Construction & Heavy Lifting Operations Professional
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The construction industry has fascinated me since a boy, as I have monitored my father's progress as a Senior Construction & Project Manager. I'm able to fit quickly into teams and workplaces and have a friendly disposition and good work ethic. Pursuing a career in cranes and heavy lifting is both enjoyable and rewarding, providing me with experiences and managing issues on different types of projects with all standards of clients.
However, I would like to develop my training and managerial aptitude. With both good leadership and man management skills I'm looking for a company to expose me to challenges to develop my abilities and use my enthusiasm for the industry to move forward to gain further expertise within the construction industry.
Modern Apprenticeship NVQ level 3 Light motor vehicle maintenance - Renault Manchester - Manchester
(2000-07 - 2003-03)
Carried out 3 years of city and guilds training with Renault Manchester, Training at the Emtec centre In Ruddington, Nottingham.
Site Maintenance Assistant - Wincanton Transport - Trafford Park Road, Trafford Park, Manchester
(2003-03 - 2006-02)
Appointed Person/Crane Supervisor/Co-ordinator - PSS (Prime Serve Solutions) - Glazebrook, Warrington, Cheshire
(2006-03 - 2010-09)
Contract Lift Specialists. During my time with PSS I have gained extensive experience and training on many aspects of construction lifting operations and the coordination of construction activities. Together with the industries regulation and Health & Safety requirements.
Progressing to the position of Crane Supervisor and Appointed Person. First gained cscs slinger signaller here then A62 crane supervisor and eventually an A61 appointed person (lifting operations). I travelled all over the uk on a day to day basis supervising crane lifts for the company, was involved in many large and technical projects ie) Genzyme pharmaceutical plant, Haverhill learning rigging and lift and shift techniques, including using Chain blocks and Skates to move loads around in enclosed spaces with no access for standard lifting equipment - A.L.E abnormal load engineering Working with the gotwald ak9/12 a 1200 tonne mobile crane, which I escorted to Scotland, Stafford and Liverpool docks and helped with rigging and learned skills in technical lifting - various jobs in uk ranging from basic house building eg) timber frame, block and beam, working with scaffolding brick forks etc to commercial roofing eg
Crane Supervisor/Co-ordinator/Operator - Bryn Thomas Crane Hire - London
(2010-09 - 2011-02)
Working and supervising a lifting team and a 50t mobile crane on a 6-month contract on the Olympic Stratford Shopping Centre in London.
Crane Co-ordinator/Pedestrian Crane Operator - Agency Work - UK
(2011-02 - 2015)
Pursuing a career in the operating/co-ordinating and supervising of pedestrian cranes whilst still implementing other heavy lifts, projects such as Pirbright Animal Health Institute and the Cambridge Saint Matthews Primary school with Kier construction. Travelling to sites all over the UK but mainly based from Manchester. Crane supervisor / Appointed Person on a BAM site for the new Co-op Headquarters in Manchester.
Meeting the requirements of my client and managers to comply with company procedures, whilst meeting lifting co-ordination deadlines. Maintaining a high standard in Health & Safety procedures as specified by company policies and HSE legislation. Pirbright animal health institute, Surrey As a crane co-ordinator/ operator on a busy concrete structure build mainly handling concrete shuttering and performing concrete pours.
Crane supervisor on a BAM site the new co/op headquarters in Manchester city centre, lifting steel frame and glass facade panels, To current job operating potain igo crane for kier on st Matthews primary school in Cambridge. 2012 Recent updates Lift supervisor for UK lifting undertaking various contract lifting operations nationwide 22 weeks operating Po
Appointed Person - Contract Lifting Solutions - UK
(2015 - 2017)
2015 saw me take a full-time position with Contract Lifting Solutions a new venture with previous employer Steve Thatcher previously of UK Lifting. Here we had branched into a contract lifting company based mainly in the telecoms sector, I was employed as an appointed person carrying out site visits and charged with producing lift plans and RAMS for various telecommunications orientated contact lifts. I carried out antenna installations, Tower builds and various pole swaps using truck mounted cranes and various Hiab machines including Spider Cranes, Morooka unit with hiab attachment and UNIMOG type machines.
