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Operations / General Manager in Manufacturing

Work Experience

An academically and professionally trained manager with experience in manufacturing and project management for both multinationals and private enterprises. Operated in diverse operations including one off capital projects, repair and overhaul of jet engines & medium volume vehicle production. Most recently involved in a biotechnology start up company taking it from an idea to a fully operational plant with all the required Quality Accreditations.Undertaken many personal initiatives to improve business effectiveness, requiring strong analytical skills and a variety of facilitation and management techniques in unionised and non-unionised environments. In addition has been involved with regulatory authorities relating to Quality, health and safety, environment and planning.Chartered Engineer with a degree in Production Engineering and Management, and postgraduate qualifications in quality auditing and process plant.

Key Positions and Achievements

RBCConsulting – Principle
2001 to present

The consultancy company was started in October 2001, within the first 9 months a client base of 8 companies had been developed. The clients were based in a range of industries from Nuclear power generation through medical device manufacture to high technology industries such as photonics as well as working in the NHS. The work carried out included organisational development, operational improvement activities, production management, outsourcing activities, preparation of briefing papers, training in sterilization in addition, hands on validation work has been carried out overseas and in the UK in support of medical device manufacturers. Richard also represents a number of companies in Scotland. He continues as a Non Executive Director of Andersen Caledonia Ltd., sits on the “Scottish Board” of the Bio Industry Association (BIA) and is a Director and Vice Chairman of Medical Devices in Scotland (MDIS).


Andersen Caledonia Ltd. – Operations Director
1997 to 2001

This start-up was funded by a family company based in the USA and UK to provide sterilisation and microbiological testing services to the healthcare industry. Customers include medical device manufacturers, hospitals, pharamceutical, biotechnology and electronics companies. I was the first employee and took the company from start up to breakeven prior to departing to set up my own consultancy practice.

First 2 years spent designing facility from scratch using an explosive and carcinogenic gas, obtaining planning permission and building the plant. This involved the development of a sophisticated process control system including considerations of softwear validation and FDA approvals. Negotiations with planners, health and safety, the fire department and the Environmental Protection Agency for necessary approvals were also completed. Following completion of plant the next 2 years were spent recruiting the team to operate plant, obtaining ISO certification and implementing first key customer contracts.

Other tasks included negotiating grants with local authorities, supporting financial operations to raise equity and debt to complete plant and making sales calls to key potential customers. Company has grown from 1 to 15 employees and is now operating at breakeven on a turnover of £600,000 p/a from a zero base. In recognition of the success of the project Richard was made board director in May 2001. He left the company in September 2001 but continues in a consultancy role acting in “business development” and in a project capacity. He continues as a Non Executive Director and shareholder in the business.

NAACO Materials Handling - Manufacturing Manager – Assembly and Special
1995 to 1997 Engineering Department Operations.

Responsible for the Assembly of 35 to 40 fork trucks per day.
Managed 150 operators, and a budget of £3.2m to achieve cost quality and delivery
targets. Site turnover was £90m per annum.
Achieved zero arrears in the plant for the first time in 7 years at highest levels of production.
Re - engineered the main assembly line to improve efficiency and complete truck assembly on-line - Reducing Work in Process by 33% and improving on time delivery from 49% to 80%.
Introduced 4 highly complex new vehicles into production to time and cost targets while doubling plant output.
Managed the Design, development and introduction of a static electric truck test rig
reducing off line faults by 90%.
Invited to serve in a Europe wide team to develop a Product Quality Improvement
Process. The proposals were subsequently implemented across all sites in Europe.

Rolls Royce PLC - 1)Deputy Business Manager and Operations Manager - Spey, 1990 to 1994 Tay and Avon Engines
2)Operations Manager - Spey, Tay and Avon Assembly

Responsible for the Repair and Overhaul of Jet Engines.
Output was 10 to 12 engines per week value £250K to £750K each.
Managed 175 people and a budget of £3.5m. to achieve cost, quality and delivery targets.
Developed and Implemented a cellular concept for the strip, inspect, kit and assembly of jet engines. Reducing the space requirements by 50% and allowing a manning reduction of 40%. Reduced cost of "lost" material and improved quality were also achieved. The turn round time for product was reduced from 12 weeks to 9 weeks.

GEC - Kelvin Diesels Ltd. - Manufacturing Manager
1988 to 1990
Responsible for the production engineering, maintenance, purchasing, manufacturing, assembly, test and despatch of marine diesel engines.
Managed 100 employees Producing 12 engines per month.
Researched and Justified investment in new machine tools plant and equipment, gaining board approval and therafter managed the implementation.
Project managed the reintroduction of an "old" design of engine to satisfy a significant order (40 off engines) for traditional boatbuilding in middle east.

James Howden and Co Ltd. 1) Works and Production Manager.
1980 to 1988 2)Project Manager
3)Wind Turbine Production Manager
4)Assistant Quality Manager
5)Developmental Jobs

Completed the fabrication and machining of major components for the tunnel boring machines for the Channel tunnel on time and to cost
Set up a production line for the fabrication and assembly of 75 off "muck removal " wagons for the channel tunnel building project.
Put into production a £4.5m Flexible Manufacturing Machine for machining large complex components.
Located, Equipped and staffed a 75,000 sq. ft facility for the manufacture of composite wind turbine blades to time and cost targets.
Closed and transferred a manufacturing facility from Birmingham to Glasgow whilst maintaining production output.
Project Managed the purchase and supply of £14m worth of equipment to the US from the UK for the assembly and installation of a 33 MW (90 machines) windfarm in California.
Designed and installed a bill of material linked manual production control system in an industrial fan manufacturing business.
Carried out world wide market research for potential windturbine applications.
Responsible for all internal quality matters in a manufacturing facility involved in high quality production of pressure vessels to BS5500 for nuclear installations.
Developed a novel design of fuel injection pump for diesel engine applications.

Education

Professional Bodies: Chartered Engineer - Full member of The Institution of Electrical Engineers (Manufacturing Division)
Director of the Scottish Bionetwork Association (Now merged with the Bio Industry Association)

Post Graduate Courses: Process Plant IGD Scheme at University of Paisley (1982) Selected for attendance at this Diploma course in Process Plant arranged for the Integrated Graduate Development (IGD) Scheme by the University of Paisley. Involving 7 intensive weeks of training at centres of excellence in the UK and Europe.

Quality Auditing to BS5750(1982)
Negotiating Skills (1983)

Demand Flow Technology. Business Strategy and Advanced Mixed Model Courses (Worldwide Flow College, Nice - 1996)

Many other in-house courses on Safety, Environment, Training, Facilitation, coaching, Performance appraisal.

Degree - B.Sc. Honours in Production Engineering and Management
The University of Strathclyde (1974 - 1979)

Secondary School: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow (1965 - 1974).

Skills

Experienced in financial, commercial, general and strategic management of operations within public companies and “SME’s”.
Successfully managed the selection, training and development of up to 300 semiskilled, skilled and staff employees.
Managed operating department budgets up to £3.5m per annum and capital projects of up to £15m.
Experienced in ISO quality systems and operating production facilities under close regulatory supervision.

Other

Degree and Professional Qualification
B.Sc. Honours
Production Engineering and Management
Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.)
Full member of The Institution of Electrical Engineers
Interests and Activities Motor Racing Skiing Building Projects and family.

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