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Billingshurst, England, United Kingdom

Delivering Technical services, management and Project Management services.

Hailsham, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Reporting to MD and owner, manage engineering team and delivering projectsDelivering ATEX vacuum induction gas atomisers (VIGA) which produce metal powders.Created planning tool for engineering allowing better utilisation of resources.Created competency tool for engineering to better target training

Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom

• Reporting to CEO, managed projects, engineering, quality, facilities and HSE • Implemented Quality System reducing customer returns by 50% • Implemented PRINCE2 techniques, resulting in company project delivery improving by 70% • Led team that delivered a new facility for R & D and prototyping designs • Project managed and led a team that created a new generation of plasma reactor's • Created a new product introduction programme with gate reviews and risk assessments • Implemented planned preventive maintenance system to reduce downtime of 10% • Managed DSEAR system of work and ATEX work area in the factory, creating new DSEAR facility • Recommended and led the team that Implemented a new MRP system improving productivity by 1-man person per month • Created new product introduction system to better manage product development and budget

Shoreham, Brighton, United Kingdom

Responsible for CAPEX equipment on site and improvement in uptime.Responsible for Facilities Maintenance on site.Responsible for planning production and improvement in production output.Improved £15M automated production line using 2 direct reports resulting in repair time reducing by 5%Implemented Risk Management Maintenance Strategy for Site doubling uptime Improved production (30% in 3 months), by implementing PPM & Continuous ImprovementResponsible for Projects on site, implementation and delivery.Halved downtime by implementing TQM Techniques (5S, Kanban)Improved maintenance department utilisation by 25% through strategic planning while improving uptime

Burgess Hill, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Reporting to Managing Director.• Led team to obtain OHSAS 18001.• Led implementation of outsourcing of strategic components with suppliers.• Represented Tideland at Customer meeting.• Led introduction of six sigma into Business.• Led updated Quality system and improved processes by continuous improvement.• Led standard product improvements to comply to international standards.• Implemented Business Continuity Plan• Project Managed delivery of £4 Million Bouy Project on-time and under budget

Burgess Hill

• Led Implementation of quantitatively assessed supplier AVL.• Site Manager for UK manufacturing site.• Led implementation of 5S into Business.• Rolled out Tideland’s ethics course.

Epsom

•Reported to Vice-President of Engineering and part of Corporate Global Engineering Management Team•Established New Centre of Excellence, which included R & D; creating the Mission Statement, Vision, Roadmap and Strategy and presenting to senior management.•Established Technical Authorities Department by hiring staff, selling its services to internal clients and creating the department roadmap.•Promoted innovation in Company by establishing global KPI’s in Engineering in creating IP, putting forward IDEA’s and publishing on CoP•Promoted knowledge sharing in the Company by creating the Global knowledge sharing strategy and roadmap.•Established Engineering Competence Framework in Accordance with UK Engineering Council Guidelines.•Established Engineering Community of Practice using SharePoint, which increased the knowledge sharing globally in 3 months by 100%, this was benchmarked using KPI’s.•Improved Quality in the company by creating Technical Design Review procedure to IEC 61160.

Dyce, Scotland

•Reported to Vice-President of Engineering then Operations - sometimes deputised for them and were given Delegation of Authority (DOA).•Budget holder.•Established and maintained relationships with clients for example being part of a Joint Industry Partnership (JIP) on Obsolescence Management.•Responsible for approximately 140 multi-disciplined engineers; with 6 direct reports in UK and Norway.Led System Engineering, Systems Analysis, Project Engineering and Technical Assistants teams in roadmap discussion and implementation of business strategy.•Project managed the establishment of an engineering design change process for Projects (Created £1 Million extra revenue per year).•Project managed the establishment of a conversion program for project engineers from other industries, which was reviewed by external bodies and received external funding.• Project managed the establishment of an engineering resource-planning tool, this increased utilisation by 5% when it was introduced.•Project Managed producing a tendering and project Master Document List production tool (Reduced production time by 75%)•Project Managed understanding big data associated with global Key Performance Indicators (KPI)’s and improved our on-time delivery by 100% in 6 months and established local KPI’s.•Ensured UK company complied technically with ISO 9001, 14001 and 18001 which was assessed by Lloyds, at the time we were the only company in Aberdeen complying with ISO 14001 for engineering design.•Created continuous improvement program in engineering using Lean Six Sigma.•Promoted to this role in Company.•Company gave me awards for “Hands on Management” and “Teamwork”

Abedeen

I manage the systems engineering department for Aker Subsea Ltd UK.Line Manager for approximately 80 multi-disciplined engineers and 6 technical assistants; with 6 direct reports in UK and Norway.Achievements: Instrumental in the development and update of engineering design process and supplier engineering documentation process , resulting in better quality and cost saving.Implemented new software tools within the analysis group, reducing cost and improving efficiency.Established new teams to deal with functional safety and networking.Established FRACAS system in company and obsolescance policy.Developed and organised in house specialist training for engineering personnel.Identified gaps within existing codes of practice and created new codes of practice.Worked on global technology strategy for controls aspect of businessOne of the technical authorities in controls in the company.Help develop graduate development scheme which was a Finalist in the Northern Star Business Awards “Commitment to People Development” category.Made the technical aspect of tenders more efficient. Instrumental in the development and update of engineering processes and procedures. Established new teams to deal with materials.Developed and organised in house specialist training for engineering personnel.Identified gaps within existing codes of practice and created new codes of practice.

Aberdeen

Achievements:  Improved the technical processes and procedures to promote the effective handover between projects and tenders.  Set up a bid team within the systems team thereby maximising the efficiency of controls tenders. Main Responsibilities: Presentations to clients. Line Manager for approximately 25 multi-disciplined engineers. Supplied technical strategy to controls tenders. Motivated personnel in order to generate accurate and timely tenders and reports. Supplied technical authority personnel for controls projects. Organised training for systems engineering team. Ensured technical aspect of control tenders were accurate and generated in a timely manner.  Worked on tenders as required.

Aberdeen

I worked as technical authority on the projects, FEED Studies and tenders that I worked on.I also Managed a couple of Studies during this period.

Bristol, United Kingdom

I was technical authority for the ExxonMobile Kizomba C projects.

Aberdeen

Senior project engineer: - BP West of Shetland ProjectProject Manager & Lead Engineer :- BP PTT sensor project, Upgrading a tether management system.Lead Engineer: - Control system for a work class ROV

Bsc, Electronics, Electrical, Engineering, Computing, Pass

Activities and Societies: Vice-President of Sub Aqua Club. Equipment Office of Sub Aqua Club. Member of University Bridge Team.In Team who.

Level 7 Diploma, Strategic Management And Leadership (Qcf), Pass

Personal development as a strategic Manager Reviewing organisational strategy plans and performance Strategic Project Management.

Level 5 Extended Diploma, Management And Leadership, Pass

Personal development as a manager and leader Organisational financial management Managing team and individual performance Conducting.

Postgraduate Diploma, Subsea Engineering

Subsea Petroleum Expl & Production Elect & Control Systems Subsea Underwater Communications Underwater Operations Man and Economic.

Bachelor'S Degree, Electronic Systems & Microcomputer Engineering

Engineering Maths Electronics Communication Systems Principles & Practices of Management Electronic Computer Aided Design Electronic.

Physics, Maths, Chemistry, Geography, English