Tom Allen Email & Phone Number

Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Programme Manager for JLR Globalisation Projects & Strategy Development

Plant Launch Manager responsible for Launch of XF LWB into China and XF Sportbrake into Castle Bromwich

Managing a team of 12, leading the delivery of all new Jaguar sports cars from virtual build through to mass production from a Plant Launch perspective.Planning and managing prototype through to early production builds, plant training, build documentation and reporting of status to senior management.

Performance management.Crisis management.Continuous Improvement, using Lean techniques to increase the operational efficiency of the squadron (Defence Academy Qualified Lean Facilitator). Risk management and health and safety advisor, as head of 27 Squadron H&S committee.PRINCE2 practitioner and APMP project management courses.

6 detachments of operational experience in Afghanistan. Chinook Operations Officer in Afghanistan, coordinating UK Chinook operations in Afghanistan, managing crews' fatigue levels, supervision of operational flying and alignment and cooperation with other nations' military assets.Project Officer: developing new capabilities for UK forces in Afghanistan; responsible for aircrew pre-deployment training; logistical management of exercise deployments, including in the arctic.Flight Authoriser involving supervision of flying crews on a squadron level, ensuring compliance with regulations and safety. Wing Program Manager, managing efficiency within the daily/weekly flying program for all UK Chinook flying to maximise training/tasking output. Medical evacuation captain, leading team of 12 to evacuate critically wounded personnel from the battlefield.

12 month attachment to Vector Aerospace. Quality review role conducting Chinook post maintenance flight testing. Fault diagnosis and resolution. Chinook Maintenance Flight Test SME to RAF and Vector Aerospace. Continual improvement of Flight Test Schedules for all Mks of Chinook, working closely with Boeing. Conducting training of new Chinook Airtest Captains, and making recommendations on improvements to the flight test training syllabus. Writing initial flight test schedule for new model (Mk4) Chinook, including liaison with Rotary Wing Test and Evaluation Squadron.