Roger O'Loughlin Email & Phone Number

Blackpool, Gb

Blackpool, England, United Kingdom

Advising members of the Armed Forces on IMechE Membership and Registration with Engineering Council, and any other function dictated by the geographically relevant Business Development Manager.Engineering Apprentice End Point Assessor.

Westminster, London, United Kingdom

To recruit new members and Engineering Council registrants to the SOE's three Professional Sectors, promote SOE's products, including individual's professional development provision, and to manage the SOE's Corporate Partners activities. To identify, develop and manage new business contacts and promote the SOE. To assist in the promotion of irtec and the Workshop Accreditation initiatives. To provide advice and support for SOE's Registration and Accreditation activities.The overall administration of registration with the Engineering Council and Society for the Environment; • Liaising with, or serving as a representative on, relevant external bodies or groups with which the Society has an interface;• Implementing Engineering Council and Society for the Environment policies relating to the maintenance of professional standards;• Implementing any Engineering Council and Society for the Environment Quality Assurance procedures and compliance matters for registration;• Managing the internal annual audit as per the audit schedule;• Document control of the Membership Policies & Procedures Manual;• Training volunteers in their responsibilities regarding Professional Review Interviewing, Mentoring, Assessing and Approval/Accreditation Visiting Panels and conducting approval/accreditation visits in the UK and overseas.• Developing documents and procedures relating to standard and non-standard cases for registration• Implementing and monitoring the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of members

Board member and Review Panel Chair responsible for the quality of 3 Professional Engineering Institutions with regard to Engineering Council licensing

CONSULTANCY EXPERTISEChartered Environmentalist (CEnv)Incorporated Engineer (IEng)• Engineering/Academic contract work undertaken including Interim Management• Consultancy work for Employer Based Training Accreditation (EBTA) project• Approval/Accreditation work of management/engineering programmes as a Lead Assessor for Society of Operations Engineers including SEME Bordon, HMS Sultan, DCAE Cosford (Royal Saudi Air Force), Allianz, Bureau Veritas, Royal Sun Alliance, MAN, Stagecoach, London Underground.Carried out the role of Interim Professional Standards Manager for a large Professional Institution on consultancy basis to maintain Licence status• Examined Degree syllabii for Professional Engineering Institutions to verify suitability for accreditation• Conducted validation work for Further and Higher Education Institutions on time and in budget• Cross mapping of bespoke training programmes to nationally recognised management and engineering qualifications• Mentoring advice available to engineers for academic and engineering areas• Setting up of partnership agreements for Academic Institutions using existing worldwide contacts• Acted as Professional Supervisor for MSc Professional Engineering, giving guidance to engineers to assist in gaining Incorporated or Chartered Engineer status with Engineering Council UK (EC UK)External Verifier for Management disciplines up to NQF Level 7Risk and Change Management

Uk Wide

Professional Standards Consultancy contracts

OVERALL ROLE OF THE HONORARY SECRETARYOn behalf of the Board, maintained a strategic overview of the Society’s affairs (and its Professional Sectors) in order to ensure that the Society achieved its charitable objectives within the parameters of the law and its own constitution and was accountable to the public in accordance with the requirements of the Charity Commission and Companies House and in accordance with the licence issued to the Society by the Engineering Council.• Highlighted the Board’s duty to meet the Society’s constitutional, legal and employment obligations and Engineering Council licensing requirements.• Ensured that the Society pursued its objects as defined in its Memorandum and Articles of Association and applied its resources exclusively in pursuance of these objects.• Ensured that the Society operated within the legal and constitutional guidelines set out in current company and charity legislation and its own memorandum and articles of association and kept the Board informed of the Society’s obligations.• Ensured that the Society had appropriate policies to comply with current employment legislation and good practice and acted as a fair and ethical employer. • Ensured that the Society’s policies promoted the effective and efficient organisation and administration of the Society.• Sat on the recruitment and interview panel for the appointment of a Chief Executive when the vacancy occurred and sat on other appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary panels as required.• Acted as the Board representative for Health and Safety matters, liaising with the Head of Finance in the capacity as co-ordinator for the Budget, Audit and Risk Management Committee, and with the member of staff who had received training to enable day-today matters concerning Health and Safety to be carried out in accordance with current legislation, as appropriate.• Acted as the nominated officer in the Society’s employment disciplinary and grievance procedure.

