Mark Aston Cmgr Email & Phone Number

City Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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Darlington, England, United Kingdom

Bodelwyddan, Wales, United Kingdom

I was employed in the Vascular Network to develop the Vascular Services across 3 hospitals in a hub and spoke model. My key achievements included:Led a cross service team to design, implement (inside of 5 weeks) and embed a clinical pathway, to allow critical patients to be sent straight to life & limb saving treatment rather than waiting within A&E.Developed an accurate method of tracking patients utilising Microsoft Excel. Data entry provided key performance indicators by visually representing, against a pathway, the number of patients at each stage, thus enabling them to quickly identify process blockers, allocate resources to resolve and improve patient care. I have expanded the premise of this tracker pan North Wales across multiple services.Compiling and briefing on monthly board reports for public and internal distribution to the deputy Chief Executive on the progress of Vascular transformation in line with Royal College of Surgeons and Vascular Quality Panel recommendations. This resulted in accurate, up-to-date information being presented to Welsh Government.I identified that the current vascular service transformation plan was not accurately tracking progress or providing any evidence of completion. Reformed the plan to a coherent document providing snapshot detail to the C-suite on the progress of actions with detail and evidence embedded/linked within. This provided the C-suite with more confidence in the accuracy of their briefs to Welsh Government.I Set out a clear 3–18-month strategy with realistic timescales setting out accountability, governance infrastructures and measurable deliverables (including expected improvements in clinical outcomes).Commended by the Health Inspectorate Wales for the rapid improvement in the service delivery and documentation produced to ensure its continued delivery once the interims have left.

North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

A Project Manager working within DWP, delivering improvements to Business Team customers.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

FDM Group is a global leader in the professional services sector, specialising in technology and business careers. Regardless of degree, FDM equips ex-service personnel with a passion for tech and the drive to succeed with the skills, guidance and support to launch a successful IT or business career placed with leading multi-national clients.

Catterick Garrison, England, United Kingdom

After 26 years in the Regular Army, I enlisted as a Reservist to pass on the skills that I had learnt in my 26 year career.

Crewe, England, United Kingdom

Programme the operational preparedness and move of an Emergency Department within a busy Hospital due to ever increasing time constraints generated by delays caused by the contractor responsible for the new building and operational pressures.• The completion of the new Emergency Department was behind schedule. Quickly identifying the route cause of the delay by analysing progress against plan, accurate estimates were presented to the Hospital Execs on predicted completion. This enabled all staff to formulate a hospital wide staffing plan, in good time, to support the move.• Emergency Department staffing had not been fully mapped due to lack of stakeholder engagement. Identifying that current staffing was insufficient to meet the needs of the new design and by listening to stakeholder concerns, the information was inputted into a Risk matrix. Staffing requirements were fed back to the Director of Nursing and Operations resulting in an additional £650k staffing uplift.• Engaging with stakeholders and Execs to resolve patient flow issues. An example involved mapping the time it would take to move a patient from Minors to Resuscitation. An implemented recommendation was that Minors should be equipped with and trained on a Resuscitation trolley and Controlled Drugs cabinet.• Programmed, co-ordinated and aided in all aspects of the move of the Emergency Department. Initially focussing on 12 hours, operationally restrictions reduced this to 6 hours with the actual move occurring in 1 hour during a less than favourable day due to patient numbers and a VVIP visit timetable. All staff were briefed on their role and with all patients, equipment and deviations tracked; no disruption to patients occurred.

Hull, England, United Kingdom

Managing multi-million pound CAPEX engineering projects throughout the lifecycle, on behalf of AB Mauri, a yeast production factory responsible for providing 50% of the UK market share of yeast to bakeries and distilleries.• Oversaw £2.1M project to upgrade air blowers and ductwork, whilst managing contracts, site works, health and safety and project engineering • Project-managed a £750K CHP replacement project and £500K waste water treatment project• Transformed the contractor approval process, induction process and permit system• Reduced project costs from £3.4M to £2.1M and saved £55K by making design recommendations

Warwick, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Led and managed a complex, £5.4M pound project to install highly efficient manufacturing processes into different industries worldwide, on behalf of one of the world’s leading mechanical and plant engineering firms.• Significantly reduced risks and saved £100K on time and materials • Seconded to a project in South Africa to assist the team in achieving final acceptance • Oversaw the final mechanical and electrical installation and modification of the Engine Dress line, improved its smooth running and increased energy efficiency.

Sunderland, United Kingdom

Delivered a £100m capital investment project to install a state of the art automotive paint facility into the manufacturing plant on behalf of Nissan.• Kept the design uncomplicated, ergonomic and reliable, reducing installation time, costs, waste and materials needed for ductwork and air handling equipment • Redesigned project scope and reclaimed £400K through value engineering to accommodate alterations required by new paint supplier• Identified incorrect penetration through floors, enabling the principal contractor to work up solution with no impact on master schedule or costly alterations• Conducted global benchmarking, identified best practices for reductions in dirt per unit, resulting in noticeable improvements to straight through ratio.

