Nigel Walker

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Director Energy Asset Management at Uniper @ Uniper
germany
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Derby, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Nigel Walker

I am a qualified chartered engineer who has worked in the power generation industry since 1995. I have experience of working with the technical challenges of power generation, asset management and risk management as well as having the opportunity to work at a site level. In all roles I have had the opportunity to develop relationships which have been positive both on a personal level as well as from a business perspective. I consider that I have added value in all of the roles I have undertaken and found the most rewarding tasks those where change has been a focus and enjoy the ability to influence strategy. I enjoy leading people either in a direct management role or through indirect influence and have benefited greatly from working in a multi cultural environment.• Creation of Risk and Opportunity board Steam Fleet for investment review• Created Plant Data management approach for Steam Fleet• Delivered Process Safety plan for implementation in Steam fleet• Driven a safety culture change supporting development in Nordic• Delivered the plant closure of Bravalla Power Station – Decommissioning Plant Manager• Focused the challenge of improvement in plant operation and investigation of plant losses• Implemented the mid term plan challenge process supporting the Country Director NordicSpecialties: Personal Impact - I have excellent Influencing skillsLeading People - I am an experienced leader of peopleLeading the Business - I have the ability to think strategicallyLeading Change - I can manage in times of ambiguity and deliver change

Nigel Walker's Current Company Details
Uniper

Uniper

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Director Energy Asset Management at Uniper
germany
Website:
uniper.energy
Employees:
2783
Nigel Walker Work Experience Details
  • Uniper
    Director Energy Asset Management
    Uniper Jan 2024 - Present
    Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Uniper
    Director Asset Risk
    Uniper Apr 2021 - Jan 2024
    Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    The Asset Risk department is responsible for Uniper's technology risk management, plant and process safety, asset governance processes, the regulatory and permitting compliance, the maintenance and operational strategy for Uniper's Generation Fleet.
  • Uniper
    Head Of Performance Steam And Biomass
    Uniper Sep 2018 - Apr 2021
    Düsseldorf Area, Germany
    Heading up the central performance management team supporting our fleet of coal, oil and biomass power plants in Europe.
  • Uniper
    Senior Vice President Operational Excellence
    Uniper Jan 2016 - Sep 2018
    Düsseldorf Area, Germany
  • Teplarna Tabor
    Member Of The Board
    Teplarna Tabor Apr 2019 - Apr 2020
    Okres Tábor, Česká Republika
    Termination of position 28 April 2020 following sale of Uniper Majority share holding
  • E.On
    Business Excellence Director
    E.On Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
    Essen Area, Germany
  • E.On
    Business Excellence Leader
    E.On Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
    Essen Area, Germany
  • E.On
    Next Generation Project Team
    E.On Apr 2014 - Dec 2014
    Essen Area, Germany
    Seconded to the Next Generation Project team as part of the reorganisation of the Generation and Climate and Renewables businesses in E.ON. I worked along with colleagues from the various elements of the business supporting the development of a common asset management structure and operational business. From basic principles we formed a new structure based around the core elements of ISO55001. Follow on from the creation of the organisational structure, I supported the operational business through on-boarding workshops and one to one coaching to establish the principles of the new organisation. I was also responsible for representing the strategic IT business demands. As part of the restructure of E.ON I will take up a new role as Business excellence leader looking at applying lean management techniques to the new organisation supporting the business in its current and future transformation.
  • E.On
    Head Of Strategy And Risk - Global Fleet Management Steam
    E.On Jan 2013 - Apr 2014
    Hannover, Germany
    Heading up E.ON Global Fleet Management Steam Strategy and Risk team I had direct responsibility for E.ON coal fired assets and the approach to risk management. I had delegated authority for management for plant investment in order to maintain plant performance, compliance and safety. I was further responsible for the development of Steam fleets approach to process safety working alongside our other generation technologies including CCGT, Hydro and Nuclear. Functionally I managed the investment decision board for plant improvements and projects and review and challenge of the investment planning for the steam fleet through our risk based approach to assessing our assets. I have actively been working on the initiation of a barrier based approach to hazard review in our steam plants utilizing work initiated in our CCGT fleet and this process is linked to our incident investigation and learning processes. I was also involved in supporting the development of outage management framework and determining optimum methods for a risk approach to outage scope definition. I was the chair of Panel of Inquiry for the incident investigation into a steam turbine failure at Ironbridge Power Station. I was also the project sponsor for the development of a plant data management framework for the Steam fleet to improve fleet reporting and optimization of operational performance.
