Gavin Crowe
Glasgow
Summary
A dedicated professional with a strong background in preventive and reparative maintenance, effective communication, and change management. Currently serving on the board of trustees for a children’s mental health charity, contributing to the development of positive mental health strategies through Spider Arts. Notable achievements include designing and refurbishing a mobile Art Therapy Unit supporting children in Glasgow. Proficient in legionella management, knowledge of environmental standards, COSHH, and safety protocols adherence. Passionate about enhancing community well-being and committed to fostering environments that support mental health initiatives. Hands-on Maintenance Manager leads by example to motivate hardworking, responsive staff. Plans and prioritises well to achieve activity within set budgets and timeframes. Assesses productivity and quality standards to improve department performance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
4072
4072
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Maintenance Manager
Fraser Suits Glasgow
Glasgow
01.2024 - Current
- Delegated tasks to carefully selected employees in alignment with resource management goals.
- Organised continuous facilities cleaning, minimising risk and maintaining professional appearance.
- Enforced compliance with relevant legislation and internal policies and procedures.
- Briefed and motivated staff to deliver daily operational requirements.
- Improved equipment efficiency by implementing preventative maintenance procedures.
- Managed team for efficient resolution of facility issues.
- Directed and supervised front-of-house operations, upholding company standards.
- Forged working relationships with suppliers and negotiated purchasing conditions.
- Diagnosed faults and carried out or assigned repair tasks to minimise downtime.
- Supervised maintenance team and reviewed completed work to evaluate performance.
- Conducted risk assessments for safer work environment.
- Maintained daily facility operations with strong focus on preventive maintenance and swift repairs.
- Facilitated communication and collaboration across departments.
- Spearheaded training programs to uplift workforce competency levels in handling complex machinery maintenance tasks.
- Mitigated project risks, ensuring successful delivery on time.
- Improved team productivity with regular feedback and performance reviews.
First Aid & Manual Handling Trainer Part Time
1 Stop Training Ltd
09.2009 - Current
- Providing First Aid training for local and International companies, designing and updating course content to comply with current legislation and good practice
- Certification and liaising with individual business to meet their training needs
- Completing wage runs, audit reviews and course evaluations
- Liaising and coordinating new business and building strong customer relationship
- Complying with HSE standards, completing continues CPD and trainer renewal qualifications
Maintenance Manager
Marine Hotel Troon
06.2022 - 01.2024
- Coordinating all daily Health & Safety audits and keep accurate records for Fire, Health & Safety Inspections
- Prioritising maintenance tasks to team
- Coordinating shifts, holidays, and installation of large works
- Sourcing and auditing equipment and resources
- Create and maintain policies
- Complete Fire, First Aid and Healthy Safety Training to all staff on a rolling rotation
- Create and maintain risk assessments, COSHH reports and ensure audits are achieving at 95% or above quarterly
- Acting General manager cover as required to ensure high quality hospitality is offered to all visitors
- Monitored equipment operation and facility systems to proactively detect malfunctions.
Maintenance Manager
Point A Hotels
01.2018 - 06.2022
- Liaising with contactor to minimize disruption within hotel
- Complete daily maintenance, plumbing, joinery and painting tasks
- Support and lead a small team of professionals to comply with Health & Safety procedures and company policies
- Complete daily risk assessments, check fire points and log all equipment usage daily
- Coordinate company annual Health & Safety Audits with external audit companies
- Lead induction and fire training for all staff, review polices and procedures quarterly
- Provide support to General manager daily and ensure high quality customer service is implemented daily through the team
- Coordinate the house keeping team to reduce room closure times
Maintenance Cluster Manager
Somerset Nursery
Glasgow
10.2012 - 12.2017
- Managing a team to ensure high quality childcare and customer service is delivered daily
- Complete and comply with Health & Safety policies and legislation
- Complete, create and monitor risk assessments and COSHH tracking
- Liaising with contractors to ensure service disruption was minimised
- Cut down unnecessary expenses by optimising resource usage.
- Monitored industry trends, adapting services to suit consumer demand.
- Conducted risk assessments for safer work environment.
- Documented daily work performed in company logs and on equipment-specific reports.
- Responded promptly to breakdowns, maintained high service uptime.
- Facilitated communication and collaboration across departments.
Education
Standard Grades - Level 3
Garnock Academy
08.1989 - 06.1994
Trainer/ Assessor Qualification - First Aid trainer/ Assessor, Manual Handling Trainer, Defibrillation Trainer
ITG Training Centre
11.2009 - 12.2010
Trainer/ Assessor Qualification - First Aid trainer/ Assessor, Manual Handling Trainer, Defibrillation Trainer
Abertay Training Ltd
08.2018 - 08.2021
Trainer/ Assessor Qualification - First Aid trainer/ Assessor, Manual Handling Trainer, Defibrillation Trainer
Abertay Training Ltd
03.2022 - 04.2025
First Aid at work Certificate -
Skills training Group
11.2024 - 11.2027
Food Hygiene Certificate - undefined
Azilo Training
Personal License Holder - undefined
City Guilds
03.2015 - 06.2025
NVQ Level 3 - Health & Safety
Health & Safety in the Workplace
Highfield Doncaster 10.2018 - 10.2018
Legionnaires Disease
Flow Learning
Fire Marshal
Flow Learning
London Skills
- Currently on the board of Trustees for a Children’s Mental Health Charity
- Designed and refurbished a mobile Art Therapy Unit which now supports children in the G53 area of Glasgow
- Spider Arts allows children to access free Art Therapy to help them gain coping strategies and helps them to develop positive mental health
- Keen golfer and enjoy quality family time, good food and traveling
- Preventive and reparative maintenance
- Effective communication
- Legionella management
- Knowledge of environmental standards
- COSHH
- Safety protocols adherence
- Change management
Certification
Certificate and additional training records also available.
Custom
All references can be obtained by request.
Timeline
First Aid at work Certificate -
Skills training Group
11.2024 - 11.2027
Maintenance Manager
Fraser Suits Glasgow
01.2024 - Current
Maintenance Manager
Marine Hotel Troon
06.2022 - 01.2024
Trainer/ Assessor Qualification - First Aid trainer/ Assessor, Manual Handling Trainer, Defibrillation Trainer
Abertay Training Ltd
03.2022 - 04.2025
NVQ Level 3 - Health & Safety
Health & Safety in the Workplace
10.2018 - 10.2018
Trainer/ Assessor Qualification - First Aid trainer/ Assessor, Manual Handling Trainer, Defibrillation Trainer
Abertay Training Ltd
08.2018 - 08.2021
Maintenance Manager
Point A Hotels
01.2018 - 06.2022
Personal License Holder - undefined
City Guilds
03.2015 - 06.2025
Maintenance Cluster Manager
Somerset Nursery
10.2012 - 12.2017
Trainer/ Assessor Qualification - First Aid trainer/ Assessor, Manual Handling Trainer, Defibrillation Trainer
ITG Training Centre
11.2009 - 12.2010
First Aid & Manual Handling Trainer Part Time
1 Stop Training Ltd
09.2009 - Current
Standard Grades - Level 3
Garnock Academy
08.1989 - 06.1994
Food Hygiene Certificate - undefined
Azilo Training
Legionnaires Disease
Flow Learning
Fire Marshal
Flow Learning
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