This document provides details on Daniel Chalmers' employment history and qualifications. It outlines his 15 years of experience in various highway management roles within Lancashire County Council, as well as previous industry experience. It also lists his education qualifications and safety certifications. Finally, it describes his responsibilities and experiences in areas such as operations management, health and safety, winter services, and financial management.

1. Name : Mr Daniel Chalmers
Address : 4 fell view
Ireby
Lancashire
LA6 2JQ
E-mail : dan.chalmers@lancashire.gov.uk
Tel : 015422 41174
Mobile : 07866 266978
Principal Employment .
Lancashire County Council, Lancashire Highways services
Area Highways Manager 31 / 03 / 2015 to Current
Highways Operations Manager 16 / 08 / 2012 to 31 / 03 / 2015
Deputy Highways manager 01 / 08 / 2008 to 16 / 08 / 2012
Senior Contract manager 18 / 06 / 2007 to 01 / 08 / 2008
Contract manager 01 / 01 / 2002 to 18 / 06 / 2007
Other relevant employment.
Blacktop Civils Ltd July 1997 to Jan 2002 employed as a Contracts manager
Self employed Nov 1995 to July 1997 employed as a Site agent
ARM Construction Aug 1992 to Nov 1995 employed as a Site Agent
J. Pinch Builders June 1986 to Aug 1990 employed as site Supervisor
(2 year gap between 1990 and 1992 for HND at Swansea)

2. Education :
Preston College of Higher Education
2003 to 2004 (1 yr) NEBOSH General certificate in occupational Health & Safety
University Of central Lancashire.
2002 to 2003(1 yr) Post Graduate certificate of management
Swansea Institute of Higher Education.
1990 to 1992(2 yr) Higher National Diploma in Building and Construction studies
Lancaster & Morecambe College of Further Education.
1989 to 1991 GCE 'A' Level English, French
Ripley St Thomas, Lancaster.
1984 to 1988 GCSE Eng Language, Eng Literature, Maths, French, History
Other relevant qualification :
CSCS Black card holder (NVQ level 5) for Practicing Managers & Professionals.
NEBOSH General Certificate of Occupational Health and Safety.
LANTRA 12D T7 Traffic Management supervisors qualification.
Continued professional Development :
List of courses and CPD attached.

3. Career Experiences :
 Previous experience in the private sector working as a Site Agent & Contracts
Manager for both civil Engineering and surfacing divisions.
 Local authority highways experience of 15 years at all levels of operational
management.
 Experience of all highways function and activities.
 Experience in Highways and bridges specialist functions (Structures,
specialist surfacing etc)
 Previously operated in the capacity of 'Northern Operations Manager' for Area
North Highways and Countywide structures / bridges.
 Previously operated in a contractual, client / contractor environment, on the
contracting side of the organisation, working to a fixed highways contract with
service level agreements and contract rates.
- Responsible for cost centre management of districts within an area
of responsibility.
- Maximising surplus on all work under the Lancashire works
Contract, both internal and external.
- Operating to the strict specifications under the Highways works
contract.
- All resource and planning based functions.
- All HR and personnel function.
 The authority has now moved to one team approach under Lancashire
Highways Services to deliver integrated services and functions.
 Now Operating as 'Area Highways Manager' responsible for integrating
services including Operational delivery, former client functions, locality
matters, Public Realm agreements, Traffic & Safety, budget management and
political involvement.
 Responsibilities include providing the Area focus for the 'Lancaster highways
and strategic Transport Masterplan' and playing a lead role on the projects
steering group, advising on locality direction.
 Currently support the 'Head of Highways' in the delivery of all Revenue,
Capital, Traffic & Safety, specialist highways and Bridges / Structures function
across the North area of Lancashire.
 Structures & Bridges responsibilities incorporates full operational control
'County wide' across Lancashire from 2 main depots.
 Previous experience includes full Highways responsibilities and operational
control across 3 main districts (Lancaster Wyre and Fylde) from 3 main
operational depots.
 Delivering predominantly in house with some sub contracted specialist
elements.

