Derek Maguire
Enniscorthy,Ireland
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Reinstatement Supervisor
Shareridge Civil Engineering
Kilkenny , Ireland
12.2024 - Current
- Supervisor over multiple direct and subcontracting crews reinstating after works have been completed on Water mains rehabilitation, sewer or drainage repairs, service connections to properties, and emergency repairs requiring rapid temporary and permanent reinstatements.
- Planning daily/weekly reinstatement schedules to meet deadlines.
- Organizing resources: plant, materials, permits, and traffic management.
- Ensuring all work complies with: purple book, local authority road opening license conditions and Uisce Eireann (Irish Water) specifications.
- Inspecting surfaces before and after reinstatement.
- Check compaction, materials, level and finish.
- Maintain photographic records for audit/tracing.
- Implementing and monitoring traffic management plans.
- Ensuring crews follow health and safety procedures (excavations, publin safety, manual handling).
- Carrying out site inductions/toolbox talks.
- Ensuring sites are safe for road users and pedestrians.
- Attending site meetings with clients, utilities and councils.
- Addressing defects and reworking promptly.
- Ensuring correct handling and disposal of waste materials.
- Collaborated with engineers to develop project plans and address design challenges.
- Coordinated with other department supervisors to ensure smooth workflow and project alignment.
- Reporting progress to the project manager.
- Liaising with local authority inspectors, clients, and stakeholders to resolve issues and sign off completed works within licensing time frame.
Crews supervisor
Richard Nolan Civil Engineering
Dublin, Country
10.2023 - 12.2024
- Supervised activities of direct and subcontracting crews working on reinstatements on the Uisce Eireann leak reduction program.
- Logged daily activities and notable incidents during production shifts.
- Guided and directed third-party inspectors checking projects during construction, commissioning and closeout.
- Surveying new work sites and marking out to Purple Book standards before reinstatements and inspected sites after works were completed.
- Prepared staff and environments for audits and inspections, supporting performance analysis.
- Quality-checked work to maintain standards according to project specifications and coordinated staff and contractors to achieve daily tasks within quality, budget and timeframe targets.
- Liaised with clients to determine scope of work and project requirements and provided regular updates during work.
- Ran staff meetings to gain operational insight and communicate helpful feedback.
- Used Microsoft Word and Excel to create documents and clear communications.
Front Line Manager
Circet Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
04.2023 - 10.2023
- Managing Circet Ireland direct and sub contracting crews building the fiber broadband network across the Dublin area.
- Overseeing civils crews installing ducting and subducting, digging and fixing blockages, reinstating concrete, tar and grass verges.
- Submitting appropriate licences to the county council to carry out works on footpaths, roadways and greenways.
- Carrying out safety audits on crews and issuing appropriate ppe for all crews.
- Inspecting site specific safe work areas, traffic control measures and pedestrian walkways.
- Reporting any incidents and near misses on AFS.
- Liaising with council members on standards of reinstatements.
- Organizing traffic management where needed.
- Organizing jet trucks to clear duct lines.
- Conducting daily five oclock checks on crews for morning updates to delivery managers.
- Surveying jobs before start date to organize box building, pole replacement, tree trimming, traffic management and additional licences.
- Over seeing each assigned area from start to finish and signing jobs off when completed.
Civils operative / crew leader
Circet
Dublin, Ireland
06.2021 - 03.2023
- Working on telecommunications infrastructure.
- Laying ducting and subducting between chambers and to customers property.
- Building chambers and boxes in carriageways, footways and grass.
- Reinstating concrete on footpaths, roadways and vehicle crossings.
- Reinstating tar on carriageways and cycle lanes.
- Operating a wide range of power tools and machinery: Consaw, Angle grinder, Wacking plate, Vibrating roller, Jack hammer, Power pack, Jumping jack excavator front-end dump truck, Cat & jenny, Etc...
- Roads and sidewalks maintenance.
Crew leader
City of Burnaby
Burnaby, Canada
10.2018 - 12.2020
- Roads engineering - sidewalks department.
- Inspection of damaged or sidewalks in need of upgrading.
- Underground service location and marking out sites for dig out crews.
- Driving cutdown dumptruck with labourers and work materials to and from job site.
- Setting up safe work zones with cones, signs and traffic control personnel.
- Building forms and shuttering for replacement or new sidewalks, vehicle crossings and driveways.
- Prepping sites for concrete, pouring and finishing concrete on a variety of projects.
- Site clean up: stripping and cleaning forms, removing barricades, filling edges with blacktop or topsoil and grass seed.
- Snowplough operating and salt application in icy or snowy conditions in winter time.
- At my time working for the city of burnaby i have obtained the following: First aid training, Traffic control certification, Snowplough training, Underground services locating, Airbrakes endorsement on driving licence.
Education
Salesian College
Celbridge, KildareSkills
- Quality control
- Traffic management
- Safety compliance
- Client liaison
- Team leadership
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Customer service
- Strategic planning
- Attention to detail
Certification
- Safepass
- Manual handling
- Abrasive wheels
- Sign Lighting & Guarding
- CIF IOSH Safety For Construction Managers
- Full clean drivers license
- Road opening and reinstating (advanced)
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 01/31/85
- Nationality: Irish
Languages
English
First Language
Timeline
Reinstatement Supervisor
Shareridge Civil Engineering
12.2024 - Current
Crews supervisor
Richard Nolan Civil Engineering
10.2023 - 12.2024
Front Line Manager
Circet Ireland
04.2023 - 10.2023
Civils operative / crew leader
Circet
06.2021 - 03.2023
Crew leader
City of Burnaby
10.2018 - 12.2020
Salesian College