Haydn David Hillman

11 The Mariners Haven Road, Lytham Lancashire FY8 5FJ UK Mob: 07860 678827 Email: [email protected]

Personal Profile

Self-motivated experienced Manager and Engineer with extensive and varied civil and military engineering and experience, spanning over 30+ years. With previous security clearances for MOD, especially RAF bases. Of approval for roles on civilian airports. Strong organisational and leadership skills managing on going contracts and taking responsibility for full supervision which results in contract completions on time and within cost constraints. Regarded as having the character and ability to go that extra mile to ensure the success of the projects. Working as part of a team to co-operate for project completions.

Key Skills

 Civil & Structural Engineering, Bridge Inspections  Airfield Construction / Refurbishment  Military and Civilian Airport Construction  Building Construction  Design Office Experience

Qualifications

 Incorporated Structural Engineer – 1994  Member of Institute of Structural Engineers – Membership number 064289470  Member of Institute of Civil Engineers – Membership number 48055740  CSCS Civil Engineering Site Manager – renewed August 2017  SMSTS Certificate – renewed March 2017  HNC Civil Engineering – 1987, three distinctions in structural design  ONC Civil Engineering – 1985  First Aid 3 day course – June 2018

Experience post HDH Site Engineering Services Ltd

 Eric Wright – June 2018 to present. Assigned to the civil engineering division.

 Waitings Limited – August 2017 to June 2018. Engineer on new drainage systems in the south shore area of Blackpool. Assisting on upgrades to WWTW facilities in the western Lakeland area.

 Hochtief – August 2016 to July 2017. Senior Engineer / Engineer on the Broughton A6 Bypass to the north of Preston, Lancashire. Highway construction involving drainage and structures.

 CR Reynolds Ltd – March 2016 to August 2016. Agent / Engineer on bridge replacement at Blackburn. Working with and the various utility companies to make temporary utility transfers to allow the cutting up of the redundant services carried by the bridge, and the subsequent removal of the bridge. Dealing with the crane hire company and the manufacturer of the new concrete bridge beams.

 AE Yates Ltd – December 2015 to March 2016. Providing engineering service on bridge replacement scheme in Blackpool. Replacing AE Yates engineer on project. Provision of management and engineering to the scheme. Acting as second to the project manager by organising the daily activities to both AEY operatives, and those of the subcontractors. In rapport with the Resident Engineer of Blackpool Council at making the job work and to produce a finish that would be more pleasing to them and the public.

 Costain – July 2015 to December 2015. Senior Engineer at Heysham Link Road Project. Assigned two sections of the road construction. Preparation of RAMS for tasks along with the required permits. Reviewing the tasking and making suggestions to progress the sections of project. Assess sequences and traffic management to allow construction and maintain public free-flow. Advising senior GF’s and GF’s on the site requirements.

 DWJ Harkin Ltd / Harkin Formwork – formerly J&J Harkin Ltd. August 2014 to July 2015. Senior Site Manager and engineer. Working on car park for proposed new unit for Sports Direct at Mansfield. Raft Foundation for new school building to south Birmingham area. All construction processes below finished ground floor slab level on new showrooms for Sytner BMW and Mini at Tamworth.

 Volkerlaser – leaving in August 2014 to work for DWJ Harkin Ltd.  Volkerlaser – continuing on bridge inspections and repairs in the Surrey and west London regions.  Volkerlaser – second stage of works to the Queensway Tunnels in Birmingham. Role of Site Manager / Senior Engineer. Infilling of the portals to the St Chads Tunnel with structural concrete. Queensway Tunnel, the formation of new door openings through the separation wall between the two carriageways. This involving temporary structural steelwork on one door to support the tunnel roof. These doorways incorporating structural and reinforcement bar for their construction. New taper walls, and taper wall to protect future electrical installations. Working in co-operation with Amey, and the fire proofing and electrical contractors. The supervision of engineering and VL general foremen.  Volkerlaser – Structural inspections of bridges on behalf of London Underground. Of existing conditions including access to track areas. Further inspection to motorway bridge over Network Rail track on behalf of the Enterprise , involving track access. Visual inspections and hammer testing to assess concrete status. Consideration of potential causes for how the structures have gained such condition. Production of reports and drawings, with photographs to visually inform of the conditions found.  Volkerlaser – Site Manager on subway infill to an underpass in London.  Volkerlaser – Site Manager on nightshift to an embankment stabilisation alongside the M42. Lane closures to the motorway. Removal of existing ground and reinstating with stone fill. Installation of land drainage. Working in co- operation with the traffic management team at closing the motorway down to one lane. Monitoring safety of the team carrying out their duties and advising on techniques that can, could make a more appropriate method. Varying weather conditions meant re-consideration of the use of excavators, and handling of wet excavated material. Working alongside Amey management.  Volkerlaser – September 2012. Site Manager on nightshift structural repairs to the Queensway and St Chads tunnels in Birmingham. Liaison with traffic management. Removal of asbestos coating to the walls. Hydrodemolition to remove affected areas. Trimming to areas. Installation of anodes. Sprayed concrete repairs. Recording of affected areas to prepare acceptance and repair log information. Production of as built drawings and the relevant photographs for each repair. Briefing of crews at start of shifts for their locations to operate and carry out their roles. Maintain safety during the shifts, monitoring actions and guiding them. Monitoring the safety of the tunnels with relation to the potential hazard that the public could cause, and members of the public driving on the highway following satnav instructions and wanting to enter the tunnels. Inspections during and after the work assignments, and especially so that the tunnel has the standard to allow them to have the traffic management removed and open the tunnels to the public for use.

