Energetic and reliable Engineer/Manager with wide-ranging experience: Motivated by measurement, analysis and subsequent cost, quality and efficiency improvements. Very much a people person, highly organised, good communicator with excellent numerical and analytical skills. Seeking new challenges and opportunities. Bilingual English/Spanish.

EXPERIENCE:

• M&E project engineering/management and maintenance of museum, manufacturing plant/facilities, office refurbishments and underground stations; managed design reviews, H&S, quality, procurement, sub-contractors, delivery and handover of: Electrical services, plant, process and production facilities; 10 years experience.

• Quality management, carrying investigations and assisting Quality Manager in the implementation of ISO9001 quality systems.

• Carried out technical feasibility studies to improve efficiency of plant and facilities and reduce labour cost waste through quality, process and maintenance improvements.

• Cost benefits analysis and ROI/Payback periods and the presentation of findings to senior managers and directors.

M&E Project Engineer October 2005 to date

EDFenergy, working for MetronetAlliance project.

· Managing the delivery of various BCV underground station modernisation projects from design review through to completion and hand over.

Assistant Project Manager January 2003- to September 2005

Atkins Management Consultants

· Carrying out site Quality and H&S audits and investigations, for a roll out of M&E refurbishment's projects.

· Implementing Quality and H&S procedures, corrective and preventative actions.

· Updating Microsoft Project plans.

· Gathering metrics, analysing data and producing graphical and statistical KPI reports.

· Assisting on bids and tenders producing, marketing documents, pre-quals.

Achievements

· Successfully negotiated costs and dealt with supplier QA issues for project in Spain & Portugal.

· Was part of the wining team (Marketing documents) for some of the opportunities we tendered for.

· Successfully implemented ISO9001-2000 of quality objectives/policy, procedures and management system for Kings Cross redevelopment project.

Facilities Manager/Deputy Quality Manager 2001 - 2003

Giesecke & Devrient GB Ltd. (Personalisation of bank & GSM payment systems unit­)

The main focus was to reduce supplier costs, improvement overall quality and the utilisation of facilities.

Achievements

· 67% reduction of Non Conformance.

· Through improved costs, quality and efficiency we increased orders from 7 million cards in 2001 to 18 million in 2003.

· Through the introduction of new suppliers I reduced costs by 288K a year on consumables and spares.

· Set up and managed the accreditation ISO9001-2000 quality system.

Plant and Facilities Project Engineer 1997- 2001

Unilever, Elizabeth Arden LTD. (Cosmetics and fragrance bottling plant)

The focus was to analyse manufacturing facilities and propose ideas to improve the overall automation and efficiency of existing plant; and or to identify and procure more cost effective/efficient plant, equipment and services in order to achieve cost reductions, increase production capacity and improve quality.

Achievements

· Through improved costs, quality and efficiency we increased orders from 12 million units produced in 1997 to 30 million in 2001.

· Through the introduction of more efficient controlled systems and automation we improved performance against standard from 77% in 1997 to 96% in 2000 and reduced average cost per unit from 62 pence 1997 to 23 pence in 2000.

· Successfully managed several capital projects of up to 5M in value

· Reduced downtime by 38%

· Reduced machine change over time from an average11hrs in 1997 to 3hrs in 2000

· Member of H&S auditing team.

· Almost achieved 2 years without LTA and received Unilever award for the site.

Museum Maintenance Supervisor 1992 - 1997

Fujita Corporation UK. (Property development division)

The project involved the specification of electrical control systems for the company's hotel and Museum interactive exhibits and moving automata, the emphasis being on automation to improve reliability and aiming to reduce the number of operators required to operate antiquated exhibits.

Achievements

· Successfully managed 1.2M in capital expenditure.

· Automated all of the Museum's exhibits in time for inauguration.

· Reduced labour costs by 57% and breakdowns by 73%

· Improved customer service satisfaction.

Engineering Trainee 1989 - 1992

London Electricity PLC. (Contracting division)

Served a three-year electrical apprenticeship, trained in electrical design and engineering analytical methods.

· Carried out circuit design, domestic and industrial installations, fault finding, PLC programming, control panel design, motor control, test and inspections.

· Assisted in contract specification, project management, quotation and bidding.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

Business Management Qualifications:

MBA (Merits in Finance and Operations Management, Distinction in Change Management) 2002-2004

Post Graduate Degree in Management and Business Administration: 2001-2002

(Merits in Finance, Operations, Resource Management and Economics Distinctions in Personal development) Westminster University

Technical Qualifications:

HNC/ NC Electrical & Electronic Engineering: (Merits & Distinctions) 1992-96

City & Guilds part I & II Electrical Installation Competences: (Merits) 1989-92

Electrical Appliance Servicing and Electronic Engineering: (Merits) 1989-92

City & Guilds: Auto CAD 1997

School:

7 GCSE's with C and above: London Oratory School, Seagrave Rd, Fulham 1983-1989

English, Maths, Technology, Art & Design, Electronics, Spanish, French

Proficiency from Cambridge University (Qualification for teaching English Abroad)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Advanced MS project and Excel, flags, graphs, formulas, macros. Intermediate Word and Power Point

PLC programming, (Mitsubishis, Klocker Muller)

Auto CAD (2 and 3D)

Internet explorer, lotus notes and outlook, AS 400