Darrell Simpson Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

Derby, England, United Kingdom

Eastern Region

Derby, England, United Kingdom

The Asset Protection team supports external parties whose worksites are in close proximity to the railway. We facilitate safe access, including the arrangement of line closures and electrification isolations where required.

Doncaster, United Kingdom

Leadership of 100 strong team of engineers across multiple disciplines including mechanical, electrical, design, project engineering and technical publications.The engineering team supports Wabtec's overhaul and refurbishment business by providing designs, documentation and technical support to the various production business unitsNotable Achievements• To accommodate these complex projects I oversaw the growth of the engineering team from 40 engineers to over 120 using a combination of permanent and agency engineers and then a controlled reduction to 20 in line with ongoing business requirements.• Selection and implementation of low-cost PLM system at Doncaster and Brush to improve control of drawings, documentation and Bills of Material.• Leading all stakeholders to identify and resolve reliability issues with Renatus HVAC system leading to order of magnitude improvements in reliability• I secured accreditation of Wabtec Graduate Engineers scheme from IMechE and IET, supporting up to 20 developing engineers

Derby, United Kingdom

Responsible for production and upkeep of user documentation across the region standardising processes and tools to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the department. Project management of IS project to introduce a new Content Management System. Creation of a suite of new documentation to enable certification as Entity in Charge of Maintenance.• Turned around poor delivery of maintenance manuals for Electrostar projects to ensure project milestones were achieved to release payments• First Implementation of Technical Publications Content Management modules of global PLM system• In 2014, led one of the only UK teams to see an improvement in employee engagement during a challenging year for the business

Burton Upon Trent

Responsible for production of Maintenance documentation to support Bombardier built and maintained fleets in the UK and for Configuration Management processes throughout the UK business• Represented Services in Global Configuration Management team, ensuring standardized systems considered maintenance and operational requirements• During the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics, seconded to the role of Olympic Operations Control Manager overseeing all of Bombardier’s activities during this critical period for the London and UK transport system. During this period Bombardier saw its best ever performance in terms of fleet reliability and availability

Overall management responsible for Fleet consultancy team of 30 staff including P&L responsibility and stakeholder management

Independently accredited as Vehicle Acceptance Body and Notified Body signatory, assessing engineering standards compliance for new build, modified rolling stock and assessing significant changes to maintenance regimes

Acted as Interim Manager on a variety of projects managing up to 200 staff and budgets of up to £25M. Also responsible for the company's Lean Thinking business unit.

Responsible for managing routine maintenance of a diverse fleet of trains and on track machines. Responsible for the engineering safety case and ensuring business activities were compliant with its requirements

Joined BR sponsored student scheme and undertook a variety of junior management roles in engineering, including Team Leader at Dollands Moor and Project Engineer for Class 92 locomotives.

Beng, Mechanical Engineering

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