Experienced Construction, Civil Engineer

Available

Serial No: 15682

Job Seeker Location

×

Close

Skills keywords: construction engineer, first aider, microsoft office proficient, project management

Short Bio:

I am a very versatile Construction Engineer with over twenty-five years’ experience across the whole spectrum of Civil/ Building Engineering from working on runways, motorways, roads, bridges, under passes, a nuclear power station, an oil refinery, a LNG plant, a wind turbine farm, a reservoir, RC frame high rises, universities, schools, hospitals & residential/ retail developments using innovative methods such as modular build, slip forming, jump forming & jacked box tunnelling both in the UK &

Current location:  United Kingdom - View on map

Nationality: British

Preferred Sector of Employment:  accounting and finance, Oil, Gas and Energy

Spoken languages: english

Location I am interested in working: Anywhere

Education/Qualifications

• Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire Scholarship 1984

• Imperial College, London BEng (Civil) 1989

• Associate of the City & Guilds (London) Institute ACGI 1989

• Heriot- Watt University, Edinburgh 1993

Work Experience

06/14 – Ongoing

• Freelance Engineer/Manager for Raymond Brown Renewable Energies at DIRFT Wind Farm, Northamptonshire (2 No. V90 Vesta Wind Turbines, RC Foundations, Access Roads, Substation & Power line diversions)

08/13-05/14

• Backpacking Sabbatical – Travel to Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam

04/13-0

• Senior Construction Engineer(Civil), Project Management Team, Saudi Aramco(SMP) at South Dhahran Home Ownership Development, Dhahran, KSA (Site Preparation Works) – Main Contractor : Al Yamama , Saudi Arabia

02/12-04/13

• Senior Construction Engineer(Civil), Project Management Team, Saudi Aramco(SMP) at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies & Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA (Residential & Community Complex, RC/Steel Structures) – Main Contractor : SK Engineering, South Korea

10/11-01/12

• Freelance Engineer for O’Donnell Developments Ltd at Aston University Engineering Academy / Aston University Student Village (RC Frame & Internal/ External Drainage Works)

07/11-09/11

• Freelance Engineer for Northfield Construction Ltd at Cardiovascular Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, University of Leicester (RC Frame)

04/11-06/11

• Freelance Engineer for Parkstone Group at Victoria Leisure Centre, Nottingham (Steel Frame & RC Swimming Pools)

01/11-03/11

• Freelance Engineer for Galldris Construction Ltd at Noble School, Stevenage (Enabling Works – Temporary Access Roads, Services & Class Rooms for new build)

10/10/-12/10

• Freelance Engineer for PC Harrington Ltd at CIS Building, Manchester (RC Slip form)

08/10-09/10

• Freelance Engineer for SWC Steel Erection Ltd at Andover Business Park, Hampshire (Steel Frame Shed)

05/10-08/10

• Freelance Engineer for SWC Steel Erection Ltd at Silverstone Circuit new F1 Pit Lane & Paddock, Northamptonshire (Complex Steel Frame)

10/09-04/10

• Freelance Engineer for MPB Structures Ltd at Sandwell College, West Bromwich, Birmingham (RC Frame & 2 No. 8 Storey Slip Formed Cores

• Freelance Engineer for MPB Structures Ltd at Beetham Tower /Radius, Manchester (Post Stressed RC Frames)

06/04- 10/04

• Freelance Engineer for MPB Structures Ltd at Northampton Academy School (RC Super Structures)

01/04- 06/04

• Freelance Engineer for Careys Ltd at Northampton Academy School (RC Sub Structures, Ground works, Access Roads)

11/03-01/04

• Trekking in the Andes, Peru

08/03-11/03

• Freelance Engineer for Mainland Ltd at Trinity Mirror Group, Birmingham (Steel Frame / Ground Works / Access Roads)

06/03 -08/03

• Freelance Engineer for Associated Solutions (Aggregates) at Rushden Bypass A6, Northamptonshire (2xSteel Frame Foot Bridges)

04/03-06/03

• Freelance Engineer for Mainland Contruction Ltd at Cambridge University (Steel Frame / Ground Works)

12/02-04/03

• Freelance Engineer for Mainland Construction Ltd at Honda UYC plant, Coventry (RC Dock Levellers / Steel Frame / Ground Works/ Access Roads)

09/02-11/02

• Freelance Engineer for Jackson Group at new V1 carriageway, Milton Keynes (Deep Drainage / Roads)

02/02 -08/02

• Freelance Engineer for Edmond Nutall Ltd at the Jctn 15A (A43) M1 Tunnel Box Jacking under the motorway, Northamptonshire (RC Tunnel Structure / Slip Roads / Roundabouts)