Clients and Experience – HDH Site Engineering Services Ltd 1990 to 2012

 Kelbec Civils Ltd – Agent. January 2012 to March 2012. Newquay Airport working alongside Colas Limited on duct installation and new sign bases. Responsible for safe operations of crews with regard to underground existing services, and carrying out scanning surveys to locate. The safety of aircraft with inspections of runway and taxiways for their cleanliness and safe operation of aircraft. Directing crews with tasking and nightly briefings. Liaison with Cornwall County Council who own the airport. Organising of materials from local suppliers as well as through the office order department.

 Agrimarine Ltd – Engineering Manager. May 2009 to July 2010. Providing management and engineering consultancy in relation to work for Scottish and Southern Power, Calmac Macbryne Ferries and Scottish water. Construction of reinforced concrete bunds to contain 550t capacity fuel tanks. The removal of the existing tanks from their positions, and construct the new bunds that contained two of these tanks. Supervision of civil and mechanical operations and operatives. Construction of standby power station to one of the isles. With the Scottish works, the consideration of logistics for transportation of personnel and materials. Consultation with Scottish & Southern Energy management with regard to works on their assets. In constant liaison with the consultant engineers acting on behalf of SSE. Devising the construction processes and working with the consultants at advising them of options to achieve the structures and projects. Producing risk assessments and method statements for SSE projects and inducting and briefing personnel on these.

 Colas Ltd – Engineering Manager / Agent. January 2003 to November 2011. Airfield and airport projects of resurfacing runways and taxiways. Civil engineering of ducting and sign bases, and approach lighting. Road improvement projects. Being the main contractor and or sub-contractor with works to airfields. Carrying out engineering processes and assessments to be several steps ahead of the processes to gain flow of the works. Attending briefings with the main contractors where applicable, with other contractors carrying out the works to airports and runways for co-ordination of where contractors will be, and of the relation to make each shift very achievable. Consulting with RAF and Army senior officers on military establishments for their assistance on knowledge of their assets. Informing them of daily operations with specific identification of the persons at specific locations and their airfield radio call signs. Being assigned as the main contact to the RAF and Army, and the priority contact to inform air traffic control of operations. Briefing crews on the routing onto airfields, and any potential hazard. Establishing crews onto the airfields to ensure they are operating at the correct location (s). Supervision of the initial operations, setting up the stadium lighting for night-shift works. Instructing planing crews on the pattern for removal of the existing surface. Organising roadsweeper teams on formation cleaning to achieve rapid clean-up of debris from the planing. Inspection of the cleaned surface to ensure satisfactory strata to follow through with tack coat spraying, and informing the laying crews they have permission to resurface. Continuing the preparation operations until the scheduled area is complete, and allowing the placement of tarmac to this / these areas. Final clean-up to give a total debris free surface to give safe operation to aircraft, whether military or civilian. Obtaining permits for operations. Signing for hand-over to myself of an airfield, and my subsequent hand-back to the airfield management, whether military or civilian.

 J & J Harkin Ltd – Manager / Engineer. February 1996 to January 2003. Manager for sub-contractor working for main league clients of , Kier, McAlpine’s, Gallifords. Controlling packages of £1m to £4m. Inducting and briefing crews on the projects. Production of risk assessments and method statements to the approval of JJH clients. Working on the flow path of the main contractor for a total achievement of these projects. Qualified interpretation of drawings to transfer plans into reality. Logistics of the operations to be carried out. Assessment of variations should situations change to accommodate the main contractors revisions. Logistics of the supply of materials and sub-contractors acting on behalf of JJH. Providing detailed records of site operations and working with JJH quantity surveyors to gain accurate details and costings. Gaining great rapport with material and sub-contract suppliers which vastly benefitted the progress of the projects. Making use of the knowledge of material and sub-contract suppliers and apply this to projects, either at the time or for future use. Acting as a consultant to main contractors at planning stages of projects to help identify routes and methods of construction. This especially so to Tarmac, or Carillion as it is known now. Trained in the use of 360 and 180 degree excavators. Mobilisation and de-mobilisation of sites.

