Greater Reading Area
The FBI Band is a 7 piece covers band performing in the Wedding and Corporate market for over 25 years. Utter Madness is a 6 piece tribute to Madness performing at Corporate functions and outdoor events.
I am very excited to be joining the Estates Team at Edgbarrow, I'll be leading the team under the direction of the Facilities Manager. A new post is always a challenge; I can't wait to get stuck in! Huge thanks to St James Boys for a lovely send off, I'm going to miss you all but promise to keep in touch.
St James Boys School is a great place to work. My team are great too! We all take pride in what we do, there's always something to do and no two days are the same. We are able to respond quickly to emergencies and nothing is too much trouble. My main role is compliance, ensuring that all regulatory checks and testing is completed, this covers emergency lights, Legionella, Gas, fire doors and call points, extractor filters, ladder inspection, Asbestos and more. I also maintain and issue the boys lockers; replacing locks, shelves and doors and ordering replacement keys. Alongside this are set ups for events and assemblies, security, painting, fixing fences, assembling furniture, installing notice boards, soap dispensers...the list goes on.... I really enjoy my work and get a great sense of achievement from fixing things and providing solutions to problems.
Providing logistical support to all departments to ensure the school is kept operational. Duties included transporting students and staff in minibuses. Overseeing and assisting the outside lets. Monitoring the CCTV, activating and deactivating the intruder alarm. Responding to fire alarms and resetting the fire control panel. Setting up for exams, conferences or events, locking and unlocking the school, site security, assisting traffic flow during school drop off/pick up, distribution and despatch of post and parcels, the production and placement of signage. Daily testing of the swimming pool water, monitoring the pool plant equipment and chemical supplies. Assemble new furniture and remove old furniture or equipment. Assist the grounds and maintenance teams as required.
I managed a team of four Site Officers and five part-time minibus drivers. This involved working closely with the Facilities Manager to ensure that the school remained fully operational. I was responsible for devising the team shift rota, hiring minibuses for school matches and trips, organising minibus bookings, forward planning of all bus routes for daily student pick up and drop off; liaising with parents when any changes were made. I managed the cleaning, servicing and arranged MOTs for the school minibus fleet. I issued keys to staff and maintained the key list. I purchased supplies for the department. I attended weekly Health and Safety Meetings and maintenance team meetings. I dealt with holiday requests and held return to work interviews after sickness, held six monthly ‘one to one’ staff appraisals, wrote job descriptions, selected potential candidates and held interviews for new team members as well as overseeing their training. Issued parking permits to staff and residents. I was also responsible for overseeing contractors working on site and liaising with and assisting the outside lets.
Providing logistical support to all departments to ensure the school is kept operational. Duties included transporting students and staff in minibuses. Overseeing and assisting the outside lets. Monitoring the CCTV, activating and deactivating the intruder alarm. Responding to fire alarms and resetting the fire control panel. Setting up for exams, conferences or events, locking and unlocking the school, site security, assisting traffic flow during school drop off/pick up, distribution and despatch of post and parcels, the production and placement of signage. Daily testing of the swimming pool water, monitoring the pool plant equipment and chemical supplies. Assemble new furniture and remove old furniture or equipment. Assist the grounds and maintenance teams as required.
Owner of retail florist, Interflora member, specialising in wedding flowers and private contracts.