Paul Cummins

• Due to the fact that this was a relatively new company when I started working for them, I feel I played a valuable role in making it successful
• I was a site foreman overseeing the development of timber frame apartments and traditional houses
• My role was to ensure the sites were run properly, safely, to budget, to programme and to the standard on which the client insisted.

• During a quiet time in the UK, I decided to venture out and was very fortunate to have contacts in Norway
• I decided to take up a position with a company as a Project Foreman
• In my role as a Site Manager I was responsible for the day-to-day running of the construction site
• This involved instructing and co-ordinating all sub-contractors, suppliers and directly employed staff on my site, in order to build to the required programmes, and achieve quality units
• On a weekly basis, I authorised supplier payments on the site computer via the delivery notes received on site, and checked and authorised all weekly sub-contract and directly employed payments, which were then sent to the office for payment
• I was also responsible for reporting to the office on a weekly basis, the build progress, materials on site and plant returns.

• During this period, I worked as a bricklayer for a large subcontractor on various sites across the North West, one of which won the prestigious N.H.B.C 'Pride in the Job' award.

• After initially starting as an Assistant Manager on a development in Winwick, Warrington, where I successfully helped deliver eight plots ranging from £350,000- £650,000
• I was then transferred to a development in Eccleston, Chorley
• In 2015 I was promoted to Site Manager and in my first year achieved the coveted NHBC PIJ Award 2016
• Setting up a new development in Lowton in 2017, I went onto win another quality award with the LABC
• During my time on Lowton I won NW Site Manager of the year 2018 and 2020
• I was promoted to Senior Site Manager in 2018
• In August 2021 I started a new development in Whiston and went on to win another NHBC PIJ Award in June 2022.

• Responsible for a large number of developments across the North west
• Circa 18 Developments with a range of products from Apartment schemes to Bespoke one off Properties Circa £1.5 M
• Responsibilities included, Project Planning, liaising with Construction Directors, Contracts Managers, Site Managers, Assistant Site Managers, site personnel, programmes, budgets, Build Quality and completion dates
• Work closely with BWK 365 MD to achieve customer satisfaction, quality production, Health & Safety and Customer Care.

• In the last seventeen months I have been lucky to work on a number of difficult and prestigious sites for PLF and I have been fortunate to utilise all of the skills I have gathered over the last few years, whilst adding new skills at the same time in making each one of the sites successful in every aspect
• I have both started and finished a number of sites where programming works accurately have been of paramount importance for the business and continue to work to achieve PLF's goals.

• During my second stint at working for Wainhomes I worked on 'The Laurels' in Ellesmere Port, where I built three different types of house; four bed detached, three bed semi and a mews style townhouse.

• During my time as an apprentice bricklayer for the local authority, I achieved City and Guilds together with my Advanced Craft Qualification in bricklaying
• I also successfully completed my indentured apprenticeship
• I continued to work for the council as a bricklayer for nearly eight years until I was promoted to Wet Trades Foreman
• This involved visiting numerous vacant and tenanted properties, and assessing them in terms of any maintenance, which was required to make them habitable
• I was then responsible for co-ordinating the maintenance up to completion.

After being promoted in November 2022, to Contracts Manager, I was responsible for over seeing multiple developments in the North West region. All of which succeeded in delivering up to 70 units per annum.

Many other daily duties consisted of the following:

• Oversaw daily operations and contract management for site teams.
• Developed cost-effective solutions to mitigate contractual risks.
• Understood and delivered contracts within agreed conditions and timeframes.
• Led and motivated multiple on-site teams to achieve project deliverables.
• Managed and updated workload tracker to plan and monitor site activities.
• Adhered to health & safety regulations when conducting on site.
• Recruited, developed and motivated new members of the team.
• Reported daily to Construction Director.