 Rai Technical Ltd – Manager / Engineer to their clients. Provision of control methods to establish new projects. Act as management for project managers to guide the works from drawing into reality. Assessing safe methods of work and briefing the operatives on the ideals to achieve this. Always considered vastly competent to allow the project managers to delegate some of their responsibilities to myself, allowing them to concentrate on other tasking. Being handed total responsibility of projects when project managers are divided between several projects. Organising sub-contractors, supply of materials and the contractors representative when consulting with the client (s). Liaising with architects and structural engineers. Working with them closely for design and build projects. Assigning engineers under my supervision. Assisting specialist sub-contract designers on applying their systems to projects. The supply of detailed survey information to formulate designs.

 Sunley Turriff – Engineer at RAF Cosford near Wolverhampton on new water storage tanks, pumping station and 27km of new water pipelines. Assisting at the bases sewerage treatment plant on the upgrade to the system. Year long project and the production of the as-built drawings. Project done in 2005.

Staff Position Employment

 Kilroe Civil Engineering Ltd – Engineer. December 1989 to March 1990. Large diameter sewer replacement scheme. Site setting out and establishment of survey control stations. Supervision, inspection, and as built assessment of the pipelines. Instruct for any amendments for line or level, and re-check to ensure this is achieved. Maintain records and full co-operation with North West Water and their representatives. Assisting with the traffic management set up and liaison with the press and radio stations of the operations to assist traffic flows in the areas. Responsible for the petty cash account on site.

 Babtie – Senior Technician. October 1986 to December 1989. Bridge and aqueduct inspections. Structural design drawings. The aqueduct bridges supplying water from the Lake District to the city of Manchester. Visual and hammer inspections to the structures. On site recording from these inspections, in written and photographic means. The use of industrial rope access techniques to allow myself and others of the team to survey and inspect sections that had awkward locations. My role to establish suitable anchoring to the structure and the rigging of the ropes to allow safe access and egress from these locations. Producing sections of final reports with the project engineer, and compiling report documents to a high standard. The incorporation of photographs to these reports to inform clients with the text of the details found. Further work with the structural engineering department with general arrangement and reinforcement drawings . Site surveys to assimilate existing conditions for application into design considerations. On-site water main pressure testing to formulate the pattern and use of water in study areas, and thereby producing computer models to carry out mathematical analysis of existing conditions, and ascertain how the system could react with varying pressures. Production of drawings as the format to inform the information actually found and the resultant analysis using modelling techniques. Monitoring of an embankment slip to check its continuing stability due to a fault in the distribution system that vastly reduced the amount of water contained within the reservoir in a very short time which induced a contradiction in pressures between applied reservoir water pressure and that within the ground. Surveying and compilation of information to one-off design assignments and or inspections. Liaison with clients.

Construction Ltd – Technician. September 1983 to October 1986. Nuclear power station construction at Heysham. Various engineering of roads, drainage, reactor construction and building work. After six months of employment, assigned to look after the operation of works assigned to me. Having been guided within the first six months on survey techniques and use of survey instruments, and construction processes, allowed to work on one’s own initiative to progress assigned construction areas and reporting to a section engineer. Given as much responsibility as that of what the graduate engineers had. Instructing and supervising gangs to do the construction work. Maintaining records of daily operations, and of instructions given by the CEGB and NNC. Dealing directly with the representatives of the CEGB and NNC. Obtaining permits from in-house departments as well as those of CEGB and NNC. Working on the actual reactor construction. Being responsible for the preparation of the ducting used for stressing the reactor with high tensile wire that maintains containment of the potential expansion of the reactor during its working life. Highly accurate work on the reactor section, meaning working to a “second” of an angle with theodolites, and the millimetre on taping and levelling. On day release to obtain ONC and HNC in Civil Engineering. Gaining high recognition from Taylor Woodrow as shown by in-house certification on my achievements at work and day release studies. Of recognition too from college lecturers, especially with relation to structural design studies by correcting lecturers on errors they made during lectures and examples being given to us. Of other students consulting me with regard to structural engineering homework assignments and during actual class work. Gaining Distinctions at HNC level in Design of Structural Elements. Final year college project of a structural design nature gaining Distinction level, with great compliment from the course leader and the structural design lecturers.