Scott Walton

A highly knowledgeable and experienced multi-skilled engineer having worked across the Steel, Petrochemical, Food, Nuclear, and Brewing Industries with excellent knowledge in the maintenance of boilers, cooling towers, effluent plant, air/ammonia compressors and the maintenance and repair and compliance of electrical, fire alarms systems and emergency lighting, also the calibration of analysers and instrumentation. A highly motivated individual with a strong work ethic. Takes pride in being a team player with a management style that cultivates colleagues to own their development and deliver results for the business.

Constantly achieves cost, productivity, and operational targets through effective and efficient planning. Has excellent knowledge of legislation and standards impacting manufacturing facilities including COMAH, DSEAR, PSSR, BG01, BS 7671, L8 and ISO14001 as well as in the fields of human resources, health and safety and quality.

Permit to work Coordinator - Tata Steel

(2025-08)

Responsible for the issuing, monitoring and closing out of planned and emergent permits to work within a hostile steel mill.

• Ensuring all works comply with current legislation such as the companies own code of practices, the health and safety at work act and current HSE regulations and guides.
• Writing and reviewing all permit-related documentation, risk assessments, method statements (RAMS), and supporting information for audit purposes.
• Took ownership of current isolation procedures and re-written them to comply with the company's current code of practices and HSE regulations.
• Updated and introduced and owned (champion) the new permit to work system (electronic) ensuring all site issuers were correctly trained and validated, with this issued, general, WAH, hot work, confined space and excavation permits.

Field Service Engineer - ABB

(2024-06 - 2025-08)

Responsible for servicing and calibrating ABB and third-party emissions analysers, along with a wide range of ABB instrumentation. This involves regular travel to client sites throughout the UK and occasionally overseas, ensuring all equipment operates within regulatory and manufacturer specifications.

• Demonstrated a strong understanding of Customer Service principles and their direct impact on customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and overall business performance.
• Ensured full compliance with sustainability processes, quality management systems, and health & safety procedures, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and risk reduction.
• Successfully interacted with customers at various organizational levels, consistently delivering high-quality service and maintaining strong client relationships to meet and exceed expectations.
• Actively managed and updated Service Level Agreements (SLAs), ensuring service delivery aligned with contractual obligations and performance targets.

Compliance Engineer - INEOS Hygienics

(2023-06 - 2024-06)

Ensure statutory compliance is met with all the account's services and assets, arranging inspections, maintenance, and subsequent remedial actions in alignment with written schemes and set frequencies. Appointed as Pressure Systems AP, conducting isolations and shutdowns when required. Managing appointed 3rd party contractors onsite, supporting compliance aspects and delivery of services (Insurance inspectors, PSSR, L8, LOLER, F-Gas etc.).

Conduct compliance lookahead, arrange inspections/tasks, and ensure completion of relevant compliance documentation is held within depositaries (logbooks, CMMS etc). Provide technical support to the operations team with issues, breakdowns, and procedures. Provide regular compliance reports to stakeholders.

Ensure logbooks are always up to date and audit ready. Conducting regular audits to ensure compliance.

• Introduced and written fire extinguisher test procedure for the sites portable fire extinguishers to comply with current legislation BS 5306-3.
• Introduced and written fire alarm call point test procedure for the sites fire alarm system to comply with current legislation BS 5839, Weekly Routine.
• Member of the site's safety committee, recommend and action safety issues within the sites engineering department.
• Took ownership of sites water systems by implementing a legionella risk assessment and completing all recommended and critical actions.

Site Services Technician - Cawingredients Limited

(2022-10 - 2023-06)

Operate and maintain the sites auxiliary plant systems across a FMCG site including but not limited to industrial steam boilers (associated steam systems), 40 and 7 Bar air compressors, compressed gas systems (CO2, Nitrogen). Also carried out compliance PPM's - fire alarm systems, fire doors, fire extinguishers & emergency lighting maintenance and repairs. Permit to work acceptor, hot works, general.

