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Following my frustrations with managing information and processes through my Engineering career I launched FoCul Ltd in 2000.FoCul delivers robust pragmatic IT solutions that help Manufacturing and Engineering organisations to manage knowledge and process effectively while reducing costs and improving controlI was very conscious from the start that FoCul needed to be very competent in IT as well as having a deep understanding of our customers needs. We are an Advanced IBM Business Partner and an excellent and continuing track record with several major manufacturing organisations in the UKyou can see more about FoCul at http://www.focul.net

Following a restructuring exercise a new role was created to improve Work Execution ( where we were haemorrhaging cash ).I was given the role of Work ( Execution ) Manager. It was a fantastic challenge in an environment where significant reductions in costs and improvements in control were required.I managed the introduction of initiatives that reduced maintenance spend by over 20%. These included contractor rationalisation, improved work management and incentivised contractsMy work execution team consisted of 12 major suppliers ( reduced to 6 ) with 150 + people I managed the implementation of the SAP R3 PM CMMS module and developed a work management system to support the management of work within incentivised contracts Yet again I ended up developing IT systems to enable the delivery of this work and decided that as much as I enjoyed being an Engineer there was an opportunity to specialise in the delivery of IT systems to other people such as myself

I was the Area Engineer on the Monomer 8 and SAR ( Sulphuric Acid Recovery ) complex at Ineos Acrylics ( previously ICI ) . I was responsible for the Asset Management and Work Execution of this COMAH plant manufacturing Acrylic Monomer ( and large volumes of Cyanide as an intermediate )In addition to the usual Engineering activities associated with this type of role I also developed an Asset Life Planning application in Lotus Notes to capture the knowledge and known vulnerabilities associated with the operation of the plants. This is still heavily in use today some 10 years on.This system complimented the SAP PM system and collected much richer information in the form of technical logs, reports, photographs and improvement actions

Mechanical Commissioning Engineer for the Melinar 5 plant at ICI Wilton ( subsequently Dupont, DupontSA ,AdvanSA and Artenius )In this role I was responsible for developing the maintenance policies for the new plant as well as commissioning the mechanical equipment. Again this role demonstrated how the application of IT to Engineering could have made a significant impact to the project - as it was we ended up with a paper based Maintenance Information System, this was probably the point where I realised that there was a need for better systems to manage information and Asset Wiki was born.

This role involved the specification and troubleshooting of pumps, compressors etc.. and the development of statistical Reliability and Maintainability ( RAMP ) models to improve the reliability of mechanical plant systemsThe RAMP models were used to determine the optimum layout of plant equipment in terms of parallel streams and redundancyI wrote my first Lotus Notes database ( version 4.5 ) to convert the ICI "Black Book" machinery failure system into a much more accessible and useful Notes application - this was when I began to realise that this type of collaborative tool added real value to Engineering

Plant Engineer for the Timag catalyst plant at ICI Wilton

Teesside

Awarded best IMechE Young Members Section.Promoted Engineering to Engineers and to the wider public including 800 seat presentations on Teesside by Tiff Needell ( Top Gear ) and Richard Noble ( Thrust2 )

Teluk Kalung, Malaysia

Junior Commissioning Engineer working on the new pigment plant.

Meng, Engineering, Management

Activities and Societies: Manchester University Hiking Club Sponsored by ICI Sponsored by Shorts, BelfastEngineering Manufacture.

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