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Bristol, England, Gb

City Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Following the successful merger of Jacobs' Critical Missions Solutions (CMS) and Cyber Intelligence (C&I) units with Amentum, I am continuing to deliver Programme and Project Management consultancy to the MOD with Amentum!

Bristol, United Kingdom

Senior Project Manager for Jacobs Engineering Group, Critical Mission Solutions function, delivering project management consultancy to the MOD.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Responsible for the profitable and efficient operation of the Bristol region sales and service centre and the day to day supervision of Service Engineers covering all the Bristol and South Wales commercial ports.Responsible for developing client relationships and improving business processes for the Bristol regional office. Efficient management of the engineering and support resources, customer services and transactional sales activities. Programme/Project Manager - Responsible… Show more Responsible for the profitable and efficient operation of the Bristol region sales and service centre and the day to day supervision of Service Engineers covering all the Bristol and South Wales commercial ports.Responsible for developing client relationships and improving business processes for the Bristol regional office. Efficient management of the engineering and support resources, customer services and transactional sales activities. Programme/Project Manager - Responsible for the day to day delivery of global service and technical support capability for a prime framework contract with one of the worlds largest shipping companies. Overseeing contractors and resource deployment within operating budget. This programme has 10 sub projects and a duration of 3 years.Incident management for high risk critical system failures in an international setting, utilising remote diagnosis and quick deployment of resources to resolve and maintain customer fleet navigation and communications operational capability.End to end management of two time constrained international engineering, service and technical support programmes and nine retrofit projects. Including bid proposals, cost modelling, documentation, monitoring & control, budgeting & forecasting, requirements management, governance implementation, resource / stakeholder management, development of acceptance trials, risk management, quality management, supplier management, international export logistics and technical aspects.Working in an ISO9001:2015 controlled and audited environmentAccredited GMDSS Radio Surveyor for all major worldwide IACS shipping classification societies. Radio safety surveys carried out to ensure commercial and large leisure vessels legally comply with Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulations and relevant IMO resolutions.Service, repair, installation, survey and technical support of a wide range of marine navigation, safety, and communications equipment onboard vessels worldwide. Show less

Bristol, United Kingdom

Project engineering and compliance safety surveyor onboard customer deep sea vessels worldwide.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Leonardo Marine Division Purchased by SIRM SpA August 2016 under the business name SIRM UK

Bristol

Worldwide Locations

Leading engineering teams output in ambiguous and dynamic environments, having highly developed management skills and experience, including; Leadership, project management, HR, coaching and mentoring, stakeholder engagement, governance, assurance and audit with confident communication and high quality presentation skills at all levels.Responsible for maintenance management and lifecycle planning of major equipment. Directly accountable for improving and maintaining high levels of… Show more Leading engineering teams output in ambiguous and dynamic environments, having highly developed management skills and experience, including; Leadership, project management, HR, coaching and mentoring, stakeholder engagement, governance, assurance and audit with confident communication and high quality presentation skills at all levels.Responsible for maintenance management and lifecycle planning of major equipment. Directly accountable for improving and maintaining high levels of operational capability throughout the product lifecycle. Direct and indirect management of project teams, technicians & engineers. Show less

Portsmouth, Uk

Accountable for high level technical training delivery for front line senior system engineers.

Worldwide Locations

Directly accountable for improving and maintaining high levels of capability throughout the product lifecycle across the group, liaising with external contractors and stakeholders to ensure the highest level of capability was maintained. • Managed a team of senior and junior technicians to deliver maintenance and improve operational capability of ordnance, electronic navigation, and weapons systems and services, with zero core business disruption over 2 years.• Ensured safe systems… Show more Directly accountable for improving and maintaining high levels of capability throughout the product lifecycle across the group, liaising with external contractors and stakeholders to ensure the highest level of capability was maintained. • Managed a team of senior and junior technicians to deliver maintenance and improve operational capability of ordnance, electronic navigation, and weapons systems and services, with zero core business disruption over 2 years.• Ensured safe systems of work were adhered to, safeguarding the health and safety of personnel, visitors and contractors.• Managed the safety, accounting and security of up to £10M of explosive stores with no incidents or losses over 2 years.• Co-ordinated and managed internal audits for engineering standards ensuring the highest standards across the department.• Mentored several junior engineers, resulting in them obtaining promotion to a higher rank. Show less

