UK-based building consultancyTechnical Manager
Jan. 2008United KingdomPosition Description Joined as a Trainee Hazmat surveyor and have since developed new disciplines and income streams for the business in a senior management role. Position included quality and technical management and auditing, site inspections and technical report writing, project pricing and invoicing, project scoping and client liaison. Duties • Planning and undertaking management and refurbishment and demolition asbestos surveys and other HAZMAT surveys • Technical Report writing • Abatement project management • Maintenance and updating of company UKAS accreditation quality system inclusive of audits for compliance with ISO 17020:2012 • Responsible for continual company development • Maintenance and design of marketing materials and website • Maintenance and development of standard and technical documents for existing and new company disciplines • Audits of staff to demonstrate competence and compliance with policies and industrial standards • Updating company on industry relevant changes and implementing them, where applicable • Responsible for developing various MS Access and SQL databases for in house use • HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, MYSQL, Python, VBA scripting and website development • My duties also regularly involve pricing and project management • Designing and implementing management plans for clients Achievements • Top down automation and integration of various documents into a unified database system and associated reduction in waste and staff time for reporting and administration activities, saving approximately 50% of man hours during report preparation processes. • Expansion of services from original skill set of team and sourcing and building of links between associate companies to build services offered and associated increase in turnover by around 10% per year. • Successfully tendering and winning contracts with various local authorities, housing associations in Wales with estimated annual values of around £250,000.