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Milton Keynes

• Lead the provision of expert technical advice, input and support associated with the provision of training design services for our customers and suppliers• Direct the delivery of professional engineer training within Network Rail• Lead the technical input to accident and incident investigations that involve training solutions• Act as Delivery Manager for delivery of a specific project or portfolio of projects and deliver projects within time, cost, and quality

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Principal Engineer (Track and Lineside) for Role Based Capability

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

To enable inherently safe, consistent and efficient engineering project delivery through enhancing organisational and people capability.• Establish and implement competence frameworks and career paths for the Track discipline disciplines in conjunction with the engineering experts, relevant professional bodies, HR (Learning & Development) and the wider professions.• Establish, develop, deploy and act as custodian of skills and competency framework data for the discipline and review… Show more To enable inherently safe, consistent and efficient engineering project delivery through enhancing organisational and people capability.• Establish and implement competence frameworks and career paths for the Track discipline disciplines in conjunction with the engineering experts, relevant professional bodies, HR (Learning & Development) and the wider professions.• Establish, develop, deploy and act as custodian of skills and competency framework data for the discipline and review / refresh in liaison with the Technical Head of Discipline.• Manage the Discipline Review Group meetings and technical briefing structure ensuring that best practice guides, lessons learnt and key information is cascaded to all relevant parts of Infrastructure Projects.• Identify capability skills and competency gaps to create the annual training plan for the Discipline and manage prioritisation decisions to ensure funding is appropriately apportioned. Show less

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Management of the rail sector's Star Track trainee design engineer scheme to deliver the trained professionals necessary to meet the sector's growing demand.• Develop and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen the scheme's continued success. • Undertake regular workplace mentoring and coaching to ensure trainees achieve the required developmental progress.• Lead the development of operating procedures and processes, validating their… Show more Management of the rail sector's Star Track trainee design engineer scheme to deliver the trained professionals necessary to meet the sector's growing demand.• Develop and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen the scheme's continued success. • Undertake regular workplace mentoring and coaching to ensure trainees achieve the required developmental progress.• Lead the development of operating procedures and processes, validating their effectiveness and monitoring compliance. Show less

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Responsible for the National implementation of the Risk Based Maintenance change programme to deliver £35M savings during Network Rail’s 5-year control period.• Stakeholder engagement to enhance support and buy-in to the programme’s aims and desired outcomes.• Co-ordinate engagement with Network Rail’s 9 discrete implementation regions to provide a customer driven approach to enhance the programme’s reputation.• Working with stakeholders to resolve local issues to enhance the… Show more Responsible for the National implementation of the Risk Based Maintenance change programme to deliver £35M savings during Network Rail’s 5-year control period.• Stakeholder engagement to enhance support and buy-in to the programme’s aims and desired outcomes.• Co-ordinate engagement with Network Rail’s 9 discrete implementation regions to provide a customer driven approach to enhance the programme’s reputation.• Working with stakeholders to resolve local issues to enhance the pace of implementation. Show less

Yorkshire

Developing through life management strategies to take 3 different aircraft types to an extended out of service date.• Analysis of existing plans, processes and procedures to build best practice and add value.• Identifying obsolescence management activities to ensure consistent delivery of availability and capability.• Devising a reporting methodology that fits the needs of the business to ensure it delivers against the agreed through life targets.

Northampton, United Kingdom

A consultancy proving objective solutions based on data analysis and market investigations. Intermin management by MBA qualified consultants. Training analysis, operations improvement and strategy development all delivered.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Project management for the delivery of role based capability training across the technical and engineering assets.• Requirements capture and definition to determine the scope of capability.• Facilitating workshops with Subject Matter Experts and other stakeholders to identify technical content.• Liaison with courseware developers and training schedulers to embed capability training into the organisation’s training framework• Achieve savings in time, resource and cost through… Show more Project management for the delivery of role based capability training across the technical and engineering assets.• Requirements capture and definition to determine the scope of capability.• Facilitating workshops with Subject Matter Experts and other stakeholders to identify technical content.• Liaison with courseware developers and training schedulers to embed capability training into the organisation’s training framework• Achieve savings in time, resource and cost through effective training analysis. Show less

