Paul Taylor
Gateshead,Tyne-Wear
Summary
A highly skilled professional with expertise in quality assurance, inventory management, and strategic planning. Demonstrates exceptional problem-solving abilities, resourcefulness, and leadership in high-pressure environments. Adept at team building and effective communication, ensuring seamless operations and continuous improvement. Committed to leveraging skills to drive organisational success and achieve long-term career growth.
Takes on challenging new role harnessing interpersonal skills, collaboration and problem-solving. Driven to deliver high-quality service and consistent results.
Loyal employee with solid understanding of training and mentoring employees. Dedicated team player, proactive and hands-on in task completion.
Energetic employee well-versed in strong communication and organisation skills. Seeks solutions to problems and applies extensive analytical knowledge to findings. Adept at multi-tasking, leading group discussions and managing projects.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
C,S and E Works Manager(Investment Works Delivery)
Nexus
, Newcastle upon Tyne
07.2024 - 03.2025
- Delivery of the electrical Investment works on the metro system and on all supporting buildings
- Delivery of the signalling investment projects throughout the system
- Delivery of the Communication systems along with equipment to adhere to budgetary and annual investment target
- Provide a minor works facility to support the needs of other departments within the business
- Develop commercial strategies on empty building/assets along with solutions to gain income
- Manage a team of specialists
- Develop new culture and change initiatives
- Reporting and financial analysis
- Revised outdated procedures, modernised operational techniques.
- Coordinated staff training programmes, increased productivity levels.
Home Group
01.2023 - 07.2024
- Delivery of the Gas servicing, remedial works and responsive service across the North East Portfolio
- Develop and implement strategies with financial goals and contractual objectives
- Create and build a new team and implement processes to ensure KPI and budgets targets are achieved
- Complete, deliver and supply a value for money repairs service across the North East contract
- Ensure Policies and processes are developed and monitored to current and future standards and regulations
- Present financial analysis and forecasts to the client senior management team
- Responsible for all training and health and safety of the teams
- Creation of an internal auditing team with comprehensive processes and governance adherence
- The responsibility of over 60 inhouse team members and 50 contractors
- Financial responsibility of over £5M with P&L and commercial reporting
- Working with the investment team and asset team on the planning and implementation of future works
Commercial Maintenance Services
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Develop a new business contract with the MOD for two sites in Northumberland
- Develop and implement strategies with financial goals and contractual objectives with director reporting and stakeholders
- Create and build a new team and implement processes to ensure KPI and budgets targets are achieved
- Delivering multiple threads of works including investment, PPM, reactive and all areas of compliance
- Complete, deliver and supply a value for money repairs service across 6 sites
- Deliver projects and minor works scheme
- Present financial analysis and forecasts to the client senior management team
- Responsible for all training and health and safety of the teams
- Working and producing asset strategies and investment schemes for short- and long-term goals
Senior Electrical Engineer
Geoffrey Robinson Ltd
06.2021 - 01.2022
- Delivery of schemes from inception to handover
- Estimating and pricing of M&E schemes including collation of tenders
- Health and safety responsibility and management
- Financial and budget responsibility for the organisation
- Management of teams and customer relationships
Head of M&E, Voids, investment, Gas and Operational Compliance
Gateshead Council
06.2018 - 05.2021
- The delivery of Electrical/Gas and Mechanical multi-million-pound major works schemes, including decent homes, window and commercial investment works
- Delivering an infrastructure for over 150 DLO staff and external contractors
- Ensuring the robust delivery of void and Decent homes work on properties including the financial and KPI reporting responsibility
- Organisational and operational compliance, which is essential for risk management system by the monitoring, recordings and maintaining a larger portfolio of buildings in areas e.g
- Legionella, fire alarms, electrical testing, lightning protection, lift servicing, automatic doors, air conditioning services and any specialist services required in plant rooms, domestic dwellings and tower blocks
- Working inclusively and promoting data sharing with the Asset teams to form a 5-year plan on the stock and foresee future capital schemes
- The newly named M&E department is described below named as Building Services
- Future sustainability and energy schemes are actively promoted within this team along with the operational delivery
- The management of the Gas team includes the servicing, repairs and installation of heating systems
- Ensuring budgetary restrictions are met along with any cost saving efficiency but with compliance being at the forefront of the teams focus
Housing and Building Service Manager
Gateshead Council Construction Services
06.2012 - 06.2018
- This was an exciting role for the delivery of the Maintain Decency schemes (£6M) and a Building services department (£2.5M)
- I managed and developed £8M of work of the Capital budget moving work from revenue as part of the asset plan
- My role was to drive a team of between 60 -150 staff to work on a percentage of our 20,000 stock
- I have a team of Project managers, admin and assistant managers to deliver these multi-disciplined schemes
- Team development, building and progression is a major part of this role as when I first took over this section morale was poor, and processes were non-existent
- After the first year the department ended up overachieving their targets and setting the standards for future deliveries, this was all down to strong teamwork and achievable goals
- The Building Services department was like the MD department with a poor track record on the financial side of the business
- This was slightly less complicated to resolve as it was simply putting a strong Project Manager in place to stabilise the financial and delivery side of the department
- The first year was to achieve the spend but also change the behaviours and beliefs of the staff to be a positive and customer driven environment
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Leadership & Management
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon TyneFoundation Degree in Science - Building services
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon TyneCertificate of Higher Education - NEBOSH
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon TyneSkills
- Calm under pressure
- Problem-solving
- Communication skills
- Team building
- Strategic planning
- Leadership
- Resourcefulness
- Quality Assurance
- Inventory management
Timeline
C,S and E Works Manager(Investment Works Delivery)
Nexus
07.2024 - 03.2025
Home Group
01.2023 - 07.2024
Commercial Maintenance Services
01.2022 - 01.2023
Senior Electrical Engineer
Geoffrey Robinson Ltd
06.2021 - 01.2022
Head of M&E, Voids, investment, Gas and Operational Compliance
Gateshead Council
06.2018 - 05.2021
Housing and Building Service Manager
Gateshead Council Construction Services
06.2012 - 06.2018
Bachelor of Arts - Leadership & Management
Northumbria University
Foundation Degree in Science - Building services
Northumbria University
Certificate of Higher Education - NEBOSH
Northumbria University
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