Jeff Regan
Principal Consultant
In a career within the Petro-Chemical Industry spanning in excess of thirty years, I have been privileged to work for several World-Class International oil and gas producing companies. Initially my activities focussed around my core discipline skill of Control & Instrumentation, with the commissioning and maintenance of systems for the detection of toxic and flammable gas playing a significant role in my daily life.
A subsequent move into a more senior role meant increased responsibility across wider range of Operational activities. With the benefit of this experience, I and two other Senior Operations Managers from within the Oil and Gas Industry formed OPTIS Europe Ltd in early 2000.
As a Company that specialises in Operations Management, OPTIS Europe continues to provide operations expertise to both Client and Contract groups around the world. We provide the operational systems and processes to facilitate safe and rapid recovery of Capital Investment by ensuring that facilities are ready to operate in a safe, effective and environmentally benign manner.
Our motto is "Excellence in Operations"
Michael Coleman
Senior Consultant
With over 20 years experience in the Chemical Industry in a variety of Operations roles from Production to Project Management; I took the move to share my knowledge and experiences and subsequently joined JMS Consultants.
Primarily it is my responsibility to provide delegates with the training and coaching necessary to ensure they have sufficient underpinning knowledge to competently carry out gas testing to the OPITO standard.
My career began in process operations as an operator running manual, semi and fully automated plants containing complex equipment such as reactors, crystallisers, filtration equipment, paddle dryers, milling plants and a variety of distillation techniques. This afforded me the knowledge and respect for many hazardous toxic and flammable situations which was further bolstered as I became responsible for authorising Permit to Work Procedures etc.
Following further education in Management and Chemical Engineering I moved to more senior roles in Production Management and then Project Management.
Projects included overseeing new-build facilities with active roles in preparing and implementing commissioning procedures; Managing Annual Shutdowns and introducing Competency Based Training to name but a few.
Within the training role I became passionate about the need to ensure our colleagues have a thorough understanding of the standards and procedures required to carry out their designated roles competently.
This same passion has now been translated into a full-time role and is shared throughout JMS Consultants.
“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”
Kath Pearson
Senior Training Co-ordinator
Kath Pearson has been involved the organisation since its conception in 2000.
My current role within JMS Consultants is as Senior Training Coordinator which involves a whole range of activities from the organisation of the logistics to ensure all materials for the training courses reach the client in time.
In addition, I am responsible for all issues relating to the Quality Management standards or the products that we deliver. A key part of my role is liaising directly with the clients to ascertain their exact requirements to ensure we deliver a quality product.
I work with a very competent team who are all equally committed to ensure customer focus & quality delivery.
John Sonley
Associate Consultant
For more than twenty years, I have been employed in the business of flammable and toxic gas hazards and gas detection with 10 years spent as Managing Director of International Gas Detectors Limited, Wetherby, West Yorkshire and latterly as the founder of JMS Consultants, specialising in training personnel in atmosphere testing.
From 1974 to 1978 I was employed by British Gas as a Research and Development Scientist and it was in 1978 that I published European Patent Application 79300345.0 for the first of what was to become a new generation of reliable catalytic flammable gas sensors. Moving to IGD in 1978, my Company began an extensive development programme to overcome the practical difficulties associated with using gas detection systems of that era and subsequently introduced to the oil and petrochemical industry the first commercially available poison-resistant pellistor, Patent number 2066963A July 1981. This breakthrough and the business that was spawned from its success linked my Company with the role of problem solving, a position it enjoyed for more than ten years. In 1983 to augment other export activities, I incorporated IGD Inc. in Houston and established distributors in selected States, particularly Texas, California and Alaska.
As a major expansion of business activity during 1984, I established in joint venture, EIGD Limited, a specialist infrared analysis Company that had developed a novel and patented solid-state optical cell and was geographically located on the Research Park of Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. Whilst initial work concentrated on flammable gas sensing using infrared techniques, it was a decline within the oil industry shortly thereafter, that redirected Company effort to produce carbon dioxide rather than flammable gas monitors.
International and European standardisation of gas detectors increased in importance with the approach of a Common European Market and for the past 20 years I have been a member of Committee GEL/31/19 which generated BS6020 and BS6959 together with Committee SC31/9 which has now prepared a harmonised European Standard for industrial flammable gas detectors. Some years ago I was elected Chairman of BSI Committee GEL/31/19 and CENELEC Committees SC31/9 and TC216. In 1988 the transfer of ownership of IGD presented the opportunity for me to become independent and extend my particular interest in providing an on-site survey, design, audit and training service World-wide in the correct choice, application, use and maintenance of both flammable and toxic gas fixed installation detection systems, with a particular emphasis on sensor type and head location to provide optimum coverage at minimum cost. In this role JMS Consultants has surveyed oil and gas plant from the heat of Libya (Marsa el Brega),Tunisia (Sfax), Offshore Australia on FPSO’s in the East Timor Sea, to the cold of the Komi Republic in Russia (Usinsk- Vozey Oilfield) as well as many other sites both on-shore and offshore within the UK and mainland Europe.
In addition to providing site surveys, since 1989 JMS Consultants has developed a range of courses aimed at training personnel to become competent in testing hazardous atmospheres.
Sarah Holliday
Training Co-ordinator
Due to the expansion of JMS Consultants, Sarah started with the company in May 2008. Her role involves responding to enquiries, preparing quotes, managing the bookings, arranging travel and accommodation for the Training Consultants, liaising with clients and issuing training certificates.
Sarah enjoys co-ordinating the Training Consultants busy schedules and making sure everything runs as smoothly as possible.
Sarah’s normal days of work are Monday and Tuesday.
Alex Hoyle
Team Assistant
Alex Hoyle has been working with the Company since July 2008 & has already become an integral part of the team.
Alex is responsible for the preparation of all the necessary training documentation to be sent to the Clients in order for the course to run smoothly. He helps with all administration duties which include organising travel arrangements & processing the delegates certification.
Alex is also involved with the analysing of the Clients Feedback information as part of the JMS Consultants quality procedures.
Lorraine Sibbick
Quality Manager
As an ISO9001:2000 accredited Company, Lorraine’s role as Quality Manager involves the control and maintenance of the Quality Management Systems.
With a pro-active attitude towards the continual improvement of company policies and procedures, Lorraine works in close relation with all employees, encouraging feedback and suggestions for further development.
Clare Picking
Finance Administrator
Clare has been with the business since October 2007, and is Financial Administrator for JMS Consultants. As such her role encompasses control of both the sales and purchase ledger; payroll and expenses, and all banking requirements.
She also provides monthly statistics and analysis as requested by the Management Team.
Danielle Burton
Business Development Assistant
Since being with the company Danielle has assisted with the re-design of company logos and stationery, updating brochures and websites, advertising, building client databases and organising mail shots.
Danielle is currently studying from home for a Diploma in Marketing.
Sophie Carr
Team Assistant
Sophie has been with the company since July 2008. She assists the Accounts Administrator with various tasks along with helping with general admin tasks.
Sophie has recently been studying business admin and is working towards an NVQ level 3.
