Scott McDowell

• Operating and monitoring the AD plant processes, ensuring optimal performance and minimizing downtime via the Scada screens with the ability to interpret data, analyze trends, make informed decisions and make Scada/on-plant adjustments.
• Maintaining the plant machinery – Completing daily, weekly and monthly checks.
• Maintenance works – responding to breakdowns on site, assessing the works needed and repairing the equipment safely, effectively and in a timely manner. Using extra help when needed.
• Attended professional development training sessions for continuous skill improvement.
• Monitored inventory levels of materials, preventing shortages or delays in work process and creating/receipting Purchase orders.

Responsibilities:

• I am responsible for the operating and maintenance of six industrial sized multi fuel fired high pressure water tube boilers.
• The steam produced powers five steam driven turbo blowers which produce cold blast air for the blast furnace process
• Two turbine alternators which can generate up to 27 MW and export steam through reducing stations into the works medium pressure steam system.
• Maximising efficiencies looking at plant thermodynamics to minimise heat loss, ensuring compliance with quality, environmental and all relevant legal legislation.
• Helping in projects upgrading existing plant equipment to ensure reliability and ease of use through upgraded control systems as well as new installations to ensure they improve reliability and longevity of the plant for stable operations

• National tactical response group utilised my intervention planning
• Significantly enhanced process for customer (MOJ) reporting
• Covid - 19 project lead for HMP Doncaster
• Silver Commander of hostage incident
• Role count process accuracy improvement
• Exceptional Delivery Model Risk Assessments
• Responsibility:
• Contribute to managing the security of the Prison in accordance with policies and procedures
• Oversee and be accountable for the provision of services to prisoners, including programs, employment and activities, to encourage an environment of positive interaction between staff and prisoners
• Coordinate and oversee the management of prisoner accommodation areas, including the health, safety and welfare of prisoners, staff and members of the general public in accordance with Prison policies and procedures
• Ensure staff utilise PNOMIS in terms of ACCT, Violence Reduction, key officer and so forth, making regular, relevant and informative entries
• Ensure that staff complete ACCT, Violence Reduction and Equal opportunities &
• Diversity responsibilities
• Areas Managed; Residential, Security & Visits, Orderly Officer, Project Lead
• Staff Management Responsibilities;
• Detail of allocated work area
• Absence Management (Sickness/TOIL/Annual Leave/Other)
• Ensuring working environment is safe, secure & hygienic
• Recruitment
• Staff Appraisals

Achievements:

• National prison officer of the year finalist

Responsibility:

• Supervise manage & control prisoners decently, lawfully, safely & securely (in line with PSI & directors rules)
• Ensure prison regimes are adhered to
• Conduct searches on prisoners, staff & visitors as required
• Undertake external escorts to hospital
• Deal with a variety of incidents, as first on site and part of a team
• Prepare relevant documentations
• Completed personal emergency evacuation plan, Other 1 Month Notice Period
• Current DBS Check

Responsibility:

• Working closely with operations manager
• Planning of outages to ensure continuation of supply to other areas
• Control room - blending, Communication with other sites
• Management of raw materials on site and due to arrive, Shift management - ensure shift has the correct number of staff rostered and manage overtime requirements
• Implementation of automated stock control system
• Working on continued improvements of site processes

Responsibility:

• Operation of heavy machinery (200 tonne stacker reclaimer / MGR)
• Driving of Loading Shovel
• Conveyor Maintenance
• Reporting of required repairs
• Completing management of work reports
• Health and Safety Conversations / near miss reporting

Responsibility:

• Operation of injection moulding machinery
• Quality assurance
• Order dispatch

Responsibility:

• Quotations / pricing
• Working with plans provided by architects/customers
• Working alongside and planning with other contractors to complete residential building works, including ground works, brick laying and foundations
• Management of 1 member of staff
• Invoicing/Basic general accounting work associated with self employment

Responsibility:

• Achieved level 2 NVQ in brick laying
• Hands on experience of all areas of building trade (residential)