Stephen Thorp Email & Phone Number

Sheffield, Gb

United Kingdom

A high-profile demanding position dealing with policy and assurance development, monitoring and conducting 2nd/3rd party assurance of several complex safety critical engineering organisations. • Managed policy development for high level combined headquarters to ensure all relevant parties remain compliant with current regulations. Led implantation teams ensuring smooth transition of new policy by developing and running change programs, conducted reviews and mentoring to ensure they were all delivered within the given time periods.• Lead Policy writer for engineering policy within management headquarters, bringing together 3 different policy sources and amalgamating them into a clear overarching policy that can be used in a coherent manner in all situations. Committee member on Defense wide implantation and monitoring team.• Implantation of a new headquarters Quality Management System, developed Key Performance Indicators, giving detailed briefs, advice and mentoring to all areas to ensure successful implantation. System now being used as the basis of all engineering management functions• Led and conducted engineering Quality Assurance audits, lead author on report, corrective action approvals and monitoring. Briefings to senior management on compliance issues and mentoring on corrective activity to enable close out in a timely and satisfactory manner.• Led and conducted top management audits, lead author on report, corrective action approvals and monitoring. Briefings to senior management.

United Kingdom

A complex managerial and engineering role within a relatively new regulatory body with oversight of all military aircraft engineering processes and procedures to ensure the airworthiness of aircraft.• Lead auditor for ensuring regulatory compliance against MAA and Civil Aviation Authority engineering policy, report writing and briefing to senior management, agreed engineering courses of action for organisations to remain or become complaint with regulations.• Managed a team of 6 auditors and developed and managed the risk based approach to auditing, ensuring operational effectiveness by balancing the legal requirements with the needs of the organisation. Decided on priorities, resources, corrective action approval and monitoring.• Built and developed effective, collaborative working relationships with all key stakeholders, and influenced them to develop and maintain up to date and effective policy.• Managed and reviewed European and UK policy to ensure compliance and where required was the lead author for updating and amending military policy and regulations, represented UK interests and multi-agency / country policy forums and meetings.• Initiated and designed an Integrity management presentation after identifying many shortcoming and errors within a preexisting presentation and then delivered this presentation to several MAA approved training course, constantly monitoring legislation to ensure the presentation was up to date and valid.

United Kingdom

• Redesigned a 15-week engineering (Defense Systems Approach to Training approved) course, taking approved teaching objectives and developing instructor specifications to which the course could be developed. Designed new written and oral examination, continuing development and maintenance of the exams. • Managed a team of 8 engineering course designers (both military and civilian) who developed new and monitored current courses design and content ensuring compliance with regulation. Allocated priorities and resources to meet higher management plans and requirements.• Acted as an independent quality assurance of oral examinations to ensure the integrity and uniformity of the examination process, identified training gaps and managed projects to ensure the gaps were filled in a timely manner. • Instructed on engineering risk management, decision making and problem solving. Acted as mentor to engineering students.

United Kingdom

Managed an autonomous maritime maintenance team of 9 mechanical and avionic technicians, solely responsible for all engineering aspects of an Augusta Westland Merlin helicopter valued at £45 million. • Made all critical airworthy decisions, directed the team in fault rectification and briefed the ships high level management daily on the scheduled maintenance requirements and subsequent implications. Achieved the highest helicopter availability rate during a 7-month shipborne deployment.• Maintained standards and best practice and conducted quality control audits in addition to documentation controller, electronic work recording and asset management, scheduled maintenance and modification planner, program manager, initial emergency response team leader, led and maintained a positive safety culture which resulted in a 60% reduction in “near misses” and reportable incidents.• Supported staff at all levels with the management of high risk, complex H&S and COSHH concerns on a Royal Navy warship. Dealt with challenging situations through advice, policy and procedures demonstrating a pragmatic and dynamic approach.• Chaired local H&S committee meeting on a 3-monthly basis, supported and encouraged positive communication and directed resources to meet areas of concerns achieving above average grades on external Quality Audits.

United Kingdom

Lead a Quality team who were responsible for all quality issues within an aircraft depth engineering maintenance facility.• Produced and maintained a Quality Management System on a mixed industry and military workforce of over 150 personnel. Managed master audit program for various contacts monitoring compliance and ensuring external accreditation.• Identified and promoted best practice, championed new and innovative working methods, devised management plan to streamline and improve working practices which led to an over 10% reducing in waste and efficiency savings. took part in Continuous Improvement events.• Produced QA leaflets, detailing areas of concerns.