Paul Phillips

Experience

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  Gillette UK Limited

  Aug 1993 - Jul 2001

  • Dual Skilled Maintenance Engineer

    Jul 1998 - Jul 2001

  • Dual Skilled Engineering Apprentice

    Aug 1993 - Jul 1998
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  Levolux

  Jul 2001 - Sept 2003

  Electrical Project Engineer
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  Dairy Crest

  Sept 2003 - Mar 2004

  Multiskilled Engineer
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  United Biscuits

  Mar 2004 - Sept 2015

  Engineering Technician

  Technical Coordinator - McVities (UB), Harlesden, London, UK...Responsibilities: 24/7 Reactive, planned & preventative maintenance. SAP based planned & preventative maintenance schedules. Conditional monitoring. Reliability projects. Continuous Improvement plans & projects. Parts & inventory procurement & stock management. Contractor /supplier liaison & supervision. Risk analysis & permit to work generation & management. Training of operational staff. Creation of dynamic operational procedures (DSOP's). Outcomes: Improved reliability, efficiency, safety & quality. Show less

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  Pladis Global

  Sept 2015 - May 2020

  Manage a team of 12 Engineering Technicians, Maintenance Planning Manager, Site Services Technician and Site Services Apprentice. Working in a face paced and modern manufacturing/maintenance environment. Full responsibility for the Site R&M budget (£2.2M), Energy (£500K) and Capex (c.£1-3M) budgets on site. Alongside this, I am responsible for the engineering activities across the site including our Asset Care program, planned preventative maintenance activities and our out sourced engineering stores. Site Responsible Person for Gas, Asbestos, Legionella, Statutory Compliance (LOLER, PUWER etc) and Fire Alarm, Sprinklers and fire management equipment. Completed the theory of Lean Sigma Green Belt training.Notable projects:• Lead the removal of 2 complete cake manufacturing lines including 60mtr baking oven, 3 upright rotary ovens and 120mtr cooling tunnels• Modernisation of the Engineering Team moving from single skilled Engineers to multiskilled Engineering Technicians• Lead the commissioning and complete re-engineering of a new £10M cake manufacturing line. Show less 4 Month secondment in Nigeria to support all three of our biscuit/confectionery factories with specific projects.Reporting into the Supply Chain Director; managed the Engineering department across 3 sites (Head of Engineering, 14 managers and 102 technicians) to improve day to day performance.Notable Projects:• Restructured the Engineering Team. Providing net head count reduction of 41 and an annual saving of £280K based on upskilling the workforce and reduced downtime.• Led the engineering CMMS implementation. Managed 2 engineering managers to drive engineering stores stock count, consolidation, criticality assessment and quantity holding review. Developed several maintenance plans as a template for the site to continue with and suggested numerous continuous improvement ideas for the site to take forward and develop.• Developed a feasibility study at one of our underutilised biscuit factories (2 line capability and 20% utilisation). Further feasibility was carried out with a view to returning the site to the landlord or retaining and consolidating our 3rd party logistics warehouses into one site. This project is now at project charter stage and has been handed over to our global projects team for progression Show less Full engineering responsibility for all non-production elements of the factory and all services. Developed and Implemented a 3 year Site Services Development Plan, as part of this have developed the planned maintenance systems for the site services equipment to ensure maximum reliability.Experience of recruitment, appraisals, employee development and training. I also manage most contractors used on site daily some of who are onsite almost permanently.Site Responsible Person for Gas, Asbestos, Legionella, Statutory Compliance and Fire Alarm, Sprinklers and fire management equipmentI manage the site services budget (£150K/annum), the contract services budget (£150K/annum) and the site energy budget (C.£500K/annum) I also manage the financial aspect of all site services projects and attend the group PMO sessions.I am the Site Energy Champion and lead energy reduction on site and ensure the site meets its energy KPI’s. I have instigated and developed the site energy team and attend the monthly group site energy champion meetings.Notable Projects:• £300,000 replacement of the steam boilers on time and budget with no downtime to site• Removal of 2 production lines to allow for the installation of a £10M production line. • Zero non-conformances in BRC, ISO18001 and ISO 14001 audits and reduced our RSA non-conformances from 7 to 1 Show less

  • Area Engineering Manager

    Apr 2018 - May 2020

  • Engineering and Site Services Manager (Nigeria)

    Dec 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Site Services Manager

    Sept 2015 - Dec 2017
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  Stell Cardboard Tubes

  May 2020 - Apr 2021

  Site Engineering Manager

  Member of the business and site leadership team at the UK’s largest privately owned cardboard tube manufacturer. Full responsibility for the Engineering and HSE functions. Reporting directly into the Managing Director. Full budgetary control for areas of responsibility.Lead the engineering aspect of a business acquisition. Full factory move completed on time and budget. Successful start up of all transferred machinery. Assisted acquired company owner to plan and manage the dilapidation process. Completed feasibility study and tender process for a new CMMS system and currently leading the implementation Show less

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  PJP Engineering Management Ltd

  Apr 2021 - Jul 2023

  Director

  Project and Engineering Management support to the FMCG industry.Contract at pladis Global renewed several times> Interim Site Engineering Manager at the Halifax SiteManaging a team of 12Notable projects - £300k Office refurbishment and £150k fat tank replacement> Interim Project Manager at the Carlisle SiteNotable projects - £2M new build warehouse

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  Pladis Global

  Jul 2023 - now

  Multi site, head of projects role, managing a team of Project Engineers and Managers to deliver the UK's CapEx plan for Infrastructure, Civil's and Sustainability

  • Project Investment Manager

    Sept 2024 - now

  • UK Senior Project Manager

    Jul 2023 - Oct 2024