Gareth Makarek FIMechE

Experience

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  Tata Steel (Cogent)

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2009

  Held the remit to deliver all site engineering activity, and ensure that the department was compliant with Health and Safety legislation. This also included additional responsibility for project work and continuous improvement activity, controlling of a budget of c£2.5m and representing the department as part of the Business Management Team that led the operational aspects of the site. Additionally, I was the Engineering Lead on the conversion of a decarburising line to a magnate line a project of value £5m. I was responsible for the line management of all Maintenance Teams, Project Teams, Planning and Design Teams on site. Managing a team of approximately 35 people. Weniger anzeigen As the responsible person for the Mechanical and Civil condition of Orb Works site and equipment, I ensured compliance to all statutory and regulatory legislation, including acting as the nominated responsible person for Legionella monitoring and control. Financially I had full budgetary control of the mechanical maintenance budget, including the site mechanical maintenance contract. I project managed several capital expenditure projects during this role including a plant chiller upgrade and had a direct report of 5 Engineers and 20 shift craft resource. During my time as Senior Engineer I was the department representative for the introduction of Lean Manufacturing to Orb. I carried out several projects using 5S, SMED and TPM. Weniger anzeigen

  • Energy Manager

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  • Works Engineer

    Jan 2008 - Nov 2008

  • Senior Mechanical Engineer

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
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  Tata Steel Europe

  Nov 2009 - Jan 2014

  Departmental Manager for site wide Mechanical Engineering. My Responsibilities are for all Central Mechanical Engineering Services. Areas of Responsibility include Management and Leadership of the Central Engineering Workshops, Management and Performace of the Plant Mobile Maintenance Team, Management of Shift Engineering resource and Plant Improvement Teams including Mechanical Graduates and Apprentices. Site owner for several key contract companies and site Mechancial permit systems and responsible person for Asset compliance teams (Mechanical Legislation) on site.Department size of 80 persons. Weniger anzeigen Currently hold responsibility for the project management and delivery of several key projects on the Llanwern site. Recently responsibilities include a £1.5m CAPEX Reheat Furnace Rebuild scheme, a £750k Pilot burner scheme which is realizing Gas savings of £3k p.a., together with the control of the Hot Strip Mill Special Revenue budget and the program management of all Llanwern site projects. I am the responsible person for Permit to Work; Confined Space and Hot Work permit systems at Llanwern. Part of the remit includes deputising for the Site Engineering Manager where the situation arises. I was part of the Senior Project team that recovered No2 Pickle Line after a major Fire in Dec 2011. Weniger anzeigen

  • Works Mechanical Engineer

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  • Works Development Engineer

    Nov 2009 - Jan 2012
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  Dow Performance Silicones

  Jan 2014 - Aug 2018

  Senior Mechanical Engineer

  Senior Engineer within this top Tier COMAH site. My main responsibilities lie in the engineering function where I provide technical leadership to engineers and technicians throughout site on maintenance and improvement works. I also carry out reliability projects from concept to commissioning. Part of my role is to liaise with tech centres to improve the process.

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  Tata Steel in Europe

  Apr 2014 - Jan 2014

  Roll Shops Manager

  Departmental Manager for both Heavy and Light Roll Shops at the Llanwern Site. Responsible for Safe operation of activities and Continuous Improvement initiatives within the Roll Shops. Areas of responsibility include Management and Leadership of Shift and Day Teams (Manufacturing and Engineering Teams), Equipment Maintenance, Standards of Service to both Hot and Cold Mills. Contract owner for contract grinding and Inspection services. Budgetary responsibility for Department.

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  Tata Steel in Europe

  Aug 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Area Production Manager

    Aug 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Engineering Manager

    Aug 2018 - Jan 2020
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  Tata Steel UK

  Aug 2018 - Jan 2020

  Site Engineering Manager

  • Led Engineering function on site responsible for 100+ individuals and achieved 0 Recordable injuries during my tenure. Included all Facilities Management Activities.• Achieved and sustained Bronze status for Tata Steel’s Engineering Excellence program.• Introduced Management of Change process to the site.• Set up a Project Management structure and metrics to improve delivery of all projects onsite and regularly reporting to Business Directors.• Led and directed the successful site and facilities closure at Orb. This was a multi-disciplined team of various levels of leadership. This also meant liaising with competent authorities, local police and politicians. Weniger anzeigen

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  Baker Hughes

  Jan 2020 - Nov 2021

  New Product Introduction Program Manager

  Program Management of Several key business projects within the Energy Technology Industry. My Role is to successfully plan and develop scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing for new initiatives. Working closely with program sponsors and cross functional teams assigned to the program, manage program and project teams for optimal return-on-investment.Key Responsibilities• Project Management of Subsea Electrification Program ($20m)• Program Manager for Distributed Flow Meter Program ($1m)• Mentor for several team members to gain Chartered status.• Mentor team members in Project Management skills.Key Achievements• Restructured and Reset All Electric Program in order to offer a more efficient, stakeholder led program. This program involves me leading a multi-disciplined team in a matrix structure.• Achieved 100% OTD for Q2 2021 and led an improvement in Project Metrics• Mentored 2 individuals to achieve Chartered Engineer Status (Internal and external to BH) Weniger anzeigen

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  Newport Scouts

  Jan 2021 - now

  Treasurer at 22nd Newport (Christchurch) Scout Group

  Responsible for all Financial matters within the 22nd Newport Scout group.

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  Arcadis

  Nov 2021 - now

  • Associate

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Principal Consultant

    Nov 2021 - Jan 2023