Rick Taylor

Project Manager & Senior Consultant

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Experienced Senior Leader, Civil Engineer and Project Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the transportation industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Operations Management, Analytical Skills, and Safety Management Systems. A leader with a “can do” attitude plus the vision, tenacity and experience of building and motivating high performing teams that consistently deliver a safe reliable and efficient service against stretched targets. A strong business professional with an Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Henley Management College.

Experience

  • Project Manager/ Senior Consultant at West Midlands Trains
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    - Planning project management and delivery of engineering works at WMT/ LNW Sidings for the new Class 730 and existing Class 350 stock. - Production and approval by stakeholders of project scope documentation - Development, award, and commercial management (via CEMAR) of an NEC4 contract for the design, construction and handback of project works.

  • Senior Consultant - JBA Corporation Limited at The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
    Nov 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

    - Definition and delivery of a programme to improve the planning and delivery of the car equipment heavy overhaul programme to meet legislative, OEM, throughput and budgetary requirements. - Meetings and discussions with car equipment material and LRU suppliers to establish the most effective and efficient method of overhauling key components. - Development of LEAN visualisation processes to track KPI performance and reliability activities.

  • Senior Technical Consultant - JBA Corporation Limited at Rideau Transit Group General Partnership
    Jul 2023 - Oct 2023 · 4 mos

    - Development and delivery of a thorough track inspection programme across the main line and depot tracks on the Confederation Line. - Detailed analysis of track inspection and infrastructure asset information and production of a report identifying asset reliability and performance improvement opportunities for implementation by the infrastructure asset maintainers.

  • Senior Consultant - JBA Corporation Limited at Metropolitan Transportation Authority
    Apr 2023 - Sep 2023 · 6 mos

    - Production and planned delivery of training documentation for Track and Signal failure investigation reliability inspection activities. - Development for implementation of revised standards, material changes and modified maintenance practices, to improve rail joint performance and asset reliability.

  • Program Manager at Cleshar
    Aug 2022 - Mar 2023 · 8 mos

    - The key client interface for the scoping, estimating, progress reporting and delivery of asset reliability, resilience, and improvement projects on the East London Line. - Programme management of all capital and revenue funded infrastructure projects across all asset areas from inception to completion and handback. - Production of monthly client, divisional project and commercial reports plus weekly asset performance indicators on project delivery against programme. - The project management and delivery of the SCADA replacement programme within the ELL control room and on the London Overground East London Line Stations.