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Management Accountant Joins Edge Careers

Lyn Wright becomes the latest addition to the Edge Careers team, where she will be working with our busy Accounts team as a Management Accountant.

We are excited to welcome Lyn, who joins Edge Careers having previously worked as an Accounts Manager for a building and civil engineering company for 27 years. Lyn produces comprehensive management accounts showing key performance indicators to enable the directors to make decisions that drive the business forward.

We would like you to join us in welcoming Lyn to Edge Careers, where we are sure her existing skills and experience will make her a valuable member of the team.

 

Management Accountant

 

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M&E Manager Joins Our London Office

Olivia Finn becomes the latest recruiter to join our dynamic London office.

Olivia Finn - M&E Manager - London

Olivia has worked the majority of her career within sales, initially starting off selling “Spa Days” to unsuspecting targets on the streets of SOHO during University holidays. Following this, Olivia became a Project Manager within the London residential market selling refurbishment packages, initially for a developer for four years and then for her own business for a further three.
Deciding it was time to expand her skill set, Olivia joined a boutique search firm in London, where she spent five years honing her skills as a recruitment consultant specialising in Building Services and heading up their M&E Division.

Working out of our London office, Olivia will be heading up M&E recruitment for the region.

We would like to wish Olivia the best of luck in her new role, where we are sure that she will use her existing skills and experience to become a vital member of the London team.

If you work within M&E and are looking for a new role, register your details with us here.

Similarly, if you are looking for M&E staff to join your company, you can register a vacancy here or contact Olivia on 0203 367 2139.

 

Olivia Finn Joins Edge Careers

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

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Andy Winkett Takes Part in Charity Golf Day

Yesterday (Wednesday 5th July) our Senior Executive Recruitment Consultant, Andy Winkett took part in EPIC’s (Every Professional in Construction) charity golf day.

Andy Winkett Charity Golf Day

(Left to Right) Mike Forster – EPIC, Graham Nicol – MYR, Andy Winkett – Edge Careers and Mark Lee – Buckingham Construction.

The charity golf day was set up to celebrate EPIC’s 40 year anniversary and was played in aid of Ehlers-Danlos Support UK a charity that has been supporting people affected by the syndromes (EDS) for 30 years and Essex & Herts Air Ambulance, which provides lifesaving care across Essex, Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas.

It’s fair to say the day was a massive success with the golfers raising an incredible £16,000 for the two charities.

To find out how you can help support these charities with their amazing work head to their websites www.ehler-danlos.org or www.ehaat.org

 

Fantasy Football Winner

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

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Andy Winkett Wins December’s Fantasy Football Prize

For the third month running an Edge Careers employee has won the monthly prize in our fantasy football league, who knew we had a bunch of Jose Mourinho’s among us. Our Executive Recruitment Consultant Andy has become Edge Careers Fantasy Football Leagues 4th monthly winner. For finishing top of the league in December, Andy has received a £50 Amazon voucher.

Andy Winkett - December Fantasy Football

Andy’s team, Ethical Recruiter, scored an amazing 405 points in December to win the month by 24 points.

At the top of the overall table, Andrea Zographos remains in the lead with 1269 points, holding a gap of only 8 points, putting him in pole position to win the grand prize of a 4K TV with a surround sound system and choose a charity for Edge Careers to donate £500 to.

Here is our current top 10:

Rank

Team & Manager Total Points

1  

Zwgris21
Andreas Zographos
1269

2  

Ethical Recruiter
Andy Winkett
1261

3  

Dynamo Kebab
Amrit Johal
1235

4  

El Jogo Bonito 17
Rob Hyde
1231

5  

Tuppence lickers
Andrew Jordan

1188

6   Hated but Rated
Kamran Rashid

1163

7   Hereford’s MVP’s
Danny Score

1150

8   These Charmless Men
Ian Powell

1148

9   Four Oaks Powers
Peter Quinn

1139

10   Cox n Bull
James Cox

1134

Stay tuned for next months winner!
December Fantasy Football Winner

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

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What is the Future of Construction?

What is the Future of Construction

Advancments in technology have led to many industries becoming more efficient and keeping their costs down, but has it come at a greater price with workers being replaced by machines?

When it comes to the construction industry, the advancements are clear for everyone to see.

Construction Management Software

Today’s task management software is designed to increase productivity and keep everything on schedule, proving an invaluable resource to construction companies to monitor progress and keep all members of the project fully informed, in real time, of actual progress versus scheduled goals.

Budgeting, billing processes, and time management tools streamline the entire process from start to finish. Companies offer top-of the range, constantly evolving software to match the ever changing and demanding needs of this sector.

Building Information Management, or BIM, contains most of these solutions and more to provide the ability to create a 3D building plan and combine it with a construction schedule.

Computer Aided Design  

CAD has enabled construction to begin before the design is fully complete, allowing for fast-track construction and reduced interferences. It improves procurement and performance systems, allowing a host of possible issues to be tackled before physical work begins, significantly reducing the risk of errors and thus reducing the risk of going off-budget or off-schedule.

Blueprint Apps  

Gone are the days of offices on site overflowing with documents. Now, the main player is the application-ridden tablet. A device as useable in the field as in the office. These planning apps have given us the ability to oversee plans and make changes digitally.

Possible obstacles can be accounted for and tweaked before beginning physical work to save having to change them (usually at great cost) due to an oversight. These apps allow for direct communication, in real time, between the owner, project managers, and other staff, so everyone is kept in the loop, 24 hours a day.

Drones

The introduction of drones in the past decade has changed the face of the construction industry, and is likely to continue its trajectory into the next one.

  • In surveying and mapping out the specified area, their value lies in being able to go where humans and heavy machinery can’t, monitoring progress in real time and the ability to make changes to the plan according to the drone footage. This footage can then be compared to blueprint plans and deviations can be noted and dealt with accordingly, saving time, money, and resources.

Health and Safety

The importance of the health and safety of workers has grown exponentially and now safety on site is of paramount importance, helped in part by the legal regulations that have sprouted up around every industry.

  • Headsets, halo lights, safety glasses, and responsive clothing are but a few of the safety gadgets having undergone modernization, turning outdated and often un-adhered-to health and safety regulations into routine, standard on-site precautions.

 

But will these advancements go further and see the construction worker being replaced by machines? We have already seen companies testing bricklaying robots, which, it is claimed are a lot more efficient than human construction workers (View the bricklaying robot here).

Although these enhancements in the industry are impressive and very efficient, it has already been forecasted by the world’s economic forum that 5 million jobs will be replace by artificial intelligence by 2020, but can we really rely on technology to replace a human’s eye for detail and problem solving?

Technology and construction

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

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