Jason Allan
United Kingdom
Summary
A highly accomplished customer centric professional with over 25 years leadership experience within a wide range of sectors and roles, that continuously seeks new innovations to deliver change and value add. A natural and collaborative communicator and persuasive influencer that leads, develops, and transforms teams with a strategic and practical vision to identify and optimize what can be done to deliver results. Looking to contribute as an integral member of an effective and forward-thinking team working within a progressive and forward-thinking environment.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work history
Director of Facilities
RTX
08.2024 - Current
- Leadership of and accountability for all facilities management, construction and operations activities within EMEA, including: providing industry leading project management support and facilities services across the region. Managing multiple, often complex facility initiatives and programs; constantly leading and driving improvement changes in services shaping and ensuring adherence to established global protocols, tools & processes.
- Capital and operating expense planning and budget management. Hands-on provisioning of comprehensive IFM soft & hard services; ensuring vendors’ compliance with agreed SLAs and KPIs, Partnering with business units, other leaders and teams, and internal/external vendors/partners.
- Leading and participating in cross-functional strategy presentations to internal customers and senior leadership. Ensuring strict compliance with all applicable regulations.
- Spearheaded strategic planning and decision-making processes aligning with mission and stakeholder interests including the transition and adoption if IFM, service catalogues and campus strategy planning.
Associate Director, Facilities, Property, EHS & Security
Raytheon
01.2021 - 08.2024
- Leadership and development of Facilities, Property, EHS & Security functions with accountability for property & real estate, operations & maintenance, facilities management, health & safety, environmental sustainability, program management, compliance, and physical and personal security
- Management of cross functional team of 40 (and circa 100+ indirect 3PL's) with budgetary responsibility of circa £20M per annum with regular reporting to the COO, Executive Board, and key stakeholders
- Development and implementation of the strategic functional 5-year business plan with a clear focus and commitment to the Customer, Environment, People, Finance and Digitalization
- Sustainability champion and business lead for the environmental pillar in support of the implementation and delivery of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) AND Carbon Reduction Plan (CRP) in support of the journey to Net Zero
- Delivery of P&L performance in line with short and long-term targets whist delivering 10% YoY annual operating plan cost reductions
- Worked with board of directors to establish objectives and decisively lead operations to improve operational performance in line with strategic objectives
- Drove a culture of high performance and continuous improvement by establishing KPI metrics across functional operations.
- Developed professional relationships with business partners, shareholders and authorities to establish trust, rapport and reliability
Regional Facilities & Engineering Manager
Amazon
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Strategic and operational multi-site leadership of the estate portfolio inclusive of engineering, facilities, compliance, contract, and project management services throughout the UK&I, delivering solutions, innovation, and collaborative execution across the network
- Commercial and tactical leadership and development of direct & indirect multi-faceted teams, service partners & 3PL's with Capex & Opex budget accountability of circa £30M per annum
- Supported the growth of the UK&I site footprint by 40% and customer volumes by over 100%
- Leadership of the retender and contractual implementation of the IFM & Engineering service contracts for the UK&I whist reducing risk and providing costs saving of circa £2M
- Project management and execution of high value/impact change management & Covid related business projects and initiatives in support of employee wellbeing, health & safety, process engineering, operational delivery, and contractor management
- Coordinated end-to-end capital construction projects, managing tasks from conception through completion
- Translated senior management directives into actionable front-line policies and implemented changes whilst streamlining processes to improve and optimize operations
Head of Asset Management
Siemens Energy
01.2010 - 01.2019
- Strategic and operational leadership of the group asset management, maintenance engineering, capital projects and estate/facilities management services collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and customers to ensure the highest levels of EHS, compliance and customer service with regular reporting to the Executive Board on performance against targets and objectives
- Leadership and mentoring of a multi-functional team with budget accountability of £25M, operating across a diverse mufti-site industrial/manufacturing and commercial/office estate
- Development and implementation of annual operating plans, continuous improvement processes, digitalization and change management of which successfully eased transformation, culture change, technological enhancements, sustainability, and operational excellence
- Project delivery of multiple capital and expense CDM & EPC projects/programs with project values ranging from £50K - £5M, controlled project scope, schedule, quality, safety, resources, and costs
- Designed, developed, and led the delivery of PPM/TPM plant & engineering asset maintenance strategies including a digital enterprise CMMS/Asset Management system that increased critical life cycle asset performance and availability by 25% and produced budget
- Adopted and embedded asset management principles within the organization to ensure that a 'cradle to grave' approach was implemented to strategic developments, long term maintenance requirements are minimized, and whole life cycle costs/benefits were considered at the early design concept stage
Facilities Manager
International Centre for Life
01.2006 - 01.2010
Building Services Manager
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
01.2001 - 01.2006
Detachment Commander
HM Forces
01.1991 - 01.2001
Education
Higher National Diploma (HND) -
Mechanical Engineering
Diploma in Business Management -
The Open University
Higher National Certificate (HNC) -
IWFM
Project Management (PMQ) -
Association of Project Managemnent
National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety -
(NEBOSH)
Thayer West Point Leadership Program -
Thayer
United Kingdom Security Vetting - undefined
(UKSV) Security Check (SC)
Skills
- Project/Program Management
- People/Team Leadership & Development
- Senior Level Stakeholder Management
- Asset & Life Cycle Management
- Facilities & Property Management
- Change Management & Communications
- EHS & Risk Management
- Digitization & Transformation
- Analytical & Methodical
- Contractor/3PL Management
- Finance/Budget Management
- M&E Engineering
Affiliations
- Institute of Workplace Facility Management (IWFM)
- Association of Project Management (APM)
Timeline
Director of Facilities
RTX
08.2024 - Current
Associate Director, Facilities, Property, EHS & Security
Raytheon
01.2021 - 08.2024
Regional Facilities & Engineering Manager
Amazon
01.2019 - 01.2021
Head of Asset Management
Siemens Energy
01.2010 - 01.2019
Facilities Manager
International Centre for Life
01.2006 - 01.2010
Building Services Manager
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
01.2001 - 01.2006
Detachment Commander
HM Forces
01.1991 - 01.2001
United Kingdom Security Vetting - undefined
(UKSV) Security Check (SC)
Higher National Diploma (HND) -
Mechanical Engineering
Diploma in Business Management -
The Open University
Higher National Certificate (HNC) -
IWFM
Project Management (PMQ) -
Association of Project Managemnent
National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety -
(NEBOSH)
Thayer West Point Leadership Program -
Thayer
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