4.  Currently manage a team 13 Highways staff and 5 Bridges staff
 Currently responsible for the management of the in house direct resource of
65 Highways and Bridges employees.
 Responsible and experienced in delivery of major and minor work contracts
and delivering programmes of work.
 Experienced in the delivery of cyclic activities including locality 'Public Realm
& Green scene' works. (Flail, amenity, week spraying, Gully, jetting)
 Experience of delivery of Winter services and emergency responsive activities
and planning.
 Experience of following and working closely with the local Commissioning
plans and County wide commissioning team ( Revenue / Capital budgets)
 Responsible and experienced in the delivery of work programming using M/S
project and co-ordinating activities across a large geographical area and
number of depots.
 Ensuring delivery programmes and financial / performance KPI target are met.
 Experienced in all aspects of highways responsive defects and planned
maintenance, gully and jetting, drainage, signs & lines, green activities, ECO,
Winter services, Vehicle crossings, damages and responsive maintenance .
 Experienced in Undertaking, liaison with stakeholders and others (Regular
liaison with Councillors, parishes, public, TM co ordination
 Experience in the Operational control and Budget holder duties for Highways
revenue activities.
- Strategic direction.
- Meeting efficiency challenges.
- Monitoring and forecasting.
- Ensuring costs and resources are apportioned to correct strands,
classifications ands sub classes.
- Ensuring correct booking of direct resources, stocks & stores.
- Control of Sub Contracted resources.
- Reporting to the Highways management group on a monthly basis
and preparing forecasts and reports.
- Develop spend strategies.
- Lead and progress working group to improve service delivery on
reduced budgets.
- Overall responsibility for health, Safety and welfare of all
operations.
- Minimise financial risk to the authority.

5.  Experience in the Operational control and Programme manager duties for
Highways capital works
- Overall programme management responsibility
- Financial management on the County Council Capital monitoring
system
- Updating cost projections and keeping overall costs control
- Ensuring correct booking of direct and s/c resources
- Develop spend strategies
- Liasion with Countywide Commissioning over scheme priority
- Responsibility for project managers under the County Council
Capital works system,
- Medium term planning (12 month programme)
- Long term planning (36 month programme)
- Liaison and commissioning of internal and external design functions
- Overall responsibility for Health, Safety and Welfare of all
operations
- Minimise financial risk to the authority
 Operational control of Structural maintenance and Bridges schemes
- Overall operational control.
- Working closely with bridges design teams over programme
delivery.
- Early contractor involvement. (ECI)
- Ensuring costs and resources are apportioned to correct strands,
classifications and sub classes.
- Ensuring correct booking of direct resources, stocks & stores.
- Control of Sub Contracted resources.
- Involvement in major contract works up to £1 million.
- Tendering and procurement of specialist services and materials.
- Ensuring testing and compliance with specifications.
- Involvement in highly complex works (west coast rail line, Old Lea
Hall bridge refurbishment, Greyhound bridge Cathodic protection
works)
- Overall responsibility for health, Safety and welfare of all operations
- CDM and temporary works responsibilities.
- Minimise financial risk to the authority
 Management & responsibility / experience of delivery from major 'operational'
depots.
- Premises manager responsibilities inc control of H & S

6. - Control of Stocks and Stores.
- Control of plant and transport matters.
- Waste management.
- Operational activities.
- Internal and external audits.
-
Other Relevant Knowledge ;
 Financial management knowledge.
- Account management
- Authorising scheme costs and expenditure.
- Allocation of resources to correct budget strands.
- Control of booking of direct resources (Labour, plant, materials)
- Pricing external works.
- Staff and operations 'on cost'.
- Technical staff budgets.
- Depot maintenance budgets
 Management of plant and transport
- Overall Management of P & T.
- Control of vehicle and plant utilisation.
- Knowledge of Fleet management
- Control of Small plant and tools
- Control of Damages and repairs costs.
 Health & Safety knowledge.
- Knowledge of H & S legislation relevant to service area.
- Involved in all facets of operational Health and Safety.
- Knowledge of Integrated management systems.
- Knowledge of operational procedures and how to prepare.
- Accident and incident investigation
- Writing and reviewing Risk assessments.
- Site auditing / near miss practise.
- LRQA standard and audits
- CDM responsibilities for implementation of operational CDM
procedures .
- Experiences with high risk activities.
- Knowledge, and experience of temporary work co ordination.

