John Wigham Email & Phone Number

Drax, England, United Kingdom

Generation Contracts & Co-ordination Team

Outage Management Team

Selby

Hull, United Kingdom

Ince Marsh

Plant Manager at Ince Bio Power.Ince Bio Power is a £90M, new build 21.5MW gasification technology power station utilising waste wood to create synthetic gas and generate electricity via a Siemens steam turbine and ABB generator.Responsible for setting up the O&M team from both a staffing and infrastructure perspective ready for take over and application of the O&M contract. Liaise with all internal Stantec functions as well as with the site owner, land owner, fuel suppler… Show more Plant Manager at Ince Bio Power.Ince Bio Power is a £90M, new build 21.5MW gasification technology power station utilising waste wood to create synthetic gas and generate electricity via a Siemens steam turbine and ABB generator.Responsible for setting up the O&M team from both a staffing and infrastructure perspective ready for take over and application of the O&M contract. Liaise with all internal Stantec functions as well as with the site owner, land owner, fuel suppler, Environment Agency, DNO and the EPC/commissioning team.Post takeover in late 2018 I was responsible for the management of the site O&M contract and all O&M staff across all evolutions of Operations & Maintenance. Show less

Brigg Renewable Energy Plant

• Reporting to the Plant Manager, responsible for the management and development of the 27 staff comprising the Operations, Engineering & Maintenance and Fuel Handling teams to ensure safe generation and environmental performance of the plant. • Accountable for ensuring that the plant is operated and maintained with respect to safety, environmental, OEM-best practice guidelines and operational limits, to ensure the highest levels of availability, reliability and efficiency are… Show more • Reporting to the Plant Manager, responsible for the management and development of the 27 staff comprising the Operations, Engineering & Maintenance and Fuel Handling teams to ensure safe generation and environmental performance of the plant. • Accountable for ensuring that the plant is operated and maintained with respect to safety, environmental, OEM-best practice guidelines and operational limits, to ensure the highest levels of availability, reliability and efficiency are achieved.• Ensuring all operational first line maintenance, operational routines and testing activities are carried out to achieve availability and reliability targets required.Accountable for ensuring all site operations procedures and management instructions are maintained and complied with at all times.• Establishing the longer term engineering integrity and maintenance strategy for all mechanical, electrical and C&I assets within the station and establishing an asset risk register to provide guidance and information to the stations business plan. These aspects will be based upon original O&M manuals, operating experience, condition of the plant and legislative and industry recognised best practice guidance. • Ensuring all planned and reactive maintenance is identified within the CMMS, tracked and completed as per the agreed schedule to achieve the required availability and reliability targets. Accountable for ensuring all site procedures and management instructions are maintained and complied with at all times.• Undertake the role of the Plant Manager as required, as per delegated authority Show less

Brigg Renewable Energy Plant

Various

• Responsibility for long-term maintenance contract covering 1 x GE 9FA gas turbine at ESB Coolkeeragh, 2 x 6B gas turbines + generators at Sembcorp Wilton and 1 x 6B at Chevron Alba platform• All responsibilities as per previous CPM roles with focus on technical & contractual issues

Lincoln, United Kingdom

• Client single point of contact for Aero derivative & Wind energy segment in Europe region• Responsible for business development and strategies to drive growth within Europe• Responsible for project management of manpower & resources for 3 power generation sites in the UK including GE 6B & 9E heavy duty Gas Turbine technology• Tracking of a project from inception to close out & billing, monitoring costs/sales and margin %• Direct line manager of 10 Aero derivative and 10 Wind… Show more • Client single point of contact for Aero derivative & Wind energy segment in Europe region• Responsible for business development and strategies to drive growth within Europe• Responsible for project management of manpower & resources for 3 power generation sites in the UK including GE 6B & 9E heavy duty Gas Turbine technology• Tracking of a project from inception to close out & billing, monitoring costs/sales and margin %• Direct line manager of 10 Aero derivative and 10 Wind turbine technicians subcontracted to client in EU1 sub region• Conducting field personnel appraisals on an annual basis• Ensuring full immigration compliance with each mobilisation where applicable• Application of proactive safety measures to maintain GSI’s zero-incident safety program requirements, ensuring 100% EHS and Integrity compliance• Follow up on all safety issues, reporting all EHS (Environmental, Health & Safety) incidents immediately to GSI’s EHS Manager and GSII Management • Working with the EHS department to implement corrective action plans and processes to prevent incident reoccurrences, driving continued improvement in EHS performance, Service Quality and Productivity • Close liaison with customers to identify open assignments and drive utilisation of field employees, reacting to customer needs.• Creation and maintenance of assignment forecasts, financial reporting and management of assignment finances• The monitoring, control & approval of project costs including T&L (Travel & Living expenses), PPE & tooling expenses• Review of all Field contracts on an annual basis to ensure margins are maintained versus agreed global bill rates Show less

