A personable, enthusiastic and motivated individual with general management experience across a range of industries and business sectors. An effective communicator with strong business, commercial, financial, bid management, contract management, project management, people management, time management and organisational skills.

SKILLS

Operational Management: communication, resourcing, motivation, monthly progress reports, training & development, performance appraisals.

Business Development: key account management, presentations, marketing council, lead topics, brochures/flyers, client entertaining, proposals, opportunities, orders.

Project Management: planning, cost management, commercial control, project delivery, quality assurance (BS EN ISO 9001), health & safety awareness.

Bid Management: preparation, review, risk assessments, presentations, negotiation.

Commercial Management: terms & conditions, contract management, insurances, sub-contractors.

Strategic: business planning, integration of acquired business, turnaround of acquired business.

Financial: P & L responsibility, WIP, debtors, monthly monitoring of projects.

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

➢ Formed and led a Decommissioning, Property and Recruitment Division in 2002 following an unstable period during which over 40 people left company. Worked as part of a team to restore stability of the company prior to purchase by a third party in 2003.

➢ Growth of Health Physics and Decommissioning business from £0.75M turnover in 1994 to £4.0M in 2002 through recruitment of key staff and diversification of client base.

➢ Growth of Contract Recruitment Services business from £0.5M turnover in 1996 to £4.0M in 2002 through recruitment of key staff.

➢ Turnaround of an acquired Disaster Recovery business to a £1.0M turnover profitable, sustainable business.

➢ Acting as an external consultant to Nuclear Electric, prepared the documentation for the Civil Works and Structures section of the Pre-Operational Safety Report for Sizewell B nuclear power station, for submission to the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII). This project involved extensive consultation with the civil designers of Sizewell B and with specialists at Nuclear Electric in order to produce a report within demanding deadlines.

➢ Acting as an external consultant to Nuclear Electric, implemented the Management Information Work Accounting and Control (MINWAC) system for the Environmental Technology Department to increase efficiency. Established database to manage over 100 internal company agreements.

➢ Project Manager for the seismic and dynamic analysis work on the Faslane Shiplift at the Clyde Submarine Base, for the Ministry of Defence. Generated £1.0M of revenue by identifying additional workscopes, providing cost effective engineering solutions and high quality work, and establishing excellent client relations. Led, directed and motivated a team of 6 professional engineers, producing over 25 detailed reports for input to the Safety Case.

EXPERIENCE

Vectra Group Ltd (formerly Amey Vectra Ltd, Vectra Technologies Ltd, ABB Impell Ltd, Impell Corporation) May 1987 to January 2006

Jan 2002 - Jan 2006 Divisional Director

Director of Site Services Division from January 2002 to October 2002. Division renamed Decommissioning, Property Consulting and Recruitment Division from October 2002, following a re-organisation within Vectra. The re-organisation followed a period during which over 40 people had left Vectra. Responsible for:-

➢ Delivering annual budgets.

➢ Strategic planning to address long term growth and diversification.

➢ Business Development.

➢ Full P & L responsibility.

➢ Monthly business monitoring covering forecasting, order intake, resource utilisation, project performance, control of overheads, work-in-progress, invoicing, debtors.

➢ All HR related issues including appraisals, training and development, communication, motivation and recruitment. ~ 30 staff with 3 direct reports.

➢ Contract management.

➢ Commercial management.

➢ Assisting with acquisitions.

Jan 2000 - Jan 2002 Assistant Director

Assistant Director of Site Services Division. As above for Director.

Oct 1997 - Jan 2000 Group Manager

Continued as Business Manager for the Site Services Division.

Responsible for developing the decommissioning business into the Pharmaceutical sector winning two major contracts for SmithKline Beecham.

Secured a three-year Term Decommissioning contract with UKAEA at Harwell, extended for a further two years.

Responsible for the turnaround of the Disaster Recovery Business, acquired by Amey as part of the Enviresponse business. This business was integrated into the Site Services Division.

Jan 1995 - Oct 1997 Principal Engineer

Continued as Business Manager for the Site Services Division.

Responsible for setting up a Contract Recruitment business within the Site Services Division to complement and supplement Vectra's service offering.

Jun 1993 -Jan 1995 Senior Engineer (Transfer from Consultancy Division to Site Services Division)

Joined Site Services Division as Business Manager to assist in the growth of this business. Responsibilities included bid management, commercial management, contract management and financial performance of all projects. Main projects included:

➢ Various Decommissioning Projects (UKAEA , Harwell).

➢ Health Physics Support Projects, including support for Outages (BNFL Magnox, British Energy, Mitsui Babcock, UKAEA, Ministry of Defence, Joint European Torus).

Oct 1989 - Jun 1993 Senior Engineer

Project Management and/or technical role on a number of projects including:

➢ Seismic and Dynamic Analysis of the Faslane Shiplift (Ministry of Defence).

➢ Finite Element Analysis Projects (British Nuclear Fuels plc).

➢ Pre-Operational Safety Report for Sizewell B (seconded to Nuclear Electric plc at Knutford for 15 months).

➢ Seismic Qualification by Shake Table Testing (Brentford Electric Limited).

➢ Implementation of MINWAC System (seconded to Nuclear Electric plc at Barnwood for 9 months).

➢ Review of Safety Guidance Documentation (Safety and Reliability Directorate).

➢ Risk and Consequence Analysis (Placid International Oil Limited).

July 1988 - Oct 1989 Engineer III

Appointed Project Engineer for the Faslane Shiplift Project. Responsible for day to day technical management of the project.

Jan 1988 - July 1988 Engineer II

Continued to be member of team undertaking seismic and dynamic analysis of the Faslane Shiplift Project for the Ministry of Defence, using proprietary software.

May 1987 - Jan 1988 Engineer I

Member of team undertaking seismic and dynamic analysis of the Faslane Shiplift Project for the Minstry of Defence using proprietary software.

EDUCATION

University of Bradford Management Centre

Master in Business Administration (MBA), 1992.

University of Liverpool, Department of Civil Engineering

Batchelor of Engineering (First Class Honours), 1986.

COURSES

Winning New Business, Hawksmere, January 2000 (1 day).

Successful Negotiating Techniques, Hawksmere, November 1995 (2 days).

Engineering Project Management, IChemE, March 1994 (2 days).

OTHER INFORMATION

Full Driving Licence.

Concrete Society Prize for Excellence in Concrete Studies (University of Liverpool).

Bingham Blades and Partners Steelwork Prize (University of Liverpool).

Final Year MBA Dissertation, 'Improving Performance in Organisations - An External Behavioural Approach Emphasising Performance Feedback as an Intervention Strategy'.

AFFILIATIONS

Member of The Association of MBAs.