Robert Rushford

Experience

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  Rohm and Haas

  Apr 1986 - Jul 2005

  • Coordinate individual employees’ training requirements by liaising with department managers and with individuals.• Design and develop training courses in line with the ISD process.• Perform and deliver training and instruction courses when required.• Maintain computer training record system.• Produce monthly, quarterly and annual training reports and prepare annual training plans and budgets.• Design and develop SVQs for production personnel at the Grangemouth Site.• Carry out Internal Verifier / centre coordinator roles, managing the assessors and ensuring the site maintains the centre approval for the delivery of SVQs.• Provide training administration services for the Grangemouth site.• Coordinate and manage the Administration, Manufacturing and Craft Modern Apprentice programme including Performance Management, Training Reviews and Attendance Monitoring.• Provide training course reviews and assessments.• Administer and ensure Investor in People accreditation, PAA/VQSET accreditation and SQMS accreditation requirements.• Liaise with local training Enterprise Councils (SEFV) to gain necessary funding and support.• Liaise with CIA (Chemical Industry Association), SCITO (Scottish Chemical Industry Training Organisation), GDG (Grangemouth Development Group – training sub group) and COGENT (sector skills council) to know current and future trends• Participate as a member of the UK Training & Development team to develop and update current training & development initiatives in line with national and corporate trends.• Ensure operational status of facilities and equipment in the Training & Development Centre.• Perform own administration, filing and word processing.• Issue purchase orders for training programmes and materials using SAP.• Develop and manage the multi media training system at Grangemouth. (CAP) Show less Provide point focus for the Maintenance activities within the Production team.• In conjunction with the Maintenance Planner and Supervisors agree outline plans in the 1 week and 8 week time frames.• Review emergency work requests with the Production Shift Supervisors prior to 08.00hrs each day and agree Maintenance plan ‘break ins’ with the Maintenance Planner.• Lead daily Maintenance review meeting.• Coordinate the raising and completion of all maintenance related Permit to Work issues.• Coordinate the availability of equipment within the Production schedule.• Verify the completion of any pre-commissioning / functionality tests carried out by the maintenance team.• Coordinate the annual Production shutdown and start up plans Show less Accountable for :-• Projects, productivity improvements• Planned maintenance• Scheduled inspections and major overhauls• Preparation of new procedures and or amendments.• Actioning DCS changes with engineering support.• Review of training requirements following installation or changes to plant or equipment.• Promotion of safety awareness, to ensure a safe clean working environment.• Achieving high standards of quality.• Meeting production targets.• Efficient operation of plant, manpower and maximising all operating factors.• Minimising waste.• Prioritising workloads.• Establishing good lines of communication with shift supervisors and operating teams.• Monitor, maintain and report all data relevant to your role.• The control of contractors working in your area. Show less (Shift Team Leader)Lead shift team and assist Shift Supervisor to set and execute priorities in the daily operations within the polymerisation department of the plant in a safe and productive manner. (DCS trainer)As the dedicated DCS trainer to the polymerisation department I was responsible for developing and delivering a detailed training programme and training /assessment manual which was formatted to the Local Area Network to support the operators training and development programme. I have trained many operators / modern apprentices to become DCS console operators.I was also involved in the development of the job & task analysis system, to support the DCS training programme and provide a tool for continuous assessment and proof of competency of the operators.During this period I was on a temporary secondment writing production working procedures and helped to develop a system for tracking and administration of the working procedures. Show less

  • Training Coordinator

    Aug 2002 - Jul 2005

  • Day Supervisor / Production Maintenance Planner

    Sept 2001 - Aug 2002

  • Production Day Supervisor

    Oct 2000 - Aug 2001

  • Process Operator/ Shift Team Lead / DCS Trainer

    Sept 1995 - Oct 2000

  • Process Operator

    Apr 1986 - Sept 1995
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  TTE-Petrofac

  Aug 2005 - Jan 2006

  Operations Technical Trainer

  Key responsibilities to design and deliver Technical Oil & Gas training to Azeri Nationals in the Process Operations discipline to meet BP business objectives and to facilitate training and its associated support activities.(Training delivery both classrooms based and experiential)

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  Wood

  Jan 2006 - now

  Glasgow WGOMS office Lead/focal point responsible for coordinating multi-functional resources workload (Operations and Training)• Project lead for development and update of operating manuals, procedures and training modules for various projects. (Glasgow)• Project Lead for development of Operating Procedures and participation in Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP) at the Biolab Chemical Manufacturing facility. (Saudi Arabia).• Carried out Delhi project team briefing and assessment of resources from WG PSN Delhi Office to determine suitability for work share initiative (Delhi) Show less • Key responsibilities included the development, implementation and administration of the company’s training and competence programme, involving Maintenance Technicians of all departments and all operations personnel within the North Sea Brent Field• The programme also included all levels of supervision and was administered to the National Standard SVQ Level 3• It formed a major part of the Installation’s Safety Case (covering a large number of installations) and was designed to be fully auditable by external bodies such as the ECITB and the HSE Show less

