Experience

JOHNSONS AGGREGATES AND RECYCLING LIMITED
• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Group Operations Director

  • Jun 2023 - Present


LafargeHolcim

• Switzerland

• • Apr 2021 - May 2023

  Industrial Director for UK Cement Business of Aggregate Industries (Holcim) including industrial leadership of two integrated cement plants in UK with 180 employees. Responsible for safety, environmental, production, maintenance, quality and cost performance together with stakeholder and employee relations across both sites. Led major program to restore plant reliability, decarbonise and reduce emissions.

• • Sep 2019 - Apr 2021

  Aggregate Industries UK Ltd. UK business of international building materials company LafargeHolcim. Manufacturers of cement, aggregates, concrete and concrete products.Site leadership role for £80million/year revenue cement business in UK with responsibility for the 800kt/yr Cauldon cement plant. Responsible for safety, environmental, production, maintenance, quality and cost performance together with stakeholder and employee relations.



Boral Construction Materials and Cement

• • Jan 2015 - Jun 2019

  Cement business of international building materials company Boral based in Australia. Manufacturers of cement, lime, limestone and aggregates.Responsible for multi-site operations of 1.7 million tpa cement and lime production business in NSW Australia, including 1.4 million tpa cement plant operation, 300ktpa cement milling and packing plant and lime production facility. Responsible for safety, environmental, production, maintenance, quality and cost performance together with development and success of LEAN continuous improvement and capital investment programs. Responsible for stakeholder relations in a community with high sensitivity to industrial and mining operations and industrial relations within highly unionised sites. Responsible for 175 person workforce across 3 sites. Show less

• • Apr 2011 - Dec 2014

  Cement division of international building materials company Boral based in Australia. Manufacturers of cement, lime, limestone and aggregates.Responsible for multi-site operations associated with cement production at Berrima site in NSW including 1.4 million tpa capacity cement plant operation, 250,000 tpa contract coal mine operation and (to Sept 2012) a 3 million tpa limestone quarry operation. Responsible for safety, environmental, production, maintenance, quality and cost performance together with development and success of LEAN continuous improvement and capital investment programmes. Responsible for stakeholder relations in a community with high sensitivity to industrial and mining operations and industrial relations within highly unionised sites. Responsible for 130 person workforce at Berrima with contract coal mine operation also employing 40 personnel. Operating cash cost budget circa $100million per year. Member of Cement Business Executive team with overlay responsibility for Energy and Environment across the cement business in addition to Berrima Operations. Achieved reduction in RIFR from 50 to <8 and > 10% reduction in production costs over 3 years. Also led project to secure A$4million state government funding for alternative fuels project. Show less



Tarmac Building Products Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Manager Cement Plant

  • Jun 2006 - Mar 2011

  Responsible for 1.0 million tpa capacity cement plant operation including safety, environmental, production, quality and cost performance together with development and success of capital improvement programme. Responsible for 72 person workforce including safety, production, maintenance, process, quality and alternative fuels development personnel operating in a unionised environment. Member of Buxton Lime & Cement executive team representing cement operations. Member of Tarmac wide cement/concrete quality performance liaison team responsible for obtaining optimum value from cement to concrete supply chain. Show less