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Glasgow, Gb

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Freelance / Independent Engineering consultant specialising in managing risks to people and the environment.Work for a range of consultancies, operators, and third-party vendors delivering ad-hoc consultancy support.Specialist in high hazard, regulated industries and accustomed to leading multi-discipline and multi-cultural teams, delivering technical reports, formal safety studies and presentations. One significant strength is my ability to facilitate workshops including Hazard and Operability (HAZOP), Hazard Identification (HAZID), Bowtie studies and Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA). A broad range of experiences from Oil and Gas, Nuclear, Renewables and Spirit sectors.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Support organisations to help them understand their culture and harness it as a competitive advantage.Developed the Mostly ADD Culture Methodology to do so. We help organisations Assess, Define and Develop their culture and coherent strategies.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Principal risk consultant - working predominantly in the field of technical safety for high hazard / regulated industries. A broad range of experience working to help manage risks to people and the environment.Completed the final year of a part-time business degree at Strathclyde University. Studied ARC's culture for the final year dissertation of the degree. Wrote a paper titled "Lessons on culture from an Engineering Consultancy" with a colleague and friend David Paterson. Paper supervised by Simon Haslam - Fellow of the International Institute of Mamagement Consultants. We had a lot of fun doing so.Although little to do with myself ARC went onto win the 12th best small company in the Sunday Times Best Companies listing for 2020. A fantastic culture and servant leadership style to work within / 'under'.Experienced in business development and client relationship management.Was encouraged by the MD, to follow my ambitions and start Mostly Consulting.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Safety and risk consultant - key experiences include:- facilitating a broad range of meeting based studies, engaging with teams of engineers to help improve how projects and operations are run.- leading a small team of engineers through a consultation process, negotiating no redundancies and a favourable outcome for all stakeholders. - working collaboratively across the business, leading the development of a Virtual Reality (VR) Major Accident Hazard (MAH) awareness simulator and chairing a VR supported HAZOP for a nuclear waste encapsulation plant. Other interesting projects were being involved in the review of all drilling rigs owned or contracted by bp following Macondo and the facilitation of a workshop associated with converting household waste into jet fuel for Shell and British Airways.- Complete 2 years of a part-time MBA alongside day to day responsibilities of winning and delivering technical work.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Contracted exclusively to Shell via Bureau Veritas.Audited safety systems from on and offshore on Shell's Brent, Central and Mature assets.Gained familiarity with S.A.P. maintenance management system / ERP and spent around 200 days offshore. My primary role was in operations challenging Offshore Installation Managers (OIMs) and Technical Authorities (TA) on how they upheld the safety and integrity of critical equipment items.

Roles including:🍓Farm work on 3 family-owned businesses in rural Angus and Perthshire. Primarily for 8 seasons on one of Scotland's biggest soft fruit farms. Started with them at the age of 11 planting blackcurrants. In later years I acted as a forklift truck driver and an assistant packhouse manager, with produce being sent to Tesco and Marks and Spencers. I also acted as a chauffeur and butler to the owner of the farm. I was Alfred, he was batman.🇸🇬 An engineering placement at Cooper Cameron Singapore during my exchange year at Uni. In the 5 months, I led an application to helped the firm win a gold award for their safety record. This was issued by the Singapore Ministry of Manpower.🦞6 month spell part-time in the Rogano. Glasgow's oldest seafood restaurant. 🏡A building services placement in Bristol, while training for and completing the Isle of man marathon.

Masters In Business Administration - Distinction (Part Time), Mba, Distinction

Developed my business acumen and gained a broader understanding of a broad range of methodologies and theories relevant to engineering.

Masters Safety Engineering And Risk Management, Msc

Exchange Year, Mechanical Engineering

Self-funded exchange year in Singapore - encompassing one semester in an industrial placement with Cooper Cameron.

Bachelor Of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Beng Hons, 2.1