Gibraltar

Seconded position into DE&S.Managed a team of technicians carrying out installation, maintenance, repair, upgrades and administration of multiple mission critical IT systems. Accountable for the overall physical, cryptographic and information security assurance of MOD encrypted forward operating base computer networks and two secure datacenter with minimal loss of services over 2 years. Accountable for operational IT technical support to an MOD corporate, multi-site… Show more Seconded position into DE&S.Managed a team of technicians carrying out installation, maintenance, repair, upgrades and administration of multiple mission critical IT systems. Accountable for the overall physical, cryptographic and information security assurance of MOD encrypted forward operating base computer networks and two secure datacenter with minimal loss of services over 2 years. Accountable for operational IT technical support to an MOD corporate, multi-site, encrypted data network of 500 clients, in an ITIL environment under a Service Level Agreement.Day to day management of data centre systems including windows, Unix and Solaris servers, network administration and repair, incident management, security patching, anti virus / backup management and security auditing.Notable Achievements• Project managed the building of a new Operations Centre within a listed building, with associated buildings works, IT, datalinks and telecommunications infrastructure. Delivering the project on time, on budget and to specification. • Concept and definition stage project management for a high security datacenter relocation engaging and identifying stakeholders, product & work breakdown structures, configuration management, risk management and development of the project plan and work packages. Show less

Bristol, United Kingdom

Set up multiple E-commerce sales channels for consumer electronics retail goods with direct shipping utilising remote warehousing and logisitcs. Repsonsible for all aspects of the business from website design and coding, digital marketing and accounting to customer service, financial accounting and development of automation software. Transitioned the business from a spare room start up to a VAT registered, limited company.

Portsmouth / Rosyth, Uk

Started this role as the deputy and later moved into the head of department role. Direct report to the CEO. Solely responsible for the weapons and sensors operational capability, maintenance management and lifecycle planning of major equipment replacement. Responsible for all aspects of maintenance, upgrade and installation, liaising with contractors and external stakeholders.Managed a team of technicians delivering and maintaining operational capability of encrypted mobile… Show more Started this role as the deputy and later moved into the head of department role. Direct report to the CEO. Solely responsible for the weapons and sensors operational capability, maintenance management and lifecycle planning of major equipment replacement. Responsible for all aspects of maintenance, upgrade and installation, liaising with contractors and external stakeholders.Managed a team of technicians delivering and maintaining operational capability of encrypted mobile computer network and servers, information systems, navigation systems, weapons systems, marine radar, sonar and communications equipment with zero disruption to core business over 2 years.Notable achievements• Led an internal project identifying shortfalls in the existing training system, delivering recommendations for improvements to the training authority, resulting in the introduction of a vastly improved training regime, ensuring alignment with wider corporate policies, improving training for 250+ roles.• Initiated and managed an internal project for safer practice of work for control of communications transmitters and propulsion systems, improving safety standards in the wider fleet for 250+ staff.• Internally audited and re-invigorated the departments business processes and administration to maximize efficiency and increase effectiveness of the team, resulting in a vastly improved assessment from external audit authority• Developed an improved system for the accounting and security of up to £1.2M of stores, resulting in a significant reduction in loss from £48k in 2004 to £0 in 2005/6 Show less

Nato F19 Satellite Ground Station, Gibraltar

Senior Shift EngineerTo provide remote satellite outstations with secure wide area network (WAN) access• Bandwidth configuration• Management of remote users• Quality of Service (QoS).• Preventative/corrective Maintenance• Cryptography• Project Engineer for the station decommissioning program.

Level 6, Management And Leadership

Lcgi Diploma, Engineering Management

Foundation Degree (Fdeng), Electronic Engineering

Electronic Servicing, Parts 1, 2 & 3

Gcse