This position presented new challenges with hard to access areas and complex lifting operations in remote places and I became confident in planning and executing said lifting operations with precision on a daily basis. After the birth of my daughter Aaliyah in 2014 I had decided to take a more local approach to work as life on the road was beginning to take its toll. With appropriate notice I decided to leave CLS and once again be self-employed so as to be local to home.
Crane Operator and Crane/Lift Supervisor - KeepMoat Homes - Royce road project, Hulme, Manchester
(2017 - 2017-12)
After this I took a position with KeepMoat Homes on the Royce road project in Hulme, Manchester. This was the construction of 3 apartment blocks traditional brick build with concrete slab floors using a Linden Commansa Tower Crane with a 50m jib that was converted to be controlled on a Pedestrian style operating system. I was Crane operator and also crane/ lift supervisor for the duration of this project, working closely with the management team and further enhancing my general construction and site management knowledge.
Appointed Person - Vantage Solutions LTD - UK
(2017-12 - 2018-12)
Accepted full time position with Vantage Solutions LTD as an appointed person once again in the telecoms sector. Vantage were formed under the 8point8 group as the contract lifting division of a national telecoms company. Muchly the same as CLS I had previously been employed with I was tasked with Visiting telecoms installation/ removal sites and producing lift plans and Rams for these lifting operations.
Became trained in CAD 2018 and started to produce technical scale drawings for the lifting operations. Constant life away from home and lack of routine or schedule again took its toll on family life so late 2018 I again left vantage on excellent terms to pursue the benefits of local work being self-employed.
Mantis Tower Crane Operator - Bardsley Construction - Oaklands House Fallowfield, Manchester
(2018-12 - 2019-04)
Operated a Mantis Tower Crane for Bardsley Construction on Oaklands House Fallowfield, Manchester from December 2018 until April 2019 again Climbing Tower crane to perform Weekly check sheets.
Appointed Person/Site manager - Vinci Construction - Barton Square Project, Trafford
(2019-04 - 2020)
Produced Tower Crane Lifting file for Falcon JS2 Tower crane and oversee lifting operations for main contractor Vinci construction. This project saw me in the site management team at the Barton Square Project at Trafford Centre, I was tasked firstly with Managing the Daily Tower Crane Operations for Vinci and Running all Sub-Contractors operations using any Cranage on site. This in turn saw me oversee Major projects in a multi-million-pound refurbishment and extension project including new Glass Dome and roof installation, Glass installation, Escalator design and installation, major structural developments thru ought the second-floor layout to form a new shopping level to the building, fountain re-generation, Rotunda installation and GRP structure across dome, lifting of Glazing maintenance Gantry's and GRP Substation Housings lifted into position at night.
When the tower crane had been removed from the project, I was utilised within the site management team working closely alongside the client's architect to oversee internal works including installation of GRP palm trees and frons, Marble statue installation which included some lift and shift techniques to position 2/3 tonne statu
Appointed person - Wernick Hire - Widnes Depot
(2021)
I took a position as Appointed person for Wernick Hire Widnes Depot where I manage all lifting operations and site installations, of portable site welfare/ accommodation and modular buildings. I now understand most aspects of Site Welfare requirements, produce lift plans and RAMS to suit all building installations, carry out site surveys and planning of site compounds for most construction management contractors. During my time at Wernick I Have become proficient in CAD, producing accurate to scale lift plans and updated the basic RAMS to a format which can pass stringent reviews.
NVQ Level 3 - Light Vehicle Maintenance - City & Guilds Exams (Renault) (2000-07 - 2003-03)
GCSE - Maths, Science, English (Double Award), I.T., Technology Business, Literature Graphic, Geography - Secondary Education
