bob mckibbin

A highly motivated and experienced individual, with extensive FM, minor works and data centre management experience. Working for 22 years exclusively in FM and with over 30 years’ experience gained in industrial electrical, domestic electrical, property restoration and mechanical fitting.  Being very client focused with excellent communication and team leader skills, used to working with very demanding customers and across a very varied portfolio, enthusiastic, energetic and experienced in all aspects of service deliver from both client and service partner perspective,. Experienced in many different levels of FM delivery.  A qualified engineer with up to date health and safety qualifications, who has always shown a high level of commitment to his employer. HV qualified AP.

I have recently decided to semi retire and I am looking at suitable short term or contract roles to enable this.

Electrical installation part A

Electrical installation part B

Electrical installation part C

18th Edition Regulations

2391 Electrical test and inspection

IOSH, Asbestos, Legionella, FRA training.

HV AP. ( AP15 )

JIB gold card

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

CAREER HISTORY

September 2022 to July 2023

Majas Switchgear Site team manager

A varied role managing a small team on new installations of LV switchgear, alterations and upgrades and reactive cover.

The reason for leaving the role was to semi retire.

Mobile Facilities Data Centre and Operations Manager

Co-operative workplace services

20th Sept 2010 to Sept 2022

A very wide ranging role encompassing many aspects of FM. The main duties include,

Responsibility for the overview of services across a varied portfolio that included 5 main data centres. Ensuring H&S and compliance are up to date.  Identifying reactive and minor works, obtaining quotations and challenging of costs were appropriate.

Managing risk and capitol registers for the sites and leading compliance works such as FWT and water tower management.

Establish and development of stakeholder and supplier relationships.

Auditing the performance of service partners. Highlighting issues to service managers and suppliers and if required inception of new working methods to remedy under performance.

Project managed several significant projects, including HV maintenance, Drups bearing replacements, BMS upgrades, DR cooling upgrades.

Technical experience and input during day to day operations and specific major projects. For example, working as part of the team delivering three new data centre constructions all in excess of 2 million pounds. These were full installations including all plant and back up power, plus new stand alone transformers fed from the local HV ring. Working through the entire project, from design meetings to weekly construction meetings, commissioning and handover to the client.

Management of all M&E services in the Co-op data centres in the north west.  Regular meetings with all parties responsible for the day to day management of the data centres and feeding into strategic meetings on the future of the data centre delivery for the Co-op moving forwards.

Weekly visit to outlying estate buildings to monitor any potential gaps in service, audits and stakeholder engagement.

Input into design of major upgrades, refurbishments and large asset replacement.

Ensuring SLA’s are met and monitoring reactive timescales.

Weekly key activity report to lead FM.

Managed the on site aspects of two recent property disposals, ensuring the suppliers terminated their contracts and managed their employees accordingly, that all IT had been appropriately removed, that any confidential documentation had been destroyed or archived, that all the information for our legal teams was available and finally that the sites were in a suitable condition to hand over to the new owners/landlords.

Covering a large portfolio of major occupancy sites, including 5 of the groups main data centres and supporting other large office buildings.

Recently completed working with the delivery team on a significant building refurbishment  to one of our major occupancy sites and  currently working with the planning team on the expansion of one of our main data centers.

MITIE Technical Facilities Management (previously Dalkia Energy and Technical Services)

18 Dec 2006 Sept 2010

Maintenance Supervisor

Covering the maintenance operations in a portfolio of 30 building across Wigan and Manchester. 

With a team of seven men, ensuring all the PPM and reactive tasks are delivered on time.

Planning all major tasks and scheduled shutdowns, co- ordination of engineers off duty and call out.

Reporting to Area Service Manager with updates on rolling programs and highlighting any areas to improve the business and protect the company from liability.

Reporting and seeking funding for EOL works and forward maintenance registers.

Project Manager

• Responsible for surveying all chargeable minor works within the North West region.
• Subcontractor management.
• In house team of 4 dedicated engineers.
• Regular liaison with internal and external customers.
• Responsible for calculating quotations for clients.  Measured quotes or time and material.
• People management of engineering team and sub-contractors.
• Project managing major national upgrades across the business portfolio including,
  • fire risk assessment upgrades
  • Fixed wire testing and remedials
  • WRA remedials
  • Building audits and individual project works of up to £50,000.
• These tasks are completed to tight timescales and when completed are then handed over with the relevant client, with all relevant certification completed to current legislation and added to the asset list for the building.

Dec 2005 – Dec 2006                                              MITIE MEM

I was responsible for a mixture of maintenance and installation works.  I spent a lot of my time at the National blood service and Virgin Rail contracts. The work was very enjoyable, but I was continually being approached by Dalkia to return to head the new projects department.

November 2000 – Dec 2005                                              Dalkia plc

My initial position was as a project electrician. My duties involved minor installation work throughout the Dalkia Prime contract.  I was transferred to maintenance and spent the next 18 months working on reactive duties as a mobile engineer. I was then asked to return to the project division and spent over a year as supervisor for the small team of engineers, dealing with quoting, contractors and most importantly the customer. In December 2005 Dalkia closed down the department and made all the members of the team redundant.

1987 – 2001                                                  Self-Employed

Between 1987 and 2001, I became self employed doing a variety of works.

I worked at various electrical contractors over the next five years, undertaking a wide range of works ranging from domestic to commercial and industrial.

1984 – 1987  various Electrical Contractors (north West Electrical, Clarks and McGoff &Vickers)

1980 – 1984                                                              Deva Electrical 

Served apprenticeship with Deva electrical. The majority of the work was commercial and industrial, electrical installation.

Many electrical and H&S qualifications.  Good management of teams, IT proficient, excellent knowledge of M&E.