Responsible for the delivery of telecommunications connectivity projects.

Functional Line Manager of Installation, Testing and Commissioning, Project Engineering, Construction and Faulting & Maintenance Teams, based in the Midlands, North West, North East and Scotland consisting of circa 30 people.Responsible for day to day staff management that includes maximising utilisation levels and project efficiencies, together with responsibility for the competency & development and Performance reviews of staff. Proactive team leader who is able to communicate at all levels professionally with the ability to deal with staff issues constructively due to open and honest approach. Whilst I have maintained a hands-off position to our project’s portfolio, I was able to step in to deal with issues or select a way forward to resolve. Also undertook Safety and Disciplinary investigations as required. Good knowledge of Safety Legislation, CDM regulations, relevant Railway Group Standards and processes required for working on Network Rail infrastructure.

Responsible for leading a team of Project Engineers based at Birmingham, York, Glasgow and Manchester. My duties included undertaking Contractors Responsible Engineer and Contractors Engineering Manager roles or acting as a point of escalation. I have also assisted bid teams by providing project engineering expertise to produce and develop implementation strategies and pricing of installation activities. Highest profile projects; East London Line Resignalling, Network Rail LNW National Telecommunication Framework Agreement, Project Sapphire, FGW SISS, Manchester Metrolink

Management of the delivery of a number of business-critical telecommunications projects for customers both external to and within Thales Telecom to time, specification and budget.Duties include acting as single point of contact with client, to manage implementation, programme and project cost control.Highest profile projects; Network Rail LNW Telecoms Framework (multiple projects).

Project Management / Engineering of Major Railway based projects. I was responsible for the successful delivery of the projects to time and within budget. Highest profile projects; Euston Remodelling, Horwich Parkway New Station, Global Crossing Fibre breakouts (various), Kentish Town Turnback DOO CCTV, Project Evergreen Resignalling, Wellington Resignalling, Cherwell Valley Resignalling, Gloucester Concentrator, Network Rail LNW Telecoms Framework.

Highest profile projects, Manchester Victoria Area Infrastructure Renewals, Manchester Piccadilly Remodelling Platforms 9-14

Highest profile projects, EPS (Beyond London) North London Line Re-electrification, Winsford, Abolition of Hartford and Weaver Signalboxes, Dallam Royal Mail Depot

Highest Profile Projects; Manchester Airport Station, Merseyrail IECC CCTV

Highest profile project; Preston to Blackpool, Ormskirk LLPA

Highest profile projects; Inter City Car parks CCTV, Manchester Piccadilly CIS