David Joyce

Responsible for loading a tanker with bitumen, driving to various sites and applying bitumen to roads. Other responsibilities include general maintenance of the vehicle and occasional repairs within capabilities when things breakdown such as stripping and cleaning tar pumps/pipework/valves etc.

HGV Driver/Tar Sprayer - Asphalt Reinforcing Services

(2026-04)

Responsible for loading a tanker with bitumen, driving to various sites and applying bitumen to roads. Other responsibilities include general maintenance of the vehicle and occasional repairs within capabilities when things breakdown such as stripping and cleaning tar pumps/pipework/valves etc.

HGV Driver/Operative - East Coast Surfacing - Brigg

(2024-01 - 2026-04)

Nationwide – Brigg based company. Responsible for loading and unloading plant onto and off a roll on roll off skiploader and delivering plants to site. As part of the patching team tasked with planing out patches on the road with the bobcat and planer head, clearing the areas with a bobcat and sweeper head and loading the planings on to the skip loader, then taking the planings away to pre organised sites (waste recycling centres, farms etc.).

As part of the planing gang responsible for delivering plant to site, planing and prepping sites using planers/bobcats and a variety of hand tools ready for the installation of tarmac.

Road Maintenance Operative - Road Maintenance Services - Nationwide – Cheshire based company

(2018-03 - 2023-12)

As part of a road resurfacing team, first role was preparing roads to receive the new surface treatment, other duties included general labouring, traffic control. Second role was traffic management where responsible for placing road signs out to let oncoming traffic know there were road works in place, allowing them plenty of time to slow down keeping the working party safe, also letting road users know of the dangers coming up. Moved on to class 2 lorry driving from 2019.

Driving all manner of class 2, tippers (lifting body and conveyor belt), tankers, beaver tails, experience in operating hi-ab clam shell etc. As well as being the mix operator, and driving the Schafer/Briening as part of the micro asphalt surface treatment team. Also rectifying minor breakdowns on site.

Became a gang foreman in 2023. Running and organising the gang, making sure people are working safely and ensuring a quality end product. Making sure the paperwork was correct and in place before work commenced etc.

Conducting site specific risk assessments and site measures. Work in the yard servicing/repairing the machines and equipment used to lay micro asphalt.

SHEQ Manager - Broadley Roofing Ltd - Scunthorpe

(2015-11 - 2018-03)

Started out shadowing the contracts manager whilst training for the SHEQ managers job. The contracts manager left in November 2016 and from there took full control of the role.

• Keeping and updating all the health and safety documents (H&S Policies, Procedures, Files, COSHH Assessments etc.)
• Conduct site surveys prior to projects starting
• Produce risk assessments specific to each project
• Produce method statements specific to each project
• Conduct site safety inspections
• Conduct internal audits
• Conduct COSHH assessments
• Assist external auditors that audit our systems
• Investigate any accidents, incidents, near misses
• Quote for some supply only items for the British Steel Site in Scunthorpe
• Surveying, quoting and managing small projects
• Keep the quote and live contract files in order
• Archiving
• Organising equipment and materials for projects
• Driving the yard fork truck
• Delivering materials to sites nation wide

Sheeters Mate - Broadley Roofing Ltd - Scunthorpe

(2010-11 - 2015-11)

As part of the sheeting, cladding and general building exterior maintenance team on the Scunthorpe British Steel Site, developed skills in the roofing and cladding industry in this position. Was drafted over to another department on the British Steel Site to assist in the relining of a furnace, position here was a safety marshal.

• Labouring for the sheeters
• Replacing roof and wall cladding
• Gutter cleaning and replacement
• Using various hand tools to cut and install roof and wall cladding
• Flashing around penetrations and openings
• To ensure all permits and RAMS and paperwork was in place
• Make sure the working party was wearing all the correct PPE
• Measure levels of CO2 present in the air and act when they were too high
• Ensure no unauthorised personnel entered the working area
• Fire watching
• Confined space marshalling

Labourer - Tube City IMS - Scunthorpe

(2010-02 - 2010-11)

Contracted out to a roof sheeting and cladding company on the British Steel site in Scunthorpe with the maintenance team, this involved general labouring duties for the team working with, it also involved a lot of working at height activities, installing roof and wall cladding, installing gutter systems.

Window Cleaner - SL Window Cleaning Services - Gainsborough

(2009-09 - 2010-02)

Responsible for cleaning domestic property windows in various locations using two methods, hand held window cleaning tools and a de-ironized water, pole and brush method, also had the responsibility of collecting money from clients.

Traffic Control Operative, Traffic Management Operative, Spray Bar Operator - Road Maintenance Services - Nationwide – Cheshire based company

(2004-04 - 2009-09)

Had three roles in this employment. First was traffic control where part of the team controlling and directing traffic to keep the working party and pedestrians safe and to keep the traffic running smoothly as to not cause any long standing delays. This involved a lot of team work, coordination and interface with the public to let them know what was happening.

The second role was traffic management where responsible for placing road signs out to let oncoming traffic know there were road works in place, allowing them plenty of time to slow down keeping the working party safe, also letting road users know of the dangers coming up. The third role was a spray bar operator where responsible for operating the spray bar that sprays bitumen on the road ready for the lose chippings to be laid and rolled.

NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety - Phoenix Health and Safety (2016)

GCSE - Middlefield School of Technology (1999)