Curriculum Vitae

Benjamin Andrew Williams

22 Ogilvie Court

Wickford

Essex

SS12 9PZ

 

E-mail: benwilliams84@hotmail.co.uk

Landline: 01268 982631

Mobile: 07891292617

KEY SKILLS

·   Preparing and delivering presentations   ·   MSc in Environmental Protection and Management

·   Meets deadlines regardless of task         ·   Good interpersonal skills

·   Carrying out risk assessments               ·   Degree-level business and finance module

·   Fully competent in MS Office                  ·   Working with suppliers, contractors and customers

·   Problem-solving                                     ·   Some credit control experience

·   Operations experience                           ·   Not afraid to face new challenges

·   Experience in sales department              ·     Appreciates others’ views

·   Project management experience            ·   Willing to put forward new ideas

·   Health, safety and quality experience      ·   Seeking career development and further accreditation

PERSONAL PROFILE

·        A hardworking, reliable team player who is equally happy to work alone. Always strives to take on new challenges and to deliver results against clearly defined objectives. Continually aims to learn new skills, explore new technology, be adaptable and meet or exceed expectations

·        Maintains company core values and provides service excellence

·        Looking for increased responsibility and career development

·        Aims to provide first-class customer service at all times

EDUCATION

August 2000 to June 2006        Perth Academy

 

Highers:                Chemistry        Managing Environmental Resources

Intermediate 2:      English             Travel and Tourism

Standard Grades:  English             Maths          Chemistry                Biology        French

Geography       History        Computing

 

September 2006 to June 2010  Scottish Agricultural College (University of Edinburgh)

 

BSc (Hons)                              Rural Resource Management                                               2:2

 

September 2010 to November 2011 University of Edinburgh

 

MSc                                         Environmental Protection and Management

Modules: waste reduction and recycling; carbon capture and transport;

water resource management; atmospheric quality and global change

land use and environmental interactions; participation in policy and                                                planning

CAREER HISTORY

Bywaters Waste Management

Waste Contract Manager (NHS Account) March 2018 to Present

Reporting directly to Associate Director (Edward Van Reenen)

Main Duties:

·        Increase recycling across all sites

·        Monitoring the waste collections with subcontractors

·        Weekly meetings either via teams or phone calls with Subcontractors

·        Advising on waste streams around the hospital including re-stickering bins

·        Training NHS staff on waste segregation

·        Monitoring waste rooms to make sure the waste is collected in a timely manner

·        Controlling compliance paperwork

·        Auditing wards to make sure they are segregating waste correctly

·        Monthly invoicing

·        Complying monthly waste data

·        Monthly contract performance meetings

·        Project Management

·        Weekly soft FM meetings

·        Monthly waste meetings

·        Decreasing infectious waste and increasing offensive waste in line with EA guidance

·        Organising waste collections with Subcontractors

·        Organsing compactor collections

·        Monitoring contamination of recycling

·        Carrying out training of staff including soft FM staff

·        Researching and advising on new waste innovations

·        Starting up and running an environmental volunteer group within the hospital

·        Implementing new waste streams into different departments

·        Negotiating prices and setting up pricing on waste collections

·        Overseeing the transition of general waste to Recycling.

·        Being involved in both EMS audits as well as BSI audits

·        Understanding the BRAD system and navigating internal systems

·        Providing quotes to the client for any Adhoc collections

·        Answering invoice queries and providing backing data on a monthly basis for the client

 

Kier Environmental

Site Supervisor September 2016 to March 2018

Reporting directly to Operations Manager (Tracy Oliver)

Main Duties:

·        Being in charge of a team of between 30-40 staff at any given moment

·        Making sure any vehicle defects are dealt with in a timely manner

·        Making sure that all of the 40 rounds have a vehicle suitable for the work before the shift begins

·        Making sure that all staff for the 40 rounds have reported to work before leaving on the round

·        Dealing with any allocation of PPE to the staff

·        Carrying out inductions for new starters

·        Understanding how the operations of RCVs and expanding my knowledge of different types of RCVs

·        Carrying out a daily check of a random selection of bins and making sure the staff empty these bins on a regular basis

·        Dealing with any staff problems which may occur

·        Dealing with any mechanical defects on any of the trucks

·        Attending the scene of accidents and carrying out accident reporting both vehicle and Personal

·        Carrying out return to work forms

·        Cover for the afternoon shift on a three week rota

·        Developing customer and resident relationships and dealing with public liability incidents

·        Carrying out investigations for diciplinaries

·        Carry out crew checks to make sure they are acting in a safe and correct manner

·        Debrief drivers at the end of every shift

·        Support the other two supervisors in any decision making and carrying this forward

·        Investigating any claims for staff behaviour and deal with this appropriately

·        Cover for loaders on both refuse and recycling as well as garden waste rounds

·        Operational support for both the contract manager and operations manager

 

 

BPR Group Europe Ltd T/A Paper Round

Road/AM Supervisor September 2015 to September 2016

Reporting Directly to: Managing Director (William Swan)

Main Duties:

·        Visiting clients across London regarding site/stock issues

·        Chipping and RFID scanning all bins on RCV routes

·        Improved security on textile bank collections by sets of locks

·        Supporting the account managers by attending client meetings

·        Holding the emergency out of hours phone on a rota basis

·        Quoting for any clearances from client sites

·        Ordering necessary stock to complete on site repairs

·        Monitoring stock levels for priority items and reordering when necessary

