Curriculum Vitae

JAGJEET SINGH BHAKER
Preferred name: Jag
AREA OF INTEREST: Property, Residential & Commercial surveying

ADDRESS, MOBILE & EMAIL:
29 Coppice Avenue,
Sale,
Cheshire,
M33 4ND
07716074876
JSBhaker@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a position as a Building Surveying with a focus on residential or commercial surveying and progressively working to complete my APC. However I am willing to learn all key areas within surveying and therefore possess an interest in all aspects of surveying and related subjects such as building control etc.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science Degree in Building Surveying,
(09/2010 – 05/2014)
University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, M5 4WT

3 A Levels (Law, Sociology and English Literature) and 1 AS Level (Psychology),
(09/2005 – 06/2007)
Loreto Sixth Form, Chichester Road Manchester, M15 5PB

10 GCSE’s (Mathematics, English Language, English Literature, Science Double Award, French, Punjabi, Religious Education, Business Communication Systems, General Studies
(09/2000 – 06/2005)
Stretford High School, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0X

BACKGROUND COURSE INFORMATION

Surveying
Law & Regulatory
Building Pathology
Design Studies
AutoCAD
Procurement & Admin
Technical Drawings
Materials of Construction
Historic Conservation
Construction Project Management
Landlord/Tenant Law
Multidisciplinary Projects
Architectural Engineering
Property Studies
Environmental Science

COMPUTER SKILLS:

AUTOCAD, NBS, SHEQ, NEWFORMA PROJECT CENTER, ATRIUM OPAS, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Sibel, SAP.

TRAINING AND COURSE INFORMATION CERTIFIED

PTS (Personal Track Safety)
Lighting column inspections
Emergency First Aid
Confined Space entry
Working at heights
Asbestos Awareness
Abacus lowering & raising equip
Atrium and OPAS
Harness trained
Working with ladders
CITB – CSCS Health & Safety
DBS/CRB Certified
Distribution – Level C: Access & Egress

EMPLOYMENT:

Amey, Building/Asset Surveyor (Perm)
November 2017 – Present
• Working within the Trafford Council (One Trafford) contract
• Working within schools, hospitals, libraries, commercial units and sites, parks and social housing high rise flats
• Carrying out condition and stock condition surveys
• Amending and drawing new floor plan drawings on CAD
• Providing asset management surveys, providing life left on assets, costs to replace and repair
• Calling in and managing reactive works
• Project managing small works projects, such as room refurbishments and small extensions and roofing jobs on schools, hospitals, libraries, commercial units and sites, parks and social housing high rise flats
• Managing costs, contractors and project timescales
• Provide high level of customer service across the board
• Conducting pre-and post-inspections of building works and schedule of works
• Adhering and working to Building regulations on all works, projects and schemes
• Making observations and reporting defects, providing professional accurate survey results along with remedies in line with all relevant compliances.
• Ensure all company policies are kept to high standards.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations when working.
• Providing sound and technical building surveying advice.
• Quality checking of own work to ensure excellence before submitting reports
• Self-management of own work, responsibilities and tasks.

First Choice Homes Oldham, Property Maintenance Inspector (Contract)
September 2017 – November 2017
• Working within the housing association environment and properties
• Dealing with blocks of high rise flats and residential homes
• Conducting pre and post inspections of building works and schedule of works
• Carrying out stock condition surveys and asset management
• Carrying out technical inspections and writing up schedule of conditions, providing sound technical advice to clients, tenants and directors
• Highlighting any H&S non-compliance and requirements
• Survey, draw up and cost specifications including pre measured works
• Provide high level of customer service across the board
• Provide operational and asset managers of recurring repairs and provide a scheme for capital investment works and small works projects to save money on recurring repairs
• Undertake quality checks, ensuring correct materials (quantity and quality) have been used appropriately by contractors (good workmanship) and check customer feedback
• Dealing with void properties and costing repairs
• Working of, kitchen, bathroom, fencing, roofing and external windows and doors schemes to multiple properties

Enterprise Inns PLC, Divisional Property Surveyor (Contract)
January 2017 – September 2017
• Managing a portfolio of 140 pubs over the North West England (wet lead and food lead)
• Managing Publicans/Tenants on various leases and agreements
• Conducting Schedule of Conditions surveys, Interim Dilapidations and Terminal Dilapidations
• Dealing with daily reactive works to my entire portfolio of properties
• Ensuring reactive works budgets are capital investment budgets are not exceeded
• Capital Investment schemes, from External Decoration, New Signage, Internal Refurbishments and Extensions
• Working closely with contractors on a daily basis
• Working in accordance to Pubs Code
• Ensuring a high level of service to all Publicans/Tenants
• Ensuring all Publicans/Tenants are adhering to their repairing obligations
• Ensuring Enterprise Inns PLC adhere to their repairing obligations
• Preparing Schedule of Works for contractors
• Checking contractors Schedule of Works costings
• Daily site visits, ensuring all sites are visited and surveyed within the year
• Discussion with Publicans/Tenants on all property repairs and statutory compliance
• Preparing projects, schemes and costing for investment reviews for future development
• Commissioning and briefing external designers and contractors for specialist jobs
• Liaising with local authority (fire officer and ECO)
• Dealing with listed buildings, applying for all consents for works and projects
• Reporting to the Divisional Property Manager
• Working with the in house and external cost managers and help desk teams
• Providing sound and technical building surveying advice.

MJ Mapp, Building Surveyor (Contract)
September 2016 – January 2017
• Undertaking all building surveying duties
• Conducting building surveys
• Working on NBS and Newforma in compliance with SHEQ, Building Regulations and British Standards.
• Writing feasibility reports for projects, with budget costs and AutoCAD drawings.
• Heavily involved with design work on AutoCAD, drawing up existing plans, proposed plans from building elevations to internal floor plans.
• Mainly working on commercial units, offices and sites, for full refurbishments, extensions and new building erections and demolitions.
• Working with JCT contracts minor works and intermediate work (with and without contract design).
• Writing up schedule of works, tender letters and working on adjudications once tenders are returned.
• Working closely with contractors and clients attending to pre-start meetings.

AHR Architects/Building Consultancy Ltd, Building Surveyor
February 2016 – September 2016
• Working primarily within the education sector with multiple Dioceses.
• Working on projects from inception to completion.
• Creating and preparing tender documents and full specifications for jobs such as school classroom extensions, WC refurbishments, playground resurfacing, kitchen refurbishments, boundary fencing and many more education related construction projects.
• Working on NBS and Newforma in compliance with SHEQ, Building Regulations and British Standards.
• Writing feasibility reports for projects, with budget costs and AutoCAD drawings.
• Heavily involved with design work on AutoCAD, drawing up existing plans, proposed plans from building elevations to internal floor plans to playground layouts.
• Carrying out Level Surveys, Measured Surveys, Compliance Surveys and Snagging Inspections.
• Large aspect of project management, making regular site visits to meet contractors and inspect works on site, ensuring health and safety is met, completion of works targets are on track.
• Working with JCT contracts minor works and intermediate work (with and without contract design).
• Writing up schedule of works, tender letters and working on adjudications once tenders are returned.
• Working closely with contractors and clients attending to pre-start meetings.
• Ensuring all emails and documents are filed in Newforma Project Center, sending Tenders and Surveys from Newforma as transmittals and info exchange.

Network Rail, Building/Asset Surveyor
June 2015 – February 2016
• Undertaking stock condition surveys and asset management and data collection.
• Management of a portfolio of 120 train stations over the North West England, dealing with daily reactive works.
• Creating own safety and task briefs for all works.
• Self-management of own work, responsibilities and tasks.
• Carrying out surveys on all types of materials, Timber, Masonry, Stone, Steel and Iron
• Carrying out (OPI) Operational Property Inspections on Trains Stations, Light Maintenance, Depots and Line-side Buildings on behalf on Network Rail CEFA/CAFA
• Making observations and reporting defects, providing professional accurate survey results along with remedies in line with all relevant compliances.
• Quality checking of own work to ensure excellence before submitting reports to senior quality checker.
• Carrying out condition surveys on Commercial Buildings, of all sizes and construction methods. Train station buildings, Line side buildings, Platforms, Canopies, Footbridges and many other structures.
• Asset collection of all materials Fabric and M&E
• Life span given to building fabric materials and estimated costs to remedies
• Ensuring safety measures are in line.
• Liaising with station staff, managers and colleagues.
• Ensure all company policies are kept to high standards.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations when working.
• Carrying out OPI site surveys.
• Adhering to Network Rail rules, regulations and policies.
• Using and ensuring all surveying equipment is in suitable, safe and satisfactory condition.
• Using OPAS Atrium software.
• Dealing with suspended structures, retaining walls, boundary walls and land mapping for all of Network Rails sites and land owned and leased.

Amey, Building Surveyor
June 2014 – June 2015
• Undertaking stock condition surveys and asset management and data collection.
• Management of a portfolio of 100 train stations over the South East England, dealing with daily reactive works.
• Carrying out (OPI) Operational Property Inspections on Trains Stations, Light Maintenance, Depots and Line-side Buildings on behalf on Network Rail CEFA/CAFA
• Making observations and reporting defects.
• Carrying out condition surveys on Commercial Buildings, Train station buildings, Line side buildings, Platforms, Canopies, Footbridges and many other structures.
• Ensuring safety measures are in line.
• Liaising with station staff, managers and colleagues.
• Ensure all company policies are kept to high standards.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations when working.
• Using OPAS Atrium software.
• Inputting survey results and sending to Quality Checkers.
• Adhering to Network Rail rules, regulations and policies.
• Effective teamwork to ensure workloads is completed within the timelines.
• Taking part in training programs and briefs by company.
• Using and ensuring all surveying equipment is in suitable, safe and satisfactory condition.
• Providing professional accurate survey results along with remedies in line with all relevant compliances.

British Gas, Customer Service Advisor Part-Time
September 2009 – May 2014
• Negotiating affordable re-payment plans
• Dealing with customer service and complaints issues
• Processing financial transactions
• Adhering to financial rules and regulations
• Adhering to financial services authority regarding selling insurance products
• Working to and achieving monthly targets
• Assisting toward the companies target SLA’s and KPI’s

John Kershaw Chartered Surveyors – Assistant Surveyor Part – Time (voluntary)
April 2013 – September 2013
• Shadowing the Chartered Surveyor in relation to landlord and tenant disrepair surveys, valuation surveys, dilapidations and party wall issues, social housing, design and construction, building contracts, procurement
• Obtaining knowledge via examining and determining defects
• Providing a friendly yet informative approach to customers/clients
• Assisting Chartered Surveyor with surveying duties where applicable
• Assisting and writing up reports regarding results of survey
• Preparing Scott Schedules
• Providing customer service and scheduling appointments
• Assisting with research with regards to problematic defects
• Obtaining knowledge via reading, research and case studies
• Studying Building Regulations and British Standards
• Familiarising myself with inspection report layouts and information required
• Site Inspections
• Going out on building surveys, assisting writing up building reports, valuation reports and home buyers reports

INTEREST AND HOBBIES:

I greatly enjoy travelling, socialising, meeting new people and making new friends. Keeping fit is something I feel is essential and therefore I enjoy training at the gym. Swimming, football and boxing are my key interest of sports in which I like to participate in every weekend. I enjoy playing the Dhol, which is a traditional Sikh instrument and perform when possible at cultural events and functions.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

RICS – APC Building Surveying Membership

REFEREES: Provided Upon Request