7. - Accredited to Lantra T7 supervision under the Traffic management
registration scheme
- Knowledge of preparing and delivering 'tool box talks' (Stop. Think
Safety in Lancashire)
- Knowledge of preparing and chairing 'Service improvement
surgeries'.
- Qualified to NEBOSH General Certificate level Heath & Safety
- Holder of 'Black' CSCS card.
 Lancashire Highways Services Winter Services Knowledge
- Knowledge and experience in all levels of winter Service
management.
- Key role in current 'Winter service' review .
- Severe winter planning and resource deployment.
- Route reviewing and optimisation.
- Procedures and H & S reviews
- Experience in 'Area Duty Officer' winter decision making and
forecasting.
- Experience as 'County duty officer' winter control across all
operational areas.
- Route based forecasting.
- Past experience as Depot/ operational control of teams and gritters.
- Currently responsible for 12 gritting routes across 3 Northern
districts.
- Experience of dedicated city centre routes (4 No) and dedicated
snow routes (6 no) around Northern parts of Lancashire and
particularly the Lune Valley and the Trough of Bowland.
- Use of Winter Service software (Met office Open Roads / iceman /
Vaisala manager)
- Aware of changes to service provision (introduction of Appendix H)
- Deployment of winter resources.
- Deployment and operational control of snow clearing contractors.
- Salt control, usage and re-stocking.
- Winter presentations.
- Dealing with press, councillors , self Service groups, Winter claims
and complaints
 Lancashire Highways Services Gully and drainage service review
- Leading a fundamental review of all drainage aspects and budgets
concentrating on the overall service, across Lancashire to deliver
an over all 10% saving on 2015 / 2016 budgets.

8. - £3'225 million gully / jetting and repairs services.
- Review of current Strategy and policy.
- Full Asset review.
- Finances.
- Operational changes and efficiencies.
- Responsible for IT and vehicle tracking systems (Masternaut)
- Consideration and implementation of data collection / capture
services.
- Innovative waste disposal methods.
 Lancashire Highways Services Emergency Call Out Service
- Challenge actual service delivery.
- Develop strategies for reacting to emergencies and major incidents.
- Experienced in writing and reviewing procedures.
- Improving safety lone working services.
- Lead role in a working group to review vehicle specification for
Highways Support Units, including plant and tools.
- Lead role in operations for emergency and severe weather
response and deployment of resources for major incidents and
flooding
 Lancashire Highways Services Defects and repair strategies
- Lead member of working 'improvement group'
- Sub leader looking at co ordination of defects under Highways
inspections, Public enquiry and complaints, VIP issues, reactive
drainage repairs.
- Implementing of new trial systems using new asset software to
improve efficiency.
- Meeting and developing KPI's.
 Operational Resources and recruitment.
- Experiences and knowledge in all aspects of recruitment and
resource management.
- Experience in recruitment of skilled highways & bridges operatives
and Contract management.
- Experienced in all levels of sickness procedures inc hearing and
appeals panels.
- Experience of presenting at disciplinary hearings and attendance
panel hearing.

