Supporting Sapphire mobilise a Severn Trent Clean Water contract they had recently won to provide both dig teams and reinstatement support across two of STW’s operating areas.Recruiting, planning and implementing systems and having a workforce and subcontractor support network in place to ensure all of STW’s key deliverables / SLA’s we achievable.

Regional Operations Manager who took full ownership for overseeing the facilities contracts across 5 nuclear power stations for EDF providing hard and soft core services and project work. Maximised the potential and business contribution of 650 direct employees and staff from 35 sub-contract companies through the identification and sharing of best practice across the fleet. Offered comprehensive support and advice to Site General Managers, reinforced good behaviour and encouraged innovation… Show more Regional Operations Manager who took full ownership for overseeing the facilities contracts across 5 nuclear power stations for EDF providing hard and soft core services and project work. Maximised the potential and business contribution of 650 direct employees and staff from 35 sub-contract companies through the identification and sharing of best practice across the fleet. Offered comprehensive support and advice to Site General Managers, reinforced good behaviour and encouraged innovation in the provided services. Instrumental in excellent stakeholder management of key contacts on stations and within the EDF central supply team. Reinforced the company’s commitment to excellent customer service by modelling best practice. • Generated sales of £40m across the 5 power stations in 2014• Celebrated reaching over 1 million man hours since the last lost-time accident on 2 power stations in 2014 • Played a pivotal role in re-shaping the existing EDF facilities fleet contract worth £38m into a contract more aligned to the organisation’s requirements • Realised opportunities to grow the business on individual sites and across the fleet• Promoted the fleet on health and safety performance and added value due to core teams vastly improving the existing facilities • Supported the power stations to deliver ‘returns on sales’ identified in the budget• Developed succession plans and highlighted opportunities to develop staff identified as having potential Show less

Supply Chain Manager who demonstrated advanced organisational and people management skills to oversee the daily operational management of the contract management, procurement and materials teams. Additionally cultivated productive partnerships with internal / external stakeholders to maximise the creation of common goals and understandings. In total charge of 25 direct employees and a core contractor population of 200 which increased to 1,500 during statutory outages. Ensured the teams… Show more Supply Chain Manager who demonstrated advanced organisational and people management skills to oversee the daily operational management of the contract management, procurement and materials teams. Additionally cultivated productive partnerships with internal / external stakeholders to maximise the creation of common goals and understandings. In total charge of 25 direct employees and a core contractor population of 200 which increased to 1,500 during statutory outages. Ensured the teams delivered an exceptional service that exceeded customer expectations through the delivery of experienced resources with correct skills, materials / spares of the correct quality, on time and at the right price. Empowered staff to improve on processes through the utilisation of advanced team management methods such as 1-2-1s, mentoring and coaching. Other responsibilities were:• Complete focus and dedication to safety and quality on a nuclear power station with the compliance to policies and procedures paramount to the success of the operation • Developed strategies to ensure there was a network of suppliers to support the station to end-of-life• Sponsored numerous initiatives ranging from diversity and inclusion to fire prevention • Encouraged full cooperation between contracting companies to come up with solutions to long term site problems by sharing commercial information and allocating work to the best placed contractor Show less

Contract Manager who played a vital part in the management and control of the commercial interface between the station and associated contractors from invitation to tender through to contract closure. Collaborated closely with the senior management team to agree correct priorities and focus areas along with management of the facilities contractor comprising of a workforce of 107. Minimised the impact of emergent work by working with technical experts to ensure what was delivered was fit for… Show more Contract Manager who played a vital part in the management and control of the commercial interface between the station and associated contractors from invitation to tender through to contract closure. Collaborated closely with the senior management team to agree correct priorities and focus areas along with management of the facilities contractor comprising of a workforce of 107. Minimised the impact of emergent work by working with technical experts to ensure what was delivered was fit for purpose. Ensured all contractors understood the company’s expectations and trained them up on health and safety procedures to achieve zero harm. Additionally responsible for station contracts varying from nine million pounds to several thousand. • Implemented an initiative to manage material enhance schemes on site including a turbine hall basement refurbishment, pile cap material condition improvement and a refurbishment of welfare facilities• Resulted in savings of between 30% and 40% against previous similar projects costs by managing in-house • Received commendations from the Station Director and BE’s Chief Nuclear Officer due to drive and focus of the team while delivering the projects on time, safely and within budget• Oversaw the swift and safe installation of a temporary passenger lift (Alimak access system) within 4 days of the main lift breaking down during a period of high workload with an additional 1,000 people on site• Saved the company potential losses of £1m a day due to possible delays in completing the project Show less

Field Operations Manager primarily tasked with managing the installation of domestic and commercial gas networks for a contract worth £7.5m a year. Motivated and galvanised 40 sub-contract employees so the whole team provided an excellent service to customers by ensuring that agreed lead times for various jobs were met or exceeded. Conducted all new connection work for Northern Gas Networks (NGN) including site work, non-domestic supplies, installation of pressure reduction equipment, new… Show more Field Operations Manager primarily tasked with managing the installation of domestic and commercial gas networks for a contract worth £7.5m a year. Motivated and galvanised 40 sub-contract employees so the whole team provided an excellent service to customers by ensuring that agreed lead times for various jobs were met or exceeded. Conducted all new connection work for Northern Gas Networks (NGN) including site work, non-domestic supplies, installation of pressure reduction equipment, new domestic supplies and alter services. • Drove costs out of the various processes both internally and externally within the contractor's organisation• Ensured that detailed information for completed projects was captured correctly and quickly processed to allow the company to bill NGN for the work and improve cash flow• Communicated effectively with local authorities, 3rd party gas installers, developers and gas shippers Show less

Network Operations Manager instrumental in the daily operational management of staff carrying out emergency works, mains replacements and new work. Carefully balanced workload against available resources for the engineering teams and service engineers during emergency works. Achieved set targets for mains replacements. • Transformed a demoralised and leaderless team to take pride in their work through supportive and motivational techniques resulting in the delivery of excellent service… Show more Network Operations Manager instrumental in the daily operational management of staff carrying out emergency works, mains replacements and new work. Carefully balanced workload against available resources for the engineering teams and service engineers during emergency works. Achieved set targets for mains replacements. • Transformed a demoralised and leaderless team to take pride in their work through supportive and motivational techniques resulting in the delivery of excellent service to customers Show less

• Managing both Contract and Direct labour teams on a daily basis, covering mains & service work and gas escapes. Working in the Durham area.

Underwent a 2-year training programme within British Gas to become familiar with all the works undertaken by the various departments and how they interact each other. Some the departments I spent time in were - Construction Services, Health & Safety, Pressure Management, HR, Finance and Distribution.