Experience

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  Seeboard contracting services

  Jan 1989 - Sept 2000

  Led the team that prepared the bid for a major project (valued at £400M). The bid comprised 3 separate projects, 2 of which were subsequently awarded to the company. The client later stated that the bid was of high quality and very detailed. I carried out a number of roles for Seeboard Contracting Services from 1989 to 1999 including:-Commercial ManagerResidential Division ManagerEstimating ManagerSales ManagerArea ManagerKey Account ManagerProject Manager

  • Major Bid Manager

    Jan 2000 - Sept 2000

  • Various

    Jan 1989 - Dec 1999
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  Edf energy

  Sept 2000 - Dec 2007

  I led a multi £M project employing in excess of 1000 people.I took over the project when it was experiencing a number of stakeholder satisfaction issues that were attracting widespread media interest. Implemented a number of initiatives to address the various issues. Full P&L responsibility for the Division with a turnover of £25M and employing 300+ people. Achievements in the role included:-• Transformed business from loss making to profit making.• Reduced the overdue outstanding debt from £1M to less than £100K in 2 years.

  • Head of Major Project

    Apr 2006 - Dec 2007

  • Divisional Manager

    Sept 2000 - Mar 2006
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  Uk power networks (who bought the business from edf energy in 2010)

  Jan 2008 - Oct 2015

  Head of technical assurance, health safety & sustainability

  A member of the senior management team and a direct report to a member of the executive management team. Led the Technical Assurance team which provided technical advice and monitoring against regulatory, legal and technical standards.Achievements in this role included:-• Following 3 very serious incidents within the space of a few months, I wrote the business case to establish an operational compliance team. As this team became established, other compliance teams were merged into the unit to form a full technical assurance division.• The team, in collaboration with various departments, helped reduce the number of major non-conformances raised by the external auditing team from an average of 4 per annum to 1 in a five-year period. Show less

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  Aerospace controls technology limited

  Mar 2010 - Aug 2012

  Non executive director

  Joined the newly formed company as a non-executive director.Helped establish the governance, prepare the marketing material and the business development plan. Provided advice on health and safety and financial aspects.

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  Nec associates

  Feb 2016 - now

  Principal consultant

  Providing consultancy services including, project management, business change management, health and safety advice, estimating and training.I can use my extensive experience/expertise to add value to your organisation in:-Project/Operations Management• Managing a project/business• Covering short-term absences or specific business need• Mentoring/coaching staffEvidence of experience/achievements:-• Managed diverse portfolio of projects from £50K to £50M.• Coached staff from graduates to established managers.Financial Control & Change Management• Control of costs & maximising profit margins• Looking at your USP and how to optimise that• Delivering effective changeEvidence of experience/achievements:-• Merged 3 teams into 1 that delivered a 30% increase in output with a 10% reduction in cost.• Increased the acceptance rate of an estimating team by 25% and the gross profit margin of the accepted work by 50%.Health & Safety• Understanding the safety culture & delivering effective change• Review of monitoring, incident investigation and root cause analysis• Delivering trainingEvidence of experience/achievements:-• Built a team to monitor and help improve operational compliance. In collaboration with the business the non-compliance rate reduced from 20% to less than 5% in 5 years with a corresponding decrease in the severity of the non-compliances.• Following a major change in regulation, wrote the material then delivered the training to both internal staff and customers on the changes.Stakeholder Management• Review and analysis of stakeholder satisfaction• Suggested actions to improve satisfaction, on-going review and continual improvementEvidence of experience/achievements:-• Implemented customer satisfaction monitoring and improvement actions. Within 2 years the satisfaction rating improved by 25%.• Led the team that achieved the highest satisfaction rate in the annual staff survey 2 years running. Show less