1. Richard Laverick CV
Flat 5, Ullswater Caravan, Camping & Marine Park, Watermillock, Penrith, CA11 0LR
Tel: 07877 408185
Email: richml897@btinternet.com
LinkedIn Profile: uk.linkedin.com/in/richardmlaverick/
Personal & Professional Profile
Career Summary
April 2014 to present: First Floor Sales Supervisor, George Fisher of Keswick.
Managing and motivating a team of five sales assistants ensuring the exemplary award winning level of
customer service is maintained at all times. Delegating tasks, providing feedback to management. Liaising
with the buyers to review product sales and develop a strategy to improve turnover. Seeking new role as the
work does not stretch me sufficiently, I want to be challenged and overcome obstacles.
Sept 2013 to March 2014: Self Employed Project managing a new build timber framed property
Jan 2008 to June 28th 2014 Network Rail, Maintenance Delivery, Commercial Business Manager / Quantity
Surveyor
Developed in consultation with resource planning department a proposal for the preferred Road Rail Vehicle
contract retender terms, customising the tender scope to focus on maximising Carlisle DU weekend access
opportunities, became the best practice proposal for the whole route.
Outstanding Cost Of Work Done in accounts consistently in first / lowest quartile of the route.
Reduced the Delivery Units retrospective Purchase Orders down to zero, the lowest on the route.
Oracle software used for the budgets and accounts as well as project budget tracking.
Liaising with other Network Rail project teams to continuously improve the processes behind data capturing
to accurately monitor / report project costs and forecasts, this is down to determined approach in
persistently detailing outstanding requirements to managers working in partnership to identify and deliver
each other information in a timely and useable format. Delivery Unit Corporate Governance advisor and
‘Super User’ providing advice and training within the delivery unit for all financial, commercial and
procurement systems.
Visiting work sites as necessary to support estimating process and validating that works are completed to the
required specification and contracted scope.
Contractor liaising to assist in cost control quality of deliverables, reduce variations and ensure contract is
fulfilled.
Participate in budget holder key meetings to provide reports, support budget holders in understanding the
commercial and financial processes, challenge standard practices for cost effectiveness and provide advice
on contracts, suppliers and tendering, including accurate forecasting, business modelling and investment
appraisals, ensuring corporate governance is adhered to.
Preparation of tender documents from engineer’s scope prior to Contract & Procurement issue.
Project close outs including lessons learnt and updating of asset databases.
Site walk outs with prospective contractors to ensure fair tendering, setting of tender weighted matrices,
reviewing and scoring tender submissions, tender evaluation and report writing, key in encouraging none
compliant tenders to encourage alternate delivery of project.
Managing of Change Control process, receiving requests for, reviewing, costing and processing variations for
sponsor review.
Projects managed include signal structure, plain line and S&C renewals, construction of buildings and rail
infrastructure renewals.

2. Working with section managers and contractors to identify the cause of unit cost discrepancies between
their delivery cost and the company average, providing section managers with the information on lessons
learnt to reduce their costs.
Re-measuring of works done and responsibility for sign off of payment applications, validating and
calculating cost of work done for accountants period end figures.
Researching alternate suppliers, contractor delivery methods then costing and providing business case
reports for management review.
Developing appropriate modelling parameters’ to cost business cases, cost benefit analysis of contract
options.
Final accounting of supplier’s at year end.
Checking validating and submitting of supplier Interim Payment Application’s.
Jan 2007 to Jan 2008 Various temporary roles, mainly website project management for clients.
Sep 2006 to Dec 2006 Finalising the Business, time off and holidays
May 2004 to Aug 2006 Owner Troutbeck Inn
Sourced funding and negotiated bank terms to buy, then managed food service team and bar staff.
Feb 2003 to April 2004 DEFRA: Forensic Auditing
Reported directly to the EU auditors questioning on the North West Foot and Mouth transport and rendering
contracts. Securing documents and collating raw data for modelling analysis to provide reports to finance,
auditors and lawyers used in legal challenges.
Jan 2003 to Feb 2003 Contract to NHS Cumbria; Auditing the cleaning contractor.
Audit of sub-contract delivery performance and quality for Cumbria NHS trust. Adhering to NHS audit
framework research and report on actual delivery by the cleaning and maintenance contractor.
Jan 2002 to Jan 2003 DEFRA: Systems & Contract Compliance Auditing
Developed excel model of all assets and asset utilisation to identify duplicate charges and contract none
compliance. Securing significant reimbursement of charges from sub-contractors.
May 2001 to Jan 2002 DEFRA: Transport & Logistics Manager
Contract managed multi-million pound transport project on Foot and Mouth, achieved cost reduction
without loss of responsiveness by introducing new contracts providing a 30% cost saving on > million pound
transport contracts.
Oct 2000 to April 2001 Adventure Equipment Ltd: Business Development Manager
May 1999 to Oct 2000 Self Employed Sales Agent
June 1989 to April 1999 Catstycam the Outdoor Shop:
Professional and other Qualifications
24/06/2013 Project Safety Management
20/06/2013 Project Environment Management
01/02/2013 Association of Project Management Introductory Certificate in PM
04/09/2012 Construction Design and Management Coordinator
25/11/2010 Network Rail Personal Track Safety
2007 Open University General Certificate in Science.
2007 on going Open University Studying for a BSc (Honours) degree in Natural sciences.
Achieved levels 1, 2 and 3 starting final 30 credit module in 2014
2001 to 2002 University of Central Lancashire CIM Advanced Certificate in Marketing
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, Darlington. A Level Maths, Physics and Geology.
Kinross High School, Tayside Scotland. 7 Scottish 'O' Grades