Profile

A Chartered Civil Engineer with over 25 years experience in Engineering, Engineering management and Operational management within a fast changing commercial and regulatory environment.

Skills include man management, the setting and management of capital and operational budgets, fully IT literate, in the use of MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Powerproject.

Familiar with a wide range of contract conditions including NEC, ICE, IChemE Red Book and G90.

Trained as Planning Supervisor under CDM Regulations.

Qualifications & Professional Affiliations

▪ 1978 - First Class Honours degree in Civil Engineering

▪ 1984 - Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers

▪ 1991 - Member of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management

Professional Experience

WessexWater - 1991 to date

Client Project Manger 2005 to date

Responsibilities

▪ Leading the Engineering Team

▪ Project Planning & Programme Management

▪ Gaining Scheme Approvals

▪ Managing 3 ^rd Party issues ( Planning, PR etc )

▪ Planning Supervisor

Alliance Project Manager ( WW / MWH Wessex Joint Venture ) - 2002 to 2004

Responsibilities

▪ Management, co-ordination and administration of major capital projects, procurement of which was via Alliancing with Costain Civil Engineering.

▪ Key Projects include :

▪ Poole WWTW - UV Disinfection and Storm Storage. Project Value £5.6m

▪ Lulworth Transfer Pipeline. Project Value £4.1m

Lead Project Manager 2000 to 2001

Responsibilities

▪ Management of Divisional Project Management Team ( 6 Professional Staff )

▪ To provide a point of focus for Operations on project related Issues

▪ To provide leadership for the development and maintenance of Divisional Project Management Team

Project Manager 1997 to 2000

Responsibilities

▪ Management, co-ordination and administration of major capital projects to the value of £28m from the conceptual stages, through planning, design, procurement, construction, start-up and handover.

▪ The delivery of a variety of water, sewerage, and sewage treatment projects, to time, cost, quality and environmental standards.

▪ Management of multi-disciplined teams including both in-house and external resources.

▪ Key projects include :

▪ Swanage Pollution Prevention Tunnel - 1.5km tunnel under the town of Swanage. Overall project Value £8.4mransfer pipeline.

▪ Swanage WWTW - Membrane Sewage Treatment Works. Overall project value £28.4m.

▪ Aquifer Storage and Recovery - Research and Development project to assess the potential for storage of potable water in the Chalk aquifer at Lytchett Minster, Poole. Project value £0.8m

Operations Group Manager 1995 to 1997

Responsibilities

▪ Operational Waste Water Management of the Bournemouth, Poole conurbation (400,000 resident population). Responsible for the day to day management and training of 17 staff, resource planning, financial control and the operation and maintenance of 10 sewage treatment works, 2,800km of public sewer and 150 pumping stations. Annual operating budget £3.7m.

Area Sewerage Manager 1993 to 1995

Responsibilities

▪ Operational management of sewerage systems with the Dorset Division, including two in-house areas and seven Sewerage Agencies. Responsible for 10 staff, resource planning, the setting of budgets and overall financial control.

▪ The implementing of an organisational and process change programme aimed at delivering improved operational efficiency and customer standards.

Sewerage Planning Engineer 1991 to 1993

Responsibilities

▪ Divisional liaison with Sewerage Agencies. Key tasks were to review technical appraisals, prepare detailed programmes of capital works required to meet company objectives, and to ensure the implementation of company standards and policies within Agency Councils.

Anthony Ward Partnership, Consulting Engineers - 1989 to 1991

Team Leader 1989 to 1991

Responsibilities

▪ Management of a team providing Civil Engineering Consultancy over a wide range of projects, mainly highway and drainage design for industrial, commercial and housing developments.

▪ Preparation of fee bids, monitoring costs and the day to day management of 3 staff.

BournemouthBorough Council - 1982 to 1988

Senior Design Engineer 1986 to 1988

Responsibilities

▪ Team Leader in the Coast Protection Section, providing full engineering design and site supervision for beach renourishment, groyne building and cliff stabilisation schemes. Management of 5 staff.

Design Engineer 1982 to 1986

Responsibilities

▪ The design, preparation of contract documents and site supervision of foul and surface water drainage schemes.

Wimborne District Council- 1974 to 1982

Assistant Engineer

Responsibilities

▪ The design, preparation of contract documents and supervision of a wide range of municipal engineering projects including subway, car parks, estate roads, foul, surface water and land drainage.

Tarmac Construction Limited- 1974

Site Engineer

Responsibilities

▪ Checking of setting out and quality control during the construction of the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading