SIMON BURCH
Sedgley,WEST MIDLANDS
Summary
I have over 35 years’ experience in the property and construction industry: commercial and domestic sectors and have acquired extensive management skills including property FM building management (BTR), mobilisation experience and hands on practical multi trade skills, including HVAC, plumbing, pipework, drainage, electrical, heating, and general building knowledge. I have a good working knowledge of FM & M&E principles. Compliance PPM, Building safety act, HRB act, COSHH, General Building Regulations, Fire Safety, H&S, Staff Recruitment & management, 1 to 1 training, Contractor & Supplier procurement. I have previously worked for large organisations, as an employee, a sole trader, and individually. I also previously ran a small building business. I offer a wealth of experience in my field, and happy to adapt to other tasks and open to learn new skills and challenges. (I have own accommodation in the West Midlands and London)
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
Work history
Contract Senior Technical Estates Officer M&E
Ministry of Defence (Strategic Command)
Harborne, Birmingham
10.2024 - Current
- Ensuring compliance and safety of property by conducting regular security checks. Within the estates team.
- Managing a large portfolio of 5600 sites including armed bases, airfields, training centres. Ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day operations and maintenance of the M&E partners.
- Optimal use of estate resources with effective planning and allocation.
- Maintaining records of estate activities to ensure transparency and accountability.
Interim Estates Manager
Savills SMR London
Client Site Sherlock Yard Birmingham
07.2024 - 10.2024
- A new under construction extensive high rise BTR & Retail site
- Comprising 6 buildings over 2.5 acres
- Made up of 551 rental apartments and mixed commercial retail units
- Reporting into Jonathan Bloor Residential Director at Savills and another associate Director
- Working on behalf of our client partner ‘Get Living’
- Taking on the role at the PC day 1 mobilisation stage
- In charge of all Estate operations, responsibilities including all aspects of managing the site and assets, Through the initial startup phase of FM, Compliance, H&S, Recruitment, 1 to 1 Training, Security, Cleaning, Maintenance M&E, Risk Assessments
- Supplier Procurement and Purchasing
- Driving the Savills SOPs and bespoke site specific procedures
- Day to day responsibilities, Including scheduling daily work tasks via company systems
- Pre-planned and reactive tasks
- Daily site inspections in identifying and recording of warranty defects
- Ensuring compliance standards being always maintained (COSHH, H&S, FIRE, RM, PPM) using the company software portals
- (Elogbook, Datastation, Clixifix etc) Managing 3rd party site contractors, cleaning / security / maintenance rotas and the procurement of service contracts
- Day to day management of our on-site building contractors Watkin Jones, ensuring snagging works being completed whilst in the warranty period
- Overseeing the site risk assessments with our supplier Tetra
- Managing the daily flow of contractors into the building
- The inspection of empty apartments ensuring exacting standards of quality are maintained prior to letting
- And all snagging works accounted for
- Collaborating with the client team
- Weekly and monthly management teams reporting, ensuring KPIs are met
- Holding weekly performance reviews with all FM staff
- Toolbox talks.
Interim FM Building Manager
Legal & General Investments
Birmingham
01.2024 - 06.2024
- A new build BTR & Retail site
- Comprising 400 rental apartments and 40 commercial retail units
- I was employed as an interim FM building manager (covering long term sick leave of the permanent manager)
- Taking on the role at the mobilisation stage, with around 50% already leased capacity
- Interesting site built on a conservation area and made up of 4 separate buildings and comprising blended retail spaces
- In charge of all day-to-day FM operations both BTR & Retail, with 4 FM Building Technicians with direct reporting to me
- Day to day FM responsibilities, including scheduling daily work tasks via company CRM system
- Pre-planned and reactive tasks
- Ensuring compliance standards being always maintained (COSHH, H&S, FIRE, RM, PPM) using the company software packages
- Managing 3rd party site contractors, cleaning rotas and procurement of service maintenance contracts
- Day to day management of our on-site building contractors Sir Robert McAlpine ensuring snagging works werer being completed whilst in the warranty period
- Managing the smooth transition of tenants in & out of the building
- Ensuring every apartment leased to exacting standards of quality
- On arrival and ensuring any refurbishment work completed after departure
- Assisting the lettings team
- Weekly and monthly management reporting, KPI analysis, budget control, purchase control, overall FM costing reports
- Holding weekly performance reviews with FM staff
- Toolbox talks
- Liaising with Legal & General head office in London, providing regular updates and management reporting to stake holders
- Responsible for overseeing the letting transition (tenancy management) of the retail units, all units leased as bare first fix, so managing the incoming client contractors on site for 2nd and final fix works, ensuring completion targets are met
- And compliance standards maintained throughout every new retail unit.
