Greater Aberdeen Area
Highly experienced Oil and Gas Industry professional with 28 years experience in a wide variety of roles. Skilled in oil and gas process engineering design, business process and quality improvement, problem solving, negotiation, and facilitation. Powerful analytic skills and ability to communicate and work at all levels. Formally trained in 6 Sigma statistical, Lean and AIM sustainable implementation techniques.
Supplying oil industry business experience to post graduate students and staff
I left RGU some 3 years ago and moved from Aberdeen to York. I now consider myself fully retired but I'm happy to talk, free gratis, to anyone interested in my take on life, oil, academia, etc. I'm always interested in chatting with old colleagues and young people trying to carve their way in this troubled world.
Advising companies in improving internal business processes and applying Lean and SixSigma techniques. Providing oil industry process engineering expertise for design and auditing
Identifying, undertaking and troubleshooting business improvement projects. Managing the development and use of the Engineering IT program portfolio for Shell Europe. Team ranging from 0 to 20+
Formally trained BI ‘Yellow Belt’ and ‘Green Belt’ practioners Business Improvement of design contractors as- built drawing processes Developed new ways of working and organisation Lead in initial stage of major ‘Cost Transparency’ BI initiative Managed portfolio of asset Business Improvement projects( 20-30)
Coordinating and developing maintenance delivery improvement across newly reorganised European organisation. Deputy manager of 30 strong team based in centre office and in remote locations Reviewed and selected suitable Root Cause Analysis training for staff and users Personally lead several RCA reviews in UK and abroad in piping and riser failures