09/01 -11/01

• Trekking the Annapurna circuit across the Thorongla Pass in Nepal

01/00 -09/01

• Freelance Engineer for Morrison, SDC, Weldon, Mainland, Carmac, Ian Smith Construction in the Midlands (Roads /Earthworks/ Sheds / Ground Works / Reservoir)

09/99-01/00

• Freelance Engineer for Mainland Contractors Ltd at Baldock A1 Services, Hertfordshire (Steel Frame / Modular Build / Lime Stabilisation / Ground Works / Access Roads)

04/99-09/99

• Freelance Engineer for Laing Ltd at Milton Keynes Theatre, Buckinghamshire & Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge (RC Structures / Ground Works)

01/99-03/99

• Trekking to Mt Everest / Gokyo Base Camp in Nepal

06/97-12/98

• Freelance Engineer for RMG (AMEC/ McAlpine) at Huntingdon – New 22Km Motorway A1(M) / A14 link ( Paver Pinner Followed by Finishing Section for Whole 22Km)

02/97-06/97

• Freelance Engineer for SDC Ltd / Bierrum International Ltd at Weetabix, Kettering, Northamptonshire (RC Piled Foundations / 2x Wheat Silo RC Slip form / Ground Works)

01/96-02/97

• Freelance Engineer for SDC Ltd at Rover / BMW Plant, Cowley, Oxfordshire (Steel Frame & Car Track / Ground Works / Access Roads)

10/95-01/96

• Freelance Engineer for Jackson Group at A563 Underpass, Braunstone, Leicestershire (RC Piled Foundations / RC Structure / Road Lane Rental)

09/94-10/95

• Freelance Engineer for Redman Construction Ltd at RS Components Shed in Nuneaton, Warwickshire (Steel Frame / Ground Works / Access Roads)

09/94-10/95

• Freelance Engineer for Redman Construction Ltd at Bookers Distribution Shed in Banbury, Oxfordshire (Steel Frame / Ground Works / Access Roads)

04/94-08/94

• Freelance Engineer for Miller Construction Ltd at Morrison’s Superstore, Burton On Trent, Staffordshire (Steel Frame / Ground Works / Access Roads / Deep Drainage)

02/94-04/94

• Freelance Engineer for Henry Boot Ltd at A47 Underpass, Peterborough (RC Structure / Road Lane Rental)

10/93-12/93

• Structural Engineering Computational Technology Course at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

02/93- 09/93

• Ford Motor Company, Daventry (Temporarily Left Construction Industry Due to Recession)

11/91- 01/93

• Backpacking around India, Nepal (Annapurna / Machhapuchhre Base Camp),

Sri Lanka, Thailand, Hong Kong, USA

08/91-11/91

• Freelance Engineer for John Mowlem Ltd at Shell Haven Oil Refinery, Tilbury, Essex (Maintenance Contract for Concrete Aprons & Facilities)

08/90- 08/91

• Freelance Engineer for Laing Ltd on Primary Shield Wall at Sizewell ’B’ PWR Nuclear Power Station, Suffolk (Heaviest RC wall in the World, 50mm Rebar 10% by Vol)

02/90-08/90

• Freelance Engineer for Kier Management Ltd at Lakeside Shopping Mall, Essex (Steel Frame / Ground Works / Roads)

10/89 -02/90

• Graduate Engineer for AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd at Blue Circle Cement Quarry, 200m RC Bridge, South Ockendon, Essex

07/89-10/89

• Graduate Engineer for AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd at USAF Alconbury Base, 3Km Runway Restoration, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

08/89

• Setting Out for Engineers Course (2 Wks) at CITB HQ, Bircham Newton, Norfolk

07/89

• Graduate Engineer for AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd (Piling & Marine Division)

07/85-09/88

• Summer University Vacation Work for Daventry District Council / Northamptonshire County Council (Agents for Anglian Water, Severn Trent Water, Thames Water) designing new storm/ foul sewers & River Pollution investigations.

07/09-10/09

• Freelance Engineer for Carillion on the Western Relief Road, Rugby, Warwickshire (RC Parkfield Railway Bridge, RC River Avon Bridge, RC Cemex Tunnel / Road Headering / Rock Nailing / Shotcreting)

04/09-06/09

• Freelance Engineer for Watson & Cox Ltd at IVG White Ltd, Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire (Enabling Works – Access Roads / Drainage / Services)

02/09-03/09

• Freelance Engineer for Frankis Solutions Ltd / Interserve at Project Hanger RAF Brize Norton Base, Oxfordshire (Bulk Earthworks / Soil Remediation)

10/08-12/08

• Freelance Engineer for Wilmott Dixon Ltd at the Royal Train Shed, Old Wolverton, Buckinghamshire (Restoration of Grade 1 Building & Residential / Commercial Development)

