Engineering Performance & Sustainability Manager at SLB Onesubsea (2024-01 – 2026-03)
- Selected by executive leadership to lead SPS Engineering Performance & Sustainability integration for a joint venture, aligning performance, planning, and operational priorities.
- Coordinated 8 managers and 3 SMEs across a 1,700+ engineer matrix, establishing common governance, reporting, planning, and PLM frameworks to improve delivery consistency.
- Integrated data from two legacy SAP systems, resolving quality issues and supporting an 8% improvement in on-time engineering release and a 4% improvement in engineering quality.
- Prepared leadership performance reviews through Azure-based Power BI dashboards, improving visibility of delivery, quality, risk, and project controls.
- Guided S&OP resource planning supporting a 15% reduction in headcount in high-cost regions and transition to the Pune High-Value Execution Hub, while mitigating capability risk through a consolidated KPI framework.
- Ran a three-pillar change programme aligned to the five-year business plan, using quarterly global webinars to communicate priorities, progress, and outcomes.
Vice President – Engineering Performance & Technology Partnerships at Aker Solutions (2022-12 – 2023-12)
- Promoted to VP with responsibility for global engineering performance and transformation, aligning PLM operationalisation with business strategy to improve performance and product standardisation.
- Increased product standardisation KPI by 18% over two years to 81%, exceeding the 80% corporate target.
- Guided strategic technology partnerships with NOV, Mocean Energy, HIPtec AS, and others, coordinating legal and commercial stakeholders to advance new technology development.
Senior Manager – Business Transformation at Aker Solutions (2020-01 – 2022-11)
- Oversaw global PLM pilot, implementation, and rollout, establishing governance, organisational change, and business readiness; delivered on time and under budget.
- Applied Agile and Scrum methods to keep complex PLM delivery moving remotely with limited resources.
- Oversaw Product Engineering business and PLM performance, supporting Global Product Owners and Product Managers to strengthen lifecycle and portfolio execution.
- Strengthened commercialisation plans, strategic business cases, and CAPEX proposals, securing investment for product development and improvement.
- Managed the global Y1 Quality Data initiative within budget, reducing recurring NCRs by 30% (3,500), avoiding $0.3M in annual cost, and reducing project delay risk.
Vice President – (PLM) Mechanical Products at Aker Solutions (2019-01 – 2019-12)
- Appointed by the CTO on a temporary assignment in Norway to lead a 45-person global subsea mechanical product portfolio team, aligning product strategy, roadmaps, organisational change, governance, and NPD.
- Reorganised the team to eight direct reports, strengthened career development planning, and advanced early initiatives, including the standardised VXT product platform.
- Presented CAPEX/OPEX budgets 5% below plan while improving operational performance.
- Led a confidential assessment for a strategic partnership, managing IP and performance risks to prevent information disclosure.
- Served as Overall Incident Leader for a Level 1 (Black) HSE investigation, recognised by the HSE Senior Vice President for a best-in-class report.
Product Manager – (VA/VE Global Program) at Aker Solutions (2018-01 – 2018-12)
- Established and oversaw the global Value Analysis / Value Engineering programme for mechanical products, later expanding it across all subsea product lines with integrated governance.
- Presented $42M in validated savings and cost avoidance, approved as a contribution to the wider $100M business target.
Product Manager – XT's & Wellheads at Aker Solutions (2017-02 – 2017-12)
- Directed regional and global product strategy, developed business cases using CRM and market intelligence, and implemented product line enhancements for subsea trees in Asia and wellheads.
- Led a global engineering team across the UK, Malaysia, and Pune to deliver wellhead engineering automation that transformed the engineering process.
- Reduced engineering hours per project by 70% and improved schedule performance by seven weeks through automation, earning the 2017 Main Innovation Award.
Global Product Owner - Wellheads at Aker Solutions (2016-02 – 2017-01)
- Relocated the wellhead execution centre from the UK to Malaysia, applying change management to reduce inventory waste by approximately $1.5M.
- Expanded the business case for a standard wellhead portfolio and launched the first Lean Kaizen event in Port Klang, delivering 15% product cost reduction with two suppliers.
Senior Operations Manager at Aker Solutions (2015-01 – 2016-01)
- Led 8 managers and 170+ employees across engineering, supply chain, and Assembly & Test operations, accountable for safety, quality, cost, schedule, capacity, resources, and customer delivery.
- Integrated cross-functional priorities across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, project management, and quality to improve value-stream performance and delivery.
- Managed operational readiness for Assembly & Test, ensuring capacity, equipment availability, and maintenance for safe, reliable mobilisation service contracts.
- Oversaw outsourced manufacturing and supplier performance, balancing capacity, cost, quality, and schedule requirements against business and customer priorities.
- Delivered 51 well sets against a target of 31 (+65%) and improved overall operational performance by 15%, exceeding the global performance target.
Operations Leader – Subsea Trees at GE Oil & Gas (2013-01 – 2014-12)
- Managed 10 project managers and functional support teams across international subsea operations.
- Strengthened PMO and QMS governance across international subsea projects, improving on-time delivery, cash collection, and document control.
- Recovered two critical subsea programmes, including a six-month VXT recovery and a two-week Houston XT recovery that avoided $1.5M client loss and major rig-delay exposure.
Senior Project Manager at GE Oil & Gas (2008-01 – 2013-01)
- Directed international subsea programmes covering 70+ XT, CM, and tooling packages, accountable for scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, and client delivery across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, assembly, and testing.
- Maintained zero safety incidents across all CVX projects as IIF Safety Champion.
- Delivered the first shipment ($60M) to port for Gorgon Jansz Phase 1 on time despite NPD, first-off designs, and multi-operator JV complexity.
Project Manager at GE Oil & Gas (formerly ABB Vetco Gray) (2005-09 – 2007-12)
- Headed the Lobito Tomboco EPC XT package, the business's largest XT contract, improving contribution margin by 4% while delivering a $30M engineering, XT, and tooling package.
- Delivered HPHT modifications within a 14-XT programme on time and under budget through resource planning to optimise schedules and capacity.
- Recovered a major quality issue under severe schedule pressure by establishing a 24-hour supplier recovery operation.
