21/01/2020
Day In The Life - Brian McCann
Brian McCann, Senior Contracts Manager, Frameworks Division
A typical Thursday
5am
Morning alarm goes off.
5:40am
Drive to the Edinburgh office with my Amazon music playlist in the background.
6:45am
Morning gym session with colleague Barry including circuits and cross fit, followed by porridge for breakfast.
8am
Daily stand up. A daily review to discuss what the team did yesterday and what we will do today across the Framework.
8:30am
Weekly conference call with internal M&S team to review / plan for the upcoming week. I then review emails and catch up on all correspondence and work through required actions.
10am
Resource call to review live and upcoming projects within the Frameworks team to confirm resource. I then resume working through outstanding actions.
12:30pm
Weekly touch point call with client Project Manager.
1pm
Grab lunch with whatever I’ve prepped from the night before, followed by reviewing previous actions and minutes prior to afternoon meetings.
1:45pm
Site visits and health and safety inspections.
2:30pm
Projects review and update. Weekly call with subcontractors to review project status.
3:30pm
M&S Touchpoint Call. Monthly review call with client for general feedback on performance.
4pm
Further catch up calls including a call with Frameworks Site Managers and Contracts Managers to review project status and discuss Top 3 Shared Learnings from the week.
4:30pm
Daily debrief. 30 minutes to review actions and to do list before catching up on all correspondence and working through outstanding actions.
6pm-ish
Leave office and head home to catch up with my better half, followed by homework with the kids before putting them to bed.
8:30pm
Dinner, chores, prep kids’ stuff for tomorrow and wind-down before hitting the hay.