Colin Smithson

Quality and Compliance Manager at CPL Industries
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Mike Bolland

Colin demontrated a robust quality management system that was best practice for the area.

Roy Scott

Colin completed some high quality technical projects as support for my section, whilst in his Development Chemist role. His work was of an extremely high standard and he is a very knowledgeable, concientious and convivial person, who I enjoyed working with.

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Oil and Coal Product Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Quality and Compliance Manager
      • Jan 2016 - Present

      Environmental Compliance and Quality Manager for Coal Products Limited (CPL) Briquetting Plant and Activated Carbons regeneration facility based in Immingham. • Manage a team covering sampling, testing, compliance chemistry and R&D. • Responsible Person relating to Legionella Risk Management for evaporative cooling systems • Main liaison with Environmental Agency regarding statutory monitoring. • Responsible for EA Waste Returns. • Responsible for mandatory stack and effluent emissions. • Ensure the effective running of the site laboratory. • Responsible for maintaining cooling systems in line with Legionella L8 regulations, • Lead continuous improvement projects within areas of responsibility. • Drive and develop a plant wide quality system to ISO9001. • Quality Manager and Internal Auditor for ISO9001:2015. • Work closely with New Product Development (NPD) and Business Development to ensure quality and compliance is maintained. • Business lead for environmental permits and compliance, and responsibility for plant wide ISO14001 compliance.

    • Master Data Manager (Business Intelligence)
      • Apr 2015 - Dec 2015

      Looking at Master Data across the Longs Steel UK Supply Chain to establish "One version of the truth" for data used as part of Supply Chain Processes. Key Responsibilities • Manage the Master Data Management (MDM) programmes within the Longs Steel UK Supply Chain • Ensure Supply Chain and Local Data policies conform to Group Policies • Define and enforce quality assurance procedures. • Define Standards for reporting and Key Performance Indicators • Lead continuous improvement activities of those processes. • Communication of Data Management methodologies and practices across the Supply Chain and other Functions • Liaise with other functions to enable to effective use of Supply Chain Master Data • Develop Processes with Data Owners and Supply Chain MDM Team • Develop policies for non-Supply Chain data • Streamline data management processes

    • United Kingdom
    • Mining
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Data Analyst (Business Intelligence)
      • Dec 2013 - Mar 2015

      Working as part of the Master Data Team for Tata Steel Longs in Europe, based in Scunthorpe, UK, Looking at Master Data across the Longs Hub Supply Chain to establish "One version of the truth" for data used as part of Supply Chain Processes. Key Responsibilities• Making data available in different forms using SQL, Java, Business Objects and PHP to produce reports, data extracts and web interactive files. • Development of Inventory Tracking System (Apollo) covering all Semi, Work In Progress and Finished steel for Long Products Europe (c. £20 billion pa)

    • Project Manager (Supply Chain Excellence)
      • Mar 2012 - Dec 2013

      Working as part of the £85million Supply Chain Transformation project for Tata Steel, based on Scunthorpe, UK, with emphasis on Change Management. Carrying out system development projects following PRINCE2 principles to deliver improvement opportunities on time, to plan and within budget.

    • Technical Operations Manager (Supply Chain Manager)
      • Feb 2010 - Mar 2012

      Technical Operation Manager within a top tier COMAH site responsible for raw material bed building of around £500million pa (Iron Ore, Limestone, Coke and recycled material) at the Ore Blending Plant in order to supply blended raw material to the sintering process. Responsible for raw material movements from Ore Terminals and Technical Liaison between various parts of plant and global material suppliers. Part of the supply chain team looking at strategic development over 3 years, 3 months and 3 weeks. Technical delegate at various knowledge exchange meetings with suppliers. QA manager for the Ore Preparation Plant, responsible for establishing management procedures in line with ISO 9001

    • United Kingdom
    • Mining
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Development Chemist (R&D)
      • Dec 2005 - Feb 2010

      As a Development Chemist I project managed a number of improvements covering QA and analytical from method developments to full scale scoping to commissioning projects for analytical installations both laboratory and remote plant based. This included the day to day management and safety of a number of Chemists, Technicians, Engineers and Contractors throughout the project.

    • Section Chemist (Laboratory Manager)
      • Jan 2001 - Dec 2005

      As Laboratory Manager (Section Chemist) I had day to day responsibilty for the running of process laboratories both on shifts and days with a staff of up to 38 covering Chemists, Technicians, Trainees and Lab Support.Laboratories managed includedEnvironmental WatersCoke Oven Process (Top Tier COMAH)Physical Material Testing

    • Chemist
      • Mar 1993 - Jan 2001

      Trainee, Shift then Day Chemist within various departments of a Steelmaking Laboratory Trainee, Shift then Day Chemist within various departments of a Steelmaking Laboratory

Education

  • The University of Hull
    BSc (Hons), Chemistry
    1995 - 1998

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