Process Industries Division: How we are governed

Richard is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over 25 years experience in engineering major turnarounds for onshore oil refineries and gas facilities.

He works as an independent contractor for a number of major oil and gas companies and global consultancies in the UK and overseas.

Whilst undertaking his mechanical engineering degree at Imperial College, Richard gained work experience in the nuclear fuel industry. After graduation he spent five years in heavy steel industry maintenance during which he gained chartered status via the IMechE MPDS process. He then progressed to turnaround engineering in the process industries.

Reader in Energy & Thermodynamics, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

Founder, AscenTrack Consulting, Pune, India

Secretary and Treasurer, India Technical Centre

Keith Brewood is a specialist consultant to the food industry.

Keith is a Chartered Engineer and also a Member of the Institute of Food Science & Technology and a professional member of the Institute of Food Technology. Keith has a wide knowledge of the Food Industry gained from designing and building food factories worldwide to product and process development bringing new products to market. Keith has operated and managed food businesses at a senior level in technical, operational, commercial, marketing and CEO capacities.

Keith is a founding member of the British Contract Manufacturers & Packers Association.

Director of Research, Development and Engineering, Weatherford

John Clegg has 32 years experience in engineering, manufacturing, sales and operations in upstream oil and gas.  He has worked with: drill bits, directional drilling, measurement while drilling, logging while drilling; managed pressure drilling; wireline services; and subsea controls.

Currently based in the USA, John is an active member of Society of Petroleum Engineers where he serves on the Program Committee for the annual Drilling Conference and as Program Chair for the Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section.  John is a Fellow of IMechE and has served on the committee since its creation.

Outsourcing Manager, Process Industries, GSK

Operations Manager, Bradley Pulverizer Company 

Ian has over 30 years experience in engineering is registered as an IEng Engineer in  variety of disciplines including mechanical, electrical and instrumentation and is a member of the IMechE and IET. 

He studied at Canterbury College of Technology in the Department of Engineering and Mining, followed by a technician apprenticeship in aerospace. He then made a move into heavy engineering in a wide range of industries from paper mills and power generation to quarrying and dredging specialising in bulk material handling with conveyors, size reduction and heavy trommel equipment.

He now works for Bradley Pulverizer Company as Operations Manager managing projects from quote to commissioning, as well as managing upgrades and modernisation of existing plants. Specialising in fine powders production and size classification for a wide range of industries from power generation, steel manufacturing and fertilizer to specialised small scale milling of unusual materials.

 His role also involves Broadfield acidulation units for the manufacture of super phosphate fertilizer and acidic salts.

Wood E&I

Susan is water and wastewater key specialty lead and staff manager in Wood E&I UK, ensuring the technical competence of staff, that procedures are fit for purpose and a consistently high standard of technical output.

She has over 30 years’ experience of technical leadership, project engineering, staff management and project management of multi-disciplinary engineering & environmental consultancy projects predominantly in the water and wastewater sectors. She is particularly fond of providing robust solutions to tricky problems in water abstraction, treatment and distribution.

Susan has been committed to professional development since starting her own career as a graduate on Severn Trent’s MPDS scheme in 1986. Since then she has developed and supported engineers’ professional development through her roles as staff manager, registered mentor (IMechE & IET) and OU engineering tutor. Susan has been FIMechE since 2003.

Turnaround Engineer, Tiplady Engineering Management Services Ltd.

Richard is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over 25 years experience in engineering major turnarounds for onshore oil refineries and gas facilities.

He works as an independent contractor for a number of major oil and gas companies and global consultancies in the UK and overseas.

Whilst undertaking his mechanical engineering degree at Imperial College, Richard gained work experience in the nuclear fuel industry. After graduation he spent five years in heavy steel industry maintenance during which he gained Chartered status via the IMechE MPDS process. He then progressed to turnaround engineering in the process industries.