Professional Manager

With my background education and experiences, to maintain my professional manager status and deliver my abilities in a comprehensive way to a prospective empolyer.

Experienced, qualified Project Manager and Mechanical Engineer with a strong commercial background, fully conversant with operational aspects within the construction industry. Able to manage large numbers of personnel to complete tasks on time, to the standards required and within budget.

An effective team builder with strengths best described as Strategic, Project and Commercial Management, Negotiation, Information Technology and Systems, Health and Safety and planning with a flair for quick thinking and inter-personnel skills at every level.

A willing enthusiastic and reliable personality who thrives on a challenge and rising to overcome it, relating to new assignments quickly.
Working in the pipeline industry I have made large net profits and overcome risks such as Gypsum under a River bed that had to be auger bored by a directional drilling technique for a 24” pipeline, this proved to be a success for the project and with the Client Transco.

I am a professionally qualified and well seasoned Project Manager, strong in Client development skills and Contractor and Consultant Management. I possess a broad base of Project Management experience developed over many years of undertaking challenging projects often under difficult and demanding circumstances.

NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.
Master of Science Degree in Project Management.
Diploma in Project Management.
Certificate in Project Management.
Degree of Master in Business Administration.
Diploma in Management Studies.
Certificate in Management Studies.
HNC in Mechanical and Production Engineering.
Certificate in Computer Aided Draughting.
ONC in Mechanical and Production Engineering.

TP144A Legislation and supporting documentation.
Underground Service Avoidance Training to HSG47 (NGT).
National Grid ‘Person’ Trained (OHL and Substations – management of Induced Currents).
Basic Electrical Safety Competence (BESC) (AMEC OHL TDC Training Centre, 2006).
Competent Persons (OHL) (Northern Ireland Electricity, 2004).
IOSH Managing Environmental Responsibilities
First Step (Amec, 2003 & 2007).
Dealing with Employment Issues (Amec,2003).
Contractual Awareness Part’s 1 & 2 (James Knowles, 2003).
Site Management Safety Scheme and Safety Awareness Course (Transco).
IOSH Managing Safely (Amec 1999 & 2007).
Environmental Awareness (Amec).
Project Total Risk Management (Amec).
Pipeline Health, Safety and Environmental (GWINTO).
Safety, Health and Environmental (Amec).
Roles and Responsibility (Amec).

Highly experienced MBA and MSc degree level Senior PM with a strong Mechanical Engineering and Commercial background, fully conversant with all operational aspects within the Oil/Gas and Power industries.

An effective team builder with strengths best described as strategic, project and commercial management, negotiation, IT and systems, HSE and planning with a flair for quick thinking and inter-personnel skills at every level. Managing large numbers of personnel to complete tasks on time, to the standards required and within budget.

Working in the power industry I successfully set up the PSE business unit which completed multi PSE Projects for the end Client National Grid, More recently managed the Training the Development Centre for AMEC ensuring over 300 Linesman had the required technical training and certification within the Power Industry. This assignment also included developing and implementing a training database for over 400 people with up to date records accessible from any location within the UK.

I am a highly driven, well seasoned PM, reliable and enthusiastic, thriving on challenges and rising to overcome them. I possess strong client development, contractor and consultant management skills. I relate to new industries/business plans/assignments quickly using a broad base of Project Management experience developed over many years of undertaking challenging projects often under difficult and demanding circumstances.