Michael McGourty

• Managed two redesign projects on Household Waste Recycling Centres in London under NEC contacts
• Undertook weekly site visits to monitor progress, liaised with local council representatives and contractors on a daily basis
• Issued instructions on site to contractors regarding any design changes and dealt with requests for information
• Monitoring works on site as CQA Supervisor, ensuring work is completed as per design specifications.
• Supervised ground investigations being carried out in restricted sites, such as power stations
• Ensured that contractors complied with site Health & Safety directives
• Directed water and gas sampling projects for local councils
• Overseen the scheduling of sampling, ordering of sampling equipment, carrying out sampling on site using specialist equipment and dispatching samples for laboratory testing
• Managed a team of 20 plus soil technicians on a first of its kind soil sampling project being rolled out over four years
• Interviewed, shortlisted, and trained successful candidates for the soil technician role and was the first point of contact for new soil technicians
• Responsible for management of workloads, providing technical support and advice, ensuring work was completed within the SOP and conducting performance reviews with individual technicians
• Developed report writing skills
• Experience in drafting, reviewing, and publishing environmental and technical reports to clients and Government agencies
• Experience in creating technical CAD drawings and have a sound understanding of AutoCAD software program's.

Design & Build Contractors

• Worked on-site as an assistant site manager overseeing the construction of a new special needs school
• Developed an understanding of the day-to-day operations on site and how they are organized and scheduled
• Developed further my team-working skills from working with site engineers, design team, subcontractors and laborers
• Gained experience in reading various construction drawings, specifications and schedules
• Developed a sound knowledge of various construction trades, and their methods of works

• Worked on numerous different production lines manufacturing a wide range of concrete products for the construction industry
• Developed a sound understanding of materials used on site & rules around measurement of concrete products
• I have also developed a good understanding of working and producing high quality concrete products
• Worked with many foreign nationals, who many of which have poor or no English, from this my communication skills have been improved
• Gained confidence in operating heavy plant machinery and power tools, such as cranes, forklifts & teleporters