NEON SURVEYS - Key Persons
I original gained a degree in Hospitality and started working in a hotel. But this environment didn't suit me and I wasn't enjoying it, so my father, a director at a national survey company, suggested I spent a day at his business. I guess you could say the rest is history!
I found that the work really appealed to my technical mind and I took up a job as Junior Surveyor with the firm. During this period, I combined learning on the job with a two-year block release surveying course and worked my way up to the role of Surveyor.
I eventually switched employer, where I worked to become a Senior Surveyor. I loved my job, particularly embracing and harnessing new technology to improve what I did for customers, but got frustrated by the bureaucracy involved with taking on new equipment and adopting new techniques in a large business.
I originally studied engineering but got made redundant from an early job and was referred to a large surveying company who were looking for new recruits with CAD skills. I had an interview and due to the crossover skills I had, was actually offered a role training as a surveyor.
Maps always fascinated me when I was younger and although I didn't know much about surveying prior to my degree, the course really appealed. I completed my degree at Newcastle University, as one of a select group of eight on the course.
Straight from university, I was offered a role at a large national surveying company through their graduate programme. I received a great deal of on-the-job training and gained hands-on experience on a wealth of different projects over a period of seven years.
One of my trainers was Duncan. We shared the same attitude to providing quality results for customers and got on really well from the word go. This was one of the factors which led me to join Neon in 2014, rather than going out on my own as a subcontractor.
Working at Neon is a very personal experience, both in terms of working as a team and working with our customers. It's very satisfying to work together to provide such a tailored, efficient service for our customers.