9. - Experienced in all levels of disciplinary procedures to SDO hearings
/ appeal hearings.
- Recruitment and selection of apprentices.
 Procurement
- Involved in working groups to decide priorities and strategies (eg :
snow clearing, gully emptying, cyclic green, dayworks contracts)
- Contract experience in NEC 3 as Client and Contractor.
- Experience in forms of contract.
- Knowledge and experience of Standing orders
- Implementation and controlling strict procurement procedures.
- Involved in successful applications / business cases to invoke
single tender action for specialist bridges works.
- Working closely with QS and procurement to deliver effective
services.
 Contract knowledge
- Major and minor works contracts.
- Local and district partner contracts.
- Framework contracts.
- Dayworks Contracts.
- Knowledge of working with contracting rates.
- NEC 3 (activity schedule / bill of q / partnership)
- Major works contracts
 Knowledge of Public realm, locality and political matters
- Involvement in the Political side of the authority.
- Acting in an integrated role which has given me both knowledge
and experience of the political aspect of Lancashire highways.
- Public ream knowledge.
- Knowledge of Pubic realm agreements with district councils.
- Dealings with other district councils and authorities
- Experience of working with district Council colleagues.
- Experience of County Councillor communications and attending
parish meetings. (Winter issues and presentations, defects, Green
Scene etc)
- Dealing with Public complaints, and Councillor VIP enquires.
- Dealing with freedom of information enquiries.
- Awareness of priority neighbourhoods.

10. - Now full knowledgeable and aware of structure of the political
process.
 District of Lancaster, Highways and Transport Masterplan
- Early Involvement in the final 'consultation' documents
- Development of the area transport strategy and priority locations
within the district.
- Member of the 'project steering group' leading on locality focus.
- Link to Lancaster City Council regeneration teams to create local
action plans.
 Traffic and Safety
- Application of the 'Highways act 1980'
- Application of TSRGD (Traffic Signs Regulations & General
direction)
- Traffic Safety audits
- Development and delivery of Traffic safety schemes
- Responsible for highways safety and developer consent conditions
 Standards specification
- Experiences in highways specifications .
- Challenging specification and current techniques.
- Liaising with asset and Strategy to achieve efficiencies.
 Performance management
- Involved in working groups to re-align performance management
within LHS.
- Setting new KPI for highways works (finance, output, performance
based).
- Working with and meeting KPI under operational cost centres and
performance dashboards.
 Asset management
- Involved in Asset strategies
- Regular dealings with asset depts on highways issues and
programme devvelpoment.
 Industry standards

11. - Knowledge of Operative training & development requirements.
- Knowledge of management training & development requirements
- Involved in setting the LHS 'Mandatory training' for highways and
bridges operatives.
- Development and procuring Specialist training ( Bridges
specification, Temporary works, Traffic management etc)
- Knowledge of NVQ highways.
- Knowledge of WSO unit 80 and Winter service training needs.
– Involved in helping set up internal training for op's (Gully Emptying
Defect and H.S.I strategies/ Drainage CCTV / snow plough fitting
etc)
– Knowledge of CSCS.
Personal skills and abilities :
- Accredited to Lantra T7 Traffic Management supervision.
- Accredited to NEBOSH level Heath & Safety.
- Holder of PTS accreditation from Network Rail.
- Ability to Lead working groups.
- Ability to challenge Service area's and existing practice.
Ability to implement Change and cultural change management
- Involvement in leading working groups and preparing project action
plans for director level (10% financial challenge)#
- Ability to challenge current LHS functions
- Ability to challenge current service levels with reducing budgets.
- Ability to continually drive operational costs down.
- Ability to meet efficiency challenges.
- Ability to Improve business and financial awareness to reduce
business risk
- Ability to set Clear expectations.
- Lead by example, set the standards and expectations and
strengthen existing and create new working relationships
- Highly efficiency and motivated.
- Transparent and open.
- Good communicator at all levels (equally important to be seen on
site by operatives)
- Ability to Set and monitor progress and training of operative and
managers, under PDR and development programmes.
- Visible to all levels (Regular site visits and open door policy)
- Experienced in evening and out of hours working.

12. - Currently travelling extensively around Lancashire.
- Competent with I.T developments and initiatives
- Working towards C'Eng and desire to become a member of the
CIHT.