People
Questioning competency
Movers & Shakers
Christopher Seymour has
Mike McNally, business director at Hays
situation, the tasks you had to been made managing director
carry out and any challenges and general manager of
Building Services, offers some tips for encountered along the way, the ARCADIS Gulf, the international
competency-based interviews
actions taken and, crucially, the consultancy, design, engineering
impact on the bottom line. Should and management services
your mind go blank, ask the company. He will be responsible
From the moment you read the their previous work experience. Past interviewer if you can come back to for overseeing and growing
job description to leaving the performance is deemed to be the this particular question at the end. building consultancy operations
interview room, your functional best indicator of future success. You will have already done a lot in the region.
competencies – your ability to do Once you have secured an of the work when you submitted
the job – will have been thoroughly interview, your thoughts should your original application, perhaps Design, engineering
tested. turn to preparation, and a major without realising it, so it’s really a and project
Competency-based interviewing focus of attention should be case of rehearsing your lines. An management
(CBI) has now become the predicting the likely questions you effective technique is to write down specialist, Morgan
most commonly used method will be asked and how you actually examples next to each competency Professional
of interviewing and is a go about structuring your answers. and devise possible questions – a Services (MPS), has appointed
comprehensive way of establishing Questions usually take the form role reversal, as if you were the one Adrian Reynolds as its business
whether or not the jobseeker has of: ‘Give me an example of a time interviewing. Or get a friend to put development executive. Reynolds
the right technical engineering and when you …’ you through your paces. When the joins from specialist construction
interpersonal skills to succeed in In the current climate of cost big day finally arrives, you’ll be in a consultancy ADBL, where he was
the job. efficiency, commercial awareness far stronger position to sail through a business development
Every advertised position has is one of the core competencies the interview, with the self-doubt consultant. He will now be
a set of core competencies that for building services jobs – so, if removed. responsible for developing new
jobseekers have to meet in order you are applying for an estimator Remember that the interviewer business across the north of
to be considered a suitable match role, you might be asked: ‘Provide is not trying to catch you out – just England.
– the current climate has only an example of how you saved your answer all the questions and always
reinforced the need for these to company money on materials, relate back to the outcomes and Building services
be closely aligned to the person equipment or labour.’ the difference that you made on any and sustainability
specification. These will typically Leadership and management particular project. consultants,
be categorised as either ‘essential’ skills are also highly sought-after in For further information, contact Synergy BSS Ltd,
or ‘desirable’, and employers will the industry, so a typical question Mike McNally on 0191 222 has two new
look for evidence of these skills as could be: ‘How did you ensure 0044 or visit: www.hays.com/ directors. Ian French BEng(Hons)
soon as they receive your CV and staff development needs were met buildingservices and Simon Hunt BSc(Hons)
application form. The reason for effectively? Describe the steps you CEng MCIBSE are appointed
using CBI is that the applicant, and took to ensure any needs were
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mechanical technical director and
potential future employee, is more addressed promptly.’
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electrical technical director,
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respectively.
demonstrated the right skill sets in questions is to describe the
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CIBSE’s new fellows, members and associates
Six members have been promoted
Matthew Collin Gravesend
Members who have been a member of the Chartered
to fellow this month in the latest
John D’Arcy Dublin
promoted to fellow this month Institute of Arbitrators.
round of moves at CIBSE. This is
Benjamin Freck Solihull
include: Ant Wilson is a
on top of the 30 new members who
Eszter Adel Gulacsy Huntingdon
Owen Everall is the director at multi-
have joined the institution, as well
Vladan Hasecic Dubai
site engineering and discipline consultancy,
Chi Pui Ip Hong Kong
as its most recent associate. The facilities manager for AECOM. He started
Siu Lam Li Hong Kong
full list is:
Kok Keung Lee Hong Kong
Syngenta. With more with Oscar Faber in
than 20 years’ 1979 and has been actively involved
FELLOW
Sau Fan Lee Hong Kong
Tak Moon Lui Hong Kong
experience in the maintenance and with many CIBSE activities, such as
Simon Barrows Woking
operation of pharmaceutical, the Society of Light and Lighting,
James Brougham Chelmsford
Chi Chung Anson Mak Hong Kong
research and production facilities, and helped set up the Society of
Owen Everall Knutsford
Lai Lap Man Hong Kong
Philip Newell Alton
Chi Wai Ringo Mak Hong Kong he now specialises in energy Façade Engineering. He is also a
Geoffrey Robinson Bath
Michael Lap Wo Mui Hong Kong
management. CIBSE low carbon consultant and is
Anthony Wilson Dunstable
Hon Keung Ng Hong Kong
Jamie Brougham is the passionate about making our
Charalambos Oikonomidis Athens
site operations building stock more sustainable.
MEMBER Si Ki Po Hong Kong
manager for Hyder Simon Barrows is a
Joseph Armstrong Tunbridge Wells
Kwok Wai Ethan Poon Hong Kong
Consulting Middle group director of
Christopher Bingham Belfast
Tsui Wing Sang Hong Kong
East. He is responsible McLellan and Partners
Giorgio Buffoni London
Cameron Grant Horsham
for the commercial and contractual Ltd with more than 25
John Burke Navan
Michael Taylor Belfast
management of the site years’ experience in
Chunli Cao Bracknell Sui Wing Wong Hong Kong
Wing Leung Chan Hong Kong
construction teams for projects in the building services industry. He is
Yat Hon Chiu Hong Kong
ASSOCIATE the UAE. He also has a keen responsible for the UK and
Richard Clibbon London Ramesh Krishnasamy India interest in conflict resolution and is overseas operations.
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