Mark Leech Email & Phone Number

Burton Upon Trent, England, United Kingdom

Technical lead for a strategic review of rail fleet Reliability and Availability for an OEM and Train Operator. Included detailed analysis of delay events against the Rail Delivery Group’s 701D Reliability framework and extensive mapping of stakeholders and actors together with their interdependencies. Lead for the CP3 independent review of HS1 proposed.

Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Providing Asset Management and Maintenance Optimisation specialist support to the rail industryAs a team we have projects with RSSB, NR and are supporting Train Operating Companies including Cross Country and LNER. We provide domain rail asset and system expertise across the full asset lifecycle drawing in specialist skills from across the Fraser-Nash.

London, United Kingdom

• Senior Project Manager/Purchaser Representative for projects within London Underground’s Track Plant and Depots Portfolio. LU was investing c.£250m in a structured programme of improvements to its fleet of engineering.
• Two new dual purpose Matisa B45 tamping machines
• Two new rail cranes and eight tilting deck wagons
• Seventy one new wagons
• Mechanised plant for deep tube and ballasted track renewal These projects comprised a mix of bringing into LU mature products tailored to meet the demanding metro network requirements and new bespoke solutions for use.

55 Broadway, London

Accountable for the definition of project requirements, securing funding, monitoring progress through delivery and ensuring benefits are captured. The Special Projects workload comprises inter alia: - introduction of track condition measurement systems on passenger trains (ATMS) including IM infrastructure, software development, staff training and process.

London, United Kingdom

Sponsor and Internal Client for Track Maintenance (c. £80m/annum)Responsible for the development of Asset Management Strategies and PlansDeveloped the track whole-life cost model linking asset residual life to maintenance costs and performance metrics. Developed report to output workload throughput (Work Raised/Closed) and residual risk (Work Orders.

Responsible for the development of Metronet’s Asset Group Strategy document for track assets and associated Annual Asset Management Plans (AAMPs) to deliver business and contractual objectives within the Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework with London Underground. Role requires, inter alia, visualisation and interpretation of data, development of.

Seconded from employer Balfour Beatty Rail Projects into core Metronet Bid team which successfully secured two out of three contracts from LU under the PPP framework. Led ‘due diligence’ on London Underground track management organisations and subsequently made responsible for all aspects of Metronet’s technical and financial submissions for track assets.

Responsible for providing support to tender submissions for UK and overseas works includeding submission preparation (financial and technical documentation) and obtaining internal authorisation(s). Gained exposure to a range of contracting arrangements, foreign exchange issues and technical specifications for railway administrations including Railtrack.

Worked in a variety of roles in the Area Civil Engineer’s Office at Reading and the Regional Office at Swindon before taking the Resident Engineer’s position on the Chiltern Line track renewal contract. This was the first track renewals contract put out to the private sector (Balfour Beatty Rail Engineering Limited) by BR. I covered the final 18 months of.