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KEY SKILLS Managing engineering assets under complex conditions, within timescales and allocated budgets. Dealing with external stakeholders across all levels, ensuring routine communications are maintained and accurately documented; and opportunities for improved service are identified and implemented. Implementation of key department level strategies to ensure improvements are identified, communicated, and continuously reviewed. Chair routine and ad-hoc meetings with staff at all levels, ensuring concise and effective communications are delivered. Supervisory and leadership experience with staff in wide variety of roles and disciplines. Management of wind turbine assets and associated equipment ensuring they are operated and maintained within manufacturer guidance, time scales and budgets set. Collation, justification and reviewing of routine and capital budgets, ensuring expenditure is defined and managed across various operational disciplines. Implementation and management of Continuous Improvement processes. Management of key stakeholder and contractor relations by defining contractual terms, reviewing key outputs, and maintaining regular accurate communications to ensure value obligations are met. Defining and reviewing Key Performance Indicators and auditing functions across a wide range of Operations and Maintenance disciplines and systems. Experience with asset life extension, business continuity and risk assessment strategies. Involvement in implementing and reviewing ISO 14001 requirements, resulting in successful company accreditation. Management of Operations and Maintenance Department with responsibility of 74 wind turbine assets across the UK with 33 staff undertaking various engineering maintenance and support tasks. Implementation of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with local, national, and international requirements. Established a wide range of department level polices and process improvements in both engineering and management areas. Undertaking periodic servicing and repair of wind turbines and associated assets, on time and to a high standard with minimal supervision. Worked with finely tuned engineering assets and complex equipment, servicing, modifying and testing them with the utmost accuracy. Made numerous technical ‘critical decisions’ with various engineering assets. Experience with introducing ‘Lean’ principles to the working environment with an outcome of a £10 million pound saving to the MOD.

Listed skills include Military, Engineering, Weapons, Testing, and 13 others.