Harry Jaffrey-Smith

Since graduating in July 2024, I have not been out of a job at all, my strong work ethos has taken me to construction labouring, and I have been successfully selected for courses such as scaffolding, working at heights and my level 1 carpentry and joinery. I work extremely hard each day making concrete mixes, building stone walls and labouring at different sites, previously around Scotland and now in Leicestershire working on restoring the downstairs flooring after the floods in January 2025. My immediate career aim is to continue my carpentry journey.

I don't shy away from hard and precise work and would become a valued asset of any team.

Maintenance team at Preci-Spark (2025-06 – Present)

Since I joined I have been at one of the director's house restoring the house after the bad flooding in January 2025.

• Digging up flooring down to the foundations and building it all back up to the screed level and ready for plasters and tilers to come in after me. This meant working to deadlines
• Carrying out tasks, working to precise measurements, levels and drawings provided by the director
• Stone and brick pointing
• Bricklaying – including an alcove
• General maintenance
• Screeding
• Installing insulation (in walls, flooring and pipe)
• Using power tools
• Restoring pipe work
• Drainage work
• Building a wooden bridge big enough for a quad bike and small tractor – working to drawings here
• Plasterboarding
• Helping other trades who come in to work too

General Labourer at JML Group (2021-07 – 2025-06)

• Worked as an apprentice on site on critical civil engineering projects within an international workforce
• Gained exposure to administrative and managerial departments at the head office
• Introduced to basic bookkeeping, marketing, inventory management, contract bidding process and revenue generation
• Learned to work within a team and to independently operate power tools and machinery within health and safety guidelines
• Responsible for receiving, loading and transporting construction supplies to locations across Scotland
• Installed drainage system to low energy consumption houses
• Stone masonry work: building walls, mixing mortar, placing coping stones, pointing
• Been a temporary site manager on a job

Social Media Campaign Manager at John Evans (2020-06 – 2020-10)

Being on the committee of a local campaign against a proposed development gave me exposure to coordinating a robust and fact-based objection to a real environmental issue. My role was to coordinate and articulate the environmental and human impacts through a planned social media campaign canvassing opinion from the neighbourhood.

• Scheduled social media posts, optimising reach and maximising community engagement
• Gathered data on engagement rate, reach and impressions to enhance online campaign

Bachelor of Science in Geography and Economics – Loughborough University (2021 – 2024)

Scottish Advanced Higher in Economics – Dollar Academy (2021-06)

Scottish Advanced Higher in Geography – Dollar Academy (2021-06)

Scottish Higher in Environmental Science – Dollar Academy (2020-06)

Scottish Higher in Accounting – Dollar Academy (2020-06)

Scottish Higher in English – Dollar Academy (2020-06)

Scottish Higher in Geography – Dollar Academy (2020-06)

Scottish Higher in Mathematics – Dollar Academy (2020-06)

Scottish Higher in Biology – Dollar Academy (2020-06)

Scottish Higher in Economics – Dollar Academy (2020-06)