Gary Howell Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

I have over 40 years of engineering management and technical experience; with extensive practical working knowledge at all levels of, Fleet and Asset maintenance, Project Management process & compliance, Operational and Engineering Safety Management, Continuous Improvement techniques and business development. Excelling in engineering management solutions to human problems for a modern business.Providing managed solutions in the following specialisations:• Organisational Change and development • Safety Validation and business case process • Engineering Staff Training and Development• Rolling stock fleet management, asset modelling, reliability, performance improvement, maintenance practice and process, organisational structure and management systems and continuous improvement methodology’s• Improving Roles, responsibilities, contractual structures, and working contracts amongst rolling stock lessors, operators, maintainers and specialist assessment of risk delivered via supporting documents that also offer potential solutions, Audit and Risk assessment solutions.• Advocate of EFQM, LEAN, ISO9001, ISO1401

Hertford House Hq

Responsible for the continuous development of the Safety Management System and Safety at all engineering locations. Introducing and supporting a new safety culture, based on felt leadership principles to enable the goal of ‘First to Zero’ accidents within 5 years, in support of the Firstgroup Injury Prevention ethos. Set up and introduce Safety KPI’s, Lifestyle Choice Culture Training, and Planned Inspections and Safety Tours regime for all front line managers. Member of the Engineering Executive team.

Lead Project Manager for the new organisational design & delivery of the FCC Engineering Reorganisation (Production v Asset) project and the HLOS Production team Reorganisation change programmes, delivered all to time successfully and to budget.

Responsible for managing multiple key engineering projects. Key successes were delivering the Engineering Data Collection and Balanced Score Card Project and Leading the Engineering Re-organisation Project of the FCC Engineering Management Team

Responsible for delivering continous improvement of service quality management standards for the FCC fleet on both the GN and Thameslink routes for all Train Presentation activities and outbased rail vehicle movement standards for shunting staff.

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