Global Heat Cure Manager

• May 2021 - Present

Heat Cure Auditor

• Dec 2019 - May 2021

Coatings Manager

• May 2016 - Jan 2019

An Oilfield Services company providing multi-disciplinary expertise and equipment, employing between 600 & 1500 employees. Returned to Kazakhstan by invitation to head up the Coating Division on a B2B basis.Led the Coating Team on successive Turnarounds executing challenging planned schedules, substantial discovery work and significant scope of work increases, all completed on time and on budget. Scope of Work included vessel and storage tank full internal linings and repairs, vessel external coating repairs, heat exchanger shell side repairs, abrasive blasting for NDT inspections and general CUI repairs.Senior Coatings Inspector responsible for quality inspections and traceable documentation for all TCO derived Job Packs.Driving improvements in divisional QA processes by authoring new procedures and Inspection and Test Plans for client approval.Mentoring of selected employees to transfer experience and knowledge enabling future nationalisation of the division.Monitoring of contract core crew personnel both on plant and in new paint/blast shop facility.Responding promptly and effectively to changing circumstances, planning for contingencies and managing conflicting priorities.

Tank Construction Superintendent

• May 2013 - Oct 2015

Main Contractors engaged to deliver civils, storage tanks and equipment installation with a contract value of £250m. Lead construction team to deliver 27 storage tanks to API 650 standard across 3 sites on Zubair Oilfield, Basra, Iraq.Engaged to lead a multifunctional team in new market sector while resolving disparate agendas and engaging teams of mechanical sub-contractors. Embraced new sector utilising previous experience to cast fresh perspective. Resulted in unifying teams and driving a shared vision whilst developing project members.

Senior Manager

• Apr 2012 - Jan 2013

Provided specialist Heat treatment services to SE Asia clients with sales in excess of £1m and 25 employees. Led business unit, ensuring revenue, cost and billability targets were challenged including directing Sales Manager, Ops Manager & Financial Controller. Managed budget of £1.8m inc. capex.Devised and implemented bi-monthly standard financial/operations reporting system for remote VP’s to identify potential growth areas and turnaround underperforming business streams including formulating new business lines and revenue streams with a predicted return of 300% in new sales by 2014-year end.Executed negotiations to define new agency terms to increase revenues through business unit. Predicted increase more than £250K over ensuing 12 months.Established employee engagement strategies to resolve disparate stakeholder agendas and drive continuous improvement including personally securing TICorr status with UK Institute of Corrosion.

Coatings and Heat Treatment Manager

• Jan 2009 - Mar 2012

An Oilfield Services company providing multi-disciplinary expertise and equipment throughout full life cycle of Oil & Gas projects. Sales more than $100m+ and between 600 & 1500 employees.Promoted to lead nationwide coating ($3.5m t/o) and heat treatment divisions ($9m t/o). Managing international, multi-functional teams of between 10-60 employees across an extensive client range.Project managed full life span of coating work, leading multi-functional teams delivering across a diverse coating project portfolio and leading heat treatment processes including pipe welds, refractory dry outs and complex geometry projects (using combustion and electrical resistance applications). Consistently delivered on time and ahead of budget, realising savings of $20m for each early delivery day.Identified and drove internal continuous improvement by implementing QA/QC system to heat treatment department ensuring retention of ISO 9001 certification.Led complex negotiations with clients to troubleshoot and resolve project issues to deliver against tight deadlines and budgets.

Supervisor

• Aug 2007 - Jan 2009

Recruited to manage engineering project for Key Client to carry out refractory dry out of new process vessels with a budget of £22m.Utilised strong leadership skills to drive multi-functional team of 25 on a second-generation project delivering consultancy and contracted services during construction of largest sulphur removal and sour gas injection plants worldwide. Delivered project on time and within budget.Devised and implemented a winterisation programme for uncured vessels saving significant time and cost due to adverse temperature construction delays.

Country Manager

• 2004 - 2007

Promoted to project manage specialist coatings applications for petrol-chemical, process, shipbuilding and chemical transportation industries.Devised and embedded quality standards and procedures for coating and heat cure phases. Resulted in securing significant contracts driving coated vessel numbers from 4 to 80 in ensuing 3 years. Realised significant savings in both time and expenditure and achieved high levels of client satisfaction.Designed and implemented heat cure phase of cargo tank coatings on board chemical tankers. Expedited curing processes reducing timescales from 10 to 3 days.Secured prestigious position within coatings arena for quality and successful project delivery as well as developing strong client engagement strategies to augment client base and drive profits.

Advanced Polymer Coatings

• 1999 - 2007

A leading coatings manufacturer specialising in high tech chemical resistant cargo tank coatings. With a t/o of $100m and 40 employees. A leading coatings manufacturer specialising in high tech chemical resistant cargo tank coatings. With a t/o of $100m and 40 employees.

Operations Manager

• 1999 - 2004

Consultant/Propietor

• 1996 - 1999

Regional Technical Manager

• 1994 - 1996