1. RRuuppeerrtt DDaavviissoonn
nlsltd2015@gmail.com | 07979 865838
154 Theobald Road Norwich Norfolk NR1 2NY
PERSONAL STATEMENT
I have 19 years experience in the steel construction/engineering/crane
industry fabricating, altering existing and erecting new steelstructures
ranging from simple Pipework gantry’s to 1000 ton plus buildings
including erection of the management suite to the Beetham Hilton hotel
Manchester, rebuilding of the Marlowe theatre Canterbury, erection of
the new Baths hall leisure complexScunthorpe and the new council
officesin Dorchester, involving planning and carrying out all types of lift
from repetitive single lifts to complexand technical heavy lifts, industrial
vesselreplacement, machinery movementand fitting and general
engineering, working with all types of machinery ranging from block and
tackles to cranes from spiderto 1000tmobile,crawler crane, tower
cranes (mobile and static) from saddle back to luffing and swan neck
luffing tower crane.
From my wide and varied industry experience I can offerany employer a
wide range of skills, Appointed Person,Crane Supervisor, Site
Supervisor/Foreman, Rigger.,
I pride myself on being professional,a good communicatorat any level,
pro active and safety conscious.
I have worked country wide for 19 years in a very safety conscious and
time sensitive industry building a good rapport with whoever I work with
and am used to working to programs and schedules alongside many
other trades.

2. KEY SKILLS
TechnicalSkills
 Ability and relevant
qualifications to write/read
and carry out crane plans,
lift plans, erection
sequences and RAMS
 Steel erection/engineering
career spanning 18 years
from erectorthrough site
foreman to site supervisor
and AP
 Plater welder
 Site engineering skills,
ability to read
engineering/CAD
drawings, use of
dumpy/laser level etc
PersonalSkills
 Good communication
skills, a practical pro
active approach to safety
and a team player and
motivator I believe are my
bestpersonal attributes.
TRADE RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS
 C&G Agricultural engineer
 C&G Agricultural workshop management
 CPCS Appointed person,Crane Supervisor, Slinger/Signaler -
01372329
 CSCS Site Supervisor - 01372329
 CSCS Steel Erectorgrade A - 01372329
 CSCS Plater Welder(MMA & mig) – 01372329
 2.9t Compactcrane operators course
 Working at height and harness inspection license
 Fire prevention, fire fighting, evacuation and emergency
procedures course
 Counter terrorism event management and emergencyprocedure
course.

3. EDUCATION
 Otley College – AgriculturalWorkshopManager1990
 Otley College – AgriculturalEngineer1989
 Westbourne High School – Maths O level, English CSE 1987
EMPLOYMENT
CompanyDirectorand owner
of Norfolk Lifting Services Ltd
October 2015 to present
Key Achievements:
 Started my own crane
management company
(Norfolk Lifting Services
Ltd) in October2015
offering all crane
management services
from fully qualified,
experienced and insured
labour hire to full contract
lift services,also a full
consultancy service.
 Currently working with
many crane hire
companies (both national
and local) throughout East
Anglia on projects from
simple roof truss lifts to
complexindustrial lifts and
carrying out site surveys
and producing lift plans for
forth coming jobs

4. Self Employed Appointed
Person
Crane Supervisor
Engineer
03.15-To October 15
Site Supervisor (mechanical)
Appointed Person
05.14-01.15
This employer is a medium
sized pipework firm carrying
out both new work as well as
refurbishmentwork for large
blue chip companies such as
British Sugar,Shelletc. Daily
duties as previousemployer
plus an active AP role.
Key achievements :
 Currently working on a self
employed basis for
various local crane hire
companies as either
Crane Supervisor or
Appointed Personon
projects varying from
simple one day roof truss
placementon residential
properties to weeks spent
working with concrete
contractors on major
builds and also large
timber and bio-gas plant
construction and fit out.
 Also working for a large
national structural steel
company on British Rail
bridge replacement
projects on an as and
when needed basis.
Key Achievements:
 Removal of large scale
existing pipe runs and
replacementwith new
Pipework, pumps, valves
etc in two congestedand
busy operational refinery
plants.
 Safe planning and
executing (in challenging
conditions with unique
cranes) of crane plans
and associated RAMS
alongside a very stringent
factory safety remit.

5. Site Supervisor
(mechanical)
03.14 – 05.14
This employer is a large
mech/elec site service
companyservicinglarge blue
chip companiessuch as
British Sugar.
Daily duties included writing
method statements-lifting
plans,running severalteams
of fitting/maintenancecrew,
ensuring all work is carried
out to safely,to program and
within budgetwhilst liasing
with British Sugar
managementon current
running projects, future work
and all aspects of safety
regardingall works.
Key Achievements:
 Stripping, re-engineering
and rebuilding/re-
commissioning of a large
Balke-Durr heat transfer
vesseland all associated
Pipework and support
steel inside an existing
and complexfactory.
 Removal of redundant and
fitting of new large scale
complexruns of pipework,
vessels,valves and
pumps etc throughout a
very congested existing
factory.
 Writing of accepted and
complimentedmethod
statements/liftplans for
the above.

6. Erection Manager/AP/Crane
supervisor/ Site Foreman
10.2010 - 03.2014
This company is a small engineering
firm carrying out work from
maintenance for various local
manufacturing companies to
fabrication and erection of steel frame
buildings and labour supply to large
engineering firms carrying out
maintenance and new works on shut
down contracts countrywide at
Companies including British Sugar,
Ardagh Glass etc.
Key Achievements :
 Site foreman on the beet
hopperrebuild at British
Sugar Bury st Edmunds
 Erection of several large
buildings for a local steel
building contractor
including Sir Isaac Newton
Free SchoolNorwich
 Installation of the the new
cullet vessel,support steel
and feed line at Ardagh
glass Doncaster
 Fitting of the new transfer
feed scrollconveyer
through an opening
100mm biggerthan the
conveyor casing 26m up
in bulk outfeed at British
Sugar Wissington
 Installation of the support
steel and new mini press
at British Sugar Cantley

7. 05-97 to 10-2010
Steel Erector/Site Foreman
Various local steel building
erection companies including
DGT structures, High Cross
forecourtcanopies,Paul Cox
steel erectionand Rural
Engineering erecting for Wall
engineering, Youngs structures,
Fourbay structures to name but
a few.
Erection to tight time schedules
of various steel structures from
PFC canopies to multi storey
towers and superstores
countrywide.
Key Achievements:
 Starting out as an
improver I gained a wide
experience in the steel
construction industry and
worked my up through
erector/snaggerto site
foreman/supervisor.
 Successfulcompletionon
time of many multi million
pound projects for clients
such as Tesco,Sainsbury,
London Underground and
other major clients.
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Outside of work I like to spend time with my family, fish with my son,
travel and am currently building a custom V8 campervan.
I am also grounds manager for a large local VW festival for 2 weeks
every summerfor which I have a crowd management and emergency
control qualification from Norfolk Police.
REFERENCES
References from a broad range of industries are available on request