Robert Thompson

I am a time served apprentice in civil engineering with self-employment experience from 2015 to 2021 where I gained skills in leadership, organization, and discipline, managing up to three or four men as part of my workforce. I have excellent punctuality, attendance, communication and people skills developed through daily work with different clients, customers and members of the general public. I am respectful, loyal and driven, taking great pleasure in my work and always striving to learn and better myself.

I worked as a civil engineer gang lead at Openreach from June 2021 to 2023, gaining significant knowledge and understanding of the industry, client and customer relations. I served as an acting supervisor for approximately six months, gaining knowledge of working with local councils, opening and closing permits, surveying jobs and client communication. I currently work for Avonline Networks now MGroup LTD as a civils supervisor, managing direct labour teams and sub contractor teams, working with local councils on permits, dealing with on-site difficulties, and managing health and safety issues across multiple locations.

CIVILS SUPERVISOR - AVONLINE NETWORKS NOW MGROUP LTD

(2023-01)

• Manage four teams of direct labour crews and three teams of sub contractors daily
• Build job packs from start to finish
• Liase with local councils to raise permits for locations of works
• Work with stakeholders such as Virgin Media and BT on a daily basis to build jobs and hold regular progress/performance meetings
• Deal with on site difficulties in relation to all teams on a daily basis
• Manage and build programs of work for all crews and hold regular meetings with sub contractors to plan work
• Create weekly spreadsheets of work for the following commencing week and plan all direct labour crews schedules
• Flexible approach to all aspects of team management as issues arise at all hours of the day such as responding to emergency call outs when needed
• Understanding that man management comes in all forms and learned to deal with a range of difficulties that team members bring to the table
• Management of various sites at one time
• Manage finances on a daily basis
• Reading of job packs and site drawings before, during and after works
• Follow all health safety rules and regulations and work closely with health and safety team on a daily basis
• Control and management of any health and safety issues that arise on site and provide adequate training when necessary
• Work with senior management to push the performance of all teams and make sure all teams have the adequate PPE and tools to complete the task in hand

CIVIL ENGINEER GANG LEAD - OPENREACH

(2021-06 - 2023-12)

• Developed lots of new skills in my short period at openreach
• 360 excavator training
• Learned a lot of new skills and understanding of health and safety specific to highways and civil engineering
• The general basis of how the company works and understanding all aspects of the civil department
• Full NRSWA supervisor trained and also covered supervisor role on multiple occasions with great success
• Sat multiple health and safety courses to enhance my knowledge and understanding
• Hearts and minds course to develop my management skills and how to manage my workforce and understand my team as each individual is different

CIVIL ENGINEER - SUNDERLAND COUNCIL - SUNDERLAND HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT - SUNDERLAND

(2006-01 - 2015-12)

• Learned the tasks/trade involved with being a civil engineer
• Dealt with issues regarding duct work and cables
• Developed people skills dealing with running my own team of men at a young age
• Learnt about groundwork maintenance
• Developed skills regarding sign, lighting and guarding on public footpaths and roads

Self employed

(2015-01 - 2021-12)

• Manage weekly targets set by site manager
• Developed communication skills with residents of properties informing them of details of commencement of works
• Understand what it is like from an employee and employer point of view
• Liaised with site managers, scaffolders and employees in relation to weekly programs
• Measuring out of jobs and reading site drawings
• Manage finances/wages of employees

NVQ 3 year apprenticeship - civil engineering

GCSEs