08/08-09/08

• Freelance Engineer for Bowmer & Kirkland (London) Ltd at Holiday Inn, Kettering, Northamptonshire (RC Piled Foundations / Steel Frame / Modular Build /Ground Works)

04/06-06/08

• Freelance Engineer for Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd at Grain Liquid Natural Gas Project, Isle of Grain, Kent (RC Post Stressed Slip Form 100m diameter LNG tank 40m High for the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company/ National Grid)

01/08 -03/08

• Freelance Engineer for O’Brien Contractors Ltd at Hanson Brickworks, Derbyshire (RC Piled Foundations / Steel Frame / RC Kiln Track)

09/07 -12/07

• Freelance Engineer for Harrabin Construction Ltd at Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry (Steel Frame / Ground Works / Access Roads)

07/07-09/07

• Freelance Engineer for MPB Structures Ltd at Corby Academy School, Northamptonshire (RC Frame)

03/07-07/07

• Freelance Engineer for Ian Smith Construction Ltd at Marconi Sheds, Milton Keynes (Steel Frame / Ground Works / Access Roads)

12/06-03/07

• Freelance Engineer for Mainland Construction Ltd at Marconi Shed , Coventry (Steel Frame / Lime Stabilisation / Ground Works / Access Roads)

10/06-12/06

• Freelance Engineer for Careys Ltd at IKEA, Coventry (Steel Frame / Ground Works)

02/06-09/06

• Freelance Engineer for SDC Ltd at Open University, Milton Keynes (RC Piled Foundations / Steel Frame / Ground Works)

07/05- 02/06

• Freelance Engineer for MPB Structures Ltd at Westfield Shopping Mall, Derby (RC Piled Foundations / 19x RC Lift Shaft Cores 27-40m High / RC Capping Beam)

04/05- 07/05

• Freelance Engineer for MPB Structures Ltd at Telford Academy School, Shropshire (RC Frames)

• Freelance Engineer for MPB Structures Ltd at Beetham Tower /Radius, Manchester (Post Stressed RC Frames)

06/04- 10/04

• Freelance Engineer for MPB Structures Ltd at Northampton Academy School (RC Super Structures)

01/04- 06/04

• Freelance Engineer for Careys Ltd at Northampton Academy School (RC Sub Structures, Ground works, Access Roads)

11/03-01/04

• Trekking in the Andes, Peru

08/03-11/03

• Freelance Engineer for Mainland Ltd at Trinity Mirror Group, Birmingham (Steel Frame / Ground Works / Access Roads)

06/03 -08/03

• Freelance Engineer for Associated Solutions (Aggregates) at Rushden Bypass A6, Northamptonshire (2xSteel Frame Foot Bridges)

04/03-06/03

• Freelance Engineer for Mainland Contruction Ltd at Cambridge University (Steel Frame / Ground Works)

12/02-04/03

• Freelance Engineer for Mainland Construction Ltd at Honda UYC plant, Coventry (RC Dock Levellers / Steel Frame / Ground Works/ Access Roads)

09/02-11/02

• Freelance Engineer for Jackson Group at new V1 carriageway, Milton Keynes (Deep Drainage / Roads)

02/02 -08/02

• Freelance Engineer for Edmond Nutall Ltd at the Jctn 15A (A43) M1 Tunnel Box Jacking under the motorway, Northamptonshire (RC Tunnel Structure / Slip Roads / Roundabouts)

09/01 -11/01

• Trekking the Annapurna circuit across the Thorongla Pass in Nepal

01/00 -09/01

• Freelance Engineer for Morrison, SDC, Weldon, Mainland, Carmac, Ian Smith Construction in the Midlands (Roads /Earthworks/ Sheds / Ground Works / Reservoir)

09/99-01/00

• Freelance Engineer for Mainland Contractors Ltd at Baldock A1 Services, Hertfordshire (Steel Frame / Modular Build / Lime Stabilisation / Ground Works / Access Roads)

04/99-09/99

• Freelance Engineer for Laing Ltd at Milton Keynes Theatre, Buckinghamshire & Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge (RC Structures / Ground Works)

01/99-03/99

• Trekking to Mt Everest / Gokyo Base Camp in Nepal

06/97-12/98

• Freelance Engineer for RMG (AMEC/ McAlpine) at Huntingdon – New 22Km Motorway A1(M) / A14 link ( Paver Pinner Followed by Finishing Section for Whole 22Km)

02/97-06/97

• Freelance Engineer for SDC Ltd / Bierrum International Ltd at Weetabix, Kettering, Northamptonshire (RC Piled Foundations / 2x Wheat Silo RC Slip form / Ground Works)

