Samuel Heyworth

From August 2023, I have been employed part-time while completing my degree on the construction of two projects totalling $23 million. This has given exposure to the lifecycle of commercial construction projects through to handover. My role involves assisting the project manager, site manager and contract manager including:

Letting of Trade Packages

• Responsible for soliciting bids from subcontractors, evaluating competing responses and recommending successful bidder to the Project Manager.
• This has honed my attention to detail when reading construction plans and my ability to communicate and negotiate with subcontractors.

Quality Control

• Organising inspections by structural and service engineering consultants, communicating outcomes to subcontractors, and ensuring follow through on incomplete work and defect rectification.
• Defects management with subcontractors. This has involved the identification of defects and then organising trades that may no longer be involved in the project to come back to site.

Client, Consultant and Contractor Relations

• Ensuring positive and effective communication between client, consultants, subcontractors
• At Sarah’s I have been taught the importance of positive relations as a long-term business strategy.

Document Control

• Keeping up to date document registers.
• Maintaining an understanding of changes in plans.
• Communicating these changes to the relevant trades.

This role involved using AutoCAD to design domestic swimming pools, reading and communicating structural engineering reports to the builder, getting council approval for construction and scheduling for trades to complete work. Over time I was able to assume responsibility for constructing eight pools working directly with clients and subcontractors to ensure the pools were built on time and to client expectations.

I worked for a small business servicing swimming pools. This involved cleaning, maintenance and installation of pool equipment. I often serviced pools by myself, dealing directly to clients and providing solutions for pool problems.

In 2020, I was a paid soccer coach at Westminster School. This role involved individually organising trainings for up to 30 primary school children and coaching the Year 3/4 team on matchday. During this time, I greatly improved my communication and leadership skills.

In 2020, I undertook a one-week internship in Sydney with the development team at Ingenia Communities Group which builds and maintains manufactured home estates and tourist parks in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. This experience led me to gain an interest in the development industry.

I successfully completed the theoretical and practical requirements to become a paid soccer referee for the Football Federation of SA. During my time refereeing, I have officiated at both junior and senior games.