Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Focused leader of a multi-disciplinary Engineering Team, responsible for the safe and cost effective day-to-day Operations & Maintenance of a Top Tier COMAH regulated gas storage site, aiming to maximise plant availability whilst ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements and all aspects of the site Safety Management Systems.
Responsible for Operations and Maintenance at a salt cavity gas storage facility in Cheshire.
Responsible for business improvement and ensuring that commercial activities are optimised alongside the ongoing daily operational activities in order to maximise revenue for the site. Responsible for providing operational focus to specific business improvement projects in order to maximise technical availability, in line with business requirements. Lead on energy management and stategic approach on business planning, in addition to the delivery of the site improvement programme. Manage commercial relationships. Key member of the Site Management Team, responsible for improvement programme budget, cost benefit analysis, risks, resource planning and project prioritisation.
Responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day Operations & Maintenance of a Top Tier Major Hazard (COMAH) gas storage facility, utilising converted salt cavities for the bulk storage of high pressure natural gas. Key point of contact for the COMAH Competent Authority and any applicable statutory requirements in a highly regulated environment - accountable for all aspects of the site Safety Management Systems, including Management of Change, PSPIs, SIL, Functional Safety Lifecycle on Safety Critical Systems and competency assessments for Authorising Authority. Manage a Team of 11 Shift Engineers alongside Compliance and EHS co-ordinators, Site Mechanical Engineer and key maintenance contractor organisations for safe and cost effective O&M activities. Responsible for O&M Systems Management, including Operations & Maintenance Procedures, Asset Management and Auditing. Co-ordinate outage planning. Key point of contact for £290M site expansion project, with eventual commissioning responsibilities for the new asset. Deputising for site General Manager over a 6-month period, during a period of significant change and challenge.
Responsible for all aspects of engineering & maintenance activities within a blow-fill-seal manufacturing environment - consisting of 7 sterile filling machines, upstream batch manufacturing equipment and storage, downstream product conveying and product quality assurance testing. Managed a team of seven multi-skilled engineers, responsible for providing engineering support to manufacturing whilst driving through operational improvements to key engineering issues with the aim of minimising equipment downtime and production losses as a consequence of product quality.
Responsible for the safe and uninterrupted supply of utilities; steam, compressed air, nitrogen, cooling water, chilled water, purified water, chilled glycol, caustic and power, to a large (600+ employees) pharmaceutical manufacturing site, whilst operating in accordance to cGMP and EHS guidelines. Managed a multi-skilled Shift Team of 17, responsible for both production breakdown support and the provision of site utilities. Nominated Responsible Person for Regulatory HSE matters with respect to Legionella control and borehole abstraction.
Worked in various roles whilst on the BOC Graduate Training Scheme, including Production Engineer, Process Engineer, Shift Supervisor & finally moving off the scheme into a full time position as Shift Manager at a UK & Ireland remote operations control centre, based in Rotherham. Involved in the safe and cost effective operation of Air Seperation Units (ASUs), Nitrogen Liquefiers and Hydrogen Production Plants, balancing production rates against customer demands whilst taking into account varying energy costs.