James Duncombe Email & Phone Number

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Nottinghamshire

Cover manager for Mansfield, Kirkby in Ashfield, Sutton in Ashfield, Hucknall and Eastwood

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Immingham Container Terminal

Overseeing all day to day operations, both marine-side and land-side- Setting standards, expectations and leading by example to achieve a Beyond Zero harm workplace- Ensuring compliance across the terminal for staff, contractors and other external parties- Updating and maintaining all of the terminals risk assessments and safe systems of work- Management and planning for vessel operations, including allocation of labour and resources- Management and planning for yard operations, including allocation of labour and resources- Direct line management of six staff, indirect of close to one hundred- Labour planning for all terminal operations, including agency workers- Requirement to step-up when the terminal manager is off-site- Direct customer liaison with the intention to create an improved working relationship- Reporting to senior management; KPIs, daily updates, strategic plans, new initiatives- Accountability for performance of terminal - financially, dwell times and move rate per hour- Regular liaison with security, IT, HR, finance, marine, engineering, commercial and projects teams- Leadership and effective management of all team members on site - approachable and willing to listen - strong working relationships are a must- Direct involvement with CAPEX cases and the testing of new IT systems- Created and introduced new procedures and shift patterns to improve operational efficienc- Flexible approach to ensure the job gets done - worked days, nights, shifts and on call 24/7- Developed an understanding of the terminal by spending time with every individual and understanding what they do and how they do their job- Leading meetings, providing strategic decisions and assigning actions and time frames to tasks- Responsible for the following: training records, sickness monitoring, attendance (clocking-in), working time directive, holiday monitoring- Led recruitment process for 15 staff

Grimsby

Graduate Management Trainee programme- Co-wrote Emergency Plans and Business Continuity Plans for 21 ports and two other locations; indicated as industry leading- Experience in all levels across the port, from quay side operative, driving forklifts, shadowing a supervisor, working with the gatehouses/planners/ship's agents, working with management- Experience across all ports and departments. Organised, run and lead presentations to Heads of Departments from all locations around our organisation including one-on-one sessions and continued to work closely with these members of staff to gain an understanding of how their departments interlinks with the rest of the business- Worked on our Group Business Transformation programme as an SME (subject matter expert)- IT: analysed the 100+ applications our group relies upon and worked with the Heads of this department to formulate a resilience plan- Involved and assisted numerous group-wide projects- Involved in security aspects across the Humber, understanding responsibilities and requirements - Wrote procedures and looked at safety requirements to ensure we comply within our operations- Organised, run and help facilitate tabletop emergency exercises across the group including infront of directors and the CEO- Organised and led a successful live emergency exercise, involving customers, tenants, suppliers and the emergency services- Group champion for an alert notification system, Send Word Now, assigned to manage the roll out of this throughout all of our ports- Setup and lead numerous webinar sessions- Taken part and contributed to commercial, supplier and project review meetings- Experience from shadowing two container terminal managers, learning all aspects from staffing, to KPI reporting, to capital expenditure projects, to day-to-day operation decisions- Worked closely with numerous external stakeholders, for example DfT, Humberside Fire and Rescue Solutions, Inoni, Local Resilience Forum

Assisting the publicStock management/replenishmentTill serviceStore layout changesAssisting floor manager

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

1 month of night shifts from 10.30-6, six days a week

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Mechanical Engineering With Engineering Management, 2.1

Activities and Societies: Co-president of the baseball team for two years Badminton Years 3 and 4 were more specialised to Materials.

Physics, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Economics, A, A*, A*, A

Activities and Societies: Set-up and ran a chess team attended by around 30 people every week. Represented the school in hockey School