PRECIS
- Head of Occupational Health and Environmental Safety, RGU
- 17 years’ experience in Health, Wellbeing and Safety Management
- Prior experience in the offshore oil and gas and aviation industries
- Chartered Member of IOSH
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1991 – 1997 ABERDEEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL
English, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, Modern Studies
1997 – 2002 UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
BSc. (Hons) Geoscience
2006 – 2007 UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Pg Award in Health & Safety Enforcement
2008 – 2009 UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
Pg Cert in Safety and Risk Management
2008 C.S TODD & ASSOCIATES
Fire Risk Assessment and Fire Safety
2011 QMI SCOTLAND
ISO 9001:2008 Internal QMS Auditor
2013 CIFPA
PRINCE 2 Project Management
2022 IEMA
IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management (ongoing)
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
August 2012 – Present
HEAD OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, preceded by OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ADVISER (2012-2014)
ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY
- Leading a central health, wellbeing and safety advisory team
August 2007 – August 2012
HEALTH AND SAFETY ADVISER ABERDEENSHIRE COUNCIL
- Planning, drafting and implementing health and safety policies and procedures
- Developing and implementing a programme of audits, reviews and fire risk assessments for services
- Nominated adviser to Housing Services, Planning & Environmental Services (Waste & Recycling) and Garioch
Sept 2005 – August 2007
HM INSPECTOR OF HEALTH AND SAFETY HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE
- Factory / site inspections and interaction with personnel from shop-floor through to board level
- Serving industries in the East Midlands region, including: engineering, manufacturing, textiles, shoe-making, printing, logistics and construction
- Advising on risk mitigation and improving safety cultures through promotion of health and safety topics
- Court prosecution of suspected legal breaches or contraventions in the role of Crown Prosecutor
Jan 2003 – June 2005 LOGGING ENGINEER
BAKER HUGHES INTEQ / GEOSERVICES S.A INTERNATIONAL (SCHLUMBERGER)
- Monitoring and analysis of live well safety during drilling and completion phases, via telemetric sensor systems and software
- Installation, maintenance and calibration of mechanical and electronic sensors
- Analysis of geological returns, well gas and well logs
July 1999 – Jan 2003
RAMP AGENT / SUPERVISER
AIRWAY HANDLING (Student income)
- Provision of ground equipment to aircraft
- Aircraft baggage and cargo logistics