Undertake systems consultancy on security based systems for government security services

Responsible forThe control, leadership and guidance of the Systems Department for Merseyside Police consisting of both Operations and UNIX Technical Support Environments supporting highly security cleared applicationsEnsure 99% system availablty of major force dayto day operational systems Command and Control, ICJS (Internal Crimminal Justice System) and maintain interfaces to DVLA, Interpol, Europol and National and international security systems.Two UNISYS NX5620 (one single and one dual processor) HMP clear path A’ Series Mainframes running MCP 46.189, 12 SUN UNIX servers running Solaris, 13 BULL and 2 IBM UNIX servers running AIX and 59 Dell Wintel Servers force wide. Planning and coordinating the staged re-organisation of Operations Function to move from a four shift system covering 24hrs 7days a week 365 days a year to a totally lights out environment by the introduction of alternative shift systems, improved on call and increased automation.Establishing effective change control and Asset management systems for force wide server equipment.Improving resilience of UNIX AIX and Solaris systems running Oracle and Ingress bespoke systems and proprietary software by establishing and testing and enhancing disaster recovery systems and procedures. Maintain development on the HOLMES (Home Office Local Major Enquiries System) and facilitate deployment on major incidents

Responsible for all I.T. infrastructure and support of all desktop stand alone and network systems, including BR Mainframe LAN & WAN connectivity, links to DEC VAX (Finance Systems utilising Coda) HP UNIX (for European Container tracking). Ensuring systems availability 24hrs a day seven days a week 365 days a year for total user base in excess of 30000. Support and development of BR Freight Payroll systemsControl of North and South Support Groups including Help Desk (4 Senior Managers Directly Reporting with responsibilty for thirty staff nationwide).Responsible for operations of the Sytems Develpoment GroupPlan & Co-ordinate the split of RFD systems between Freightliner and RfdControl of an IT Budget in excess of £3m Evaluate, plan and manage the move of delected areas of IT into and outsourced environment.Enure completion of invitation to tender within Rail industry guidelines

Establish and develop a professional Systems Development Group to ensure that Rfd has a "Total Systems Approach" to computer based systems and provide the best IT solutions within Rfd.Establish and maintain a high degree of user ownership via a "centre of competence" and Systems User GroupsDevelop and maintain a professional computerised Help Desk for Rfd, ensuring effective logging and escalation procedures and analysis of fault trends.Control development of Eric (European Rail Inter Container System) and plan integration into Rfd and maintain overall project control.Evaluate, Develop, plan and co-ordinate the move from BR Payroll to an alternative bureaux based suppliers including interfaces to excisting finance systems.Programme management of 7 senior project mangers responsible for specific major rails systems projects in connection with channel tunnel development

Establishing and developing a multi-tasking, multi user computerised personnel record for detailed sickness/absence monitoring, recruitment, manpower planning and organisational charting for organisation with 15000 plus staffEvaluate and initiate the introduction of Electronic Time Recording for hourly paid staff throughout the network and establish links to payroll. Establishing links/ interface with BR payroll system.Implementation and maintenance of "system management" by direct monitoring of input and extraction of data by all personnel staff.Ensuring compilation of company payroll and related aspects via Payroll Administrator and his staff. Review an implement comlex change of terms and conditions of pay for works related staff and incorporate complex shift and bonus shcemes and enhancements into personnel records system and payroll development.Assess feasibility of outsource of payroll to a bureau

Carried out detailed systems analysis and implementation work throughout the following GKN Divisions:AutomotiveDistributionFasteners Tools and Hardware