Chris B. Email & Phone Number

Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Overall commercial responsibility for the track portfolio

London, United Kingdom

Operated as a member of the senior management team responsible for the operational integrity of the freight service in the south and west of the UK, inclusive of cross channel services. Responsible for ensuring that all operations were compliant with safety regulations and that the business operated in accordance with its responsibilities as a licensed.

London, United Kingdom

• Operated as a member of the management team with responsibility for leading strategic tendering and for ensuring DFA adherence throughout the tendering and proposal process. Contributed to achieving and exceeding.
• Reviewed and implemented change on bid writing throughout the business.
• Actively supported the marketing element of the business
• Generated new business leads and provided external introductions to the business units.
• Introduced plant options to alternative market sectors achieving sustainable growth for individual business units.Key Achievements:
• Led the tendering process for ‘Mobile Access Platforms’: Won

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for 130 staff and delivery of a professional fully effective rail operations function.
• Maintained an overview on rail developments within the UK and overseas to ensure strategy aligned with the market place and rail operations and economics were protected.
• Delivered fleet management of rail maintenance trains and operators to provide track maintenance and renewal services.
• Provided strategic rail operations support to rail solutions to assist in the development and growth of the business stream.
• Managed development projects including the interface with rail partners, suppliers and customers on rail operational issues.
• Held full P&L responsibility, ensured revenue protection through the implementation of proactive machine maintenance.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for 190 staff and the operational function in the south of England.
• Carried full responsibility for revenue protection and shift loss mitigation.
• Managed relationships with the customer’s area representatives and third party suppliers.
• Consistently met MTBF targets including performance targets set for workforce attendance.Key Achievements:
• Successfully led Operations Team through three years of production developing the function.
• Supported the Maintenance and Reliability department to introduce initiatives such as RCM (Reliability Centred Maintenance).

Hong Kong

• Managed a contract to provide multi-freight services to supply a major civil and rail construction programme with services including ballast drops, concrete agitator, route gauge clearance audit, rail gantry, rail.
• Responsible for direct line management of a local workforce.
• Interfaced with third party suppliers and customers to ensure timely delivery of services.
• Provided daily maintenance routines for a fleet of 12 locomotives.
• Provided on call services to MTR (Mass Transit Railway) for emergency rail borne response.