Jeff Regan
Company Director and 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”

Dave McDonald
Training Consultant

Strength and depth of knowledge are a valuable addition to any trainers toolkit and I have been lucky enough to build my skills and experience across a career of spanning 27 years, operating in countries such as Cyprus, Germany, The Falkland’s, Iraq and of course the UK.

A former RAF radar engineer I progressed from line management to the design and delivery of bespoke technical training courses, including comprehensive health and safety induction and management training on high power RF and HV equipment. My skills transferred to industry where I gained valuable experience in pharmaceutical engineering before progressing full time to health and safety training across industry, completing several qualifications including the NEBOSH National Diploma. In 2008 I designed a dynamic and informative manual handling course which was approved by IOSH. This complete service is well received across industry and is known for its simplicity and effectiveness.

I enjoy the job satisfaction that goes with the training role and my skills will be well utilised, delivering the core business of gas tester courses and enabling the company’s growth by providing the IOSH brand, risk assessor training and bespoke manual handling solutions.

As an engineering based trainer I like to ‘keep it real’ and I believe that health and safety is an integral part of our jobs, not an addition to it.

My motto: “Every day is a school day”!

Kath Pearson
Office Manager

With many years experience in office administration and supervision I have been involved in the company since it was established over 10 years ago.

As company Office Manager I am keen to ensure all our courses are organised efficiently. Our aim is to exceed client expectation through all stages of the booking and delivery process.

In addition, I am responsible for all issues relating to the Quality Management Standards of the company and liaise directly with clients to ascertain delegate views on the training they have received. We are proud of our achievements in the area of quality and regard it as a key component in our policy of continuous quality improvement.

I work with a very competent team who are all equally committed to ensure customer focus and quality delivery.