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Shahara Miah

Thurso,Highland

Summary

As a character people would describe me as bubbly & Confident, very easy to approach and a person with good nature. As an employee I am described to be a driven and self-motivated individual, with natural aptitude for organisation and communication. Ensures seamless project execution. Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills and ability to coordinate resources and schedules. Poised to make meaningful impact, working alongside a team but also capable to make appropriate decisions alone. Main background and interests evolve around Projects , Planning, Scheduling, Risk Monitoring, Scope creations, Budget monitoring / expenditure tracking, Procurement, Purchasing or Estates repair work. General admin tasks are also carried out daily amongst this.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work history

Project coordinator/Estates Maintenance/Contracts

UHI North, West & Hebrides
Thurso, Highland
03.2024 - Current
  • Responsible for the Co-ordination of every project across our estates from start to finish ( Plumbing + Mechanical, Electrical, Asbestos removal, Roof repairs , Aircon installation, Concreting, Lift replacements, Carpark line painting etc)
  • Consideration of many factors when a job turns into a Project such as Risk management , Health & Safety, building compliance, Job priority , Scope of work, Cost, Procurement , quality criteria etc
  • Co- ordinating all PPM tasks ( Preventative planning maintenance) and scheduling this in before due date to ensure building compliance ( 107 taskings x14 campuses )- Bi-annual or annual.
  • Following up from the planned maintenance I am also responsible for ensuring all priority remedial work is scheduled in and complete.
  • Collate and organise relevant data on our departments yearly spend with each contractor for management to use for auditing purposes.
  • Assist with the application of government funding by providing crucial information and reasoning for our departments biggest spend each year in hope that more funding will be provided.
  • Following up from any major incidents across our campuses I also assist with the insurance claim process - providing all required info upon request.
  • Monitoring of our estates expenditures compared to the yearly budget and ensuring we are on track.
  • Assisting our procurement department with preparing scope's for setting up contracts ( Lifts, Automatic Doors, Plumbing/ Electrical)
  • Creating mini tenders between 3 relevant contractors for any pieces of priority repair work that estimate over our budget threshold for going directly to 1 contractor for work.
  • Ensuring the Purchase orders + invoices for our department is all kept tidy and up-to-date- Every job has a PO and all completed work is invoiced.
  • Liaising with contractors daily until job completion.
  • Prioritising all reactive jobs High- Low and transferring these to a works list to then be actioned accordingly.
  • Monitoring all emails + fielding complaints.
  • Maintained an organised filing system for all project documents, enhancing accessibility.

Commercial / Domestic customer service advisor

Serco Northlink
Thurso, Highland
03.2023 - 03.2024
  • Working to a professional call centre standard providing customer service / assistance to any customers making freight / domestic bookings.
  • Generating quotations for accompanied and unaccompanied items across any sailings in the North.
  • Achieving daily company targets whilst maintaining a professional service.
  • Providing cover for Check-in Kiosk when necessary.
  • Complete taskings requested by management such as -creating spreadsheets which monitor our teams progression and weekly stats.
  • Continuously monitoring the weather and working alongside marketing to send out any adverse weather reports to passengers affected for each sailing route.
  • Provide assistance to passengers that require a route plan across different sailings + times.
  • Complaint handling.
  • Monitor and respond to any email queries.
  • Assist with the processing of invoices.
  • Monitor our live chat and respond to any incoming questions/ queries.
  • Working on various different shift patterns to suit companies requirements - Rotating weekly from 6am - 8pm - 3 weeks on- site and 1 week hybrid.


Traffic clerk / Office Administrator

M&H Carriers
Inverness, Highland
10.2021 - 02.2023

As a Traffic Clerk / Office administrator I had strict taskings which needed to be completed each day to ensure the flow of operations goes smoothly. Some of these tasks consisted of-

* Sending ETA's for deliveries to customers.

*Arranging outgoing deliveries from our Inverness depot.

*Scheduling the incoming deliveries to our depot from subcontractors.

*Uploading Proof of deliveries to each consignment.

* Allocating the delivery drivers with their routes depending on the postal code and amount of drops.

* Taking the lead with co-ordinating our Freight , 1 man team and also providing administration assistance to our warehouse staff- ( label printing, Creating consignments, Chasing consignments from other contractors, general data entry and monitoring health & safety standards in the depot.)

* Answered all incoming phone calls, handled customer queries & complaints.

* Provided face to face customer service for walk in customers.

* responded to all email queries and assisted customers with sending off or chasing up items.

* Creating quotations + manual bookings for general items and freight items.

*Invoicing customers.

* Doing the billing and end of day banking.

* Updating our spreadsheets daily which tracked our company statistics ^ reviewed weekly by management to monitor any required improvements.

* Completion of system runs and drain downs to prevent blockages in our servers.

* Ordering office stationary equipment and sending this our to our other depots as and when required.


Education

GCSEs - History

Thurso High School
Thurso, Highland
04.2001 -

GCSEs - Business

Thurso High School
Thurso
04.2001 -

GCSEs - Administration

Thurso High School
Thurso
04.2001 -

GCSEs - Mathematics

Thurso High School
Thurso

GCSEs - English

Thurso High School
Thurso

Skills

  • Scope Preparation
  • Risk management
  • Ethical consideration
  • Procurement and purchasing
  • Proactive initiative
  • Budgeting and finance
  • Resilience under pressure
  • Safety consciousness
  • Contract negotiation and administration
  • Time efficiency
  • Negotiation
  • Leadership skills
  • Strategic planning
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Project Management
  • Invoicing
  • Contract management
  • Market research

Timeline

Project coordinator/Estates Maintenance/Contracts

UHI North, West & Hebrides
03.2024 - Current

Commercial / Domestic customer service advisor

Serco Northlink
03.2023 - 03.2024

Traffic clerk / Office Administrator

M&H Carriers
10.2021 - 02.2023

GCSEs - History

Thurso High School
04.2001 -

GCSEs - Business

Thurso High School
04.2001 -

GCSEs - Administration

Thurso High School
04.2001 -

GCSEs - Mathematics

Thurso High School

GCSEs - English

Thurso High School
Shahara Miah