Kieran McReynolds

I took up the position of electrical site supervisor with MMS after completing another successful project with Roth. This role required me to oversee various different projects throughout the east coast. All the projects I was responsible for were new build housing projects which was something new to me completely. This change required me to adapt the way I had worked previously in order to get the best out of the electricians I had working for me across my sites.

• Working alongside different main contractors to monitor progress vs programme and identify any potential delays ahead - also planning labour accordingly.
• Main point of contact for various sites, dealing with many emails and phonecalls each day.
• Utilised SiteAudit Pro and other pieces of software to monitor quality and identify any issues with workmanship/snagging.
• Responsible for ordering all materials required to allow sites to progress seamlessly through the electrical buyer.

After my time at IDS I was asked to return to Roth Ltd to oversee a project at a new build primary school near Edinburgh. My roles and responsibilities were similar to that in my previous time at the company. I was the main point of contact for the site team and partook in weekly site progress meetings, sat in on client meetings and site walkarounds. I overseen most of the health and safety responsibilities on site to help the site be a safe place for people to work.

Once this project was completed to handover stage, I moved on to my new role with MMS.

During my time at IDS, I was responsible for 3 projects, a ward refurb at a hospital, a substation install on a wind farm and a complex and large scale CCTV and access install.

• Liaised with clients to determine scope of work and individual project requirements.
• Complied with BS 7671 standards to complete electrical installations.
• Use of various containment systems and wiring methods - trunking, tray, conduit, single cables, LSF twin and earth, FP200.
• Fitting out of cable accessories and lighting systems, including dali systems.
• Termination of panel boards, earthing bars and distribution boards.

My time at IDS came to and end as the company's work in the commercial sector had run dry.

At Roth I completed the remainder of my apprenticeship and worked my way from being a qualified electrician to becoming a site supervisor. I worked on a variety of projects for Roth and gained a vast array of experience working for various clients and working in many different situations. The types of jobs varied from office fit outs and refurbs, working in schools both in and out of term, working in live police stations, large care homes and student accommodation jobs.

• Use of various containment systems and cabling methods.
• Installation of panel boards, and DBs
• Commercial fit out experience
• Overseeing up to 30 operatives on site at any given time
• Responsible for meeting client targets
• Ensuring subcontractors are on programme to meet targets
• Issuing tool box talks
• Ensuring RAMS are up to date and relevant to tasks being carried out

The first two years of my apprenticeship were spent working at the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Mercury Engineering before the project started coming to an end.

• Shadowed qualified Electricians to gain a thorough understanding of electrical installation
• Demonstrated knowledge of safety protocols and industry best practices.
• Worked with various containment systems and worked with modular containment systems that had been fabricated off site.
• Installation of containment and cabling for circuits.
• Working in switch rooms and terminating cables with tradesman.