensuring that health and safety requirements are maintained during the works, after completion of site works tasks included data assessment of groundwater and contaminant distribution, report prep
• Nuclear Industry, Cumbria – Intrusive investigation and well decommissioning: Supervision of drilling, logging and installation of 6 boreholes to depths between 15mbgl and 60mbgl
• Petroleum Retail Sites, UK Wide: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment: Phase I ESA of various petroleum sites nationwide, desk based study of current and historical activities, site walk over, development of conceptual site model and preliminary risk assessments for human health and controlled waters for each site on a short turn around basis

BSc - Geology - Manchester University (2008)

MSc - Contaminant Hydrogeology - Sheffield University (2009 - 2010)