01/96-02/97

• Freelance Engineer for SDC Ltd at Rover / BMW Plant, Cowley, Oxfordshire (Steel Frame & Car Track / Ground Works / Access Roads)

10/95-01/96

• Freelance Engineer for Jackson Group at A563 Underpass, Braunstone, Leicestershire (RC Piled Foundations / RC Structure / Road Lane Rental)

09/94-10/95

• Freelance Engineer for Redman Construction Ltd at RS Components Shed in Nuneaton, Warwickshire (Steel Frame / Ground Works / Access Roads)

09/94-10/95

• Freelance Engineer for Redman Construction Ltd at Bookers Distribution Shed in Banbury, Oxfordshire (Steel Frame / Ground Works / Access Roads)

04/94-08/94

• Freelance Engineer for Miller Construction Ltd at Morrison’s Superstore, Burton On Trent, Staffordshire (Steel Frame / Ground Works / Access Roads / Deep Drainage)

02/94-04/94

• Freelance Engineer for Henry Boot Ltd at A47 Underpass, Peterborough (RC Structure / Road Lane Rental)

10/93-12/93

• Structural Engineering Computational Technology Course at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

02/93- 09/93

• Ford Motor Company, Daventry (Temporarily Left Construction Industry Due to Recession)

11/91- 01/93

• Backpacking around India, Nepal (Annapurna / Machhapuchhre Base Camp),

Sri Lanka, Thailand, Hong Kong, USA

08/91-11/91

• Freelance Engineer for John Mowlem Ltd at Shell Haven Oil Refinery, Tilbury, Essex (Maintenance Contract for Concrete Aprons & Facilities)

08/90- 08/91

• Freelance Engineer for Laing Ltd on Primary Shield Wall at Sizewell ’B’ PWR Nuclear Power Station, Suffolk (Heaviest RC wall in the World, 50mm Rebar 10% by Vol)

02/90-08/90

• Freelance Engineer for Kier Management Ltd at Lakeside Shopping Mall, Essex (Steel Frame / Ground Works / Roads)

10/89 -02/90

• Graduate Engineer for AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd at Blue Circle Cement Quarry, 200m RC Bridge, South Ockendon, Essex

07/89-10/89

• Graduate Engineer for AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd at USAF Alconbury Base, 3Km Runway Restoration, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshir

08/89

• Setting Out for Engineers Course (2 Wks) at CITB HQ, Bircham Newton, Norfolk

07/89

• Graduate Engineer for AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd (Piling & Marine Division)

07/85-09/88

• Summer University Vacation Work for Daventry District Council / Northamptonshire County Council (Agents for Anglian Water, Severn Trent Water, Thames Water) designing new storm/ foul sewers & River Pollution investigations.

Summary

SUMMARY

I am a very versatile Construction Engineer with over twenty-five years’ experience across the whole spectrum of Civil/ Building Engineering from working on runways, motorways, roads, bridges, under passes, a nuclear power station, an oil refinery, a LNG plant, a wind turbine farm, a reservoir, RC frame high rises, universities, schools, hospitals & residential/ commercial/ retail developments using innovative methods such as modular build, slip forming, jump forming & jacked box tunnelling both in the UK & KSA.

Over the years I have worked with most major contractors including Amec, Carillion, Laing, Kier, Mowlem, Taylor Woodrow, Edmund Nuttall, Bierrum International, Jacksons, Millers, Morrison, Willmott Dixon, Careys, SDC, Bowmer & Kirkland, PC Harrington & Saudi Aramco directly & supply chain MPB Structures Ltd for Carillion, Interserve, Miller, Wates & Westfield on projects of value £10mill to £3000mill with various engineering roles.

Major Highway Experience: AMEC, Carillion(Rugby Western Relief Road), RMG(A1M / A14) , Jacksons(A563 / V1), Henry Boot(A47), Associated Aggregates(A6), Morrison, Nuttalls(A43 / M1) with major earth works, drainage, communications, road headering, rock nailing, shotcreting, RC structures, jacked box tunnelling , etc. totalling approximately 6-7 years.

Major RC Structure Experience: MPB Structures Ltd on various contracts plus major RC Slip forming experience with Taylor Woodrow / Gleitbau Salzburg, SDC / Bierrum International, & Saudi Aramco.

Major Steel Structure Experience: Kier, Miller, SDC, Mainland, Wilmott Dixon, Careys, Westfield (MPB) & SWC Steel Erection Ltd / Barrett Steel Buildings Ltd

• Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers No 65143842

• Construction Site Manager’s Safety Certificate No.2813199 (SMSTS) valid till Dec 2015

• First Aid at Work Certificate (4 Day British Red Cross) No 62650-FAW valid till Sept 2017