• Head of Blended Learning at East Lancashire Institute of Higher Education at Blackburn College encompassing a number of diverse disciplines.• Managed the Vocational Education Blended Learning Programme with over 200 FTEs, (approx 850) students across a number of disciplines.• Identified potential growth for blended learning delivery methods and worked closely with HE staff to develop this provision• Co-ordinated the development, and evaluation of this provision• Worked with the other Heads of Schools to co-ordinate the delivery and the assessment of this provision• Oversaw the continued development of Information and Learning Technologies (ILT) • Carried out duties in accordance with the role of cross College Workforce Development Co-ordinator in relation to ELIHE• Ensured that College and validating body quality standards were adhered to, liaising with moderators and external examiners• Prepared and controlled budgets related to the area of work• Conducted staff appraisals in line with College guidelines• Identified potential growth for blended learning delivery methods and worked closely with HE staff to develop this provision.• Maintained quality standards by fronting the Internal Verification process and Board of Studies, also led on QAA and Ofsted inspections achieving Grade 1 status for the School.• Identified new subject areas for delivery and ensured resources were made available.

• Building a motivated team of consultants and support administration to ensure the ongoing viability of the Aerospace Division, unfortunately 9/11 dictated redundancy of the Division.• Ensuring that at all times the branch presented a professional image and service to the client and where complaints arose they were recorded and expediently dealt with.• Ensuring that all staff were aware of and operated to company procedures such as supplying information to accounts on time, quality and health and safety obligations and the company credit control policies.• Maintaining the client base, developing new clients and demonstrated clearly how the branch may grow in terms of profitability and possible new products and services.• Disciplining staff in accordance with the company required procedures and escalating potential grievances or dismissals to the Divisional management.• Assisting with the new employee induction process and preparing suitable training and development programmes for staff and recommending to the Divisional Managers for appropriate action.• Appraising staff and informing them of performance expectations.• Assisting the Divisional Manager in the preparation of branch operating budgets.• Assisting the Divisional Manager with monthly reporting.• Assisting the Divisional Manager with three monthly rolling forecasts.

• Developing and implementing strategies and plans for the business unit in conjunction with the product lines and other functional areas.• Managing internal stakeholders to meet customers' expectations.• Developing and delivering business targets.• Maintaining an awareness of the external environment including competitor and customer activity.• Developing new capabilities to meet customer requirements.• Building long-term strategic relationships with key target customers.• Broadening the customer base.• Achieving business excellence•Managing change• Financial authority to achieve budget, including overheads, recruitment and capital expenditure. Annual budget responsibility of £1.8m.• Management authority to manage the product line and functional staff within the business team.• Commercial authority to manage bids• Authority to agree and deliver work packages.Report Preparation:Monthly operations report.Quarterly strategic review.Customer programme reviews.Ad hoc management reports.

Required to contribute to the continued growth of the business by supporting the Business Manager (Northern Region) in developing the Blackburn placement activity. This involved placing contractors and permanent staff according to client specification achieving client satisfaction and also to ensure that customer requests were satisfied as quickly and as profitably as possible. Billing approx £18K GP per month.Principal duties included:Recruiting contractors and permanent staff according to client specification in line with internal process and REC regulationsProactively, and with the support of management, liasd with clients in order to understand clients' business activities so that Recruitment Services could anticipate needs and provide the highest levels of serviceLiasing with contractors on a regular basis to ensure that the highest standard of contractor care was maintainedUndertaking the efficient handling of contractor queries with regard to wages, rates and contractual issues in line with Contractor Care policyHandling advertising and advertisement responses and also speculative enquiriesLiasing with Engage and Clients' security controllers on security issuesCompiling job skills for telesales activity, updating the data base from the information taken from telesalesArranged participation at Employment FairsDeveloping and implementing a marketing plan by understanding staffing levels and also the level of business that may be available to GKNWDSContacting at least one new customer per weekUndertaking a recruitment campaign, both in industry and the Armed Forces

