• Coordinated the multi-million £ site capital plans for multiple business units & external partners.• Pivotal role resourcing local engineering efforts to support international business priorities.• Rigorous financial manager working within budgets & delivering major savings when required.• Project “gatekeeper”, coaching engineers to improve project applications & gain swift approvals.• Using Lean principles, drove faster & more efficient project approval: achieved 90% time saving.• Delivered improvements across the engineering department including more accurate cost forecasting.• Additional responsibilities for major infrastructure upgrade plans & mothballing old plant.

• Led a multi-disciplinary team (internal & contractor) on a key $10m project to redesign, refit & repurpose an aged, mothballed plant.• Included phases from feasibility, FEED, detailed design, commissioning & start up.• Project management & technical lead role (stage gate approvals, comms, LOPA, SRS, etc).• Partnered with international business leaders to ensure business goals & milestones achieved.• Delivered reliable, quality production from the first month. • Proactive focus on safety and communication achieved zero incidents throughout the project.• Successfully managed budget & schedule through the challenging pandemic period.

• Led an improvement team to deliver critical operational, quality & volume gains in a crisis period.• Chief trouble-shooter & communicator, building collaboration across departments & continents.• Led & delivered significant & rapid Autoclave de-bottlenecking; >30% increase in 2 months.• Led & delivered successful fast-tracked restart of mothballed plant to meet urgent business demand.• Used broad plant knowledge to advise & coach new production supervisors & engineers.

• Responsible for several world-class chemical production units (top tier COMAH, liquids & solids).• Managed 40-50 people, including recruitment, training, coaching, mentoring & disciplinary.• Direct line manager of both supervisory personnel & up to 30 shift control room operators.• £80m annual budgetary control responsibility for raw materials, fixed costs, maintenance & utilities. • Delivered investment-free volume gains through OEE, Lean & 6 Sigma • Headed up the site’s 6 Sigma improvement program.• Conceived & championed capital projects to de-bottleneck & increase volumes. • Achieved numerous production records to support world-wide demand.• Production Manager for start-up of $100M plant capital investment at Newport.• Responsible for business reporting & liaison with international stakeholders.• Delivered safety improvements through coaching, engagement, permit improvements, KPIs. • Led technical trouble-shooting activities.• Oversaw & drove efficient, safe coordination of maintenance activities.• Experience of dealing with Health & Safety Executive, NRW, BSI audits, insurance inspections.

• Engineer for 2 world-class chemical production units (batch & continuous), plus the site utilities & effluent systems, including boilers, cooling towers, effluent plants.• Responsible for production engineering & coordination of maintenance activities.• Responsible for preparing & presenting business reports to international stakeholders.• Deputised for Production Manager.• Delivered significant volume improvements by implementing OEE & identifying opportunities.• Worked closely & effectively with operator teams to trouble-shoot & deliver improvements.

• Managed numerous projects & teams simultaneously, from minor capital up to $0.75M major changes. • Excellent organisational skills & customer focus, delivering quality, on-time, on-cost jobs.• Delivered a range of safety/legislative compliance, cost reduction & capacity increase projects.