Appointed Person - Chartway Civils
(2026-01)
- Writing lift plans
- Site visits
- Making sure health and safety is followed
- Making sure lift plan is followed
- Types of excavators and different types of lifting equipment needed
- Carrying out LOLER checks
- Planning lifts and ordering lifting accessories
- Keeping lift plans reviews and live
- Tying in with the health and safety personnel regarding safety in lifting
- Team's meetings
- Planning and executing lifting operations
Appointed Person - Heathrow Airport Airside
(2025-06)
Looking after all the lifting for Ferrovial on nights, we are doing demolition of Terminal 2, Change of stands and other works involving construction and renewing of Heathrow airport runways and aircraft stands.
- Reviewing lift plans for subcontractors
- Issuing crane permits
- Weekly logistics meetings with Ferrovial
- Monthly lifting agenda
- Planning and executing lifts
- Lift plan reviews
- Issuing Lifting permits for the crane supervisors on weekly basis
- Investigating incidents alongside Health and safety
- Implementing lifting standards and making sure they are followed
- Keeping lift plan up to date
- Making sure lifting equipment is in date
- Weekly Site Resources Management Meeting
Appointed Person - Copthall Tunnel (HS2/SCS)
(2022-10 - 2025-06)
Copthall Tunnel consist of multiple sites, Gate 1, Gate 2, Gate 3 and NSPA. I was mainly based at Gate 2, where we were building an 800m RC frame tunnel, with world first roof and walls traveller, at the peak times of works we had a maximum of 9 cranes, mobiles and crawlers combined. From the 60t crawler being the smallest to 300t crawler crane.
All works were conducted by Kilnbridge, but we were in charge to supply crane and operators. We also had a 60t crawler inside a steel yard which was off-loading deliveries and loading trailers with the right steel required by the tunnelling team.
- Writing lift plans and permit
- Issued permit to lift every month
- Weekly cranage meeting and locations
- Checking with TWC for ground loading pressures
- Choosing the right crane for the right job
- Learning AUTOCAD
- Daily logistics meetings
- Crane supervisors to overseen subcontractors
- Ordering lifting equipment and accessories
- Planning and delivering packages in regard to lifting
- 6 Weekly meetings
- Raising requisitions
- Maintaining cranes and servicing cranes
- ALO plans for working alongside network rail
- Capacity reduction
- Coordinating Crane
- Employing Slingers and Crane Supervisors
- Appointing lifting staff
- Select crane using LICCON
- Produce crane loading pressure
- Set up cranes
- Good computer skills
Crane Supervisor - West Ruislip (HS2/SCS)
(2022-01 - 2022-10)
West Ruislip portal it's a very complex part of area WEST HS2. We had to do the portal which is 200mm long with base slabs that were 3 days/nights to complete a concrete pour. After the portal was completed we moved on into assembly the two TBM machines, ready for launching, in the meantime we had a segment yard which we had to make and install two gantry cranes for the offloading of segments ready to be sent into the tunnel once TBM launches, another important task was to set up a muck bin, which was surrounded by concrete precast walls for strength for all the muck coming from the tunnel, alongside installing all the conveyor and belts.
- LOLER checks
- Shift handover
- Ordering lifting accessories
- Supervising subcontractors
- Assemble TBM machines
- Lifting pre-cast
- Loading and off-loading steel lorries
- Sending steel down portal
- Installing props and removing props
- Conveyor installation
- Conveyor belts to off-load
- Gantry crane installation and training
- Day shift to night shift handover
- Installing shutters/removing shutters
- Man, rider duties
Crane Supervisor - Rickmansworth (HS2/ALIGN JV)
(2021-06 - 2022-01)
Main aim was patrolling 4-5 sites daily and completing reports to works manager to how lifting is being carried out though out the sites. Also was involved in putting together the launching girder, which is the biggest one in the world that come to Europe for the viaduct in Rickmansworth.
- Checking LOLER
- Making sure lift plans are signed by Lead ALIGN Appointed Person
- Permit to lift issued
- Ground conditions meet TWC requirements
- Making sure all Subcontractors lifting operations follow ALIGN guidelines
- Weekly lifting meetings
- Safety Stand downs
- Daily checks
- Crane set up as per lift plan
- Following safe system of works
- Complex lifting
- Organising works for the slingers
- Order lifting equipment and accessories
- Daily reports
Crane Supervisor/Front line supervisor - Tideway East KEMPF
(2019-01 - 2021-06)
Main aim with Tideway is to dig the 70M deep shaft, I am glad I made it from the early phase when we have set up the site until now as we have completed the works.
- LOLER and PUWER checks
- Managing slingers
- Carrying out daily Start of shift briefing
- Following safe system of work
- Making sure we are following the lift plan
- Coming up with ideas on slinging methods
- Weekly lifting meetings
- Briefing lift plans and permits to lift
- Reviews of permit to lift monthly
- Carrying out slingers assessments with theory and practical
- Installing shaft services
- Lifting diggers in and out of shaft
- Heavy lifting experience
- Man rider duties
- Off shore lifting
- Loading and unloading barges
- Working along PIT Boss
- Installing shaft cages
- Shuttering
- Tool box talks
- Been put through NVQ level 3 Supervisor
- Making sure people receive point of works
- Putting people to work safely
- Monitor people and report any incidents
- Taking and ordering materials
- Shift works
- Keeping track of hours
- Fatigue management
Crane Supervisor - ATC Crossrail
Been working with ATC (Crossrail) for 3 and a half years, been as Lift supervisor for 2 years with ATC tunnels and Tunnel Ventilation shaft lifting with different types of cranes, also hiabs on the train and electric chain hoists.
- Carrying out LOLER and PUWER inspection weekly
- Checking lifting equipment of others subcontractors
- Taking deliveries and off hiring equipment
- Punctual and always on time
- Briefing on the lift plan and lifting permit
- Regular toolbox talks
- Good computer skills using Word docs and Excells
- Timekeeping
- Appointment letters and Slingers assessments before slinging on site
- Main Priority Installing 6x 10Ton each fans for tunnel ventilation system
Crane Supervisor - Coinford Framework
- Shuttering
- Keeping track of deliveries
- Always have areas for storage
- Installing precast walls
- Carrying out regular checks on equipment
- Safe loading and unloading
- Weekly meetings
- Timekeeping
- Always cover for the 3 cranes when overtime
- Supervising/overlooking
- Helping out slinger when busy
- Coordination of cranes
- Checks on crane bases
- Bookings lifts and prioritising lifts
Slinger Signaller - ATC Tunnels Fire main install (Crossrail)
- Installing 30 pipes per day/night
- Watching overhead cables
- Hand signals
- Reporting problems to supervisor
- Checking equipment regular
- Safe loading and unloading of the pipes on the train
- Falling protection in place (benie bags)
- Keeping people well clear
- Slinging as per lift plan
Slinger Signaller - ATC Old Oak Common (Crossrail)
- Banking a telehandler forklift and gantry crane
- Using Radios and hand signals
- Checking lifting equipment before and after use
- Correct PPE (orange)
- Day shift and night shift
- Correct disposal of waste
- Work efficiently
- Comply with the Method statement (lift plan)
- Making sure telehandler driver does checks regular checks before using the machine
- Loading lorries equally
- Unloading lorries
- Reporting any defects to Foreman
- Keeping work area neat and tidy
Traffic Marshall - House of Parliament (Big Ben)
(2015-01-26 - 2016-01-10)
At House of Parliament between the dates shown above.
- Banksman of Black Rod's garden where all deliveries were dropped of
- Banking Forklift around the Parliament estate
