Ewan Starkey

Work Experience

2013 – present                             Currently working for Anwyl Homes And Construction as a site

                                                    based Telehandler driver, on various sites. Duties here

                                                    include maintaining good site housekeeping (including use of road

                                                    sweeper attachment), loading and unloading scaffold bays of

                                                    various materials, keeping track of materials, adhering to site

                                                    safety rules and ensuring others do so.

2013 – 2013                                 Transferred through TUPE into Balfour Beatty as yardman, duties as

                                                     Yardman included use of Telehandler for loading & unloading of   

                                                     deliveries, pipe coils into coil trailers for transportation to site, keeping

                                                     yard to high standard of housekeeping, receiving and booking out of

                                                     traffic management  materials.

2006 – 2013                                  Employed in Stores at Morgan Est/Sindall plc as yardman and as 

      environmental response. Duties as Yardman included use of                     

      telehandler for loading & unloading of deliveries, pipe coils into coil  

      trailers for transportation to site, keeping yard to high standard of

      housekeeping, daily and weekly audit checks, COSHH, liaising closely     

      with SHEE department, training new yard employees, overseeing safe

      use of telehandler, arranging skip exchanges with Biffa and Uponor,

      monthly stock takes, control of materials in and out (i.e. traffic

      management, pe fittings, pe coils and deep excavation

      materials), holiday cover in other yards, computer cover booking stock             

      in/out and stock control using mysap. In these duties I have been

      mainly left to manage my own time and prioritise jobs.

2005 – 2006                                 Employed as assistant gardener with Traditional Charcoal,

                                                     I have become more confident in mowing, hedge trimming, 

                                                     cutting back foliage, tree planting, uprooting, lawn feeding,

                                                     fencing(erecting) and Newt fencing, driving small tractor with

                                                     various attachments. I have had supervisory experience,

                                                     providing cover for foreman as and when necessary.

2004 - 2005                                  Working with Kay’s gardening services, I have gained much

                                                      experience in pond building, drystane dyking, fertilizing, 

                                                      mowing, hedge trimming, cutting back foliage, paving,

                                                      weeding, planting, uprooting, small tree felling, scarifying,

                                                      lawn feeding, gravel bed laying, fencing (erecting/painting) 

                                                      and patio laying. I have used machinery such as a rotavator

                                                      and a blow vac in my time here.

2002 – 2002                                 Working on a local farm, owned by Mr J Gray, I gained my 

                                                     initial experience in general farm work, which includes; poly

                                                     tunnel erecting, pipe laying, fertilizing, communication, and

                                                     how to work as part of a small team and on my own initiative.

2001 – 2002                                  An assembly line worker with Presentation Products, a Gift

                                                     Wrap Manufacturer, with such Clients as Jonnie Walker,

                                                     Marks and Spencer and W.H. Smith.  Duties included,

                                                     Training on and Handling machinery, Quality Control,

                                                     And health and safety at work issues.