Project Manager

• JAMES Engineering Project Management Team Tool
• Ministry of Defence Contract & Commitment Monitoring System (CCMS)
• Ministry of Defence Financial Skills Certificate
• Ministry of Defence Corporate Purchasing & financing Tool (CP&F)
• Ministry of Defence Counter Fraud, Bribery & Corruption for Managers
• Ministry of Defence Information Management Passport
• Responsible for Information Non-Executive & Board Level Directors (NEDS)
• Responsible for Information Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO)
• Responsible for Information, Asset Owner (IAO)
• Security Cleared UK MoD September 2018
• C&G NVQ Level 2 Award in Leadership & Team Skills: The City of London Institute City & Guilds ILM
• Business Continuity Basics
• Emotional Intelligence
• Unconscious Bias
• Employee Engagement
• Equality & Diversity Essentials
• Disability Awareness
• LGBT Awareness
• Wellbeing, Resilience & Stress
• Working in a Balanced Matrix
• C&G NVQ level 3 Engineering Maintenance: The City of London Institute City & Guilds
• C&G NVQ level 3 Engineering Competences: The City of London Institute City & Guilds
• City & Guilds 7543 001/002 Mobile Air Conditioning: Safe Handling of Refrigerants & Basic Principles: HAL Training
• NEBOSH Level 3 Diploma in H&S: The National Examination Board in Occupational in Occupational H&S
• National Safety Passport
• System Safety In Action (SSIAOL)
• LOLER Instructor/ Assessor: T&C Training HSE – Guidance, British & Industry Standards, ISO 9001, LRQA, LEEA
• Health & Safety for Managers
• Management of Confined Spaces Awareness Training: CSTS Ltd
• Pathway 1&2 Training in the Management of Open & Closed Water Systems
• City & Guilds Introduction to Legionnaires’ Disease – Evolution Water Services
• Trauma Risk Management Training: Royal Air Force ISO 9001
• BAE Systems Human Factors
• Display Screen Equipment
• DE&S Way Overview
• DE&S Ways of Working
• Full British driving licence
• IPAF License Static Boom 1b: International Powered Access Federation
• Harness Inspection Training: UK Construction Training
• Basic Fire Awareness
• Hirst High School – Ashington, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom English – Grade A+                                                                                                                Science – Double Award Grade B+                                                                                    Maths – Grade C+                                                                                                                  Design & Technology – Grade A                                                                                        History – Grade C                                                                                                                    Art – Grade C

                                                                                                                                     Professional Experience  

Alsalam Aerospace Industries Services, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia                                                                                                                                                          Established under the patronage of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defence Economic offset Program, to develop self sufficiency in the field of civil and military aircraft maintenance, overhaul and modification through the transfer of technology.

Typhoon Aircraft Platform – Aircraft Ground Equipment (AGE)                      Project Manager Dec 2018 – Mar 2020         

Key Achievements                                                                                                                 

• Ensured all engineering activities were completed in accordance with the Manual of Maintenance and Airworthiness Process-01 (MAP-01)
• Quantified manpower strategy & planning, workshop facilities, equipment, tooling and training requirements to enable the creation of an independent GSE Engineering Department within the Specialist Maintenance Unit (SMU) that complies with Aerospace Standard AS9110-2016 Quality Management System requirement for Aviation & Space Defence Organisations
• Attended various SMU project management meetings between UK & KSA teams, enabling a more streamlined completion of mission critical maintenance activities on the aircraft
• Condensed all GSE Maintenance & Inspection work packages on the engineering tool ESS to reduce annual servicing paperwork by 30% over 3000+ assets and save several hundred-man hours of work.

Ministry of Defence (MoD), Civil Service United Kingdom (UK)

Air Commodities Team (ACT), Airfield Vehicles,                                            Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)

The MoD is the British government department responsible for implementing the Defence Policy set by Her Majesty’s Government and is the headquarters for the British Armed Forces. The MoD also manages day to day running of the armed forces, contingency planning and defence procurement.

