profile highlightsA civil engineer with strong business experience from recent telecommunications graduate scheme in Dublin. Interest in development stemming from 7 years spent living in a small indigenous community in Northern Argentina. Seeking a team working on challenging and worthwhile global issues. Flexible and willing to travel worldwide.

Jonathan Stokes

bristolmasters, civil engineering 1st prize in national SCI design competition industrial scholarshipstructural engineer detailed structural design p project experience

salisburysales assistant won sales volume/quality award

doubled trade-in business strong client relationships chosen for HIPO career development scheme

dublinbusiness development

telecommunications industry

experience

dublin2012-15

lived travelled

argentinavolunteer worker, 2008

resident, 1992-99spanish fluency

dual national(uk & usa)

barcelonastudy abroad, 2010-11

bristol, 2008-12

global travel and knowledge

Jonathan Stokes

Experience Business Development, Fnua, Dublin November 2012 December 2014 Responsible for new business development and account management in Fnfix (reverse logistics division).

Won and managed the largest network trade-in account in Ireland, doubling the size of our trade-in business through the addition of 90 stores across the country.

Selected for competitive HIPO high-potential scheme, designed to fast-track development and progression. Managed the growth of two profitable new insurance customers in the handset repair segment. Through a

strong relationship with one of these, gained an upcoming insurance account in the UK. Spent time supervising a team of 10 in the logistics/quality control division. Recognised opportunities for process improvement and researched and built several automation tools:

o An online tool to automatically harvest online competitor trade-in pricing, providing benchmarking data across several websites in seconds rather than hours.

o A spreadsheet to automatically track shipping box locations between our hub and network of several hundred stores across Ireland.

Structural engineer at Building Design Partnership, Bristol August - September, 2011 & 2010 Gained sponsorship and work placements through competitive Industrial Scholarship scheme.

Detailed design calculations for concrete and steel structures to both Eurocodes and older British Standards: o Built and analysed a CSC Orion computer model of a college wing to determine foundation design. o Manual design of a concrete base slab for an Olympic sized swimming pool. o Design calculations including shear walls, floor slabs, pad foundations, pile cap sizing and wind

loading. Volunteer construction worker, Latin Link (charity), Buenos Aires March - July 2008

Team translator, responsible for managing communication between site managers and our team of 12. Completed an additional storey on a community church centre and structural upgrades to a house. Organised the final team holiday. Without changing the itinerary, we reduced costs by over 75% through

careful planning, flexibility and negotiation of group discounts. Sales Assistant at Currys Digital, Salisbury September 2007 - March 2008

Highest sales earner in the store over the busy Christmas period. Achieved second-best attachment rate in the region (15 stores) for extended warranties, a key profit driver.

Education MEng Civil Engineering with year of study in Spain September 2008 - July 2012 University of Bristol and Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Barcelona

1st class standard in masters year (70%), high 2.1 classification overall (68%). Masters project won 1st place nationwide in 2012 BCSA Structural Design Awards.

Skills Personal Native Spanish fluency Graphic design and presentation Website creation Photographer Strong software skills inc. Office, Adobe CS,

Google SketchUp, Squarespace 6 Dual citizenship (UK and USA) Full, clean driving licence

Travelled around South/Central America, Europe, Asia Lived in UK, Ireland, Spain and Argentina Ran Berlin and Paris marathons Cycled the length of the UK in 2012 Member of Engineers without Borders, Ireland

References available on request

email jon.stokes@hotmail.co.uk phone +353831353566