Process safety, operations, reliability and maintenance improvement — turning technical problems, risk findings and engineering data into practical delivery.
A progression from project coordination into process safety, operational engineering and reliability & maintenance improvement.
Reliability and improvement work spanning maintenance intelligence, PSV methodology, automation feasibility, safety-critical maintenance standardisation, critical spares and engineering change workstreams.
Managed and supported EMOC activity across two operational sites, contractor control during TAR/project work, CARA asset-risk reviews, COSHH assurance, PSPI investigation and Historian mimic improvement.
Supported HAZOP, LOPA, ALARP, HRA, QRA and OBRA activity; progressed Process Safety Information implementation, PSPI reporting, PHAWorks migration, P&ID gap analysis and technical-document control.
Coordinated EPOS deployments, hardware refreshes, access-point rollouts and office moves, planning resources for up to 40 engineers while maintaining roadmaps, RAID/RACI controls and stakeholder updates.
Automation, maintenance intelligence, asset integrity, operational change and competence development.
Mapped the manual workflow and developed the initial automation feasibility route across actuator, ergonomic and control requirements.
Converted SAP maintenance data into clearer decision support for defect cost, overdue work, recovered hours, backlog and workload pressure.
Coordinated site teams, contractors, controls and action tracking across Motherwell and Grangemouth.
Translated condition and risk findings into maintenance, overhaul, replacement and budget/CAPEX priorities.
Reviewed handling and failure mechanisms, tested a revised hose solution and monitored the result after implementation.
Structured safety-critical requirements into technician learning while preserving technical traceability and surfacing data-quality gaps.
The combination matters: risk, operational understanding, engineering data and the ability to move actions through to delivery.
HAZOP, LOPA, ALARP, HRA, QRA, OBRA, PSI/PSPI, incident investigation and technical assurance.
ASU/PGP exposure, EMOC/MoC, RAMS, permits, contractor control, COSHH, CARA, WSE actions and TAR support.
SAP, Power BI, maintenance KPIs, defect/backlog analysis, critical spares, Historian mimics and RCA.
P&ID verification, PSV sizing replication, REFPROP, technical reviews, stakeholder management and project coordination.
University of Manchester · Au/Pd particle formation and size evolution using in-situ STEM and image analysis.
University of Strathclyde · design work included a net-zero lactic acid plant and anaerobic digestion / biogas process plant.
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