Regulatory Inspector carrying out inspection and investigation on all aspects of Railway industry operation and maintenance including:

-          ROGs Safety Certificate Account Holder for a freight-sector Dutyholder, leading inspection and assessment of their ROGS Safety Certificate.

-          Inspection of all aspects of operation (train operating and infrastructure) on the GB Mainline Railway

-          Use of RM3 to assess Dutyholder maturity

-          Inspection of major projects to ensure that appropriate safety management, change management and risk assessment frameworks were being applied

-          Inspection of the Reading Station Redevelopment Programme including the planning stages

-          Part of the Inspection team reviewing the plans to electrify and upgrade the Great Western Main Line

-          Investigation of accidents on the GB Mainline Railway

-          Taking a range of regulatory action including giving verbal or written advice, serving Improvement and Prohibition Notices and preparation of cases for prosecution

-          Led the national inspection project to ensure control of risk to passing trains during infrastructure maintenance and renewal work being carried out with the adjacent line(s) open. Ensured that Network Rail carried out suitable fault tree analysis and probabilistic risk assessment. Presented ALO inspection project work at an international Infrastructure conference in London in 2013.

-          From 2012, Programme Co-ordinator for Workforce Safety in the ORR Railway Safety Directorate. This included leading production of the strategic inspection plans for all ORR workforce safety interventions across the rail industry (train operating and infrastructure).

-          Led major inspection interventions to improve the safety of On-track Plant (OTP).

Undertook a 6-month secondment to Network Rail to provide support to the RRV Improvement Programme including development of new Network Rail Company Standards and training packages for better control of on-track plant activity. Presented this work at the Rail Safety Summit in 2012

Health, Safety, Environmental and Assurance Manager and Head of Safety for ameyCOLAS Conventional Track Renewals

-          Oversight of safety, health and environmental assurance in the ameyCOLAS Joint Venture

-          Management of the HSEA Team

-          Jul 2013 – Jan 2014: Key member of the Colas Rail bid team for the Track Renewals (S&C and Plain Line) CP05 bids

-          Lead for ALO method development; oversight of HSEA team in AmeyCOLAS JV Track Renewals

From Jan 2014, seconded to Pullman Rail Ltd as Professional Head for Safety & Quality Compliance at Pullman Rail to oversee turn-around of Safety and Quality Compliance aspects of the business

Oversight of all aspects of safety and quality assurance at Pullman Rail (a Colas Rail company which overhauls railway rolling stock)

-          Attended industry bodies and participated in industry groups,  including attending ATOC/Rail Delivery Group seminars, acting as FOC sector Alternate Member of the RISAS Board, and being a member of the ISAST Project Advisory Board, the BSI technical committee for development of ISO Railway Quality Management Systems and the CQI Rail Special Interest Group

-          Led a cross-industry project to review assurance issues for product assurance in the T&RS supply chain, working to develop a model that is effective for the varying business models across TOC, ROSCO and FOC businesses.

-          Advised internally on safety and quality assurance issues in the rail industry which may impact strategic business direction and risk at Pullman Rail and in the wider Colas Rail business

-          Provided professional support to Colas Rail Services colleagues about the ROGS Safety Certification system, railway operational issues and rolling stock overhaul compliance including reviewing on aspects of ROGS Change Management and CSM application

-          Set-up and organised the Colas Rail/Pullman Rail “Traction and Rolling Stock Review” group, a cross-discipline meeting of T&RS peers to discuss technical, engineering, compliance and operating matters in an informal but knowledgeable environment

-          Provided professional strategic oversight and carried out tactical development and monitoring of the Pullman Rail combined Quality, Safety and Competence Management System

-          Oversaw the RISAS certification process such that Pullman Rail retained RISAS certification in 2014 and obtained re-certification in January 2015 and May 2016

-          Achieved the transition of the Pullman Rail ISO 9001 certification to BS EN ISO 9001:2015

-          Prepared the safety, quality, technical and procurement parts of bids for new work and carried out technical drafting for bid submissions for Pullman Rail and Colas Rail

-          Carried out industry-leading investigations into significant safety/quality incidents

-          Development and oversight of the Supply Chain Assurance/audit programme at Pullman Rail, acting as Lead Auditor for supply chain audits and First Article Inspections

Developed and implemented programmes to improve Safety Culture, Quality Culture and  human factors related to safety-critical work with rolling stock maintenance/overhaul

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-          Development, implementation, audit and review of safety and quality management systems which meet the requirements for ROGS, ECM or RISAS certification

-          Assessment of rail sector organisations the ORR RM3 model, using my bespoke development of the RM3 model geared to rolling stock overhaulers with RISAS and BS EN ISO 9001:2015 certification

-          Support for application of Common Safety Method and ROGS Management of Change

-          Integration of existing safety, environment, collaborative working and quality management systems under the ISO Annex SL framework

-          Support and advice to achieve transition from BS EN ISO 9001:2008 to BS EN ISO 9001:2015

-          Support and advice for all aspects of ROGS Safety Certification, ECM and RISAS certification

-          Investigation of incidents and accidents

-          Development of Supply Chain Assurance systems including Supplier qualification, performance monitoring, supply chain audit and First Article Inspections

-          Development of Competence Management Systems that meet the requirements of the ORR Safety Certification regime and of RSSB/RISAS publication “Engineering Excellence into Competence.”

-          Support for full implementation of the human factors and safety/quality culture requirements of the rail industry including RSSB Train Operations and maintenance human factors guidance in RSSB/RISAS publication “Engineering Excellence into Rail Vehicle Maintenance.”

Preparation of safety, quality and procurement parts of bids for new work, technical drafting and review of bid submissions

Work for a range of public and private sector clients in Defence and Rail sectors

Project example (with permission of Client):

Worked with a railway component manufacturing company to produce and submit a successful Safety Case and application for Type Approval for a novel Points Machine. The Safety Case was produced in line with Yellow Book requirements, and involved: development of a good rapport with the Client to understand his product and requirements; liaison with HMRI Specialist Inspectors; production of comparative and quantitative risk assessments; specification and oversight of reliability testing; preparing the FMEA; and production of the documentation pack to be submitted for the Type Approval. The application was commended for quality by the HMRI Specialist Inspector and approval was granted on first submission