Catterick Garrison

Joined the Army as an Apprentice Vehicle Mechanic and progressed to Senior Engineering Operations Manager in charge of engineering policy and procedures, whilst leading multiple projects to support front line units.• Lead a key project to maximise equipment availability and decrease backlogs, repairing severely damaged fleet within just 72 hours instead of the usual 4 weeks • Increased vehicle availability from 70% to 90%+ during project in Falkland Islands• Project managed the successful movement of 300 personnel and associated equipment to a new site.

Bielefeld Area, Germany

• Responsible for an independent investigation of serious equipment failure and serious incidents focused on vehicle systems in order to determine underlying causation and providing detailed recommendations to prevent a reoccurrence contributing to equipment safety and availability.• Published concise, professionally presented and technically accurate investigative reports to the User community, Equipment Manufacturers and Stakeholders post incident/equipment failure.• Liaised, conducted presentations and attended international conferences to promote the services offered by the team.• Provided technical advice to assist various global clients in resolving engineering problems, through research or consultation with other organisations.• Planned and managed resources to support individual investigators working overseas.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Sole engineering manager for an organisation with 5 full time and 25 part time technicians. Training project manager, directly for the part time technicians and indirectly for an additional 100+ other personnel.• Advising the organisation director regarding engineering support matters and promoting equipment husbandry.• Implemented strategic direction in policy and procedure subjected to continual review and external evaluation.• Managed the cost centre budgetary allotment, including authorising and recording all expenditure for the department.• Manage teams including setting personal objectives and career aspirations, carrying out mid period and yearly appraisals, motivating teams and managing performances.

Waterbeach, Cambridge

Responsible to the Senior Engineering Support Manager for the planning and delivery of inspections, repair and scheduled maintenance, both in a controlled workshop environment and in austere locations, for wheeled and plant vehicles.• Provided Engineering Support to the Engineers that built Camp BASTION in particularly austere environmental conditions. Resulting in the project being completed ahead of schedule and under budget. • Managing the repair process, ensuring compliance with all relevant statutory regulations and Director Engineering (Army) Engineering Standards.• Prioritising and allocating technical, administrative and tasks in a multi-disciplined team of between 6 and 20 military personnel.• Controlling the team’s full complement of vehicles, equipment, special tools and test equipment.• Ensuring currency and competency of subordinate personnel to enable support of the equipment dependency.• Carrying out mandatory inspection and certification of vehicles.• Maintaining technical records, publications and registers.• Performance management and welfare of subordinate team personnel.

Various

1989 to 1992 - Apprentice Vehicle Mechanic1992 to 1996 - Vehicle Mechanic1996 to 1997 - Student Vehicle Mechanic1997 to 2000 - Vehicle Mechanic, Lead Vehicle Inspector, Foreman on Operations in Kosovo.2000 to 2003 - Vehicle Mechanic, Lead Vehicle Inspector, Foreman on Operations in Sierra Leone, Northern Ireland, Iraq and Botswana.2003 to 2005 - Student HND Automotive Engineering.

Introductory Diploma, Introductory Diploma In Management, Level 4

Diploma Level 6, Leadership And Management, Level 6

Level 6 Diploma in Leadership and Management

Iosh - Managing Safely, Pass

Lean Six Sigma

Understand the principles and techniques of Lean Understand the principles and techniques of Six Sigma Apply both skills to two separate.

Certificate, Prince2, Pass

Certificate, Advanced Statement Writing & Giving Evidence, Pass

Advanced Statement writing and giving evidence

National Advanced Vehicle Fire Investigation Course, Pass

National Advanced Vehicle Fire Investigation

E-Learning, Energy Warden, Pass

Energy Warden

Diploma Level 5, Management And Leadership, Level 5

Certificate Level 7, Strategic Management And Leadership, Level 7

Principles Of Investigative Interview, Pass

Higher National Diploma, Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician

First in class. Awarded SOE Artificer Student of the year 2005/6 prize giving at BAFTA, London.

Nebs Management, Introduction Certificate In Management, Pass

City & Guilds 2078 Part 1, Handling Refrigerants, Pass

City & Guilds 381 Parts 2 & 3, Light Vehicle Work, Wheeled & Tracked Vehicle Technology & Light Vehicles, Distinction

First in class.

National Vocational Qualification 3, Engineering Assembly, Pass

City & Guilds 381 Parts 1 & 2, Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician

Military Apprentice College, Arborfield, Berkshire

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