Oliver Gomez

Hi, I'm Oliver Gomez - experienced Land Surveyor, Team Leader & Manager, looking for new challenges in 2014. Welcome to my profile!

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Are you looking for an intelligent, adaptable and self-reliant Surveyor, Manager and Team Leader with extensive experience in planning, organising and managing surveys and other projects worldwide?   Someone who can engage with people at any level and quickly form effective working relationships? Do you need someone who is extremely analytical, very quick to assimilate information and understand new systems, with excellent attention to detail and a successful track record of leading specialist teams, both large and small, in challenging environments and situations?   Someone who is calm under pressure, enthusiastic, and willing to "go the extra mile" in order to meet deadlines?   Available from first quarter 2014 but always open to a compelling proposition, so make me an offer I can't refuse.   Contact Oliver Gomez on:   07884 495211 [email protected]   KEY SKILLS & ACHIEVEMENTS o Experience of operating a variety of geodetic GPS and terrestrial survey instruments and software. o PRINCE2 Practitioner and IOSH Managing Safely certified. o Strong IT skills - ECDL, A+, N+ and MCSE trained. o Training, coaching, and mentoring in a variety of disciplines, from academic to outdoor pursuits. o Excellent written, verbal and inter-personal communication skills.

Military Surveyor at UK Ministry of Defence

1988 - Present | Worldwide

Trained as a Class 3 Field Survey Technician at the Army Apprentice College, Chepstow. Upgrading course to Class 2 Topographic Survey Technician at Royal School of Military Survey. Completed Class 1 Topographic Survey Technician at Royal School of Military Survey.

Operations and Training Manager at 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)

December 2008 - November 2010 | Moenchengladbach, NRW, Germany

Organised and facilitated both military and technical training within a busy, operational military geographic unit, including liaison with external units and organisations. o Administration of personnel deploying and recovering from external training courses and operations. o Expedited pre-deployment training for personnel nominated to go on operations in Afghanistan. o Planned and successfully conducted a survey of a military range area in the Czech Republic. The task involved training, coaching and mentoring a team of 8 inexperienced personnel to carry out the survey in unfamiliar surroundings.

Geospatial Support Section Manager at Task Force Helmand

October 2009 - 2010 | Afghanistan

Managed an extremely busy cell in Afghanistan for 7 months, providing geospatial support to the whole of Task Force Helmand (approx. 9000 personnel), in an exceptionally dynamic and demanding environment. o Designed and facilitated specific to role training and mentoring of junior Geographic Technicians. o Controlled the movement of personnel and distribution of supplies to a number of remote outstations, in very challenging circumstances. o Successfully negotiated uplift in personnel and a 100% increase in real estate, despite extremely tight constraints, which significantly improved working conditions and productivity.

IT Support Technician at UK Ministry of Defence

October 2005 - December 2008 | Newbury, Berkshire

Provided hardware and software support for a fleet of military Geographic Information System PCs, including those deployed overseas and on operations. o Passed Comptia A+ and N+ courses with and completed MCSE Part 1 and 2 training, qualifying as an IT Support Technician, despite being out of specialism. o Supported a fleet of IT systems and peripherals, ranging from PCs to large laser scanners, for approximately 100 users, both in house, and deployed on exercises and operations, in the UK, Germany, Iraq and Afghanistan, often in very difficult conditions.

Survey Team Leader at 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)

2004 - October 2005

Managed military Geographic Technicians, planning and executing topographic surveys in Germany and overseas. Training of personnel and maintenance of equipment, as well as direct supervision and quality assurance of surveys. o Planned and carried out surveys of the boundary line of the British administered Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus. Co-ordination of reconnaissance, survey and re-construction teams in order to check over 300 boundary pillars and reconstruct any that had been damaged or destroyed. o Carried out a survey of Eben-Emael Fort in Belgium. The survey data enabled creation of a 3D model of the fort, which was then used as part of a battlefield tour training package.

Geospatial Exploitation Lecturer & Team Manager at Royal School of Military Survey

November 2010

Managing a team of four military instructors delivering geospatial exploitation and GIS training to British Army Geographic Technicians undertaking courses at levels 4 and 5 at the Royal School of Military Survey, as part of Foundation Science Degree courses accredited by Sheffield Hallam University .

ARTD Staff Leadership School

2010 – 2010

Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (CTLLS)

Royal School of Military Survey

1997 – 1997

HND Surveying

Concentration: Surveying Technology/Surveying

Army Apprentice College, Chepstow

1988 – 1990

Class 3

Concentration: Field (Land) Survey

Harvey Grammar School

1984 – 1988

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