Derek Scott Email & Phone Number

Aberdeen, Gb

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Westhill, Scotland, United Kingdom

Inter-array cables, install, test and termination, Seagreen projectDoggerbank projects, Monopile and Transition piece installation

Managing Director and Principal Consultant

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Implemented focused short-term turn-around plan to deliver rapid improvements in department performance and ability, resulting in elimination of poor departmental practices and increases in internal and external customer satisfaction levels; total returned product being reduced by 80% during first 18 months executing role.Engaged multiple interested parties in delivering lean manufacturing strategy and implementing lean culture across the organisationDeveloped and delivered new… Show more Implemented focused short-term turn-around plan to deliver rapid improvements in department performance and ability, resulting in elimination of poor departmental practices and increases in internal and external customer satisfaction levels; total returned product being reduced by 80% during first 18 months executing role.Engaged multiple interested parties in delivering lean manufacturing strategy and implementing lean culture across the organisationDeveloped and delivered new QHSE team professional training and competency system, extending training in Quality methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Design of Experiments and Fundamentals of Metrology across the wider businessDelivered improved metrology equipment and inspection strategy and processes, resulting in reduction in measurement system variation across Quality Control teamUpdated and improved company Acceptance Sampling procedures to bring into line with international standards such as ASQ/ASME Z1.4 and ASQ/ASME Z1.9Delivered Continuous Improvement Project Pipeline Strategy, supporting multiple live projects to deliver on projects related to waste reduction/elimination, process efficiency improvement and defect level reductionsDeveloped and projected Annual expenditure budgets to cope with high levels of anticipated annual business growth rates Show less

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Led the development and implementation of the ICR business management system globally, successfully achieving ISO certification in multiple international locations to 9001:2015, 14001:2015 and 18001:2007 at the first audit by a Third PartyDevelopment/implementation of a Continuous Improvement Strategy and Improvement Project Pipeline, focusing on reducing waste within processes and improving overall business performance, emphasising bottom line financial benefitsDesigned and… Show more Led the development and implementation of the ICR business management system globally, successfully achieving ISO certification in multiple international locations to 9001:2015, 14001:2015 and 18001:2007 at the first audit by a Third PartyDevelopment/implementation of a Continuous Improvement Strategy and Improvement Project Pipeline, focusing on reducing waste within processes and improving overall business performance, emphasising bottom line financial benefitsDesigned and successfully implemented a group-wide ‘Management of Change’ process, including automated registers to allow for the real time display of data in a performance dashboardDeveloped a suite of QA/QC systems and processes for use across ICR integrity group, including Quality manuals, defined Supplier Quality Requirements, control of Cost of Poor Quality, goods in/out processes and Conformity Management proceduresBudgeted and delivered 18 month plans and forecasts for the Quality function within the organisation Developed business wide audit programme and implemented across the ICR group Show less

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Single point of contact for all Quality related issues on multiple projects with a number of clients for the Subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance contract (SCIRM – BP), Monan (BP – Capex EPIC project), Underwater services Contract (Shell, covering both IRM and Capex works) and the Diving Support Vessel initiative project (DSVi, servicing clients including Taqa, Repsol Sinopec, Hess, Dana, Chevron and Nexen)Focal point for improvement initiatives to increase… Show more Single point of contact for all Quality related issues on multiple projects with a number of clients for the Subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance contract (SCIRM – BP), Monan (BP – Capex EPIC project), Underwater services Contract (Shell, covering both IRM and Capex works) and the Diving Support Vessel initiative project (DSVi, servicing clients including Taqa, Repsol Sinopec, Hess, Dana, Chevron and Nexen)Focal point for improvement initiatives to increase efficiency, drive out waste and deliver demonstrable cost savings across projectsDeveloped a new method for accounting for cost savings across projects to demonstrate efficacy of business improvement initiatives; this was subsequently adopted as best practice across the UK sectorDriving improvement through incident investigation programmes and leading investigation teams for high criticality incident investigations and management of resultant corrective and preventive actions Regular attendance as site representative to witness operational activities at suppliers; managing activities, conducting progress checks and schedule expeditingAuthor of Project Quality documentation, including (but not limited to) Project Quality Plans, Inspection and Test Plans, Audit Plans, Supplier Quality Requirements and As-built Data book indexesReview and approval of all Quality related documentation Responsibility for delivering and conducting annual audit schedulesManaging multiple project inspection teams of up to 20 QC Inspectors simultaneously and their associated budgets Show less

Westhill, Aberdeen

Corporate Group position principally responsible for developing and improving Operational Quality related processes and procedures. Principal Designer and Project Manager for the development of brand-new bespoke Quality Inspection Management software system, now used globallyManaged world-wide system for Knowledge Management, chairing monthly global leadership team calls for the identification of best practices through the utilisation of 'Lessons Learnt'Developed new… Show more Corporate Group position principally responsible for developing and improving Operational Quality related processes and procedures. Principal Designer and Project Manager for the development of brand-new bespoke Quality Inspection Management software system, now used globallyManaged world-wide system for Knowledge Management, chairing monthly global leadership team calls for the identification of best practices through the utilisation of 'Lessons Learnt'Developed new method and tools for assessing Quality Criticality and risk on SubcontractsPrincipal interface with Company Executive Management Team for the reporting, analysis and improvement of Cost of Non-Quality metricsProvided input and assistance into the development of a business wide HSEQ competency scheme Show less

Aberdeen

Trainee Project Quality Advisor position, working principally on the Total Laggan Tormore project, contributing to second largest one piece installation umbilical in the worldAssisting Senior Quality Advisors with management of all Quality related data, including results of third party inspections, Non-conformity performance metrics and audit data. Also assisted in preparation and conduct of audits, progressing from shadowing to leading both internal and external audits on the… Show more Trainee Project Quality Advisor position, working principally on the Total Laggan Tormore project, contributing to second largest one piece installation umbilical in the worldAssisting Senior Quality Advisors with management of all Quality related data, including results of third party inspections, Non-conformity performance metrics and audit data. Also assisted in preparation and conduct of audits, progressing from shadowing to leading both internal and external audits on the project.Also worked on several Inspection, Repair and Maintenance (IRM) projects for clients as varied as Total, BP, CNR and Taqa. Show less

Education record

Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

One year course in generalised Humanities subjects