Experience

Lifecycle Oils
• United Kingdom
• Waste Treatment and Disposal
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Interim Head of Engineering

  • Feb 2023 - Present


AB Agri

• United Kingdom
• Food Production
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Head Of Engineering, Energy & AD Operations

  • Mar 2017 - Feb 2023

  Responsible for strategic capital investment, asset care & energy/sustainability improvements across 20 manufacturing sites. Full operational & P&L responsibility for a 3MW Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant. • Achieved substantial increase in Statutory H&S performance across all sites (<50% to >98% conformance in 3 years). • Implemented CMMS and PM systems to reduce unplanned downtime from >25% to <10%. • Developed multi-site leadership community to share and evolve Best practice sharing and peer to peer support networks. • Established Capital Implementation programme, achieving spends of over £7M p.a. across c.50+ projects per year. • Achieved best ever TRIAD energy avoidance with no impact to customer; saving over £250k p.a. for 3 years. Entered in to Market Access scheme to deliver £30k+ savings p.a. • Implemented fully integrated CHP/Boiler package - £1.1M investment; c.£200k p.a. saving. • Re-developed ISO50001 scheme to ensure integral efficiency saving benefits across all sites. Zero NC's for over 2 years and efficiency improvements of £350k over 2 years • Conducted strategic capacity reviews across all sites; developed site improvement plans through direct employee interaction and engagement.



Carlsberg Group

• Denmark
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Engineering

  • Dec 2013 - Feb 2017

  Leading a team of 75 engineers to manage an annual spend of £20M. Responsible for business unit development and delivery of strategic goals of manufacturing, reliability, energy & utilities. • Restructured brewery packaging lines (6 lines to 4) to accommodate business transition (£5M capex) with no impact to customer service. Delivered OEE improvements in Bottling (<40% to >65%). • Developed site Utilities team, achieving full ESOS accreditation and £1M saving over 3 years. • Implemented world-class engineering stores & facilitated transition to SAP PM (CMMS and full ERP)



Premier Foods

• France
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing

• Chief Engineer

  • Jan 2012 - Nov 2013

  Accountable for all maintenance, capital & plant performance on the site. Leading a team of 60 engineers & managers, annual budget £8M. • Improved site OEE by 6% in 18 months, driving collaborative working with operations team. • Re-established capital project management processes with reduced resources. • Gained board approval for £25M innovation investment alongside completion of project pre-implementation planning. Accountable for all maintenance, capital & plant performance on the site. Leading a team of 60 engineers & managers, annual budget £8M. • Improved site OEE by 6% in 18 months, driving collaborative working with operations team. • Re-established capital project management processes with reduced resources. • Gained board approval for £25M innovation investment alongside completion of project pre-implementation planning.



Mars

• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Engineer

  • Apr 2008 - Jan 2012

  Accountable for all engineering activity, leading team of 24 engineers and budget of £6M. Acting as deputy site director.• Reduced plant downtime from 15% to 5% in 3 years through asset care deployment.• Reviewed European supply chain profitability and developed investment plans to achieve profit.

• Senior European Segment Engineer

  • Jan 2006 - Mar 2008

  Development and Implementation of Capital Projects and Activities across numerous European Sites.

• Project Engineer

  • Oct 2003 - Dec 2005

  Development and Implementation of CAPEX projects at the Birstall site and within the Care & Treats segment.



Corus

• Spain
• Medical Device
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Mechanical Engineer

  • Jan 2001 - Sep 2003

  Responsible for all Mechanical Maintenance at the Thrybergh Bar Mill

• Graudate Engineer

  • Jul 1999 - Dec 2001

  Part of Graduate development scheme - Working across sites in various roles (Stocksbridge Melting shop - Shift Engineer, Alwarke Crane Dept. - Crane Engineering Manager)