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 [email protected] phone +353831353566