Having gained nearly 30 years industrial experience, 15 years of which were in senior management positions in SME’s & a large multinational company, I offer my safety, environmental & technical skills on an independent basis.

A Chartered member of Institute of Occupational Safety & Health & also a member of the Institution of Fire Engineers, I provide companies & organisations:-

•    Sensible, professional, pragmatic health & safety solutions & advice to all types of business, from board to shop floor level.
•    Competent advisor service.
•    Conduct the full range of H&S services, gap analysis, fire risk assessments, policy & systems implementation, writing & delivering staff training/coaching, 18001/14001/9001 auditing experience & environmental advice.
•    Liaison service & advising business stakeholders i.e. business owners, company insurers & with the local Fire Authority.
•    Deliver technical solutions & large project management & facility management services at home & abroad.
•    Deliver official IOSH safety courses (IOSH Managing Safely, IOSH Working Safely etc) internally & externally.

Reporting directly to the CEO my role was responsible for over 250 staff in the following areas:- Health, Safety & Environment, Production, as well as Quality & Maintenance support departments. I was also responsible for energy management, procurement & associated schemes such as CRC, CCA & ESOS.
•    Developed a positive Health & Safety culture & strategy through implementing effective systems, processes & training over multiple sites (seven in total covering more than 50 acres).
•    Reduced overall accident/near-miss rates including employee liability claims year on year.
•    Implemented & delivered several bespoke Production/Operator training programs, to meet the demands of exceptional business growth.
•    Responsible for mixed in-house raw material purchasing & commercial negotiations, budget range circa £24m.
•    Developed & implemented many HR processes/procedures to encourage high standards of conduct & performance.
•    Built, coached & developed effective multi-disciplinary teams whilst achieving high staff retention.
•    Managed the specification, installation & successful company integration of large capital expenditure projects.

Polyex was the newest company in the UK extruding structured polycarbonate (now known as Quinn Plastics).
•    Manage the whole project from conception to factory commissioning, capital investment was in excess of £9m.
•    Achieved ISO 9001-2000 standard & BBA product accreditation.
•    Successfully implemented & controlled the company’s quality control procedures.
•    Responsible for raw material specification, trialling & procurement.

Reporting to the Group Managing Director I was responsible for large plant specification, procurement & projects.
•    Project managed & developed several new high speed foam tooling systems. Project costs circa £1m.
•    Responsible for large capex projects selection & installation (granulator, pulverisers, lamination/extrusion lines & chillers).

Reporting to the drawing office manager my role was to design products for use in the PVC window & building products industry. This role also included extrusion tool design in rigid, flexible & foamed profiles.
•    First to utilise 3D computer design software (used in product/tooling design & company literature).
•    Successfully achieved my HNC & HND Engineering Design qualifications.
•    Liaised & negotiated with third party Austrian extrusion tooling suppliers.

I manufactured high specification machined components for use in varying environments from plastics to aerospace industries. Tarpey Harris also specialises in the manufacture of wax pattern & ceramic core dies frequently used in the jet engine turbine manufacturing process.

I manufactured high tolerance tooling (rigid, flexible & foam extrusion & injection moulding) to drawings utilising conventional & non-conventional machining technologies (i.e. spark & wire erosion).

Responding to a pager (when at home) to emergencies within our community. Primary duties include leading safely in operational incident command, fire fighting, response vehicle driving, wearing breathing apparatus, water rescue & trauma life support. I attend regular training courses to maintain my competences & have also attended the UK’s National Fire Service College in Moreton-in the Marsh.

As a Crew Manager I also have additional duties in running an operational fire station. Topics include, providing fire inspections/hazard spotting to businesses (compiling reports, statistics & providing best practice advice), Fire investigation, organising multi agency exercises & delivering fire service training packages. Also, having successfully completed the Certificate level IFE, I am currently in the process of attaining the IFE Diploma qualification with an intention to gain Graduate membership status.