Leadership of all Engineering and related functions supporting a fleet in excess of 330 buses and over 1,000 employees. Responsibilities include management of all servicing and vehicle repair activities, vehicle presentation, procurement, facilities maintenance and health & safety.

P&L responsibility for public transport business covering 170,000 km per week.Operating Licence holder for Veolia Transport Birmingham.Strategic and business development initiatives.Business turn-round from loss making to profit generating.Service delivery KPI's improved 10-fold.

Led all operational activities in the North Birmingham Area, with P&L responsibility for over £23m, 500 employees and 190 vehicles. Service delivery consisted of 100,000 customer journeys per day, covering 36,000 km.Initiated new product programmes, launching new route initiatives and creating over £500k of incremental business in addition to tendered work and organic growth.Provided strategic planning and budgetary management for the UK Bus Division fleet of over 2,000… Show more Led all operational activities in the North Birmingham Area, with P&L responsibility for over £23m, 500 employees and 190 vehicles. Service delivery consisted of 100,000 customer journeys per day, covering 36,000 km.Initiated new product programmes, launching new route initiatives and creating over £500k of incremental business in addition to tendered work and organic growth.Provided strategic planning and budgetary management for the UK Bus Division fleet of over 2,000 vehicles.Controlled the Divisional new vehicle capital investment programme, with a value of £80m over 4 years and involving the procurement of 560 new vehicles.Group representative on external project committees (driveline, environmental & technology initiatives) maintaining the Company’s involvement in product development with key stakeholders. Show less

Plant Manager / Manufacturing Manager in:Simon Engineering (1990 to 1992): manufacture of truck mounted hydraulic access platforms for fire fighting and industrial applications.Happich Auto Trim (1989 to 1990): manufacture of interior trim supplying the UK motor industry.Alcad Ltd (1985 to 1989): manufacture of industrial nickel cadmium batteries.

Project managed and designed production processes and specified, purchased, installed and commissioned machines and equipment for engine and chassis production on a multi-site operation, with capital budgetary responsibility up to $30m.