Experience

Distell

• South Africa
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering And Risk Manager

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  Engineering and Risk Manager for Burn Stewart Distillers (owned by Distell). Role covers the operations at East Kilbride, and the Deanston, Tobermory and Bunnahabhain Distilleries. Engineering and Risk Manager for Burn Stewart Distillers (owned by Distell). Role covers the operations at East Kilbride, and the Deanston, Tobermory and Bunnahabhain Distilleries.



William Grant & Sons

• United States
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Area Leader

  • Aug 2013 - Jul 2016

  Engineering Manager at William Grant's Dufftown distillery site Engineering Manager at William Grant's Dufftown distillery site



Reckitt

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Manager, Healthcare

  • Mar 2011 - Jul 2013

  Establishment and management of a Technical department supporting the healthcare manufacturing organisation in India, covering two manufacturing sites and multiple co-packing sites. Led the delivery of technology transfer projects where manufacturing of Healthcare and Personal care products were transferred from the UK and local co-packing sites to our new manufacturing site in India. This was in support of the establishment of a strategic manufacturing site in the developing markets region. Technical lead in support of capital engineering projects. Input to and delivery of strategic plan Establishment & management of new department Project leadership Project budget development and management Key role in establishment of global team to provide expertise to support delivery of projects  Cross-functional team leadership Team development and coaching  Delivery of technology transfer of multiple projects Management of implementation of multiple NPD & EPD projects Lead role in project to establish step change in regulatory compliance of the site Validation of manufacturing and packaging processes in compliance with MHRA, EU, USFDA regulatory standards

• Technical Manager

  • Apr 2010 - Mar 2011

  Manager of the Technical group, supporting the manufacturing operation at Reckitt Benckiser’s facility in Hull. Responsible for managing and leading the Technical department. Key areas of responsibility are validation management to support any internal/external regulatory audit. Ownership of all site processes, including problem solving, improvement and maintenance of all processes. Packaging development and support team, responsible for all regulatory and commercial packaging and artwork changes required. Activity management to track and monitor all NPD/EPD activities. Team management, leadership and development. Delivery of functional KPI’s.

• Project Manager

  • Oct 2009 - Apr 2010

  Cross functional project manager responsible for the management and delivery of strategic transfer projects into the Hull factory. Working closely with the R&D, marketing, commercial engineering, technical and operational functions. Ensured that technology transfer projects were effectively developed and managed to deliver best value to the business.

• Engineering Projects Leader

  • Jan 2006 - Oct 2009

  Led a team of multi-disciplined Project Engineers, reporting to the site Engineering Manager. Responsible for the development, management and delivery of the site capital plan, which varied between £8M - £12M. Projects ranged from £25K line efficiency improvement projects to £3.2M site development projects involving leading a team of civil, mechanical and electrical contractors. Responsible for the development and implementation of a project management best practice system which has been key to the successful delivery of business critical projects.

• Project Engineer

  • Dec 2004 - Jan 2006

  A member of the team of Project Engineers responsible for the implementation and management of capital projects as a part of the site capital plan. Key responsibilities of the role were:• Development of project scopes.• Development of project plans & budgets.• Development and management of the project Health and Safety plan.• Management & delivery of multi-disciplinary projects to plan, on budget and to specification.• Sourcing and procurement of packaging equipment.• Writing of user requirement specifications.• Project risk assessment using FMEA methodology.• Writing and submission of capital expenditure requests.• Management of other supply functions throughout the project life-cycle.• Monitoring and management of equipment and sub-contract suppliers.• On-site management and implementation of projects.• Authorship and compilation of regulatory compliant validation packages.• Documentation package development.• Production line start-up and commissioning support.• Project hand-over and close-out reports.



Hensall Mechanical Services

• Project Engineer

  • 2000 - 2004