Senior Project Manager, Engineering Officer Grade C1                                        (Commander, Wing Commander, Lieutenant Colonel) Jun – Nov 2018

• Operated in a senior position for 6 months responsible for all aspects of Air Field Vehicles business, as a Senior Project Manger
• Managed a team of 4 Engineering & Logistic Officers, ensuring all contractual obligation to the Tri-Service Customer (Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Army) was accomplished successfully
• Responsible for a portfolio of 30+ Mission Critical vehicle platform contracts, with a total value of £1Billion +
• The main focal point for the ACT Team Leader and all internal stakeholders to ensure the swift completion of an urgently required Financial Review report to increase a contract financial limit of liability from £11.2M to £19.8M, allowing continued asset support by the prime contractor without any disruption to customer services

Project Manager, Engineering Officer Grade C2                                                      (Lieutenant Commander, Squadron Leader, Major)     Sep 2017 – May 2018

• Engineering Authority for 15 Mission Critical Airfield Vehicle platform engineering contracts that included but was not limited to successfully supporting Runway Sweepers Foreign Object Damage (FOD) prevention, Black Top Airfield Snow & Ice Clearing, Aircraft Weapon Loading, globally. With a combined contract & asset value of £450M+ during the worst winter on record
• Authorised In-Service Support (ISS) contract payments with a combined value of £3M+ each quarter
• Trained all new team members in every aspect of their role during the function transition into a more streamlined MoD Organisation, using sound engineering experience & knowledge to ensure business continuity and ad hoc decision making
• Initiated the process of combining several engineering contracts from the same prime contractor in my portfolio into one contract to streamline processes and increase work output, enabling more efficient time management

Royal British Legion                                                                                                                                                      

The Royal British Legion is the UK’s leading Armed Forces Charity. They provide practical, emotional and financial support to all members the British Armed Forces past and present, and their families. Their mission is to provide welfare, comradeship, representation and Remembrance for the Armed Forces Community.

 Deputy Poppy Appeal Organiser, UK                                Nov 2017 – Nov 2018                                                                                               

• While working in the Civil service, I gave all of my spare time to assisting the Royal British Legion in Bristol, for a regional campaign that raised £624K that year towards the nationwide total of over £45M
• Deputy Poppy Appeal Organiser for MoD Abbey Wood & Welfare Committee Member for the Forest of Dean
• 2018 Bristol Poppy Day Appeal management team member, I was head of the security detail that ensured the safety and welfare of all attending poppy collectors, VIP guests & dignitaries at the event, that collected over £34K
• Given the honour & privilege of being chaperone & chauffeur for the last surviving WWII British Dam Buster retired Squadron Leader “Johnny” Johnson, for all RBL events
• Represent the Royal British Legion by attending a special performance commemorating WWII, performed by the Royal English Ballet in London at the Sadlers Wells Theatre
• Attended the Royal British Legion Festival Remembrance Service at Bristol Cathedral 2018
• Collected charity donations at various events during the calander period

Wood Group,      UK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Provides performance-driven solutions throughout the asset life cycle from concept to decommissioning across a broad range of industrial markets including the up, mid, downstream oil & gas, power & process, environment and infrastructure 

Industrial Fire Watch Supervisor                                         Jul 2017 – Sep 2018                                                                                                     

Career Break                                                                                  Apr 2016 – Jun 2017                                                                                                                                       

BBL, MJ Ferguson, Jaguar Building Services, Norland/CBRE UK                                                                                                                                                             Building services maintenance providers to critical buildings in central London for HVAC, Standby Generators, HV & LV Electrical Systems, Open & Closed Water Systems, Engineering Projects and other services in buildings up to 312,500M²

Mechanical Engineering Supervisor                                     Sep 2012 – Mar 2016                                                                                               

Self Employed, Engineering Consultant Europe,             Jan 2011 – Aug 2012                                                                                                                                                        Provided critical bolting services for specific torque applications with an accuracy of 1% in leading industry sectors including but not limited to, Nuclear Power, Oil & Gas, Wind Turbines and steel foundries across the whole of the UK.                                                                               

Career Break Jun 2009 – Dec 2011  

Royal Air Force (RAF), Worldwide                                     Jun 1998 – May 2009                                                                                                                                                  The RAF provides an agile, adaptable and capable Air Force that, person for person, is the best in the world, and that makes a decisive air power contribution in support of the UK Defence Mission.

General Technician GSE Controller/ Manager                                                          

Leading a team of  100 specialist engineering technicians that repair and maintain a wide and diverse range of mechanical/electrical systems used in the RAF. Supporting its aircraft and people across the UK and deployed on military bases globally. This essential work ensures that RAF aircraft can take off and undertake all Mission Critical Operations.

• Leadership Engineering Management
• Flexibility Empowers Others
• Persuasive Communication Interpersonal Relations

English (British)