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Neil Adams

Lower Stondon,Bedfordshire

Summary

A professional and driven Senior Operations Manager with a supportive leadership style, fostering a positive team environment and building meaningful relationships with customers, their representatives, and supply chain partners. Demonstrates excellent people skills with a hands-on approach, ensuring organised and methodical operations. Possesses strong skills in project management, coupled with excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior operations manager

Willmott Dixon Interiors
London
06.2004 - Current

I have been in the construction industry from 1990, and with the Willmott Dixon Group since 2004, progressing through the management leadership programme from Senior Surveyor, Surveying Manager, Commercial Manager, Operations Manager to Senior Operations Manager.

My responsibility and involvement is through all stages of a project, from tender, with early engagement with customers to build relationships, PCSA, identifying the team and supply chain partners to deliver the project, handover and during the defect period.

I have led teams to deliver a variety of projects both in value and complexity:

Surrey Maths School - Guildford. Sept 2024 - present approx. 9m

Transforming an existing 3 storey commercial building into a new further education school specialising in mathematics for the DFE. Creating an auditorium, kitchen and dining area, classrooms, offices and break out rooms.

Sutton High Street April 24 - Jan 25 approx. 4.5m

The works were for the London Borough of Sutton as part of the high street regeneration programme. Shell and core refurbishment of two adjoining retail units with office space on the upper 4 floors including a new steel frame lift shaft.

Brent Civic Centre May 24 - Oct 24. approx. 3m

Working with London Borough of Brent team from feasibility to delivery. Reconfigure and repurpose of the library and registry office. Creating flexible space with a new children library, family meeting rooms and a new steel timber clad staircase.

Addenbrookes Hospital - Thrombectomy Ward & Nuclear Medicine ward. March 22 -July 23 approx. 5m

A phased delivery of works enhancing the facilities and equipment to the departments. In a live environment the works involved demolition and strip out works, upgrade of mechanical and electrical services throughout, replacing existing finishes creating new bays and reconfiguring the accommodation.

Thomas Hardy House, Enfield. Jan 22 - Dec 22 approx. 8m

This was the second project for Enfield Council. The project comprised of the strip out and refurbishment of the first and second floors creating furnished offices for the Council. The works also included the fit out of the Dugdale Centre creating a commercial kitchen, dining area and Enfield museum.

Edmonton Library, Enfield. May 21 - Jan 22. approx. 3m

The project comprised of the strip out and refurbishment of the second floor of the existing building and forming new flexible office working for the Council.

Goswell Road, Islington, March 20 - Dec 20. approx.15m

Due to a company restructure i inherited the project in March 20, the project was refurbishment of existing office accommodation which included the strip out and fit out of the existing 4th and 5th floors including 3 new lifts, new entrance and a roof terrace.

Riverside House, March 20 - Dec 20 approx. 25m

Due to a company restructure i inherited the project in March 20. The project included the strip out, infill areas to provide 2 new floor plates, CAT A fit out to Riverside House, refurbishment of the lifts and provide new central core areas along with new entrances.

London Screen Academy, Highbury, Aug 18 - March 20 approx. 25m

Logistically challenging refurbishment and remodelling of a commercial building including a new steel structure infill forming an auditorium, classrooms, workshops, commercial kitchen and offices, creating a new 6th form college.

Education

HNC Building Studies

Oakland's College
St. Albans
09.1990 - 07.1996

Skills

  • Ability to listen and build meaningful and trusted relationships with customers, their representatives and supply chain partners
  • A supportive leadership style, creating a positive team environment
  • Excellent people skills with a hands on approach
  • Organised and methodical
  • Enthusiastic and motivated
  • Adaptive
  • MCIOB
  • SMSTS
  • CSCS Professional white card
  • First Aid at work

Accomplishments

2020, Nominated Construction Manager of the Year for London Screen Academy refurbishment project - Education

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior operations manager

Willmott Dixon Interiors
06.2004 - Current

HNC Building Studies

Oakland's College
09.1990 - 07.1996
Neil Adams