In my current role I manage three sites across the UK, Knowsley, Stone House & Newport and ensure that best practices are used at all sites at all times. Within the industry we carry out thermal spraying for the Aerospace sector and also the oil & gas industry. All processes are either Plasma spraying (thermal spray coating process used to produce a high quality coating by a combination of high temperature), or HVOF (High Velocity Oxygen Fuel Coating) using various gases such as Argon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Propylene, Acetylene and Kerosene all delivered through Robotic control. I support and development all of my team and record all aspects of training required, ensure that all annual department goals are met and generate implementation plans to deliver against agreed targets. Ensures all procedures are documented, adhered to and audited regularly to ensure compliance with accredited bodies.

To manage multiple sites of engineers both mechanical & electrical along with Facilities disciplines and Develop a highly multi-skilled fully flexible team, and to ensure the most efficient use of plant & equipment along with man power, ensuring best practices are used, control a budget of £1.5 million. Manage daily activities and efficient use of resources to deliver project or program deliverables including near- and long-term capacity planning of all workload within the department. Ensure that all sites achieve and maintain HSG 18001/Rospa Gold award. Maintain records for all building repairs and maintenance, monitor and control site security and be the central point of contact for all contractors. Ensure detailed records are held for all statutory inspections i.e. PUWER, LOLAR & LEV checks, DSEAR controls are in place, Legionella tests, fire call point testing, fire hydrant inspections, emergency light testing. Support the development of all team members and record all aspects of training required, ensure that all annual department goals are met and generate implementation plans to deliver against agreed targets. Ensures all procedures are documented, adhered to and audited regularly to ensure compliance with accredited bodies ‘Establish visible design metrics and drive productivity improvements.

Main achievements to date are. Ensuring that the engineering team take the lead in the populating of a CMMS working towards a proactive culture of TPM & PPM. Producing a daily tracker report on plant issues, to highlight repair costs associated with breakdowns. Ensuring that a consignment stock system was in place to reduce cost, Developed a highly multi-skilled fully flexible maintenance team, and to ensure the most efficient use of equipment & man power, ensuring best practices are used.Manage daily activities and efficient use of resources to deliver project or program deliverables including near and long term capacity planning of all workload within the department. Support the development of all team members, ensure that all annual department goals are met and generate implementation plans to deliver against agreed targets. Ensures all procedures are documented, adhered to and audited regularly to ensure compliance with accredited bodies’Establish visible design metrics and drive productivity improvements. Organizational capability development for people, processes and tools. Capture of best practices and deployment into departmental standard practices.Manage engineering team using the Company’s performance management processes and tools.Communicate regularly with the team to keep them up to date on project status and objectives, departmental and site issues. Coaching and mentoring engineering team to drive performance. Identify training needs and implement training plan to ensure team can support the needs of the business and comply with company procedures and processes.Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives in the engineering team. Generate team performance KPI’s and report regularly to engineering management, build effective working relationships with all other functions at the site and support daily operationsEnsure team adhere's to Company’s health and safety policies and procedures.

My key achievements were. Ensured that the engineering team/production team took a lead in the populating of a CMMS working towards a proactive culture of TPM & PPM.Produce daily tracker reports on plant issues, ranging from mean time between breakdowns to meantime to repair & all costs associated with breakdowns.Ensure that all relevant legislation was adhered to such as HSG 65, H&S at work act 1974, machinery directive, PUWER regulations Loler regulations & confined space regulations 1997.Was a key team member in the following cost saving initiatives, recycling of Argon gas, Achieve energy savings within the site of 20% on an annual budget of £2.3 million on utilities (Gas & Electricity), Ensuring that a consignment stock system was in place to reduce cost, Developed a highly multi-skilled fully flexible maintenance team, which I drove from the front. To ensure the most efficient use of equipment & man power, ensuring best practices were usedPart of the value stream management team, to ensure that all member had a sense of urgency, kept the team focused, ensuring commitment from the team leaders & ensure involvement within the company at all levels.

The main key points were, Effective management all resources within the facility, including people & equipment to ensure the maximum possible available up time of plant. This includes all implementation of all external service contracts, consignment stock, and critical spares as per the manufacturers OEM. As a team member for Health & Safety assisted in the new facility to achieve accreditation to ISO 6100 rev “C”, 9001, ISO 14001 & OSHAS 18001. Implemented a successful permit to work system for all contractors used on site, including confined space entry control. Assisted the Divisional Project Director, with identifying suppliers and also manage the installation of equipment to budget and within the allocated time scale. Produce reports to senior staff on time lines to plant availability as they came on line.