Experience

Watertrain

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • May 2022 - Present

• Operations Director

  • Jun 2018 - May 2022

  • Overall management of the operations of both our Apprenticeship and Commercial delivery, to ensure we meet the requirements of the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework and the ESFA• Work in partnership with employers to ensure their training needs are being met and provide opportunities to develop their workforce• Implement and monitor quality assurance processes in order to drive continuous improvements throughout the organisation ensuring learners are right for programme, enjoy and benefit from their learning journey, go through EPA and achieve their desired outcome • Act as Deputy Ofsted Nominee and the first point of contact for the ESFA, End Point Assessment organisations and other stakeholders • Manage all claims according to the finding regulations; comply with audit and reconcile internally• Identifying risks including; non-achievement, budget overspend, resourcing and seeking suitable solutions to mitigate• Effective account management with levy employers, with customer service as the main focus

• Operations Manager

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2018

  Watertrain offers apprenticeships, NVQ programs and a wide range of technical, Health & Safety and management training to the water utility sector.Responsibilities included:• Overall management of the operations team; quality assurance and data management and implemented monthly meetings to ensure KPIs on track to be met • Increased overall achievement rates and first time passes by driving the need for more robust internal quality assurance, standardisation, observations of teaching learning and assessment • Recruitment and induction of new staff• Monitoring the performance of delivery, including timelines and capacity planning• Effective account management with Primes, value of £1.94million• Effective account management with employers, both levy and SMEs with customer service as the main focus• Maintenance of quality processes and provision for Ofsted and ESFA• Developing and coordinating the roll out of new policies and procedures• Support the development of our bespoke training plan for the Water Process Technician Apprenticeship Standard, both internally and with employers• RoATP application



Utility Training Limited

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Centre Coordinator

  • Dec 2010 - Jun 2013

  Utility Training Limited is a main sub-contractor to Watertrain Limited for the delivery the NVQ elements of the Level 2 and Level 3 in The Water Industry apprenticeship frameworks as well as a range of standalone qualifications. Responsibilities included:• Recruit occupationally competent assessors • Performance management of the team• Working with the senior management to meet the needs of the business and clients• Ensuring quality of provision across all areas of delivery• Centre coordinator for our awarding body, CABWI• Ensuring compliance in line with our Primes including; Newcastle College, Cornwall College, Bridgewater College and Wolverhampton College



AECOM

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Consultant

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2010

  Joined AECOM on the graduate scheme. As part of rotation I gained a broad skill base with experience in a number of aspects of Transport Planning, including design and modelling aspects of traffic engineering and extensive research in the Sustainable Transport Group.• Project Management - worked directly for a major client where I oversaw various traffic management projects and Minor Road Safety schemes;• Safety Audit experience at team member level; • Experience in LINSIG, TRANSYT and ARCADY modelling tools;• Written an extensive research report and secured endorsement from the Health and Safety Executive• Been involved in some high-profile projects including the Manchester Metrolink Extension, Parking Master Plan in Makkah Al Mukarramah and Almasha’ir Al Muqaddassah., Manchester Regional Centre Transport Strategy and Freight Best Practice