John McGuinness
Building Standards Surveyor – Stirling Council
Dunfermline, Fife, UK
john.mcguinness@hotmail.co.uk
01383 735934

Mature and competent building professional with a wealth of both technical and procedural experience in the property industry who can competently bring in specified tasks on time and within budget. Now seeking a more challenging and rewarding position within a forward thinking organisation that will utilise and enhance the skills and abilities gained to date.
Certifiable CPD in the last 3 years

Construction Site Manager’s
Safety Certificate (SMSTS)
CSCS Card
Level 2 Award H&S in the Workplace
Site First Aid Certificate

Legionella Awareness
Managers Asbestos Awareness
Radon Gas Awareness
PAS79 Fire Risk Assessment

Work Experience

Building Standards Surveyor
Stirling Council
August 2018 to Present
Freelance) This role encompasses inspecting works at various key stages of the construction process and providing advice and guidance to builders throughout the works. Also carrying out final inspections and issuing Completion Certificates on a variety of projects ranging from 20k extensions to £1M bespoke properties.

Contracts Manager
Grant Property Management
November 2017 to August 2018
Staff Position) This property and Investment Company manage student property portfolios for a number of different clients throughout the UK. My role was to safely manage the refurbishment of newly purchased residential properties by increasing the number of lettable rooms in order to give maximum yield on the investment.

Risk Surveyor
April 2017 to November 2017
Premier Guarantee (Freelance) Surveying and recording key stages of the construction process required when building quality houses and apartments. This included inspecting excavations and various types of foundations plus advising site agents and self-builders on what’s required at various stages of the process plus carrying final handover visits on the finished product and confirming suitability for the 10 year structural warranty.

Building Surveyor
NHS
December 2016 to April 2017
Thomson Gray (Freelance) Contracted to produce lifecycle & condition surveys on NHS hospital sites throughout Scotland. Buildings surveyed cover a vast range of ages and types of construction.

Site Agent
July 2016 to December 2016
Contract Scotland (Freelance) Worked on a number of educational projects throughout central Scotland. Daily tasks include ensuring compliance with specifications, safe management of subcontractors and liaising with the client and all building users to ensure key project milestones were safely met.

Building Surveyor/Project Manager
Stirling Council
November 2007 to July 2016
Freelance) Main duties involve the implementation specific aspects of the councils’ assets and property strategy. I also project managed a variety of contracts ranging from a £60K office refurbishment to a £1.2M school conversion. This plus ensuring all statutory compliance and carrying out condition/dilapidation surveys, fire risk assessments and Radon gas assessments.

Contracts Manager
Eaga Home Services
March 2007 to November 2007
This Company was a player in the governments ‘Warm Front’ scheme and specialised in external recladding on all types of post war prefabricated housing. Main duties were client liaison, managing site agents, sub-contractors and also the occupying tenants’ expectations. Clients included various social landlords.

Building & Projects Manager
S&N Pub Enterprises
January 2006 to March 2007
As well as reactive maintenance and ensuring statutory compliance with various regulations this role also involved managing refurbishment projects on various pubs and hotels throughout the estate.
Auditing repairs and subcontractors, snagging projects, managing site management expectations was also part of my remit.

Contracts Manager
Circle Britannia Limited
November 2000 to January 2006
Managing a team comprising 3 Surveyors, 4 admin and 32 operatives of various trades plus specialist sub-contractors engaged in facilities management and insurance repair contracts. Reporting monthly to national director on both service and profit levels attained. During my tenure as contracts manager of the Scottish branch of this national company the turnover increased 400% whilst the profit margin remained the same.

New Build Claims Assessor
December 1999 to November 2000
NHBC: Office based in York, overseeing a team of 1 admin and 3 home based surveyors engaged in determining the validity and cost of claims submitted for subsidence and other defective building components i.e. faulty brickwork to subsidence. Also organising repairs and issuing payments to various sub-contractors throughout our nationwide repair network.

Education

BSc in Building Surveying
Heriot Watt – Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

Certifications/Licences

MCIOB (Chartered Institute of Building)
Dear Sirs.
As shown on my attached CV I have proven experience in roles similar to the one now advertised and feel I would be an ideal candidate to be interviewed for the post. Hope to hear from you soon.

Best Regards
John McGuinness MCIOB