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.