  • E.On
    Vice President Fleet Management Ccgt And Steam E.On Nordic
    E.On May 2011 - Jan 2013
    Sweden
    Working as the Fleet management Head for our Nordic Gas Turbine Assets as well as our reserve capacity Oil fired facilities. I work in a global international team exercising the benefits of a global business and common approaches to risk management and procurement.
  • E.On Uk
    Engineering Manager - Enfield Power Station
    E.On Uk Nov 2010 - May 2011
    Enfield, United Kingdom
    As the Engineering manager of a 400 MW Alstom GT26 gas turbine Power station I was responsible for the day to day maintenance. Focussing on availability, flexibility and reliability I worked with my team to develop best approach to contractor management and safety in the workplace. In addition I was responsible for a number of improvement projects and the associated budget spend as well as looking at the long term outage planning and parts purchase.
  • E.On Uk
    Asset Risk Team Manager
    E.On Uk Sep 2008 - Nov 2010
    As the Asset Risk Team Manager reporting to the Governance and Risk Manager the functional fleet management centre for CCGT, I have manager on behalf of the Asset Risk and Governace Manager the capital (£50 million) and revenue (£7 million) improvement budgets for EON-UK. I have successfully delivered through my team of 11 people a robust and detailed risk management process (AERO) aligned to the business requirements in the UK and meeting the safety, regulatory and commercial aspects of operating a diverse generation portfolio. I have initiated implementation of AERO process across an international portfolio during 2010 and delivered pilot reviews across E.ONs international operations in all of the key technologies, including Hydro, Nuclear, and Thermal generation. I have played a key role in the definition and adoption of Process Safety in E.ON UK.
  • E.On Uk
    Boiler Integrity Engineer - Asset Management
    E.On Uk Sep 2006 - Sep 2008
    Responsible for pressure parts and boilers I was engaged in the AERO risk management process. I Identified opportunity to build relationship between Asset Management, E.ON Engineering and the Site teams. I chaired the boiler and mills best practice group and initiated the low temperature pipework strategy which is now central to an industry wide approach. I played a key role in the early stages of the Ratcliffe environmental upgrade project specifying and placing the contracts for design work and procurement of pressure part replacement.
  • British Energy
    Asset Management Tsa Support
    British Energy Jul 2006 - Sep 2006
    Barnwood
    Secondment from E.ON to work as part of the technical support team for tier 1 suppliers. I was asked to provide direct support to the four asset managers for British Energy including work to prioritise and review project proposals and funding requests.
  • Powergen
    Welding Metallurgist
    Powergen Sep 2001 - Jul 2006
    Ratcliffe-On-Soar
    Working as a welding metallurgist supporting major overhauls on 500MW coal fired units and CCGT units. Main responsibilities were associated with the integrity assessment of welds and completion of NDT inspections for the high temperature steam pipe work.
  • Aea Technology
    Senior Integrity Engineer
    Aea Technology 2000 - 2001
    Warrington, United Kingdom
    As a Senior Project lead at AEA technology I was responsible for leading integrity management projects in a number of different countries including, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan as well as a number of european countries. I was responsible for planning and managing outage teams and completing life integrity assessments to underwrite plant operation and maintain compliance with local regulatory requirements.
  • Scottish Power
    Metallurgist - Failure Investigator
    Scottish Power 1997 - 2000
    East Kilbride Glasgow
    As a failure metallurgist I conducted metallurgical investigations for the Scottish Power portfolio. This included boiler tube failure investigations as well as wider investigations across the generating sites. In addition, I managed the inspection of the high temperature high pressure pipework providing planning and assessment services.
  • Era Technology Ltd
    Integrity Engineer
    Era Technology Ltd 1996 - 1997
    Integrity inspections in process plant, petrochemical and power installations. Leading teams of technicians completing metallurgical and NDT inspections as well as completing basic life assessments evaluations.

Nigel Walker Skills

Energy Power Generation Power Plants Gas Turbines Engineering Steam Risk Assessment Leadership Gas Renewable Energy Risk Management Management Change Management Nuclear Project Engineering Procurement Boilers Asset Managment Welding Factory Commissioning Metallurgy Governance Process Engineering Turbines Steam Turbines Asset Management Pressure Systems Failure Analysis Hazop Integrity Management Failure Investigation

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