Senior FM Consultant Manager
Dandara Living Management
Birmingham
06.2023 - 01.2024
- Working in central Birmingham, supporting 3 BTR sites Aston Place, Unity and Armouries
- Alongside the area FM manager
- Responsible for 1200 luxury rental apartments
- Day to day FM responsibilities, including scheduling daily work tasks out to 3 Multi skilled Building Technicians via the company CRM workflow system, pre-planned and reactive tasks
- Ensuring compliance standards being always maintained (COSHH, H&S, FIRE, RM, PPE) using the company software packages
- Managing 3rd party site contractors, cleaning rotas and procurement of service maintenance contracts
- Managing the smooth transition of tenants in & out of the building
- Ensuring every apartment leased to exacting standards of quality
- On arrival and ensuring any refurbishment work completed after departure
- Assisting the lettings team and front of house with day-to-day queries and tasks
- Weekly and monthly management reporting back to head office in Manchester, KPI analysis, budget control, purchase control, overall FM costing reports
- Holding weekly performance reviews with FM staff
- Toolbox talks.
Company Owner (MD)
Stourbridge Property & FM Services
06.2004 - 06.2023
- Previously self-employed, running my own successful small building business in Stourbridge, securing work leads, costing out and carrying out jobs on my own, and also within a team, for both domestic & commercial customers: including sub-contracting to facilitates management clients, such as ‘Intu Merry Hill’, Panda Services Ltd, SafeHarbour care homes, and also for Dudley Council, as an approved contractor
- I have experience in 1st and 2nd fix build projects.
Project Manager and promotion to Director
Kier Construction
04.1996 - 05.2004
- The largest free-standing structure in the UK (Heathrow Terminal 5) @ 4 million sq feet
- Responsible for overseeing and managing civil engineering projects, at Heathrow airport T5 development and another site in Sevenoaks Kent, managing staff, ongoing project and budgets
- I also negotiated and oversaw major contracts with suppliers
- Other departments and 60 Line managers reported to me.
Facilities Management Engineer
Guinness / United Distillers Group plc
London
07.1987 - 04.1996
- Working in a large team, covering multiple trade support in the day-to-day maintenance of the building, on a site of 3000 employees
- Responsibilities including the logging of support requests, maintaining the Facilities Management support database, carrying out on-site field support requests to clients in a team and individually
- Tasks predominately included plumbing repairs, installing new pipework and installations, lighting and minor electrical repairs, building infrastructure repairs, CAT 5 wiring installations and patch panel installations.
Education
BTEC HNC - Business Studies
GCSEs - English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, History, CDT, Geography, Business Studies, Computer Studies
Skills
- Over 35 years’ experience in the construction industry
- Staff Management & Training
- Procurement
- H&S, COSHH, FIRE, HVAC, RAs, HRB, BSA
- Good technical knowledge of plumbing, pipework, electrical, heating, gas, and general building in a commercial and domestic setting
- Extensive multi-trade building skills
- Able to manage multiple tasks
- Experience working under pressure and to timescales
- Able to work in a team or on my own
- Happy to commute to other areas or relocate
- Customer focused
- Good people skills
- Good timekeeper
- Reliable
- Trust-worthy
- Honest
- Adaptable
- Flexible
- Strong IT skills
- Adapt to CRM, Workflow software packages
- Good team member
- Good communication skills
- Eager to learn new skills
Timeline
Contract Senior Technical Estates Officer M&E - Ministry of Defence (Strategic Command)
10.2024 - Current
Interim Estates Manager - Savills SMR London
07.2024 - 10.2024
Interim FM Building Manager - Legal & General Investments
01.2024 - 06.2024
Senior FM Consultant Manager - Dandara Living Management
06.2023 - 01.2024
Company Owner (MD) - Stourbridge Property & FM Services
06.2004 - 06.2023
Project Manager and promotion to Director - Kier Construction
04.1996 - 05.2004
Facilities Management Engineer - Guinness / United Distillers Group plc
07.1987 - 04.1996
Eastleigh Technical College - BTEC HNC, Business Studies
Noadswood School - GCSEs, English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, History, CDT, Geography, Business Studies, Computer Studies
Personal Information
- Date of birth: 10/17/1969
- Nationality: British UK Citizen
Accolade
2001, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Award for Operating efficiently within a Commercial Organisation, 5th place out of 600 companies in the United Kingdom.
Personal Information
- Date of birth: 10/17/1969
- Nationality: British UK Citizen
- UK Vetted Member MOD Baseline Personal Security Clearance
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