About me

Led many front end definition teams within diverse projects as Senior and Principal Process Manager including, New Build, Asset Maintenance, Plant Modifications and Improvements.

Led a multi disciplined team of engineers in the analysis of improved economic options for Intermediate Level Waste storage at Sellafield and approved the process design innovations which reduced lifetime costs for several storage plant operations by many millions of pounds.
Led teams of process engineers preparing pre-sanction designs of several major waste treatment plants at Sellafield, including Solvent Treatment Plant, Segregated Effluent Treatment Plant, Medium Active Tank Farm refurbishment, 9 acre site Interconnections.

Led process engineering teams in the delivery of the plant design for areas of the Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) at Sellafield, including Receipt and Storage plant fuel flask treatment, Head End Feed Pond Effluent Treatment System, Thermal De-nitration plant.
Compiled Business and Strategic Plans for the Engineering Division and subsidiary companies.

Embedded the Staged and Gated Front End Project Planning method (FEL - Front End Loading) into Sellafield Ltd's (SL) processes, procedures and day to day application in project definition.
Developed and applied a Project Front End Definition Evaluation system to gauge the maturity of project definition quality at each Front End Gate.
Personally reviewed and assessed many projects at various decision points to provide assurance information for Gate decision making.
Introduced Value Management (VM) Tools and Techniques, developed training courses, trained Facilitators and led a central capability for facilitator/project support, to integrate with the FEL approach.
Trained over 500 staff and many project teams in the principles and application of Front End Definition.
Facilitated over 100 VM studies at all stages of design to deliver improved project Value.