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Port Talbot, United Kingdom

Working as a Projects Engineer at the Morfa Coke Ovens on the renewal / replacement of key assets including Void Coolers, Ammonia Washers, Benzol Washer and various Gas Mains during normal plant operation.

Llanwern Steel Works, Llanwern, Newport, Gwent Np19 4Qz

Working in the Technical Sales section of Construction Products for the fabrication department. My duties involved the marketing, design, estimating and sales of projects both within and outside the Tata Steel Group.

Llanwern

I was employed with a mandate to build up an in house fabrication facility to reduce the reliance on sub-contractors. In the first six months of operation in this position we had expanded and moved from our original premises to occupy a total of 24,000 sq. ft. of the Central Engineering Workshops at the Llanwern site with the skilled manning levels increasing from 10 to 34.During this period I designed and developed a series of Loadsafe Platforms that have been approved for use throughout all the Corus / Tata Steel U.K. sites. The designs of these platforms have been submitted to the U.K. Patent office. My duties included marketing, estimating, planning, purchasing, quality assurance, recruitment and the day-to-day safe operation of the complete fabrication business.

Llanwern

I was employed by Corus CEP to oversee the Point Stadium project undertaken as a joint venture between Corus CEP and Intelligent Engineering Ltd. My duties included the planning, purchasing, quality control and recruitment of the labour force to complete the project in May 2008.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Global Tube Solutions L.L.C. is a member of the Harris Pye Group of companies and was set up to cover the increasing demand on Harris Pye to repair heat exchangers and condensers in the marine, petro-chemical and power generation industries. I was approached and requested by the Principals of Harris Pye to consider taking the position of Managing Director in June 2003 and was based in Dubai from January 2004 until April 2007.Although the company was based in Dubai we had a remit to compete on a global market and had direct links to work out of all Harris Pye Group stations including Bahrain, Brazil, Denmark, Indonesia Japan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and South Africa. Our contracts ranged from single tube repairs to reactivation of the balance of plant on a power station in South Africa. My duties in this post included the business development of an overseas station, estimating, and financial control over all projects, overseeing of quality control and the general marketing and promotion of the full group of companies.

Barry, United Kingdom

As Assistant Technical Director I was responsible for the controlling of all fabrication and production within the workshop at Barry. Contracts completed ranged from the fabrication and installation of structural steel to the complete manufacturing of 150 ton an hour boilers for both the industrial and marine markets. During my period in this position I was responsible for the building of an extension to the existing workshop at Barry giving a further 30% covered working area and had a mandate to set up a tube manipulation facility and restructure the local and international skilled labour force. With the initial purchase of two CNC Bending Machines and the retraining of key personnel the new workshop was fully operational by mid 1999. With the additional space created, the purchase of CNC machinery and the introduction of multi skilled practices we were able to treble the annual turnover of the facility in the first year of operation and reduce the amount of subcontracted fabrication by 75%. With the permanent labour force being more stable I introduced an apprentice scheme in 1999. In addition to the above I was responsible for setting up agreements with labour agencies in Poland, Portugal, and Romania and interviewed more than 500 skilled personnel for local and overseas contracts controlled from the U.K. office. At peak periods when the demand on skilled personnel was high and with the Polish and Portuguese labour complying with EU regulations I introduced these nationalities into the U.K. workshops where a number of them now hold foreman and managerial positions. My duties whilst in this position included workshop control, overseas projects, estimating and financial control, overseeing of quality assurance and the general marketing and promotion of the full group of companies.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Based in Dubai I assisted with the establishing of Harris Pye Gulf L.L.C. in 1993 with a mandate from the company principals to study the local U.A.E. and neighbouring countries markets for marine and industrial contracts and produce a realistic business plan. After setting up the company in December 1993 we moved premises on four occasions initially starting with a small box office and finalising with a fully functional workshop complex. When I left Dubai in 1998 the company was operating with a multi national workforce of 60 technicians controlled by British supervision. My duties whilst in this position included the safe day-to-day running of the workshop, overseas projects, estimating, and financial control over all projects, overseeing of quality assurance and the general marketing and promotion of the full group of companies.

Singapore

Based in Singapore my full duties involved the estimation, inspection, planning and controlling of various marine and industrial boiler repair projects on a worldwide basis answering directly to the Managing Director / Owner.

Singapore

Based in Singapore my full duties involved the estimation, inspection, planning and controlling of various marine and industrial boiler repair projects on a worldwide basis answering directly to the Managing Director / Owner.

Newport, United Kingdom

My full duties involved the estimation, inspection, planning and controlling of various marine and industrial boiler repair projects on a worldwide basis answering directly to the Managing Director / Owner.

Various United Kinddom Loactions.

Working at various U.K. locations on the construction and repair of Oil, Gas Coal and Nuclear Power Stations and Oil Refineries.

Ystrad Mynach, United Kingdom

Working on a large Boiler Shop Floor on structural steel and pressure vessels.

Still Studying At The University Of Life

1972 - 1973 - G1 General Engineering 1973 - 1974 - G2 General Engineering 1974 - 1975 - City & Guilds Thick Plate & Fabrication Part 2.

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