Experience

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  Uk ministry of defence

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2007

  Responsible for organising and controlling the day to day running of a 150 man multi disciplinary engineering sub-unit. During the two years the sub-unit conducted overseas engineering projects and worked as a engineering logistics sub-unit for large multi-national NATO formations. Responsible for selection, assessment and training of all Royal Engineer instructors. Command of a thirty man multi disciplinary engineering troop engaged in Military Operations in multiple countries.

  • Capt - Sqn Second in Command

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  • Lt/Capt - Training Manager

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  • Lt/2Lt - Junior Manager

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2004
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  Balfour beatty plc

  Feb 2008 - Feb 2009

  Mechanical engineer

  Mechanical Engineer responsible for delivery of several sub contractor packages totalling £10M as part of a £120M underground ticket hall project for Kings Cross. Responsible for management of subcontractors including contract and financial management.

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  Atkins

  Feb 2009 - Jul 2009

  Design engineer

  Design engineer working primarily on upgrades to London City Airport, Schools within London and BT exchange buildings. During this time completed MSc thesis in analysing the London Plan for CO2 savings and determining the most cost effective and financially viable technologies to enable it to meet its targets.

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  Uk ministry of defence

  Jul 2009 - Feb 2010

  Capt - msc lecturer

  Taught MSc engineering students pipeline design, air conditioning, large scale water supply, large scale sewage systems and common mechanical equipments. Developed a new MSc syllabus upgrading teaching in contract and project management.

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  Uk ministry of defence

  Apr 2010 - Dec 2010

  Maj - engineering requirements manager

  Responsible for developing and maintaining a coherent campaign infrastructure works programme, including the production of investment appraisals and business cases to procure infrastructure funding. This was for an infrastructure portfolio of 215 live tasks, worth a value of £250M.

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  Uk ministry of defence

  Aug 2011 - Nov 2016

  Command of the only Tri-Service; Army, Navy and RAF, military design authority for deployed fuel infrastructure. Responsible for leading a programme containing a diverse portfolio of fuel infrastructure projects occurring simultaneously in several different countries often in demanding environments. The role provides vision, design, project management, technical advice and safety management expertise to the various Tri-Service fuel business arms. Additionally the role provides the procurement branch of Land Forces with assistance in evaluating tenders and improving upon current contracts for new fuel equipment. Highlights include, planning and then leading fuel infrastructure decommissioning in Afghanistan the project total value was £4m, and twice leading the annual £3M MOD fuel exercise overseas. Show less

  • Chief of Staff (Operations Director) for Multi-Discipline Engineering Group

    Nov 2015 - Nov 2016

  • Second in Command (Operations Director) for Army Reserve Multi-Discipline Engineering Group

    Mar 2015 - Nov 2015

  • Maj - Officer in Command - Specialist Team Royal Engineers (Bulk Petroleum)

    Aug 2013 - Mar 2015

  • Maj - Strategic Planning Officer

    Apr 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Maj - Intermediate Command and Staff Course (Land)

    Aug 2011 - Apr 2012
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  Mott macdonald

  Nov 2016 - Jun 2021

  Account Lead for Defence for Building and Infrastructure Division in Scotland and Ireland. Accountable for delivery of turnover targets, profit targets and all BD activity for this region of the Defence sub sector. Project Director for a diverse range of construction projects throughout Scotland and delivery of estate development plans for remote locations. Last project included estate development planning to RIBA 2 levels of design for a ~£300M Capex Scotland Defence Estates Optimisation Programme Show less Responsible for delivering an assessment study and initial design for estimated construction value of £350M. This involves driving the project to a long list of needs and wants and then working with the stakeholder groups to prioritise investment given constraints including funding, geography, capability conflicts and Net Zero aspirations and generate a short list of projects that meet the need in the most effective way possible. The end result of this process is a business case which; evidences the preferred option, has a robust down selection narrative, a time profiled and resource loaded construction schedule and an assessment of time and cost risk through quantitative analysis. Show less Lead for the construction line of effort to deliver a £42M hospital development in 3 weeks at the SEC in Glasgow. The hospital was to act as a surge hospital for Scotland during C-19 outbreak in Feb 2020. My role was to provide direction and leadership to the construction workstrand as well as integrating the construction line of effort with other NHS lines of effort (workforce, procurement, training, IT ect.) to provide the fastest possible operational hospital. The role involved working closely with all key stakeholders; NHS Health Facilities Scotland, Construction contractors and Design teams to ensure that the project completed on time, to the right level of safety and end user usability. Show less

  • Project Director

    Sept 2018 - Jun 2021

  • Project Director

    Apr 2020 - May 2021

  • Project Director (PMO Lead for construction of NHS Louisa Jordon)

    Mar 2020 - Apr 2020

  • Senior Project Manager

    Nov 2016 - Sept 2018
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  Thermo fisher scientific

  Jul 2021 - now

  Responsible for ensuring that the manufacturing plant produces the correct products aligned to the priorities; customer experience and need, production viability and optimised manufacturing revenue. The manufacturing plant has an annual turnover of ~$350-400M.I directly lead 2 teams. One team focused on manufacturing planning and optimised in week scheduling to ensure that customer experience and manufacturing efficiency are achieved and another team that controls the raw material inventory required to achieve raw material viabilityI am directly responsible for the inventory associated with both the raw material and finished goods as well as being the link for the manufacturing plant into the the wider Thermofisher Scientific supply chain. Translating the demand planning and regions / business unit needs into a manufacturing plan. Typically the scale of inventory is ~$15M Finished goods and ~$20M Raw Material.2022 Highlights. Raised on-time delivery metrics 25% in 3 Q's (Q2-Q4), from 60-85%.2023 Highlights. Reduced inventory (Raw Material + Finished Goods) by 35% whilst continuing to increase on-time delivery metrics by +10%. (85%-95%). Show less

  • Senior Manager Manufacturing and Raw Material Planning

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Programme Lead Supply Chain Network Optimisation

    Jul 2021 - May 2022