Loughborough

The Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme aims to produce the brightest and best Officers joining the Armed Forces through academic and training excellence.• Designed and implemented a training programme across 4 national locations and provided individual and collective coaching and mentoring to ensure maximum talent development.• Led resource purchasing and allocation to act as the key point of contact for ensuring value for money and asset utilisation were achieved.• Enhanced… Show more The Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme aims to produce the brightest and best Officers joining the Armed Forces through academic and training excellence.• Designed and implemented a training programme across 4 national locations and provided individual and collective coaching and mentoring to ensure maximum talent development.• Led resource purchasing and allocation to act as the key point of contact for ensuring value for money and asset utilisation were achieved.• Enhanced individual aptitude by delivering innovative training activities that retained future talent.• Wrote and scrutinised business cases to gain approval for the organisations £1.2M annual training budget and ad hoc activities. Show less

Lincoln, United Kingdom

Operations management of assets worth £1.5 Billion, 35 reports and leading continuous improvement across a workforce of 170 personnel.• Empowered to represent the UK in a variety of NATO events to deliver military capability and agree common working practices across international stakeholders. • Acted as the link between the maintenance, engineering and operational divisions to determine priorities and communicate asset availability and capability to ensure delivery against KPIs… Show more Operations management of assets worth £1.5 Billion, 35 reports and leading continuous improvement across a workforce of 170 personnel.• Empowered to represent the UK in a variety of NATO events to deliver military capability and agree common working practices across international stakeholders. • Acted as the link between the maintenance, engineering and operational divisions to determine priorities and communicate asset availability and capability to ensure delivery against KPIs. • Directed and supported a multidisciplinary team of technical personnel to ensure high value aircraft were maintained to the required airworthiness standards, including delegated airworthiness authority.• Improved organisational effectiveness by implementing a continuous improvement framework with representation from Senior Leadership to tradesman. Show less

Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Planned, organised and managed the delivery of current projects to ensure the provision of World-wide air transportation for Royal, senior Military and Government officials.• Enhanced equipment capability by delivering asset modifications, on time, and within the £7 Million budget.• Managed up to 36 concurrent projects, at varying stages from design to installation, led stakeholder engagement, change requirements and delivered operational improvements to the end… Show more Planned, organised and managed the delivery of current projects to ensure the provision of World-wide air transportation for Royal, senior Military and Government officials.• Enhanced equipment capability by delivering asset modifications, on time, and within the £7 Million budget.• Managed up to 36 concurrent projects, at varying stages from design to installation, led stakeholder engagement, change requirements and delivered operational improvements to the end users.• Nominated as the Engineering Authority, with Letter of Airworthiness Delegation, for the RAF’s BAe146 aircraft to act as the key decision maker, point of contact and expert for all project and maintenance matters.• Technical scrutiny for contract proposals and tendering processes. Show less

Hq Air Command, Buckinghamshire

Provided the strategic context for recruitment, training and employment for 3000 personnel to ensure skills and competence met the requirements of future equipment and operations.• Improved productivity efficiencies by implementing HR policies impacting several thousand tradesmen which necessitated endorsement by the Air Force Board.• Strengthened organisational coherence by organising a series of national presentations at 20 locations to over 5000 personnel.• Sponsoring the… Show more Provided the strategic context for recruitment, training and employment for 3000 personnel to ensure skills and competence met the requirements of future equipment and operations.• Improved productivity efficiencies by implementing HR policies impacting several thousand tradesmen which necessitated endorsement by the Air Force Board.• Strengthened organisational coherence by organising a series of national presentations at 20 locations to over 5000 personnel.• Sponsoring the organisational training requirement and ensuring compliance through validation processes.• Undertaking job analysis to determine organisation wide pay conditions and terms of service. Show less

Raf Marham, Norfolk

Delivered operational capability by ensuring the provision of serviceable assets, on time, in the correct configuration and maintaining the highest of engineering standards. • Delivered operational capability by determining maintenance priorities for assets valued at £240 Million and up to 140 personnel.• Led the deployment of 70 engineering personnel to during overseas military operations.

Raf Cosford, West Midlands

Delivered individual and collective training to ensure all aircraft technicians were safe and competent for imminent employment on operational equipment.• Increased revenue by re-structuring training activities to increase throughput from 1000 to 2000 personnel per year and with only a 10% increase in resources.• Approved bespoke academic and practical training solutions to ensure struggling candidates achieved the stringent pass standards.

Raf Wittering, Cambridgeshire

Managed component manufacture, vehicle maintenance, equipment repair facilities and electrical and mechanical workshops to ensure end users had all necessary resources to achieve their objectives.• Introduced new machinery to reduce Harrier aircraft maintenance times after identifying critical path savings.• Built excellent peer relationships to maximise visibility and capacity of the facilities to generate additional work and reduce Harrier through life support costs.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Electrical And Electronics Engineering With Placement, 2:1