  • Lead Operations Technical Specialist

    Mar 2006 - now

  • Competency Supervisor

    Jan 2006 - Apr 2006
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  Wood Group - ODL

  May 2006 - Oct 2010

  • Carry out research and development and update of Operations and Procedures Manual for BP ETAP - Converting existing oil plant, gas plant , clusters and utilities technical descriptions and operating procedures to ensure they are SOP046 compliant (BP UKCS)(Aberdeen)• Carry out research and development of Operations and Procedures Manual for Dolphin ‘A’ Offshore Production Facility (BG Trinidad and Tobago)(Aberdeen)• Carry out research and development and update of Operations and Procedures Manual for Buzzard Platform (Nexen)(Aberdeen)• Responsible for the procedural development and technical authoring at Rohm & Haas, Grangemouth, for the decommissioning of their Acrylic Production plant, Martex Production facility and the development of Operating Procedure Manuals for the conversion to the new MBS process (Grangemouth)• Carried out the Operational Coordination of the decommissioning phase of the project, based on the procedures, leading a team of Production, Mechanical, Engineering, EHS and Instrument Technicians (Grangemouth) Show less • Responsible to the Project Manager for the efficient running of the BP FPS Kinneil Gas Plant SOM/SOP development Project, Grangemouth, Scotland• Assist in the identification of the required documentation, the development of all specifications, the production of time/cost estimates and the forward planning of all specific site work• Actively involved in the authorship of the pilot volume and overall supervision of all Operations Engineers/Technical Authors involved in the production of all documentation, and ensure all target dates are maintained• Regularly monitor the standard of documentation being produced to ensure that it is technically accurate and within the requirements of the relevant documentation specification Show less

  • Senior Operations Engineer / Team Leader

    Sept 2009 - Oct 2010

  • Lead Engineer / Senior Operations Engineer

    Sept 2006 - Aug 2009

  • Operations Engineer/Technical Author

    May 2006 - Aug 2006
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  Wood Group - ODL Pty

  Nov 2010 - Apr 2011

  Senior Operations Engineer / Project Lead

  Perth WA office Lead/focal point responsible for coordinating multi-functional resources workload (Operations, Training and Graphics) • Project lead for development of Operations Manuals and Procedures for Devil Creek Gas Facilities (Apache Energy) (Perth, Australia)• Document Definition and Mapping Study for Devil Creek Gas Facilities (Apache Energy)(Perth, Australia)

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  Wood Group - ODL

  May 2011 - Jan 2012

  Senior Operations Engineer / Team Leader

  • Carry out overall supervision of Technical Authors involved in the updating / restructuring of project documentation and ensure all target dates are maintained, and regularly monitor the standard of documentation being produced to ensure that it is technically accurate and within the requirements of the relevant documentation specification (Various)• Project lead for development of Operating Procedures for Shell Gumusut Floating Production Facility (MISC/Shell Sabah) – (Kuala Lumpar)

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  Wood Group - ODL Inc

  Feb 2012 - Nov 2014

  Senior Operations Consultant / Team Leader

  Carry out overall supervision of Technical Authors involved in the updating / restructuring of project documentation and ensure all target dates are maintained, and regularly monitor the standard of documentation being produced to ensure that it is technically accurate and within the requirements of the relevant documentation specification (Various)• Project lead for development and update of operating manuals and procedures for various Chevron projects (i.e. BBLT Lianzi, Nemba ISUP, WPWP) (Houston)• Project lead for development and update of operating manuals and procedures for all BP’s GOM assets (Houston)• Project lead for development of Operating Manuals and Procedures for HESS Tubular Bells (Houston)• Project lead for development of Marine Operating Manuals and Procedures for MWCC (Houston)• Project lead for development of Operating Manuals and Procedures for Arena Offshore (Houston)• Project lead for development and update of operating manuals and procedures for various BHP Billiton projects (i.e. Fayetteville, Pecos Gas Plant,) (Houston)• Project lead for development of Operating Manuals and Procedures for Shell Olympus (Houston) Show less

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  Fairways Golf Studios - Falkirk

  Feb 2022 - Jun 2023

  Brand Ambassador / Honorary Member