Assistant Engineering Manager
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To use my leadership skills, training and professional experience in a challenging environment with the opportunity for career advancement and growth.
I am able to combine naturally: Strong Management and Leadership skills, budgeting, working under pressure with excellent organising skills delivered fairly to all staff.
Assistant Engineering Manager at RATP (First Bus London) (2025-01 – Present)
Responsible for managing workshop operations, ensuring EV fleet availability, and maintaining the highest standards of vehicle reliability to provide an exceptional service to customers. Involves offering strong leadership, fostering staff development, and motivating the engineering team, while collaborating with supervisory teams to ensure a safe and efficient working environment. During periods not dedicated to direct depot support, focus on data analysis aimed at reducing costs and enhancing service delivery with the analysis software tool Tranzaura/Core.
Engineering Manager at Big Bus Tours (2018-04 – 2024-12)
Responsible for the engineering departments function; tasked with providing effective leadership to the engineering team. Responsible for the management of multi disciplined engineering teams, tasked with ensuring effective response to rota maintenance, breakdown repair work, Health and Safety along with a high standard in quality of work. Responsible for line efficiency & subsequent deadlines in meeting budgets, MOT goals, training and meeting all Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) through continuous improvement initiatives.
Ensures fleet meets all requirements from TFL, VOSA and Transport Commissioner. Other responsibilities include the total management of projects, department budgeting and the development of site engineering strategies in line with the company's goals & objectives.
Assistant Engineering Manager at METROLINE TRAVELS (2006-01 – 2017-11)
To manage and develop the day to day technical and maintenance standards and staff, ensure daily planned service maintenance are being carried out to ensure the provision of sufficient vehicles at the required high standard of serviceability and presentation, ensure operational requirements in full for the public, along with design potential solutions. Work with key members to identify root cause issues, achieve a safe working environment, efficient and cost effective manner measured by all the applicable engineering KPI's and mileage performance. Carry out budget measurement on materials, wages and contracted works.
Develop continuous training structures for staff. Always exploring and identifying ways to drive continuous improvement. Engage with the engineering director, directors and shareholders to ensure all business priorities and core values are being met.
Ensure all staff members adhere to all safety factors and standards in accordance with COSHH awareness and HSE legislation.
Panel Foreman in Training/Dock and Running Shift Eng at ARRIVA of LONDON (2002-11 – 2005-12)
Assume full responsibility and support of the everyday operation and support of the engineering and operation departments. Diagnose, trouble-shoot and repair faults to the fleet of buses, as well as report and update the Engineering Manager. Assign jobs to technical staff and assess downtime and time taken to resolve faults. Negotiate loss mileage with the Garage Manager.
Network and IT Systems Co-ordinator at PERSHING Ltd. (1998-06 – 2002-11)
Manage and Co-ordinate the office rollout of Windows/NT Server Network and IT systems: Office and Windows 2000 workstation/client, Active Directory, MS Exchange, Remote Access via SMS and Arc-Serve daily backup. Being responsible for a team of six Network and desktop engineers and contractors, to ensure smooth set-up, and installation of the network and being on 24 hour call out. Attend weekly meetings to update Senior Managers and Directors of progress being made and to advise of further ways to improve the network for future advancement into today's technology.
Provide and produce reports for statistical performance of data traffic across the network and to provide demonstrations and training to desktop users and prospect clients.
Technical Sales Support Engineer at ISS-UK (International Software Solution) (1996-01 – 1998-05)
Network Control Specialist at BANK OF BERMUDA LIMITED (1993-10 – 1995-06)
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT OF CANADA (1992-03 – 1992-10)
CANCOM SATLINK (1990-01 – 1992-02)
Management in Leadership in Management – IML (Institute Management Leadership) (2013-11)
CPC – Certificate of Professional Competence in Legal and Business Context for Road Transport Operations in Road Transport Operations – OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA) (2012-01)
CMI Level 2 and 3 in Management (QCF) in Management – CMI (Chartered Management Institute) (2010-05 – 2011-07)
Managing Safely in Occupational Safety and Health – IOSH (Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) (2011-10)
BSc in Computers and Electronics Engineering – UNIVERSITY of ESSEX (2003-07)
Business Technical Certificate (BTEC) in Computers and Network Management – NEWHAM COLLEGE (1998-07)
Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering – WEST HAM COLLEGE (1986-07)
