Robert Cumming
Lysterfield,VIC
Summary
Experienced professional with a proven ability to excel in leadership roles, focusing on delivering results-driven performance. Demonstrated success in optimizing operations and fostering team collaboration to achieve organizational goals. Recognized for reliability and flexibility in meeting evolving requirements while maintaining high standards.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Acting Maintenance Manager
Eastern Health, Angliss Hospital
03.2024 - Current
- Duties as Supervisor but with Manager responsibilities overseeing the Maintenance department and running of the Angliss Hospital from a Maintenance side.
- Collaborated with other department managers to coordinate maintenance activities around production schedules, minimizing operational interruptions.
- Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
- Supervised employee performance, preventive maintenance, and safety.
- Improved equipment reliability by implementing a preventive maintenance program and managing repair schedules.
- Led the successful completion of major facility upgrades projects while adhering to budget constraints and timelines.
Maintenance Supervisor
Eastern Health, Angliss Hospital
09.2022 - Current
- Coordinated preventative maintenance schedules, verifying equipment safety and function.
- Taken up to acting Manager when required to cover leave.
- Streamlined work order processes for increased efficiency in addressing maintenance requests and tracking progress.
- Supervised a team of technicians, providing guidance on complex repair tasks and fostering professional development opportunities.
- Facilitated strong communication between maintenance personnel and other departments to ensure seamless coordination during planned outages or emergency situations.
- Conducted regular performance evaluations of maintenance staff to identify strengths, areas for improvement, and opportunities for growth within the organization.
- Coordinated scheduled shutdowns for major equipment overhauls, minimizing disruption to production schedules while maximizing asset longevity.
- Enhanced safety standards through regular staff training sessions, hazard assessments, and ensuring compliance with OSHA regulations.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams during organizational changes or relocations, supporting seamless transitions within facilities.
- Ensured compliance with local building codes and regulations through diligent record keeping and coordination with regulatory authorities.
- Oversaw facility renovations and expansions projects from inception to completion, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
- Improved facility safety by conducting regular inspections and addressing maintenance issues promptly.
- Maintained accurate records of completed tasks, ongoing projects, and upcoming maintenance needs.
Maintenance Officer
Eastern Health, Angliss Hospital
01.2022 - 09.2022
- Responsible for the day to day Maintenance of the Angliss Hospital.
- Improved equipment reliability by conducting regular maintenance and inspections.
- Resolved day-to-day operational issues to reach short- and long-term performance goals.
- Prioritized urgent repair requests, minimizing disruption to operations without sacrificing quality or safety standards.
- Created and maintained daily and weekly reports for upper management.
- Scheduled and oversaw maintenance, repair and installation activities.
Maintenance Officer
Aveo, Oak tree Hill Retirement Village and Aged care
06.2020 - 01.2022
- Responsible for the Maintenance of a retirement village which contains office buildings, 148 self-contained domestic units and 47 units in an aged care setting through preventative and reactive maintenance which includes basic plumbing, carpentry, patch and painting, door locks, general building works, roof repairs.
- Also responsible for inducting and supervising trades who are required to come onto site and overseeing the work done to a high standard.
Maintenance Officer
City of Greater Dandenong(Community care)
02.2020 - 09.2020
- Completion of minor reactive and scheduled property maintenance tasks.
- Maintenance tasks in residential properties which included installing handrails, foot ramps, doors & locks.
- Basic plumbing, replacing showers, replacing tap washers, repairing toilets.
Technician
A.D.I.T Services
06.2019 - 09.2019
- Maintenance of commercial premises, ranging from Banks, TAB, Government buildings and Customs. This includes Joinery, General building works, Grounds maintenance. I am responsible for making sure JSA are carried out and all health and safety procedures are adhered to. Part of an on-call rota.
Engineering Technician
B T Facilities Services Ltd
09.2017 - 01.2019
- Maintenance of BT buildings throughout the south of Scotland, this includes Joinery, Plumbing, General building works, Fire alarm Testing, I was also responsible for completing fire risk assessments, environmental risk assessments and building risk assessments. I am also responsible for raising purchase orders for contractors and giving access/supervising to contractors when they come on site to a BT building and interacting with different contractors and trade suppliers.
- Established maintenance plans and oversaw repair work to maintain productivity.
- Consistently adhere to all applicable regulations, policies and procedures for health, safety and environmental compliance.
- Interpreted manuals and manufacturer instructions to effectively install and troubleshoot devices.
- Managed quality control and maintained high customer satisfaction.
- Within this roll I completed the following training courses- Roof awareness course, Confined Spaces, Legionella control, Asbestos awareness.
Technical/Facilities supervisor
B T Facilities Services Ltd
08.2012 - 09.2017
- Being full support to the territory technical manager to manage a team of engineers in the day to day running of facility maintenance for BT for the Scotland area, This included organizing all Planned and routine work for the engineers ranging from Electrical, Air con, Heating, Joinery, Painting and general building works and doing site visits to make sure that the work is completed to a high standard and to make contact with the customer, I was also responsible for teambuilding through monthly team meetings, toolbox talks and group exercises.
