Thomas Smith Email & Phone Number

Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom

Responsible for the implementation and management of Waste and HSE work scopes during special projects. I ensure that all operations follow the relevant regulatory guidelines and continue to promote DANA's commitment to SE11 Net Zero, the Waste Hierarchy and HSE compliance. Creating and submitting relevant permits, plans and strategies to the authorities, interactions with the regulators and ensuring timeline schedules are maintained. I am also responsible for creating and managing tender packages for various work scopes, and ensuring compliance to the contract is held through auditable management.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Recruited as Senior Chemist, I was promoted to Project Engineer, and since 2021 am now Head of Operations, with responsibility for 6 direct reports across 5 sites and 90 employees engaged in hazardous waste disposal. I train, mentor and manage staff, measuring performance against KPI’s aligned to overall strategy. Ensuring compliance to the regulatory framework and that all permits are in place and up to date is critical.In addition, I strive to optimise operations by embedding a culture of continuous improvement, world class standards of excellence and processes that promote safety, compliance and profitability. Other areas of focus include:• Interrogating new and existing waste streams as opportunities for business development • Informing and monitoring operations as Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA), COTC holder and Waste Specialist and training chemical and technical staff accordingly• Providing technical expertise where needed on tenders, permit applications and new treatment processes as customer liaison and first line of contact for hazardous waste and technical information

Scotland, United Kingdom

In this position I supervised on-site chemists while responsible for the identification, treatment, and disposal of all waste on site. Other responsibilities included • Auditing adherence to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code and SEPA• Controlling waste stock on site in order to accurately calculate future disposal costs• Managing operations of the effluent treatment plant, meeting legal discharge consent and permit conditions. • Conducting legal assessments of all waste for land and sea transport in compliance with requirements of transporters, customers and insurersAs Project Engineer from 2019 – 2020, I oversaw site operations, controlling budget, staff and ensuring compliance to company procedures, health and safety guidelines. I managed to identify numerous opportunities for extracting value from waste streams and treatment processes and distilled complex technical information into articulate, succinct reports for stakeholders. I also ensured the relative SSoW was in place and that systematic examination of work was carried out regularly. I drove continuous improvement, budgeting and project scheduling, solving problems as they arose for customers, logistics and third-parties.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

I provided technical advice and support to ensure waste is manged in compliance with site permits and legislation. I regularly Inspected and identified waste being sure to route it to the correct disposal site if treatment was not possible.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

My responsibilities included the design and successful manufacture of 3D models. I maintained and calibrated the moulding equipment as required.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Conducted reserach on various Benzo-Carbazoles retentions within hydrocarbons set within multiple lithologies.

Petroleum Geology, Geochemistry And Petrology, 2:1

Mechanical Engineering, 1St