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Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Customer - Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR)Product - Electrostar Class 377/1-5 Class 377/6&7 Class 387Reporting to the Site Tenders and Project Director – (P&L Responsibility) Project lead for TSSSA (Technical Support & Spares Supply Agreement) responsible for all areas of project delivery for the UK’s largest Commuter fleet. 1303 Electrostar vehicles.• Original contract expired July 2022 – New contract signed September 2022 - £256M for 5.5 years.• Full responsibility to forecast and deliver, on demand, all parts for the on-going Level 1-4 maintenance and Level 5 Overhauls. The project includes• full management of the supply chain• local field service engineering support • management of materials at strategic throughout the south east including Alstom’s facility at Freshfields (Brighton)• The project team consists of engineering and materials management professionals to monitor train performance, propose solutions to reliability and availability issues and to ensure that the on-demand parts are made available to the fleet without disruption.

Kingston, Canada Area

Reporting to the Site General Manager Manager of test facility· Four test tracks each complete with stations, substations with variable supply power and adjustable track gauge. Effectively a complete transit system where all aspects can be tested and demonstrated. · One of only nine comparable test facilities worldwide (one of two in North America).· Coordinate and oversee all activities undertaken at test facility.· Responsible for the validation & verification of vehicles, wayside equipment and fully automatic signalling systems.· Ensuring functionality, integration of our system/railway with compliance to standards, regulation and local law required by the client's contractual agreements with full client transparency.· Delivery of IEC compliant testing procedures.

Toronto, Canada Area

Customer - Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)Product - Flexity Outlook - 204 CarsBased in Toronto at the TTC's facilities as BT's primary interface.Interim Project Contract Manager.· Executed and made project commercial decisions.· Lead commercial negotiations related to the Project Agreement and Technical Specification.· Developed, implemented and executed negotiation strategies.· Lead variations and change orders on behalf of BT.· Chair with the Project Director the monthly commercial meeting with TTC.· Coordinated and oversaw the on-site LRV verification program to achieve a contract milestone for the commencement of series production.· Delivery of all product approval & acceptance requirements for seamless introduction into service.· Supported O&M division for the on-site commissioning to ensure that the RAMS & warranty process was ready for service introduction.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Customer - Gauteng Provincial Government Product - Gautrain Electrostar - 24 x 4 car trainsReporting to the Vehicles Project Director · Division lead for transfer of technology and social economic development targets.· Project Contract Manger of local assembly facility contract.· Negotiation of the project agreement/assembly contract with the supplier.· Day-to-day leadership of the contract.· Implementation of commercial and financial strategies.· Lead role on internal approval process for contract changes.· Key point of liaison with clients in South Africa.· Interface to the construction contractor for maintenance facility.· Coordinated local component repair strategy and facilities for BT liable warranty repairs normally repaired in the UK.· Provided initial five airport configured vehicles ahead of schedule.· Guest speaker for the University of Pretoria at their ½yearly railway O&M event.

Ashford, United Kingdon

Customer - Southeastern TrainsProduct - Class 465 Networker, CCTV & Passenger Information System (PIS) RefurbishmentReporting to the VP Service Operations· Leadership of the bid and contract negotiations.· Management of project to financial close.· Management of the technical requirements and deliverable's from concept design, preliminary design, final design and authorisation to commence retrofit.· Full project P&L responsibilities for the project.

Ramsgate, United Kingdom

Customer - Southeastern TrainsProduct - Class 375 ElectrostarReporting to the Project Director · Completed the sales of the final vehicles to accelerated schedule· Coordinated system engineers in developing BT's reliability growth plan to mitigate financial exposure of poor performing vehicles. The team received a “Gold Outstanding Contribution Award” from SouthEastern Train Operating Company and I was awarded a “Management Excellence” Award from Bombardier for these activities. · On time delivery of modifications to enable the recovery of several bonds

Melton Mobray, United Kingdom

Customer - Virgin Trains Product - West Cost Main Line (WCML), Class 390 PendolinoProject initiated by Managing Director to understand the O&M Life Cycle Costs · Developed a "Six Sigma Process" to capture and predict the benefit of future cost saving initiatives.· Developed six cost reduction initiatives.· Developed along with colleagues in Spain a new balanced maintenance program.· Completion of the engineering validation of the tilting system.· Support route opening of the fastest passenger train between London & Manchester - 20th September 2004 the route opened with a time of 1h54 min.· Completed the engineering verification program at the Old Dalby test facility· Management of personnel across all WCML sites - six sites across the UK· Responsible for the commissioning and final acceptance program· Primary interface with the client for vehicle acceptance. · With budgetary constraints objective to reduce spend by 2%

London, United Kingdom

Customer - Gatwick ExpressProduct - Class 460 JuniperReporting to the head of Site Operations · Completion of the engineering verification program· Responsible for all personnel activities undertaken on site· Controlling the site warranty provision · Working with the client devised and implemented and revised O&M Strategy· Deputising for the Project Director

London, United Kingdom

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