Medway Power Station

• Responsibility for long-term maintenance contract covering 2 x GE 9FA gas turbines, 1 x GE D11 steam turbine and 3 x GE type 324 generators along with all associated auxiliary equipment • Sole P&L responsibility for contract• Thorough understanding and administration of CSA (Contractual Service Agreement) including finance, EHS, scope, parts & contingencies.• Focal point for customer and GE• Performance of lead role in resolution of customer and contractual issues•… Show more • Responsibility for long-term maintenance contract covering 2 x GE 9FA gas turbines, 1 x GE D11 steam turbine and 3 x GE type 324 generators along with all associated auxiliary equipment • Sole P&L responsibility for contract• Thorough understanding and administration of CSA (Contractual Service Agreement) including finance, EHS, scope, parts & contingencies.• Focal point for customer and GE• Performance of lead role in resolution of customer and contractual issues• Performance of annual contract margin review process as well as variance analysis to be reported back to the business• Setting of billing (including escalation, bonuses and any liquidated damages) and the preparation and issuing of invoices• Preparation of annual work scope, planning and forecasting of future work, development of contingencies and continuous update of the plan based on current conditions• Overall responsibility for all outage activities – manning, schedules and work scope • Driving future upgrades & modifications to extend outage intervals, increase availability, improve heat rate and increase productivity• Development of business CTQ’s for both GE & customer, maintaining using Six Sigma techniques• Provision of on-site technical and administrative support, coordination between parts, services and repair organisations for both planned and unplanned outages• Work internally to minimise GE cost and improve responsiveness• Focal point for CPM’s on Outage Excellence co-ordination and execution – tasked with improving metrics whilst maintaining integrity of system• Co-ordination of financial pacing for portfolio – assist accurate forecasting, tracking and opportunities Show less

• Responsibility for the support of Contract Managers in the regions (Europe/AIM & Asia) in all aspects of outage preparation & review• Conducting maintenance activity planning review at designated milestones and ad hoc, reviewing completion of required activities• Participation in Red Flag Review prior to unit re-start• Chairing of ‘post mortem’ meetings reviewing outage activities and overall outage execution – feeding back findings into the operations team• Collation of all… Show more • Responsibility for the support of Contract Managers in the regions (Europe/AIM & Asia) in all aspects of outage preparation & review• Conducting maintenance activity planning review at designated milestones and ad hoc, reviewing completion of required activities• Participation in Red Flag Review prior to unit re-start• Chairing of ‘post mortem’ meetings reviewing outage activities and overall outage execution – feeding back findings into the operations team• Collation of all feedback from customer surveys to distribute to team for review & action – review of best practices and lessons learned• Support customer and internal planning meetings • Liaison with main P&L’s and support functions to ensure all aspects of outage preparation are covered• Drive familiarity with latest fleet & engineering issues, methods & solutions - communication to Contract Managers• Training of new Contract Managers in the Outage Excellence process and supporting tools• Review, reporting and drive completion of deliverables using metrics to ensure full compliance with the OE process• Responsibility for projects both regionally and globally including fleet issues and risk mitigation, trip reduction, on time outage reports and regional information flow Show less

Medway & Barking Power Stations

Great Yarmouth Power Station

• Responsibility for the care and custody of the plant during the 12-hour shift• Nominated as Control Person and Senior Authorised Person under the safe working procedures.• Responsibility for the health & safety of all site staff and associated environmental impacts• Management of all shift activities to ensure operation in accordance with laid down policies, procedures and OEM recommendations and environmental consents• Ensuring the competency of shift staff, highlighting… Show more • Responsibility for the care and custody of the plant during the 12-hour shift• Nominated as Control Person and Senior Authorised Person under the safe working procedures.• Responsibility for the health & safety of all site staff and associated environmental impacts• Management of all shift activities to ensure operation in accordance with laid down policies, procedures and OEM recommendations and environmental consents• Ensuring the competency of shift staff, highlighting potential areas for improvement and offering guidance as required• Working at all times to maximise availability and minimise heat rate to perform above the minimum levels under the O&MA• Performance of the duties of the Incident Controller in an Emergency and responsible for the reporting and recording of all non-conformances• Direction of team to carry out routine and first line maintenance, within the shift’s capability. Advise the maintenance department of any malfunctioning equipment or operating parameters at variance with normal levels• Performance of commissioning duties under the direction of turnkey contractor – extended commissioning period• Experienced different stages of project – commissioning, start up phase, base load and 2 shift trials• Performance of the lead role in safety co-ordination during an extended 3-month outage in 2002, responsibilities included planning the plant shutdown and designated as the focal point for all activities relating to safety• Responsibility for training AP/SAP on HV testing and isolation Show less

Killingholme Power Station

Working as part of a small multi-skilled operations team to worlds best practice ensuring: -• High standards of safety• Plant reliability and availability at high levels of efficiency • Operation within strict environmental limits • Effective operation under steady state, two shift and abnormal conditions • Planning of routine maintenance, breakdown maintenance and minor and major outages including supervision of contract staff • Fault diagnosis / rectification

Ferrybridge C Power Station

Hnc, Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Nebosh General Certificate