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GlaxoSmithKline 2000 - 2005
Engineering Strategy Manager 2004 – 2005
Responsible for initiating and implementing operational engineering strategies across 19 sites world-wide, to reduce lifecycle asset cost and improve product and EHS compliance.
• Specified and launched intranet based software, driving a standard approach to risk assessment and knowledge sharing, training and coaching users, business benefit > £300k in year one.
• Developed workshop for key practitioners of GMP–critical spares to ensure strong control mechanisms and avoid any regulatory exposure.
• Identified opportunities for convergence of specifications and procedures with targeted savings of £500k.
Head of Engineering 2000 – 2004
Responsible for 75 staff, maintaining site assets with a replacement value of £685M, setting engineering standards and accountable for budgets of £12M p.a..
• Analysed opportunities to improve business performance in engineering delivering a 5% reduction in overall costs and a 10% reduction in headcount.
• Turned around a lubrication service that was badly managed into a benchmark site.
• Established a knowledge community in condition based maintenance achieving a 10% reduction in downtime.
• Rebuilt trust between management and staff resulting in a change-hungry workforce delivering continuous improvements.
• Achieved 6 figure savings in mechanical seal repairs by structuring an asset management contract.
• Introduced individual training and development programmes covering a 5 year period.
• Ensured that Team Leaders became knowledgeable in business drivers and objectives.
• Improved resource sharing and cooperation within the engineering communities on site.
• Reduced lost time accidents by a behavioural study and eliminating “work rounds”.
SmithKline Beecham - Irvine 1990 –
2000
Mechanical
Engineering Team Leader
Responsible for
teams delivering project management and mechanical engineering
services to the site, initially as Senior Plant Engineer,
then as Mechanical Engineer and Project Team
Leader.
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Identified
training needs within a poorly-performing group, improved
credibility and customer contact skills.
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Developed strong
controls of < £500k projects, ensuring they were delivered
against key criteria resulting in major in-house
savings.
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Improved
compliance with CDM regulations and quality of construction by
devising and training staff on process
flow.
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Achieved
cultural change and ownership of standards following a
reorganisation and the identification of responsibility
gaps.
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Resolved
complaints of odours from fermentation scrubbers by an innovative
on-line repair method, without downtime or capital
expenditure.
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Received
commendations from the environmental regulator having reduced
losses of VOCs by 80%.
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Removed risk and
reduced capital expenditure by 80% in gaseous ammonia system by
devising upgrades, the use of plant and risk
assessment.
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Investigated all
engineering implications of a major explosion; the end result was a
commendation by the HSE and the saving on £7m in potentially lost
business.
Beecham,
Irvine 1985 – 1990
Plant
Engineer
Responsible for
delivery of maintenance and minor projects in designated areas of
the site through multidisciplinary teams, accountable for budgets
and EHS and Quality compliance.
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Constructed
standards of behaviour, organisation, and work ethics that reduced
large and unacceptable material and output
losses.
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Reduced
turnaround time from 3 to 1 week in fine chemicals plant by
introducing workforce empowerment and process
improvement.
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Turned around a
project that was 55% over budget by simplifying the design,
utilising a value engineering approach, resulting in completion on
time and within budget.
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Maintained
production targets at the same time as constructing new
plant.
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Devised reliable
methods of reducing reactor glass-lining replacement eliminating
unplanned shutdowns and improving shutdown time from 3 days to 13
hours.
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Conducted root
cause analysis of hydraulic system reliability eliminating
downtime.
British
Nuclear Fuels Ltd 1980 – 1985
Engineering Shop Manager
Responsible for
delivery of maintenance and minor projects in designated areas of
the site through multidisciplinary teams, accountable for budgets
and EHS compliance.
Achieved
uninterrupted production by introducing preventative maintenance
virtually eliminating unplanned stoppages.
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Built trust and
confidence and a new working relationship with the Trade Unions
that led to increased productivity.
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Within very
demanding timescales, redesigned Hydroflouric acid distribution and
implemented within time to quality standards.
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Trained key
refrigeration engineers, introduced performance monitoring and
greatly improved right-first-time fixes.
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Organised
intensive training to alleviate key welding
skills.
British Steel Corporation 1978 –
1980
Technical
Assistant – Cokemaking
Organised
recruitment & multiskill training of 200 craftsmen.
Helped develop an automated process to clean coke oven doors, which
improved efficiency and working
conditions.
BSC
Teeside and Workington 1972 – 1978
Student
apprentice and graduate trainee
Obtained first
class training and personal development.
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION
FSOE, FI Plant E
University of
Liverpool: B.Eng (mechanical engineering) 1977
Brunel University: M.Sc (building services engineering) 1998