Ex-ManchesterAirport

Retired

Manchester Airport Group

Heading up the expansion of Manchester T3 Terminal.
Heading up the airport-wide toilet refurbishment project, valued at £4.5m.
Managing construction of new temperature controlled goods distribution centre at Humberside Regional Airport.
Following qualification from the Association of Project Safety carries out CDM-C role on airport projects.
NVQ Level 5 Coaching & Mentoring
Chairman of Manchester Airport charity Network

Senior Construction Manager

TK Maxx

Fitted out three new retail outlets on short-term contract.

Project Manager

MARKS & SPENCER Ltd

Project Manager for all developments in Ireland, north and south. Built two new stores in Ulster and extended another. Fitted out two major new flagship stores in Dublin. Involved traveling to Ireland twice a week on a regular basis. Projects valued from £2m up to £20m., and in size from 2,000sq ft to 80,000sq ft.
Programme Manager for nationwide refit rollout of food halls, converting refrigeration systems to environmentally friendly plant and cases. 40 stores per year with a value for each store of up to £2m.
Programme Manager for building of six regional training academies, valued at £300k each and completed in 6 weeks. All built in redundant space in trading M&S stores. Key skills involved were engagement of retail management and staff and supervising builders to have least possible effect on store trading.
Managed design and installation of prototype financial services facility in Chester store within very tight time scales.

NEW LOOK RETAILERS LTD

Weymouth
Reporting to the Property Director for control of up to forty new store developments per annum. Varying in size from 1,000sq ft High Street branches to 10,000sq ft Retail Park "shed" units. Project budgets ranging from £45k to £1m.
Managing a small team of three in-house project managers and large teams of external consultants. Extensive travel throughout UK, drove 180,000 miles in 3 years.
Negotiating with freeholders and developers to obtain best value for retail.
Managing the company's development cost base - reduced the average fit out cost from £100+ to £55 per square foot in less than a year. This was achieved by a thorough value engineering of the standard store design and a complete renegotiation of all component supply agreements, and a change in the main contract procurement route.

Property Development Manager

UNITED NORWEST CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY

Building and Technical Services, Stoke-on-Trent
Reporting to the Property Director for control of the development, maintenance and facilities management of a large and diverse estate of retail properties.
Managed a staff of ten professionals and support staff to deliver first class service to the trading divisions.
Completely overhauled the Society's procurement methods, introduced standardisation to repeat projects and brought modern practices into the work of the department. Obtained ISO 9002 quality certification for the working methods of the department in 1999, the only client body to hold such a certificate.
Project-managed special developments on behalf of the Society, including a joint venture outlet shopping centre (100,000sq ft, £20m) and a chilled distribution centre (10,000sq ft, £3m)

General Manager

WHITBREAD INNS

Responsible to the Managing Director for control of property portfolio of 350 licensed and hotel premises.
Deliver a capital investment programme worth over £50m per annum.
Maintain the estate to the highest possible standards within budget.
Represent property issues on the regional board.
Overhauled, re-organised and gave new direction to a large in-house property management team that was previously without a head of department for two years.
Delivered first-class quality and profitability results for new developments and refurbishments, using 17 in-house staff and consultants.
Set up partnership arrangements with main contractors and supply chain.
Built nearly 40 Brewers Fayre/Travel Inn destinations in two years at a value of £2.5m-£3.5m each. All were built on green field sites and the best practice I brought with me from Tesco was utilized to increase the value of the investment to the end user.

Property Manager

TESCO STORES PLC

Responsible to the Construction Director for managing major out-of-town superstore and high street developments to the highest quality standards and within strict financial controls. Working on up to six projects at any one time, value from £3m to £30m.
Appoint, brief and monitor external professional consultants.
Work within formal and informal partnership arrangements with construction contractors.
Provide a first-class service to retail clients.
Project-managed numerous superstore developments to a high quality in very tight time scales. Size of stores from 10,000 - 95,000sq ft. Including car parking, petrol filling stations, catering facilities and planning gain works such as road improvements, sports facilities infrastructure works and environmental works.
Project-managed the design and construction of the largest dry grocery distribution depot in Britain 350,000sq ft. Contract with the main contractor was the largest single contract ever let by Tesco - £28m. Remit included the influencing and lobbying of the local authority planning system to obtain consent on a green-belt site.
Was one of the first Tesco project managers to be involved with expansion into Eastern Europe. Briefed and inducted foreign design teams to work on new store projects in Poland and Czechoslovakia. Appointed Property Manager for Poland but moved on to Whitbread before able to take up appointment.
Travelled extensively to supervise and hand over projects. Average mileage 45,000 pa, not including flying.

WILLIAM TIMPSON LTD

Preparation of working drawings, specifications, tender documentation and supervision of retail fit-out contractors.

Senior Draughtsman

LYCETT & PLATT LTD

Trainee Draughtsman, Manchester
Preparation of drawings. Providing support to project managers.

Trainee Draughtsman

Retired at Ex-ManchesterAirport

After 52 years in the construction industry and the last 15 at Manchester Airport, I am, at 68 years of age retiring to pursue a life of leisure.

Thank you to everyone I've worked with over the years and I'll hope to say goodbye in person one day soon.

A managerial and property professional with a proven track record in the retail, hospitality and aviation sectors. Has project managed some of the largest out-of-town shopping developments in Britain, and major retail rollout programmes all over the UK. Formerly working for Marks and Spencer PLC and Tesco PLC as Project Manager, heading up significant work streams building and refurbishing major retail outlets. Working as a team player has managed and motivated large staffs of professionals, expanding and maintaining the estates of blue chip retail and leisure companies. Currently working for Manchester Airport Developments Ltd as Senior Project Manager, heading up many diverse projects and carrying out CDM-C role on projects around the group.

Specialties: budgeting,  c,  customer relations,  directing,  documentation,  facilities management,  file management,  financial,  iso 9002,  macromedia director,  management,  microsoft works,  negotiation,  plc,  procurement,  property management,  quality,  reports,  retail,  retail management,  safety,  supervisory skills,  supply chain,  tender,

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