Kenneth Brydon

Experience

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  G A Chapman Painter & Decorator

  Jul 2008 - Jul 2012

  Painter & Decorator Assistant

  • Worked at company during summer holidays from high school and university for 4 years. • General role that included painting, stripping walls, pasting wallpaper, cutting in ceiling and skirting.

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  Robertsons Bar

  Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

  Bar and Kitchen Staff

  • Working a range of roles in stressful situations. Initiative often helped effectively deal with situations.• Responsibilities included maintenance of stock, drink serving, assisting chef, money handling, event coordination, interacting with customers and staff.• Quickly established myself as an enthusiastic and flexible professional willing to take on unfamiliar roles within the business. Often interacting with customers on a personal level.

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  Technip

  Jan 2014 - Aug 2014

  Operations Engineer (Student Placement)

  Primarily focussed on simultaneously supporting pipelaying, construction and diving vessel Operation Engineers complete workloads. The role entailed communicating and improving best practices, so often conversations with other departments relied on an intrinsic knowledge of the vessels equipment. This required deeply understanding the limitations of the electrical and mechanical equipment to ensure safe and optimised procedures (e.g. pipe spooling).Main Outcomes:• Completed 5 Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) for a construction vessel• Created of a lessons learnt database for a pipelaying vessel• Revised a diving vessel specification and brochure.• Created 4 diving vessel deck services documents (Electrics, Air, Water, Hydraulics)• Vessel visits in Kristiansand (Norway), Le Trait (France), Peterhead & Invergordon (Scotland)• Company visits to DUCO and Belvalves in Newcastle Skills Used:• Orchestrating meetings and work scheduling with Draftsmen in Drawing Office• Optimising critical path to ensure quickest outcomes• Visual Basic interface for excel database• Commitment to professional standards and safety requirements in all procedure concepts Show less

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  TGI Fridays

  Sept 2015 - Aug 2016

  Waiter

  • Working as part of a waitering team of around 8, serving around 80 tables at any given time. • Responsibilities included taking food and drink orders, delivering to table, interacting with people on a personal level, money handling as well as several maintenance tasks such as cleaning equipment. • Earned several badges and recomendations for excellent customer service.

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  James Fisher Strainstall

  Aug 2016 - Jun 2017

  Graduate Mechanical Engineer

  Member of a 4 person mechanical engineering team. I was responsible for the design, stress analysis and maintenance of load monitoring equipment. To achieve this, close communication with customers ensured their requirements were well understood and clear. Using Inventor, technical drawings would be developed and solutions analysed via Nastan-In CAD FEA software to ensure optimal performance. Any follow up queries from the customer would be suitably addressed and welcomed. Main Outcomes:• Developed word document that automated stress calculations procedure.• Designed and verified via FEA, pins for companies such as Imodco Terminals and Babcock.• Helped to reduce weight and cost of companies tension links.• Went on site visits to Southampton port to interact with customers and better understand equipment.• Created rotating 3D models of equipment for company website. Main Skills Used:• Prolific use of Inventor to develop drawings, CAD models and assemblies.• Prompt and timely responses using varied communication skills such as e-mail, telephone and whatsapp. Show less

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  Scottish Water

  Sept 2017 - now

  After a successful stepping up period in my previous role, I was presented the opportunity to become a permanent Senior Project Manager, equivalent to a Construction Project Team Manager. The team consists of 5 Project Managers and 1 Graduate Apprentice. The team are overall responsible for the delivery of Reservoir projects whilst also delivering an array of Flex (non-reservoir) projects. At present the portfolio consists of roughly 70+ projects, equating to roughly £120m of investment.Notable projects currently include:(1) Camps Reservoir MIOS (Spillway upgrades)(2) Gladhouse Reservoir MIOS (Spillway upgrades, bridge replacement, siphon installation)(3) Cowgill Reservoir MIOS (4) Purdomstone Reservoir MIOS (Reservoir breach)(5) Roughrigg Reservoir MIOS (Siphon installation)(6) Loch Whinyeon MIOS (7) Glenkiln Reservoir MIOS (8) Fruid Reservoir MIOS (9) Daer Reservoir MIOS (Needle valve upgrades, site maintenance, penstock installation)etc... Show less This position presented a step up for me, taking on the role of Construction Project Team Manager. The team consists of 5 Project Managers, a Project Delivery Co-ordinator and Graduate. Overall the team has responsibility for the delivery of Water Projects within the South Hub Region. This Portfolio currently consists of roughly 120+ projects that range from low value (£10,000+) and low complexity, to High Value (£15m+) and high complexity.Example project categories include: (1) Reservoirs (2) Boreholes (3) Treated Water Storage (4) Water chemical dosing (5) Distribution network upgrades and maintenance (6) Water Treatment WorksMain tasks include: • Accountable for management and leadership of Project Team.• Improving and maintaining relationships with key project stakeholders. • Reporting on milestones and commercial criteria. Show less • Member of Major Water Projects and Amey Consulating. Responsible for the project management and engineering evaluation of water and wastewater sites. • Main role within Amey Consulting was performing excel hydraulic analysis of sites in-line with Scottish Water Standard and Spec’s, Combining site visits with historical data to develop PID’s with Autodesk, Interacting with suppliers and using knowledge of pumps to perform calculations and aid with selection process. • Main role within Major Water Projects was facilitating Health and Safety meetings. Organising and distributing Lunch and Learn’s between companies as well as developing various managerial documentation included construction phase plan Show less Member of Small Value Delivery Team responsible for the the planned maintenance and delivery of clean water related projects for the South of Scotland.Main Outcome• Worked closely to manage a team of experts (environmental, quantity surveyors, traffic management etc) to deliver a £60,000 mains renewal project. • Engaged local communities, including a nature reserve, ensuring road closures caused minimal impact and disruption. • Completed training courses including, Health and Safety (CDM), finances for managers and APM 2 day project management. Show less Member of a 35 person engineering team that provide technical assurance and governance for Scottish Water assets. • Main role is supporting various discipline engineers on projects and daily tasks.• Participated and facilitated various HAZOP, CAPEX and solutions meetings. • Scribed several meetings, including design reviews. Organised and recorded 3 learning events (lunch and learns and day in the life offs) and created a knowledge sharing folder for department.• Attended numerous site visits, liaising with site operators, relaying any actions picked up on site. Show less

  • Senior Project Manager - Reservoir / Flex

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Senior Project Manager - Water

    May 2023 - Feb 2024

  • Project Manager - South Hub Flex Team

    Oct 2021 - May 2023

  • Project Manager - Treated Water Storage

    Aug 2020 - Oct 2021

  • Graduate - Diversions

    Sept 2019 - Jul 2020

  • Graduate - Major Projects

    Feb 2019 - Sept 2019

  • Graduate - Mechanical Engineering Secondment at Amey

    Sept 2018 - Feb 2019

  • Graduate - Capital Maintenance

    Feb 2018 - Sept 2018

  • Graduate - Technical Support and Assurance

    Sept 2017 - Feb 2018