David Reid

Progressing over a range of engineering and managerial roles, I have honed my skills when it comes to demonstrating performance efforts that exceed expectations.

From reviewing my profile, you will note that I am a dynamic and top-performing professional overseeing key operations with a history of devising and implementing operational strategies. This allows me to maximise performance, increase profitability, and reduce costs. 

Throughout my career, I have gathered a long-term track record of providing top-tier rotating equipment services and conducting maintenance / repair activities to ensure smooth machine functioning. 

With a focus on time management, working under pressure, and attention-to-detail, I aim to steer complex, deadline-driven tasks to achieve completion on all key objectives.

For me, client has always been at the core of my heart and my passion is to deliver the best possible services to all customers. For this reason, I use my people management and leadership skills to deliver direction to multi-functional teams of engineers for skills improvement, risk mitigation, and OTD of key client deliverables. 

Furthermore, I am also talented at overseeing and implementing major projects in accordance with time and budget constraints, all while maintaining 100% profit and loss accountability.

The areas where I really excel at include:
 Equipment Repair & Maintenance
 Operations Management
 Service Delivery
 Project Management
 Profit & Loss Accountability
 Health & Safety Compliance
 Continuous Improvement
 Problem Resolution
 Team Leadership & Coaching

Service Centre Manager, Dyce Dec 2019 – Oct 2022 Provide management and leadership for the safe operations of the Service Centre and to ensure optimum operational performance of the business, to maximise results and to ensure that appropriate controls are in place to guarantee the long-term profitability and growth of the business

Responsible for management of the Service Centre to deliver operational results in line, or better than budgeted performance.

Delivered on all Operational workshop and field operations.

Delivered on all financial responsibility matrixes for Service Centre

Lead the Service Centre team in line with Sulzer Values and Behaviours

Continuous improvement of business practices and processes aimed at improving service levels for all customer

projects/jobs

Spearheaded business opportunities and threats within the territory to develop suitable actions contained within the

Service Centre business plan, to exceed business revenue targets

Ensured commercial management of the business in minimising and eliminating risk

Remain accountable and ensure compliance to systems and procedures for the day-to-day management of the business to

conform with all UK workplace legislation in addition to Sulzer’s own (GPR-5) and client regulations concerning safety,

health, environmental, quality & HR issues

Regularly monitored and led team to exceed performance expectations, ensuring that all business objectives are met

Notable Achievements

Exceeded Financial targets in first year, through pandemic

Responded to Corona Virus pandemic by means of introducing and implementing new working practices ensuring 95% OTD

of projects.

Reorganization of the local team and support functions.

Implemented training plan to improve electrical competency, targeting growing markets.

Corrected declining QESH matrixes.

Implemented improved electrical testing safe working practices.

Customer Support Manager, Sulzer Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

 Manage key client rotating equipment maintenance and repair accounts. Responsible for bid management, developing contracts and leading a team consisting of Project Engineers, Technical Focal Points and Project buyer

EARLY CAREER

Senior Mechanical Engineer- Add Energy Jan 2019 - Feb 2019 

Short term contract to assist with delivering maintenance build for BP AGT assets

Mechanical Coordinator - Spirit Energy Nov 2017 - Oct 2018 

Planned, prepared, coordinated, and executed Mechanical Maintenance activities and capex projects providing expert discipline advise for the bridge linked Central Process Platform (CPP) and Drill Platform (DP1) and 4 wellhead platforms (DP3,4,6 &8)

Mechanical Support Engineer - Repsol Sinopec resources (formally Talisman Energy) Sep 2013 - Nov 2017 Delivered mechanical maintenance support for Montrose and Arbroath area assets. Lead offshore maintenance activities. Managed project management tools to deliver key capex projects.
Notable Achievements

Customer Support Manager- Sulzer Ellon Aug 2010 - Sep 2013 

Managed rotating equipment maintenance and repair key accounts, developing contracts with team consisting of project engineers, asset improvement engineers and project buyer.

Project Engineer - Sulzer Pumps Ellon Jan 2009 - Oct 2010 Responsible for estimating and quoting and managing technical scopes of work for rotating equipment packages from inception to completion.

Technical Support Engineer - Sulzer Pumps Ellon Feb 2006 - Jan 2009 Responsible for completing inspection, overhaul and retrofit recommendations for pumping equipment. Purchasing of materials against specifications and quality control.

OOW Unlimited (Engineering) Havila Supply Sep 1994 - Feb 2006 Officer in charge of watch Engineering, responsible for operation maintenance of all propulsion systems and machinery

BA Business Management- Robert Gordons University

NVQ 3 In Mechanical & Marine Engineering- Gravesend Kent Nautical College

Nebosh General Certificate in Health and Safety

Prince 2 Project Management