Scope Australia is a rapidly expanding West Australian company providing specialist services to the Resource and Construction sectors. Scope Australia is an integrated management system exponent with accreditation to international Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality standards. Scope Australia has a diverse range of business units to meet its customer requirements.
I started working here in August 2011.
EXPERIENCE
February ’09 – July ‘11
AECOM
Senior Civil Technician, Transportation
AECOM employs over 45,000 employees worldwide and is a leader in all key markets that it serves. AECOM Sudbury deals with Highway, Water and Municipal design work, as well as providing Contract Administrators to oversee the construction.
I was employed as a Senior Technician and I was responsible for the Highway Design, using Bentley’s InRoads and AutoCAD/Microstation.
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April ’07 – February ‘09
Orkney Islands Council
Roads Operations Technician
The Orkney Islands Council employs over 1,500 people in various positions to provide a full service to the public. Roads Operation deals with the construction and maintenance of all kinds of roads across Orkney at varying scales, from Pot holes to new road constructions. This department has an annual turn over of around £1.5m.
I was employed as a Roads Technician and was responsible for the setting up of works on site. When the drawings arrive, I reviewed them and acquired the information necessary for the operatives to construct the works quickly and safely. This also included setting up the site and creating Risk Assessments and Method Statements. I was also required to create CAD drawings and to undertake GPS surveys.
November ’04 – April ‘07
Engineering Technician
The Orkney Islands Council employs over 1,500 people in various positions to provide a full service to the public. Engineering Services deals with the design of roads of varying sizes across Orkney, from Footways to Car Parks to new roads. This department had an annual turn over of around £4.5m.
I was employed as a Technician and was responsible for CAD drawings, some minor designs, quantities and GPS surveys.
October ’03 – November ’04
MouchelParkman
CAD Draftsman
MouchelParkman provides managerial, commercial and technical expertise to clients in the public sector and regulated industry, and to a lesser extent the private sector. They employ over 4,500 employees and have an annual turnover of £270m. MouchelParkman Bridges dealt with the assessment, repair and design of Bridges. From Railways to Carriageways.
My main tasks were to draft for the Engineers and manage a small team of Student Surveyors. I worked on Inspecting bridges and then drawing my results, amendments to drawing details and improvements to the companies Block library and templates.
August ’02 – October ‘03
Cooper, Beal & Ross
Cooper Beal & Ross are consulting engineers and are located in Stockport. They design Structures of varying sizes, from refurbishments to new builds. They employ under 10 employees, with an annual turn over of £0.5m
My main tasks were to draught for the Engineers. I worked on drawings for the refurbishment of a building at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, changing it to a laboratory. Drafted the drawings for a new portal framed building and improved their block library.
August ’99 – August ‘02
Roscoe Capita Ltd.
Junior/CAD Draftsman
Roscoe Capita (now known as Capita Symons) designed telecom sites for Mobile phone companies, from compounds to building mounts, when they were experiencing significant growth. They also had Structures and Civils departments. They employed over 500 employees nationwide and had an annual turnover of £50m.
My main tasks were to draft for the Engineers (as well as other Junior tasks like photocopying, Post, etc.). I worked on new compounds and building mount drawings for the Orange network, around the North West of England, upgrading a large number of drawings to As-Builts and amending drawings.