·        Expanding knowledge of repair techniques for different items

·        Developing customer and supplier relations

·        Emergency driver cover

·        Holiday and sickness cover of Early shift supervisor

·        Weekly meetings with Managing Director

·        Carrying out crew checks in and around London

·        Part of the warehouse Fire Marshall team

·        Booking in orders and client collections on the BPR Europe computer system

·        Line managing yard staff

·        Managing drivers out from the yard in the mornings

·        Weighbridge and outbound stock supervision

·        Traffic control in and around the yard

 

Late Shift Supervisor 10 July 2014 to September 2015

Reporting Directly to: Managing Director (William Swan)

Main Duties:

·        Route planning 5 daily cage tipper routes (Monday to Friday) to optimise efficiency and return of material

·        Working with Account Managers to set up weekend cage collections to maintain efficiency throughout all cage tipper routes.

·        Managing a small team of Personnel (B & C class drivers, drivers mates)

·        Briefing and debriefing all the teams before and on completion of their routes

·        Operational support for Managing Director and Senior Management

·        Recruiting new personnel for the company

·        Carrying out disciplinaries and review meetings

·        Emergency Cover driver for 3.5t cages

·        Weekly operational meetings including reports and statistics on cage route improvements

·        FLT and telehandler operations as well as supervising yard procedures

·        Holiday and sickness cover for the early morning supervisor

·        Holding the emergency out of hours phone on a rota basis

·        Supporting Account Managers in resolving any customer complaints.

·        Assisting with high priority deliveries by preparing correct stock.

·        Part of the warehouse Fire Marshall team

·        Learning the BPR Computer system (Microsoft access based)

 

 

 

Cory Environmental

Corporate Environmental Compliance Advisor   January 2014 to June 2014.

Reporting directly to: Group Environmental Manager (Nicola Topliss)

Main Duties:

·        Writing a proposal outlining alternative techniques to stone armouring to stop river erosion which was submitted to the Environment Agency

·        Being a primary member of the Carbon Reduction Commitment team which involved ordering carbon allowances, registering the company to make sure it was compliant, ensuring payments were made, making proposals of ways in which to reduce the energy consumption from the depots, collecting data from sites with settled half hourly meters, collecting gas consumption data

·        Compiling a gap analysis for sustainability reporting

·        Compiling an evidence pack for external auditing purposes for the Environment Agency

·        Duty of care: involved providing training to others and developing a PowerPoint presentation as a training tool for the company

·        Reviewing environmental risk assessments that the different sites had supplied and going back to them with any changes that needed to be made

·        Talking to potential contractors for the site during the riverbank erosion project

·        Problem solving and proposing innovative techniques

 

Other duties included:

·        Learning the computer system

 

DS Smith Recycling UK (previously SCA Recycling UK)

Graduate Business Trainee      October 2011 to December 2013. A 2-year training programme including rotations at West Bromwich (paper, plastics, metal, etc. depot), Southampton (material recovery facility), Kings Hill (SCA head office), Kemsley (paper, cardboard and dry mixed recyclables depot)

Reporting directly to: Site Manager or Mentor (Karen Scott-Hardwick)

Main duties:

·        Running the transport operation at Southampton material recovery facility (MRF), reporting to the Production & Logistics manager

·        Project managing. A 3-month project at West Bromwich looking at pedestrian and vehicle interactions in the yard. A 6-month project at Southampton looking at quality of imported and exported material

·        At Kings Hill, member of sales team, working with customers both in Europe and in the UK, buying and selling for paper and hygiene mills as well as company depots

·        At Kemsley, assisting depot supervisor in the day-to-day running of site

·        Managing a small team of personnel (experienced drivers and yard workers)

·        Writing risk assessments to maintain safety onsite

·        Managing contractors and sub-contractors whilst carrying out site inductions and ensuring that they are working safely as per company regulations and risk assessments

·        Writing and delivering in-house tool box talks and memorandums

·        Writing and delivering in-house and customer non-conformance reports

·        Presenting findings to senior management

·        Customer support

·        Problem solving

·        Scheduling drivers’ duties

Other duties:

·        Operations support activities

·        Learning the DS Smith computer system

 

TRAINING COURSES

 

CIWM Associate member

 

Risk Assessment Management training: in-house training; certificated short course at

University of Warwick

Return to work and disciplinary training

Manual handling training

Harness training

Counterbalance truck licence

Telehandler licence

CIWM Duty of Care training

LDL Management course

Fire Marshall Management course

IOSH Supervising safely course

HGV Class 2 + Drivers CPC

PERSONAL DETAILS

Driving licence                         Full UK (clean)

Bronze, Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

RLSS Bronze and Silver Cross; Bronze Medallion, Award of Merit and Distinction

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

Sports such as rugby, squash, badminton, swimming, golf, korfball, cycling and walking. I also enjoy going to the gym, reading, seeing friends, DIY, gardening and car maintenance.

REFERENCES

Can be supplied on request

FURTHER INFORMATION

I was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at age 11 and have worked through the personal challenges that this has brought to exceed predicted academic standards and achievements and to use the positive aspects of this syndrome to my advantage while working to overcome the difficulties.