Ken Brown Email & Phone Number

Kilmarnock, GB

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Working within the Telecoms networks across multiple utilities. Clients include SPEN, Scottish Water, SSEN & National GridSuccess includes:
• Leading a team of Safety Advisors across the UK – performance improvement has been a focus for 2023.
• Improving safety engagement across engineering and delivery teams – through coaching and daily interactions.
• Introduction of fault analysis for site audit results – this has led to 2 company-wide improvement programmes.
• Led on-going development of Lone Worker mobile application.
• Business case, and project leadership, for improvements to asset management.

Stevenson

• Utilities & Construction (Taylor Wimpey, Cala, East Ayrshire Council, Various Housing Associations)
• Guided the business through COVID-19 pandemic.
• Introduced 3-5 year H&S and Environmental rolling improvement strategy – linked to business objectives.
• Provision of management reports & recommendations for improvement & strategy development.
• Introduced & implemented new electronic management system (Q-Pulse).
• Q-Pulse project - Doc Control, Auditing, Incident & Asset Management, Training and Sub-Con improvement.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

• Contract services provider for electrical sub-stations & overhead line projects.
• Project based site documentation (Safe Systems of Work, Safety Files, Inductions etc).
• Site compliance (SHEQ) & equipment inspections.
• Provision of safety and environmental training for site operations.
• Manage, and implement incident investigations.

East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

• Market leaders in the design, manufacture and installation of commercial signage and cladding projects.A contract role, covering design, manufacture & construction activities. Achievements included:
• Guide the business through ISO9001 & ISO14001 transition.
• Set up a business improvement structure (KPI’s and 5S teams).
• Deliver process integration across 3 sites (UK & Poland) for Logistics, Product Testing & NC Reporting.
• Reduced Project Management ‘quality’ costs by 54%.
• Advise business on Health & Safety matters.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

• Working within a heavy engineering environment, producing offshore handling systems for ships, submarines and subsea cabling.Processes include equipment design, fabrication, machining, assembly, functional testing &.
• Worked with industry bodies (DNV-GL, Lloyds Register and ABS) on product design, manufacture & testing.
• Improved focus on equipment & factory acceptance testing, through FMEA development.
• Re-designed management system to comply with revised ISO9001:2015 standard.
• Reviewed factory safety controls, and improved safety performance & legal compliance.
• Introduced corporate KPI’s and QHSE board report, providing development recommendations.

Paisley, Scotland

• Utilities & Renewables. Working with Scottish Power, EDF Energy, Balfour Beatty and Scottish & Southern Energy.Process Improvement
• Encourage a consistent process-based approach across all Business Units.
• Maximise the business benefit from process analysis and continual improvement.
• Coach Senior Management on application of Management System, using trend analysis & root cause.HSE
• Implement & maintain corporate policies to comply with legislation & industry requirements.
• Safety documents, including Site Management Plans, Risk Assessments & Method Statements.

Paisley, Scotland

• Process Improvement
• Manage performance KPI’s to encourage continual improvement.
• Carry out performance audits (operational and H&S compliance).
• Lead management team in continual improvement projects.
• Lead 5S team, working across the business to close-out compliance issues.
• Using SPC & FMEA, assess processes to prevent failure, and waste.Process/Product Management

Clydebank, Scotland

• Process & Product Improvement
• Report product and process KPI’s recommending improvements.
• Auditor for internal and external audits (global vendor assessments).
• Provide PPAP support for pre-production projects.
• Lead team, using FMEA and SPC, to drive business improvements.
• Customer & vendor liaison regarding product & service quality.Health & Safety

Glasgow, Scotland

Part of the team that started the Commercial Gas operations, within Scottish Power. Specifically looking at credit control and customer service.- Managed customer accounts to ensure objectives are met.- Support customer contact centre relating to improve customer service.- Manage relationship with external service providers.- Lead, and train, team during.

Bsc, Quality Management

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