Tockwith, England, United Kingdom
HM Chief Inspector of Mines for the UK 2012-16. Significant experience in the onshore and offshore oil and gas regulation, including major hazard pipelines and fracking. Now providing expert consultancy on regulatory systems, (including legislative reform and regulatory inspection strategies), high hazard risk management, emergency management, and all aspects of mining engineering.
Short term contractor to WBG providing expert consultancy on mining regulatory reform in Greece
Mines Led and managed HSE's Mines Inspectorate across Great Britain - led the change to a major hazards based focus on mines regulation, including the integration of human factors based approaches - led the team that developed The Mines Regulations 2014 and associated guidance, which replaced all previous GB mining legislation with a new risk based framework - dealt with the media (including TV and national radio - see below), Government Ministers, senior politicians and organisations at all levels Oil and gas Built from scratch HSE's regulatory capability in relation to the onshore unconventional oil and gas sector (fracking) Led project to improve leadership and management HSE's offshore oil and gas division
Main responsibilities ~ Regulation in the deep mines sector - inspection, assessment, incident investigation, enforcement ~ Strategy and operational policy manager for HM Inspectorate of Mines ~ Operational and resource planning manager for HM Inspectorate of Mines ~ Deputising for HM Chief Inspector of Mines
Work stream leader - initial stage of HSE's COMAH remodelling project
Statutory Undermanager, Wath 1981-83 - managed ~350 mine workers producing about 500k tpy Senior Undermanager, Manvers 1981-1985 - Acting Manager during manager's absence Undermanager/Acting Deputy Manager, Barnburgh 1985-87