Summary
An experienced Project & Operations Manager with a proven track record in developing successful teams that achieve business and individual objectives. Highly versatile and able to adapt seamlessly to new tasks and workplaces, with valuable skills developed while working in varied and challenging environments across Africa and the Middle East. Committed to delivering high-quality, contractually compliant services to clients while meeting internal targets.
Proficiency across diverse areas of business operations including warehousing, facilities (hard/soft), logistics, transport, maintenance, health and safety, and has the ability to effectively apply skills in different scenarios, whilst managing day-to-day operations across remote locations, meeting the requirements of over 1000 personnel while working alongside multicultural, cross-functional teams.
Education
Experience
- Supporting Amentum combat supplies and services and Dyncorp Aviation maintenance manpower contract provided specialised personnel. Meeting all Amentum and Dyncorp’s requirements. Providing analytical support to the UK Team.
- Managing all Middle East operations such as administration, HR, Sponsors, Finance, Contracts & IMS compliance, Housing & Property.
- Screening new hires and all pre-deployment criteria
- Ensuring medical and Centcom compliance, police clearance and driving licences are attested by FCO and Kuwait Embassy.
- Issuance of visa 14 / work permits ensuring contractual timeframes are adhered to for mobilization.
- Mobilizing and tracking personnel in-theatre, ensuring Visa 18s are processed within the 30-day timeframe. Issuing Civil IDs, health cards, and the opening of employees Kuwait Bank accounts as per Kuwait labour law.
- Maintaining accountability of all personnel in-theatre or R&R, tracking all vacations, exit-end of mission requests, ensuring flights and visa or exit visa are issued as per company Policy and Kuwait labour laws. Developed and maintaining KPI’s set by Amentum and Dyncorp.
- Compiled a database to monitor contracts, POP & site performance, analyses personnel data assigned on programs and identifies personnel for future projects.
- Met and maintained 98% compliance in BOG (Boots on Ground) criteria against the commercial contract.
- Led the team and achieved client recognition for the performance of the 25 new-hire drivers deployed on ECHA Mission, with all obtaining full military D/licences and being offered a permanent role within APS-2 program ‘Mannheim’. Drove and moved, wheeled and tracked vehicles from the railhead to a Poland training base ‘Drawsko Pomorskie’ and set up vehicle grids by UIC number then into brigade / battalion lines into company order.
- Overseeing and inspecting each piece of equipment prior to issue. Completing all required documentation. reporting faults where applicable.
- Inventorying and accounting for all COEI and BII, ensuring packets and documentation are complete prior to issue and upon returns.
- At the end of the ECHA mission (Poland), demobilized the grid and reloaded the railhead. Met all governmental requirements and timeframes.
- Unloaded train at CWS Mannheim, assigned all vehicles to their designated position once we had conducted Arg clean in accordance to custom officials.
- Assisting in the workshop, (worked on M1 A2 tank general maintenance and wash rack when required) and unloaded/ loaded containers.
- Scanning vehicles / equipment to location on AWRDs. Linking equipment to vehicles using the scanner connected to AWRDs.
- Inventorying supplies, including refrigeration and mechanic’s toolkits.
- Updating ELIDs on vehicles. Driving and (un)loading all tracked and wheeled vehicles.
- As In-Country Ethics & Integrity Ambassador – capturing 95% of all M&E’s assigned manpower.
- Identified and negotiated better leased housing rates for our manpower resulting in an additional 3% saving on budget.
Achieved 100% compliance, managing 145 personnel in Kuwait and 25 personnel for various TDY missions.
- Supporting Amentum combat supplies and services and Dyncorp Aviation maintenance manpower contract provided specialised personnel. Meeting all Amentum and Dyncorp’s requirements. Providing analytical support to the UK Team.
- Managing all Middle East operations such as administration, HR, Sponsors, Finance, Contracts & IMS compliance, Housing & Property.
- Screening new hires and all pre-deployment criteria
- Ensuring medical and Centcom compliance, police clearance and driving licences are attested by FCO and Kuwait Embassy.
- Issuance of visa 14 / work permits ensuring contractual timeframes are adhered to for mobilization.
- Mobilizing and tracking personnel in-theatre, ensuring Visa 18s are processed within the 30-day timeframe. Issuing Civil IDs, health cards, and the opening of employees Kuwait Bank accounts as per Kuwait labour law.
- Maintaining accountability of all personnel in-theatre or R&R, tracking all vacations, exit-end of mission requests, ensuring flights and visa or exit visa are issued as per company Policy and Kuwait labour laws. Developed and maintaining KPI’s set by Amentum and Dyncorp.
- Compiled a database to monitor contracts, POP & site performance, analyses personnel data assigned on programs and identifies personnel for future projects.
- Met and maintained 98% compliance in BOG (Boots on Ground) criteria against the commercial contract.
- Led the team and achieved client recognition for the performance of the 25 new-hire drivers deployed on ECHA Mission, with all obtaining full military D/licences and being offered a permanent role within APS-2 program ‘Mannheim’. Drove and moved, wheeled and tracked vehicles from the railhead to a Poland training base ‘Drawsko Pomorskie’ and set up vehicle grids by UIC number then into brigade / battalion lines into company order.
- Overseeing and inspecting each piece of equipment prior to issue. Completing all required documentation. reporting faults where applicable.
- Inventorying and accounting for all COEI and BII, ensuring packets and documentation are complete prior to issue and upon returns.
- At the end of the ECHA mission (Poland), demobilized the grid and reloaded the railhead. Met all governmental requirements and timeframes.
- Unloaded train at CWS Mannheim, assigned all vehicles to their designated position once we had conducted Arg clean in accordance to custom officials.
- Assisting in the workshop, (worked on M1 A2 tank general maintenance and wash rack when required) and unloaded/ loaded containers.
- Scanning vehicles / equipment to location on AWRDs. Linking equipment to vehicles using the scanner connected to AWRDs.
- Inventorying supplies, including refrigeration and mechanic’s toolkits.
- Updating ELIDs on vehicles. Driving and (un)loading all tracked and wheeled vehicles.
- As In-Country Ethics & Integrity Ambassador – capturing 95% of all M&E’s assigned manpower.
- Identified and negotiated better leased housing rates for our manpower resulting in an additional 3% saving on budget.
Achieved 100% compliance, managing 145 personnel in Kuwait and 25 personnel for various TDY missions.
Specialties
- Operation Management
Spoken Languages
- English, French