As part of the Accreditation of Prior Learning team dealing with the Armed Services and Industry. Duties included:Course tutor to approx 850 studentsRunning of HNC/HND courses spanning 4 disciplinesRunning of CMS/DMS courses Providing students with guidance with regard to careers, education and professional recognitionCourse development including writing distance learning packages for Thermodynamics, Health and Safety and Risk Assessment and Critical Path AnalysisCourse preparation for Internal and External verificationMarking and assessing course workRaising and controlling part-time lecturer contractsPresentations to groups nation wide and overseasOrganising and controlling college representation at public exhibitionsQuality control of office systems and development of course documentationResearch and development of course material and marketing needsControlling the programme and working within set budgetsLiasing with outside training agencies and SMEsProviding a consultation service to outside training and educational providersReporting and advising middle and senior management on course needs, reviews and implementationSupervision and control of admin staffLiasing with Professional Institutions with regard to accrediting college courses

Responsible for the delivery of Harrier Mk GR7 and T10 propulsion systems courses including all relevant safety precautions with regard to Ist and 2nd Line maintenance and rectification. These instructional duties involved:Correct use of overhead cranes and gantriesLifting equipmentOperation of hydraulic lifts and Bradbury platformsDeep strip of the Pegasus Mk103 and 105Instruction and testing of students on Full Power tethered ground runsInstruction and testing of students for Full Power ground runs in the Mission SimulatorApplication of ground power to aircraft for functional testing of propulsion associated systems such as DECS, Engine Monitoring System (EMS), Nozzle Control and all systems running on Smiths 1553B Databus systemLiasing with Support Authorities and Rolls-Royce when called upon to assist in problem solving and diagnostic tasks of following crashes and serious aircraft and engine defectsInstrumental in instigating the provisioning and building of a Ground Running Simulator which involved liaison with prime contractors, MOD and the software house commissioned for the simulator software programme at formal meetingsWriting of Propulsion trade course syllabuses and instructional specificationsProduction of examination papers and audio visual aids for taught coursesTeaching Maintenance Steering Group Logic (MSG3

Operational Turn Round Chief responsible for the running of 2 aircraft hides under exercise conditionsEngineering Operations Controller under exercise conditions responsible for all aspects of engineering rectification to maintain a full flying programmeRectification Shift Controller responsible for maintaining a full flying programme for 23 aircraft, maintenance planning, utilising manpower effectively, controlling resources and organising prioritiesControl day to day tasks for 60 personnel ensuring that all tasks were completedEarly Failure Detection on engine magnetic plugs and hydraulic system sample testingDeep strip of the Pegasus Mk103 and 105Instruction and testing of students on Full Power tethered ground runsLiasing with Support Authorities and Rolls-Royce when called upon to assist in problem solving and diagnostic tasks of following crashes and serious aircraft and engine defectsInstrumental in instigating the provisioning and building of a Ground Running Simulator which involved liaison with prime contractors, MOD and the software house commissioned for the simulator software programme at formal meetingsWriting of Propulsion trade course syllabuses and instructional specificationsProduction of examination papers and audio visual aids for taught coursesTeaching Maintenance Steering Group Logic (MSG3)Station Engineering Operations Controller for all station requirements

Duties included:Ist Line rectification of all propulsion systems, component replacements, engine lifts and refits on Harrier Mk GR3 and T4Debrief of pilots including diagnosis and rectification solutionsRunning propulsion element of 2 shifts including all forward planning for off-base commitments and scheduled replacement of componentsOperational Turn Round Chief responsible for the running of 2 aircraft hides under exercise conditionsEngineering Operations Controller under exercise conditions responsible for all aspects of engineering rectification to maintain a full flying programmeRectification Shift Controller responsible for maintaining a full flying programme for 23 aircraft, maintenance planning, utilising manpower effectively, controlling resources and organising prioritiesControl day to day tasks for 60 personnel ensuring that all tasks were completedSupervising Full Power engine ground runs post rectification, calculating adjustments required for fuel system requirements within laid down limitsCalling up independent checks on aircraft and engine control systemsRaising COSHH reportsEarly Failure Detection on engine magnetic plugs and hydraulic system sample testingCo-ordination of all aircraft paperwork for tasks completed during shift

Duties included:Instructional duties for propulsion systems and safety precautions for 1st Line rectification and maintenance of Harrier Mk GR3 and T4Instructional duties for in-service repair ( deep strip ) servicing and maintenance including 'stepped wax process for compressor tip clearances on Pegasus Mk 103 enginesTraining of personnel in the use of overhead gantries and hydraulic liftsComposite flight servicing training and authorisation for mechanics - all tradesStation Engineering Operations Controller for all station requirements

Hnc; Certificate; Licentiateship Graduateship, Engineering; Management Studies; Aeronautical Engineering

Certificate In Education, Lecturing

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