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Edinburgh, Gb

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Owner of all training across Regiment. Responsible for planning and executing safe, realistic and challenging exercises at Regimental level (c500 personnel). Responsible for reviewing and managing the forecast of events for sub units, ensuring events are planned, resourced and do not conflict with any other upcoming major events.Subject matter expert for combat engineering providing guidance and advise to Regiment including senior management based on significant experience. Responsible for ensuring all sub unit training is correctly risk assessed with safe systems of work in place.

Saffron Walden, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for a team of 10 military and 40 civil servants working on explosive ordnance clearance tasks across the UK. Responsible for task scheduling, resource management, task allocation, progress tracking and review of completion reports.Reactive to change as high priority tasks were identified and decision maker if any conflict arose with resource availability, turning tasks off as required to meet priority deadlines.Implemented new tracking measures for survey, in flight and completed tasks utilising technology available to provide a more comprehensive view of pipeline. Updated standard operating procedure to reflect best practise process and briefed all personnel to ensure they were familiar with the content.Responsible for ensuring that all personnel (military and civil servants) had completed all mandatory training and were authorised and validated to work on site.During lockdown was tasked with numerous high priority tasks which required completion despite all civil servants being stood down. Prepared a plan to complete, using experience to forecast timeline and resources required and working with seniors at Group level secured support from reservists and regulars from outside units to complete the tasks. Delivered training on correct operation of equipment and deployed with teams to act as an onsite subject matter expert. All tasks were successfully completed within the deadlines set.

Saffron Walden, England, United Kingdom

Team leader of 15 civil servants working on various explosive ordnance clearance sites across the UK. Responsible for task completion, onsite risk assessment, daily scheduling of events and task resourcing, ensuring compliance with civil servants working hours (i.e. driver time). Point of contact for land owners, responsible for explaining work to be carried out, timelines involved, any special requirements for the site as well as keeping them informed of progress. Accountable for explosives assigned to site as well as the safe storage, movement and most importantly use during controlled explosions.

Various

Various roles in Royal Engineers based throughout the UK and ROW including working with the army recruitment team helping skill development within schools and working as a section commander responsible for a section of 8 personnel.Deployed on 2 tours of Iraq (2003 & 2004) and 3 tours of Afghanistan (2006, 2008 & 2009) as well as exercises across the world.Completed various courses in combat engineering, leadership and mangement.

Combat Engineering

Activities and Societies: bridging building, water supply, field fortifications, demolitions, minefield laying and clearance, matermanship.

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