Simon Watson

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Business Director at Milestone Infrastructure @ Milestone Infrastructure
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Ludgershall, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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A Civil Engineer and Business Manager with over 33 years of experience in design, construction and maintenance of major infrastructure projects. Proud to be leading the Milestone team working with Hampshire County Council delivering services as Hampshire Highways. Milestone Infrastructure have a great reputation which is built on designing, constructing and maintaining the UK’s critical highways infrastructure. Our vision is to be the first choice for improving and maintaining highway infrastructure and this is supported by our company values as well as our commitment to deliver what we promise to our clients. A highly motivated energetic leader with Board Level experience in major organisations and SMEs. Simon actively seeks opportunities to improve and thrives on new challenges. Has a successful track record in managing and transforming work winning and operational teams whilst building valued relationships with clients at all levels. He has led contract transformations; upskilling teams, increasing margins and improving cash collection, whilst improving client relationships and securing additional profit enhancing work.Leads on the continual improvement of bidding strategies and submissions by working with staff to develop client focused solutions. Has a creative mind and seeks to instil a sense of fun into work winning whilst maintaining the highest level of professionalism. Is commercially astute and can grasp complex issues quickly with an easy going manner and is able to negotiate with clients to achieve positive results. Has extensive experience of competitive dialogue processes and is able to quickly build strong trusting relationships with customers. <​script type="text/javascript" src="https://platform.linkedin.com/badges/js/profile.js" async defer><​/script>