• Introduced and written evaporation test procedures for the two site industrial steam boilers to comply with current legislation BG01.
• Introduced and written boiler water quality test procedures for the two site industrial steam boilers to comply with current legislation BG04.
• Took ownership of area by writing and implementing specific company COSHH risk assessments for the sites steam boilers, boiler feed water chemicals and water quality testing kits.
• Carried out a lagging survey for the sites steam systems, for a significant annual CO2 saving.
• Turned the companies steam trap survey into PPM actions via asset control program Shire.
• Advised and helped to add a redundancy BFW pump on one of sites steam boilers.

Contractor & Compliance Manager - Marlow Foods Ltd (Quorn Foods ex ICI)

(2017-02 - 2022-10)

Responsible for legislative compliance across a FMCG site including Electrical, Legionella, LOLER, DSEAR, PSSR and Asbestos. Responsible for the compliance and auditing of the permit to work system. Effectively lead and supervise a team of 5. Responsible for management and control of external contractors. Involved in ensuring the reliable provision of site services including electrical, steam, compressed air and refrigeration.

• Updated and introduced and owned (champion) the new permit to work system (electronic) ensuring all site issuers were correctly trained and validated, with this issued, general, WAH, hot work, confined space and excavation permits.
• Developed effective PMs for all site service plant and equipment and ensured the CMMS (Holistech) was fully populated and the activities were initiated.
• Active member of the project team installing and commissioning the site Boiler service including ensuring the correct PMs and spares were in place.
• Identify all site assets and developed a criticality matrix to ensure the correct legislation and maintenance activities were carried out on time.
• Planning and completing the annual HV and boiler servicing and testing for the site.
• Ensured that all gas detection systems are fully calibrated and complaint to protect site personnel.
• Fully trained Legionella competent person ensuring systems are in place and completed to maintain site compliance.
• Utilise RCM techniques to review all critical site plant to build PM and identify parts requirements.

Instrument Analyser Technician - Air Products

(2015-01 - 2017-02)

Carried out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on a brand new to technology EFW gasification plant, commissioned continuous online analysers, control valves and level control systems. Permit to work acceptor, general, hot works and confined space.

• Commissioned and made plant ready (calibrated) specialist analysers, Wobbe measurement analyser (Hobre), CEMS fixed (CBISS), sulphur & total sulphur (Hilase).
• Commissioned and calibrated instrumentation, pH, ORP, conductivity, gas detection fixed (Dräger), autosamplers (Hach).
• Commissioned and tested through all instruments and analysers to DCS DeltaV.
• Ensure on time completion of the maintenance and repair of fire alarm systems and access control equipment.
• Gained a high level of computer literacy, Windows & SAP raising notifications and ordering of spares.
• Interpret & work from vendor manuals, drawings and P&IDs ensuring tasks completed to the OEM standards.
• Gained excellent fault-finding skills for instrumentation & sample conditioning systems.

Instrument Analyser Technician - ConocoPhillips

(2011-10 - 2015-01)

Carried out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on a top tier COMAH oil and gas refinery involving maintenance & calibration of on-line gas & liquid analysers to specified schedules, procedures & tolerances determined by the site quality system ISO 9001 & ISO 14001. Permit to work acceptor.

• Successfully performed the role of Stack Emissions owner maintaining & calibrating CEMS stack emissions analysers to QAL3 of BS EN 14181 (NDIR, IR, Paramagnetic) ensuring stack emissions met agreed targets.
• Calibrated and maintained constant online analysers - pH, conductivity, TOC, dissolved oxygen, oxygen measurement (zirconia, paramagnetic), gas detection (line of sight, fixed point).
• Successfully maintained Auto-Samplers to ensure efficient operation of the facility.
• Competent in the use of SAP utilising it to place work notifications & ordering spares.

Operational Engineering Advisor - Sellafield Ltd

(2009-10 - 2011-10)

Provide specialist, wide range of engineering knowledge beyond normal UK engineering practices in a stringent, regulated environment.