Troon, Scotland, United Kingdom
Chartered engineer with 15 years experience in the nuclear, pharmaceutical and distilling industries, I am a passionate and driven capital projects leader who excels in managing complex and high-value projects and portfolio's. I have a master's degree in process technology and management, with a strong background in leading teams, process engineering, project management and capital expenditure management. In my current role, I lead a team of multi disciplined project engineers/ managers who deliver the Girvan sites capital portfolio. I am responsible for 5-year capital planning, project lifecycles, and the delivery of the sites capital investments. I coach and mentor team members to help them achieve their career goals and develop their skills. I am proud of the impact and value I bring to the companies I have worked for and take satisfaction from the recognition I receive from those I work with.
I managed the successful delivery of the Girvan sites significant multi million pound capital expenditure portfolio. Leading a team of 15 multi-disciplined project engineers, to achieve successful project delivery and provide support in their professional development. Capital investment focuses on replacing existing processes, introducing new technologies/ processes, production capacity increases, infrastructure upgrades and large scale warehouse developments. Other key aspects of the role included: - Portfolio monthly reporting. - Leading the sites 5 year capital plan process and following year capital budget creation. - Part of the sites leadership team. - Worked with project team to support their development in achieving career goals. - Cost centre budget creation, control and monthly reporting. - Resource planning and recruitment. - Contract management including predominantly MF1 and SBCC contracts. - Led project governance and capital reporting.
Was part of the sites leadership team. Successfully managed a team of multi-disciplined project engineers responsible for supporting ongoing operations, process improvements and a multi-million pound capital project delivery. Managed the multi-million pound capital expenditure portfolio for the Irvine site, including the 5 year plan, monthly reporting and capital approvals. Capital investments focused on improving/ replacing processes and introducing new technologies. Some of the large projects listed below led the delivery to cGMP standards: - Dry powder media compaction facility: New facility constructed in the middle of an operational cGMP facility. Capabilities include temperature, humidity and pressure cascade environment, material handling, Purified Water (PW) install, compressed air install and compaction process installation. - Liquid Media Facility: Install of a small volume single use liquid media mixing and filling facility and handling high strength solutions. - Effluent Treatment: Installation of new waste neutralisation skid to manage sites increased capacity upstream, treating effluent to meet discharge consent specification. - Design and install of new HVAC system for production facility expansions including dehumidification. - Facility Expansion: Upgrading large a number of storage rooms into a laboratory with temperature and humidity control, varying sizes of scale, formulation areas and downflow booth. Supported team member professional development through coaching and regular PDP meetings. Other routine tasks included: Resource planning, recruitment of multi-disciplined engineers, led root cause and incident investigations, ISO9001 internal auditor and provided engineering input into unplanned operational downtime.
Senior Project Engineer (Process) as part of Merck's Global Technical Operations Department, transitioning to the Irvine site team latterly in this period. Work involved process optimisation, introducing new processes and technologies between sites in Irvine (UK) and the sister sites in the USA. Successfully managed the delivery of multi-million pound capital projects at the Irvine site through the whole project lifecycle to cGMP standards, bringing new product offerings and business opportunities to the Irvine site. Working closely with stakeholders in Europe and the USA. Some of the projects listed below delivered to cGMP standards: - Water Systems: Upgrade of purified water (PW) system and loop, installation of new Water For Injection (WFI) stills and supply loop. - Cleaning Systems: Installation of new Clean In Place (CIP) system to increase plant capacity. - Utility Systems: - Design and Installation of new compressed air system to meet the full sites Clean Compressed Air (CCA) requirements, while increasing energy efficiency. - Design and Installation of a new chilled water plant to replace ageing plant and provide additional chilled water capacity. Supported ongoing operations predominantly by addressing maintenance and quality issues. Carrying out root cause analysis, corrective and preventative action plans and internal audits.
I worked within the Nuclear Technology Projects Department, performing two key functions of lead engineer and project manager in different projects. As lead engineer on a number of projects which fell in at different stages within the project cycle from concept design, to manufacture and testing, training and on site installation deployment. This involved liaising with the client to form and ensure functional and technical specifications were formed accurately and adhered too. One of the key successful projects during this time was leading a number of multi-million pound projects within a strategically important programme of work for the UK energy industry at the time. I was involved in this from concept to conclusion. This involved R&D, prototype development, testing rig design and builds based on OEM design data, testing of equipment, training of operators in use of equipment and progressing to site engineering team lead in the deployment of the technology across four nuclear reactor outages across two sister sites. As project manager for an internal development project to increase our project offering and also a project for a key client in the design and manufacture of a number of large scale plant items to aid the design, manufacture, training and testing of equipment prior to on site installation.
My role was very diverse involving work in different departments on site, all of which were within the Decommissioning Directorate. I gained experience with: - Process Engineering: Attending HAZOP’s, producing process based calculations on corrosion and transfer rates. Process lead on a plant modification projects involving pressure drop calculations and going through the red pen process for Engineering Flow Diagrams. - Technical Studies: Produced technical reports through the analysis of plant documentation, drawings and communicating with other disciplines. These reports were presented and approved through Technical and Design committee's. I was a line manager for an Industrial Placement Student, which involved organising and reviewing their work. - Operations: Coordinated investigations into issues on plant, which led to improvements being made to the operational philosophy for key plant items. Organised jobs and workpack's involving risk assessments, chairing stakeholders, obtaining resource through the work management process.