Experience

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  TOWER Cold Chain Solutions

  • Reading, England, United Kingdom

  • Global Head of Supply Chain

    • Mar 2021 - Present
    • Reading, England, United Kingdom

    TOWER Cold Chain Solutions supplies over 30 of the world’s top pharma and 3PL companies with market-leading passive shipping containers. The range of unique temperature-controlled packaging solutions (double, single and sub pallet) can be configured to provide 120+ hours of product protection at temperatures including <-60°C, -20°C , +5°C and +25°C. Easy rental options and innovative products provide the pharmaceutical, 3PL and life science industries with total flexibility and reliability within their cold chain. TOWER operates across a global infrastructure with full-service centres in the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and South Africa.

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  Dinas Consulting Ltd

  • Director

    • Nov 2018 - Mar 2021

    Project and Program Management for Advanced Manufacturing Solutions and Facility Development

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  Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

  • United States
  • Medical Device
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Global Technical Operations Lead

    • Jan 2017 - Nov 2018

    Responsible for Supply Chain Engineering: Strategy development for capital investment portfolio; Governance and delivery of major capital projects (Engineering); Identification and implementation of best available technologies (Robotics, IR4.0) ; Engineering oversight of 3rd party operated assets (establishing and maintaining capability); Business continuity of critical Operational assets (obsolescence and capacity to meet future demand)

  • Head of Engineering

    • 2001 - Jan 2017

    Formally a Johnson & Johnson company. Responsible for all aspects of production system design, development, installation and maintenance. Delivery of major capital programs for bespoke industrial automation from specification through to delivery making use of state-of-the-art robotics and automation solutions with extensive partnership experiences with some of the world's premier automation solution providers. Established Manufacturing Execution System (MES) strategy for IR4.0 and implemented connected systems to create 'paperless' production processes. Head of Facilities management. Member of the Site Senior Management Team.Individual program management responsibility for significant business transformation projects; relocating facilities and moving production processes internationally and across franchises

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  Dow Corning

  • South Wales

  • Reliability Engineering

    • 1997 - 2001
    • South Wales

    Team leader for major chemical plant upgrade. Establishing new commissioning process leveraging Oil & Gas best practices making a transformational effect on program duration; upgraded SOPs; conducted and closed out safety and environmental reviews; plant SOP updates, operator/technician training; and integration with site emergency response processes.Inaugural member of Reliability Engineering team. Defined group objectives and instigated change program to meet reliability goals. Defined and developed basis for carrying out site wide critical study of plant, processes and assets

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  KBR / Granherne

  • Woking

  • Rotating Equipment Consultant

    • 1997 - 1998
    • Woking

    Responsible Engineer for the power generation facilities (4 x turbo-gensets) for a new off-shore facility. Responsible for managing and coordinating matrix resources (engineering and purchasing professionals) for technical documentation review and equipment testing.Managed challenging Supplier/Customer relationship and resolved major contractual conflict to the satisfaction of both parties.Established maintenance/operating procedures and contracts for generation facilities

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  Hamilton Oil / BHP Petroleum

  • London, fabrication yards and offshore comissioning

  • Mechanical Engineer

    • 1992 - 1997
    • London, fabrication yards and offshore comissioning

    Joined as graduate trainee to support major new Oil & Gas production facilities project; first development in the Irish sea. Responsible for the specification and manufacture of a variety of rotating machinery, process and utility equipment and packages. Established commissioning office in Hartlepool fabrication yard for the main production platform; implement processes and recruited technician staff. Led the mechanical off-shore commissioning program for £200m of production equipment reporting directly to Senior Project Management. Completed the activity to schedule from onshore to offshore commissioning through to hand over to Production

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  British Petroleum

  • London, various sites across UK

  • Engineer

    • 1990 - 1992
    • London, various sites across UK

    Joined the BP graduate development scheme from university. Seconded to various locations around the UK on Oil & Gas and petrochemical projects