- Recruitment and Selection of new engineers was also a responsibility of the supervisor as well as Performance Appraisals, Disciplinary Investigations and Learning and development.
- Other main office duties were to assist in monthly cost books and finance and any vehicle fleet enquiries.
- Customer relations are an integral part of the role and dealing with customer complaints to make sure they are resolved in a fashionable and timely manner.
- Boosted overall department competency by providing adequate training and constructive feedback to newly hired personnel.
- Cultivated a positive workplace by encouraging employees to address issues immediately so that resolution could be promptly reached.
- Determined proper allocation of resources to maximize work coverage and team effectiveness.
- Resolved customer issues and provided creative solutions.
- Evaluated and reviewed staff performance.
- Pursued continuing education and training programs to continue professional development.
- Within this post I was also an integral part of two very successful projects, first was rolling out to all colleagues within the business hand held technology, through to development to training the technology.
- Second was a secondment in Continuous Improvement, where as a team member we looked at various problems within the business and through various methods tried and succeeded and implemented new business procedures.
Engineering Technician
Monteray ltd
06.2010 - 03.2011
- Maintenance of BT buildings throughout the north of Scotland, this includes Joinery, Plumbing, General building works, Fire alarm Testing, I am also responsible for raising purchase orders for contractors and giving access/supervising to contractors when they come on site to a BT building and interacting with different contractors and trade suppliers. The completion of all paperwork is very important i. e. Timesheets, Purchase orders, Stocktaking, Helpdesk logs (time/date and name when job was closed) and purchase card transaction logs. This post also included the responsibility to ensure all Key Performance Indicators are met and Health and Safety Protocols are adhered to.
- Within this post I had to do an on call Rota which was 1 week on 1 week off.
Facility services, Manager/contractor supervisor
Spotless services
06.2010 - 03.2011
- Maintenance of the prison and prison grounds, this included Plumbing, Joinery, Electrical, Fire safety systems, CCTV systems, and General building works. I also was responsible for the supervision of main contractors within the prison grounds ensuring their safety at all times. The completion of all paperwork was paramount i.e Risk Assessments, work permits, works orders, timesheets. This post also included the responsibility to ensure all Key Performance Indicators were met and Health and Safety Protocols were adhered to.
- Within this post I had to do an on call Rota which was 1 week on 1 week off.
Handyman
Hillcrest Maintenance Services
02.2008 - 03.2010
- Main duties of work were to perform maintenance of residential properties. This mainly included painting, plumbing, joinery & tiling. I also spent 6 months doing complete bathroom suite replacements for a large association housing estate. I was also part of the kitchen replacement team where my main duties were plumbing and joinery. The post also involved general yard duties, interacting with trade suppliers, stock taking and supervision and training of apprentices.
Caravan Engineer
Craigmills Caravans
01.2008
- My main duties were to service and repair mobile and static caravans and to prepare new caravans through pre delivery inspections for new owners. through the servicing and repairs I did Joinery, plumbing, electrics including 12v, mechanics, fabrication, Fault finding and installing of new products.
- Customer relations were an integral part of the role.
Education
Engineering
Dundee Tech College
Facility Management Level 2 - undefined
British Institute of Facilities Management
Caravan Engineering - undefined
City & Guilds Building
01.1996
Math's, English, History, Science, Craft and Design
Kirkton High Scool
Dundee, Scotland01.1991
Skills
- Developing strong partnerships
- Overseeing multiple facilities
- Effective organizational skills
- Client engagement
- Equipment maintenance
- Efficient task management
- Health and safety compliance
- Consistent independent contributor
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Strong work ethic
- Quality control
- Critical thinking
- Project management
- Project planning
- System troubleshooting
- Decision-making
Certification
- Full Victoria driving license
- Medium Rigid Victoria driving licence
- Working at Heights
- First Aid
- C.P.R
Timeline
Acting Maintenance Manager
Eastern Health, Angliss Hospital
03.2024 - Current
Maintenance Supervisor
Eastern Health, Angliss Hospital
09.2022 - Current
Maintenance Officer
Eastern Health, Angliss Hospital
01.2022 - 09.2022
Maintenance Officer
Aveo, Oak tree Hill Retirement Village and Aged care
06.2020 - 01.2022
Maintenance Officer
City of Greater Dandenong(Community care)
02.2020 - 09.2020
Technician
A.D.I.T Services
06.2019 - 09.2019
Engineering Technician
B T Facilities Services Ltd
09.2017 - 01.2019
Technical/Facilities supervisor
B T Facilities Services Ltd
08.2012 - 09.2017
Engineering Technician
Monteray ltd
06.2010 - 03.2011
Facility services, Manager/contractor supervisor
Spotless services
06.2010 - 03.2011
Handyman
Hillcrest Maintenance Services
02.2008 - 03.2010
Caravan Engineer
Craigmills Caravans
01.2008
Facility Management Level 2 - undefined
British Institute of Facilities Management
Caravan Engineering - undefined
City & Guilds Building
Engineering
Dundee Tech College
Math's, English, History, Science, Craft and Design
Kirkton High Scool
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