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Milestone Infrastructure

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Business Director at Milestone Infrastructure
Simon Watson Work Experience Details
  • Milestone Infrastructure
    Business Director
    Milestone Infrastructure Jan 2019 - Present
    Hampshire
    Day to day responsibility for the leadership and management of the contract and developing strong client relationships. Focused on delivering contract financial improvements and innovative services. Initially responsible for the Somerset Contract and transferred to Hampshire in September 2019
  • Arthurann
    Director
    Arthurann Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
    Uk Wide
    Established ArthurAnn Ltd as an independent consultancy business delivering professional services to a range of private and public sector clients. Specialising in:• Business Management, Improvement and Transformation• Business Development and pipeline development• Developing technology for the infrastructure market• Bidding major infrastructure projects, including negotiating with clients• Provision of staff to support business development and bidding• Coaching and… Show more Established ArthurAnn Ltd as an independent consultancy business delivering professional services to a range of private and public sector clients. Specialising in:• Business Management, Improvement and Transformation• Business Development and pipeline development• Developing technology for the infrastructure market• Bidding major infrastructure projects, including negotiating with clients• Provision of staff to support business development and bidding• Coaching and mentoring senior managersMajor projects include Bid Directing the £250m Brent Cross Infrastructure works on behalf of a joint venture, which is currently ongoing with an award expected Spring 2018.Has a track record of successful work winning and turning around underperforming contracts. Has Board level experience in major organisations as well as working with SMEs to develop strategy, improve governance and deliver profitable growth.Through previous roles working for client, consulting, contracting and support service organisations has gained a broad perspective of the public and private sectors. Now providing tailored consulting services to clients across a range of industries. Show less
  • Balfour Beatty Living Places
    Business Development Director
    Balfour Beatty Living Places Apr 2015 - Dec 2016
    Joined the Board of BBLP as Business Development Director. Responsible for the end to end work winning process, from early client engagement focusing on their outcomes and deriving clear value propositions. Overseeing and managing the selection of bids through to successful close of new business. Leading in the integration of our capabilities across Balfour Beatty and developing clear differentiators for our business that add value to our current and future customers.
  • Balfour Beatty Living Places
    Contract Director
    Balfour Beatty Living Places Jul 2014 - Dec 2016
    Warwickshire, Solihull, Coventry, Wokingham And Southampton
    Responsible for the leadership and delivery of a number of high profile, strategically important operational contracts for Balfour Beatty Living Places, including:-The innovative Southampton City Highways Partnership and Citywatch contracts. Notable successes included significant margin improvement whilst strengthening client relationships and implementing organisational change. Implemented market leading new services that delivered value to the client and improved returns for the… Show more Responsible for the leadership and delivery of a number of high profile, strategically important operational contracts for Balfour Beatty Living Places, including:-The innovative Southampton City Highways Partnership and Citywatch contracts. Notable successes included significant margin improvement whilst strengthening client relationships and implementing organisational change. Implemented market leading new services that delivered value to the client and improved returns for the business.-Developing the Wokingham contract, improving management and delivering margin improvement whilst maintaining positive client relationships.-Turning around the underperforming £40m pa Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry contracts. Improving operational processes, delivering a step change in margins for the business and turning around the client relationships. Leading on a number of Operational Excellence projects across the business to improve health and safety, improve delivery, reduce waste and maximise the return on investment in new technology. Show less
  • Amey
    Bid Director
    Amey Dec 2012 - Jul 2014
    Leading a range of high profile major bids with local authorities. The Bid Director and Head of Bid Management for Amey Government reporting to the Commercial and Bidding Director. Government is a £1.2bn business within Amey providing a range of end to end services to public sector clients, including highways, environmental and parking. Simon lead 3 major contract wins for the division worth £2.2bn or approximately £140m pa. These were Liverpool (Highways and Street Cleansing, Gloucestershire… Show more Leading a range of high profile major bids with local authorities. The Bid Director and Head of Bid Management for Amey Government reporting to the Commercial and Bidding Director. Government is a £1.2bn business within Amey providing a range of end to end services to public sector clients, including highways, environmental and parking. Simon lead 3 major contract wins for the division worth £2.2bn or approximately £140m pa. These were Liverpool (Highways and Street Cleansing, Gloucestershire CC Highways and Staffordshire’s Infrastructure+ contracts. Prior to his joining Amey the division had not any non pfi major local authority contracts in 7 years. Show less
  • Carillion
    Bid Development Director
    Carillion Aug 2011 - Dec 2012
    Uk Wide
    In 2012 Simon led the complex £1.2bn Birmingham Energy Savers bid through to successful close. This was the first Green Deal Initiative contract to come to the market and has become a commercial success for Carillion.Bid Development Director for Carillion Energy Services (CES), reporting to the Commercial Director (Board Member). CES is a £650m business providing energy services to a range of public, private and domestic clients across the UK and Ireland. Responsible for identification… Show more In 2012 Simon led the complex £1.2bn Birmingham Energy Savers bid through to successful close. This was the first Green Deal Initiative contract to come to the market and has become a commercial success for Carillion.Bid Development Director for Carillion Energy Services (CES), reporting to the Commercial Director (Board Member). CES is a £650m business providing energy services to a range of public, private and domestic clients across the UK and Ireland. Responsible for identification, tracking, development and securing high quality energy related contracts across a range of services.Since joining the business in August he has developed and implemented all of pre-contract governance processes and procedures following the establishment of CES from the acquisition of Eaga. Now driving their implementation whilst building the Work Winning Centre of Excellence, growing and developing the bidding resources as well as defining/agreeing the work winning budgets and pipeline. Takes a hands on approach to the development of tenders working with the bid teams to improve the quality and win rates. Show less
  • Carillion
    Bid Director
    Carillion Dec 2007 - Aug 2011
    Uk Wide
    Bid Director and Head of Proposals and Bid Management for Carillion Civil Engineering, reporting to the Pre-Contract Director running the south east civil engineering work winning team. Responsible for identification, tracking and securing high quality projects and managing a team of Bid Managers and Proposals staff and responsible for ensuring compliance with corporate governance. Looking after a £1.5bn a year pipeline of opportunities ranging from £2m to £400m in value. Successfully… Show more Bid Director and Head of Proposals and Bid Management for Carillion Civil Engineering, reporting to the Pre-Contract Director running the south east civil engineering work winning team. Responsible for identification, tracking and securing high quality projects and managing a team of Bid Managers and Proposals staff and responsible for ensuring compliance with corporate governance. Looking after a £1.5bn a year pipeline of opportunities ranging from £2m to £400m in value. Successfully developed the work winning strike rate from 33% to over 40% by number and 50% by value. Major clients included: • Highways Agency• TfL Roads • Crossrail• Network Rail• Thameslink• LUL• AWE• Magnox• Many of the South East Local Authorities including Kent, Essex, East Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire• Essex and Suffolk Water Show less
  • Wsp Group
    Technical Director
    Wsp Group Sep 1995 - Nov 2007
    Uk And Thailand
    Carried out a number of roles within WSP, including Operational Management and Business Development and Work Winning. Member of the Network Management Board leading the development of Highways Agency, TfL and Local Authority contracts across the Group.Strategic Bid Manager for WSP Civils Ltd, responsible for developing a company wide programme of major opportunities and reporting directly to the Civils Board. Responsible for identifying and developing the concept of the major bid team… Show more Carried out a number of roles within WSP, including Operational Management and Business Development and Work Winning. Member of the Network Management Board leading the development of Highways Agency, TfL and Local Authority contracts across the Group.Strategic Bid Manager for WSP Civils Ltd, responsible for developing a company wide programme of major opportunities and reporting directly to the Civils Board. Responsible for identifying and developing the concept of the major bid team within WSP, establishing company wide support, securing investment and building and managing the Major Bid Team. His track record included transforming the work winning processes and improved the win rates from 10% to 65% in under 2 years.Led the development of strategy for major bids across a number of sectors, working with operational staff and technical experts to develop winning strategies and direct best practice. Took the lead on high profile major bids, ensuring successful bids were delivered on time and to budget. Responsible for developing, negotiating and agreeing commercial strategies across different operating companies within WSP and sat on all bid adjudication panels.Also took responsibility for Business Development activities working with Sector Directors to develop business opportunities and win work. Had overall budget responsibility reporting monthly performance to the Managing Director. Involved in business improvement activities and initiatives including applying the EFQM model to drive process improvement and measure success. Developed the Winning Work processes to improve the efficiency and performance of all bidding activities. Actively promoted and developed WSP Civils’ profile internally and externally to clients.1996 – Whilst at WSP spent a year working in Thailand within a Thai consultant’s office as a design engineer. Developed a clear understanding of different cultures and how to conduct business successfully overcoming language barriers. Show less

Simon Watson Skills

Bid Writing Pfi Bid Commercial Management Civil Engineering Tenders Local Government Construction Bidding Bid Development Tendering Bid Preparation Project Planning Contract Negotiation Rail Project Bidding Contract Management Bids Procurement Highways Cost Management Value Engineering Traffic Management Road Building Services

Simon Watson Education Details

  • Open University
    Open University
    Business Studies

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Simon Watson attended Open University.

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