Gary Brown

As per previous employment with the same description, as was a return to a previous identical role.

• Attended to emergency repairs promptly, reducing downtime and disruption.
• Collaborated with other operatives for efficient completion of larger projects.
• Maintained cleanliness in work environments, promoting health and efficiency.
• Utilised a variety of hand tools proficiently in daily operations.
• Assisted with large-scale installations for improved facility operations.
• Adhered strictly to health and safety guidelines during all tasks performed.
• Ensured safety by conducting regular inspections of machinery and equipment.
• Kept general areas clean and clear for good health and safety standards.
• Reacted to emergency maintenance tasks quickly to minimise workforce downtime.
• Kept plant equipment in good, safe working order through regular assessments.

Encouraged productive behaviours through positive reinforcement techniques, raising staff morale.

• Organised regular coaching sessions to boost staff competency levels.
• Streamlined processes, resulting in increased operational effectiveness.
• Managing dig teams on DS dig teams
• Ensuring all direct reports are compliant with various processes & training
• Weekly audits on teams to ensure that all H&S aspect are followed without compromise

Liaising with customers/developers to ensure a smooth journey throughout the whole process of their new connection

• Dealing with customer complaint's
• Ensuring all equipment is maintained & fit for purpose e.g. PUWER
• Inspecting & signing off various activities prior to works commencing, e.g. Temporary Works, Thrustboring, Overhead Cables & changes of scope.
• Used digital analytics platforms to assess performance and evaluate transformation opportunities.

• Duties include: Stop tap installation, service pipe repairs, mains repairs, asset replacement and repair, meter installations 15mm up to 250mm, new service connections, lead replacements work
• Ferret leak detection (1 of 2 operatives trained to use equipment) live leak tracing
• Chlorination and pressure testing (1 of 2 operatives trained to use equipment) mains laying schemes
• NRV-PRV replacements on large diameter mains, also Bypass installation projects
• Mains diversion overseeing and completing work
• Great Yarmouth tunnel project- decommission of main under the river and the new connection of mains after directional drilling completion, (Yarmouth and Gorleston connections)
• Lound- Bradwell mains laying scheme, worked on part of the project.

• Various Duties in all aspects of groundwork's on a very large contract to increase the capacity of a substantial reservoir
• Constructing concrete roadways to provide access to various parts of the site
• Installing adequate drainage to prevent flooding of accessible areas
• Installing pipe work to and from reservoir pumping stations up to 1200mm diameter
• Landscaping construction areas.

• Layering the raised windward banks of the reservoir with open stone asphalt to prevent erosion
• Preparing the areas with membrane and shuttering
• Lay asphalt at the correct temperature and level with a long reach 360 and rakes to the desired thickness.

• Various Duties including: Highways Construction or Improvements (All types), Bridge installation, Dual carriageway junction construction
• Embankment improvement schemes (Soil Nailing)
• All drainage and pipe work including, Flood relief schemes (Gosport, Hampshire)
• Potable Water treatment sites including; Layer WTW, Walpole WTW, North Stifford WTW, Southwold WTW, Ormesby WTW, work ranging from inlet works reconstruction, slow sand filter ramp installation, comprehensive duct installation, roadway construction, pipeline diversions, contact tank construction, pressure testing, electro fusing
• Wastewater treatment sites including; Staplehurst WWTW, various tasks involved with improving the efficiency of a wastewater treatment works
• Environmental schemes
• Coastal Improvements.