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Adam Accorsini

Nairn,United Kingdom

Summary

A highly skilled professional with expertise in Microsoft 365 applications, health and safety compliance, and vehicle management. Demonstrates strong capabilities in operational monitoring, mental health awareness, and strategic planning. Adept at conflict resolution, absence management, and problem solving, with a focus on resourcefulness and effective toolbox talks. Committed to leveraging skills for organisational success while pursuing opportunities for growth in operational leadership.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Waste Foreperson

Highland Council
Nairnshire
07.2015 - 07.2025
  • I have been working within the Highland Council for 10 years, originally starting as a refuse loader before progressing to an HGV driver and now and most recently a waste foreperson for Nairnshire for 5 years. In this role I manage a team of 14 employees and a fleet of vehicles including heavy goods vehicles across different departments such as waste, street cleaning and recycling center's. I take great pride in the department I manage and as such I take any opportunity to better myself and in turn creating a positive influence on the team. I am a mental health representative for the Highland Council, along with being level 2 qualified in mental health awareness. I have recently completed my fire warden training and also operator licence awareness training. I am competent in Microsoft 365 including word, PowerPoint, excel and other IT software.I serve as primary liaison for local elected members, charity organisations, general public, demonstrating exceptional communication skills and effectively defusing potential issues when necessary. Within my daily role Health and Safety is a very important subject and I deliver scheduled toolbox talks to my team, complete regular operational monitoring to ensure all vehicles meet DVLA legislation and any defects are reported, monitored or fixed accordingly, also ensuring employees are compliant with our legislation in regards to PPE, vehicle checks and defect book filling. i conduct fire drills, and handle sensitive information/conversations/paperwork with the utmost respect. Absence management is a key part of my role and involves return to work interviews, occupational health referrals if required and data input on to software to ensure this is all kept up to date for my records along with payroll. I am frequently involved with other depot's out with Nairnshire such as Inverness and Badenoch & Strathspey and often help to manage many other teams within these areas. I have a vast amount of experience in Management, communications, IT, Fleet, Logistics and many others.

Security Team Leader

Asda
Inverness
02.2014 - 07.2015
  • I worked as a Security Team Leader, this involves watching cctv, patrolling the store aswell as dealing with customer queries. in my job I have to be 100% focused at all times and have to think using my own initiative when dealing with any situations that may arise within the store. I manage a team of security guards, this includes doing the rota every week, conference calls, being the in store point of contact for my team and all other colleagues regarding any security issues. I am trained to deal with any situation and to resolve any problems that may arise. I also get posted to other stores in the region to help out and have worked in operations alongside the Police and my Regional Manager.

Customer Advisor

Argos
Inverness Retail park
10.2013 - 11.2013
  • Provided customer advisory services at Argos, enhancing confidence across company operations.
    Managed tills and customer service functions to ensure efficient transactions.
    Assisted with stockroom operations by covering team leader responsibilities alongside a colleague.

Security Guard

Izon Security ltd
Inverness UHI campus
07.2013 - 09.2013
  • I worked at the Inverness UHI campus as a security guard, this role involved a mixture of days and nights ranging from 12 hour shifts up to 15 hours. I had to patrol the site premises every hour aswell as working the barrier checking id's and directing people wether it be investors or delivery drivers to which part of the site they were looking for.

Delivery/Stockroom Assistant

Argos
Inverness Retail Park
10.2010 - 07.2013
  • I worked as a Delivery and Stock Assistant at Argos. I worked as part of a team and helped unloading the deliveries from the lorries when they arrive at the store. I was then responsible for distributing and putting the items away in the correct part of the stock room. This was done via scanners and electronic headsets. I was also responsible for the upkeep of a certain area of the stock room and had to ensure that this was kept clean and tidy in order to comply with Health & Safety regulations and also so that the pickers can easily find goods for customers when they are ordered. I also worked on the shop floor serving customers with their orders and assisting them to their cars if required.

Education

Intermediate 1 - Physics

Nairn Academy
Nairn, Highland

Intermediate 1 - Chemistry

Nairn Academy
Nairn

Standard Grade - History

Nairn Academy
Nairn

Standard Grade - Art & Design

Nairn Academy
Nairn

Standard Grade - English

Nairn Academy
Nairn

Standard Grade - Mathematics

Nairn Academy
Nairn

Standard Grade - Geography

Nairn Academy
Nairn

Standard Grade - Craft and Design

Nairn Academy
Nairn

Skills

  • Competent in Microsoft 365 including word, PowerPoint, excel and other IT software
  • Health and safety compliance
  • Vehicle management
  • Operational monitoring
  • Mental health awareness
  • Toolbox talks
  • Conflict resolution
  • Absence management
  • Problem solving
  • Strategic planning
  • Resourcefulness

Certification

  • Full Motorcycle licence held since March 2011
  • Full Driving licence held since August 2012
  • Cat C HGV licence held since August 2019

Affiliations

  • Motorcycle riding
  • Heavy goods vehicles
  • Travelling with my family

References

Available on request

Training and Qualifications

  • Retail (Sales Professional)- SVQ Level 3
  • Mental health awareness (level 2)
  • Operator Licence Awareness course completed 2025
  • Fire Warden Training
  • Mechanics Level 1

Timeline

Waste Foreperson

Highland Council
07.2015 - 07.2025

Security Team Leader

Asda
02.2014 - 07.2015

Customer Advisor

Argos
10.2013 - 11.2013

Security Guard

Izon Security ltd
07.2013 - 09.2013

Delivery/Stockroom Assistant

Argos
10.2010 - 07.2013

Intermediate 1 - Physics

Nairn Academy

Intermediate 1 - Chemistry

Nairn Academy

Standard Grade - History

Nairn Academy

Standard Grade - Art & Design

Nairn Academy

Standard Grade - English

Nairn Academy

Standard Grade - Mathematics

Nairn Academy

Standard Grade - Geography

Nairn Academy

Standard Grade - Craft and Design

Nairn Academy

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