John Gentle, QA Manager

John Gentle

QA Manager

Doh

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
High school or equivalent, Highway Traffic Engineering
Experience
34 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :34 years, 8 Months

QA Manager at Doh
  • Qatar
  • January 2013 to October 2013

for the

Specialist
  • May 2010 to December 2010

Railway Consultant to the PRC Ministry of Railways (MOR) for the Hangzhou to Changsha High Speed Railway, Section 2
His role as Deputy Chief Engineer is to train, support and direct the Foreign Representatives and MOR Supervising Team in overseeing the construction of the works.

Expert High Speed Railways

Specialist
  • April 2008 to May 2010

Ministry of Railways, China

Railway Consultant to the PRC Ministry of Railways for the Beijing to Shanghai High Speed Railway.
John was part of a team of 13 foreign experts providing advice and training to Contractors and Supervising Engineers and reported to Chief Foreign Representative of the Project.

Team Leader and Expert High Speed Railways

at PARSONS BRINKERHOFF CHINA
  • December 2005 to February 2008

High Speed Railway
To provide supervise and provide western expertise in high speed rail construction technology to the Contractors and the Supervising Engineers. Certification of payments was also a function.

Chief at PCI ASIA
  • Philippines
  • August 2005 to December 2005

Rail Transit, Line 1 Upgrade
Associated in upgrade of signaling (incorporating ATS and ATP), telecommunications, automatic fare collection, trackwork, overhead catenary and station civil and architectural modification works.

QA Manager at Bechtel International
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 2004 to June 2005

His function was to develop and implement a Quality Management System for the Project complying with ISO9001:2000, including preparing and implementing an audit and inspection programme.

QA Manager at Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC)
  • April 2000 to November 2004

THSRC, Construction Zone North
Specific function of progressing, monitoring, auditing, inspecting and reporting on the delivery of the Project to the comprehensive and detailed Design and Construction standards for the Railway.

Managing Director at Client SYSTRA
  • May 1998 to April 2000

Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Section 1
He was actively involved in the sections of the Project which included both the Blue Bell Tunnel and Medway Viaduct works from tendering stage through to near commissioning.

Quality Control Specialist at Renardet SA, Consulting Engineers Philippines
  • July 1996 to May 1998

World Bank Financed Highway Projects
As Quality Control Specialist he provided training, advice and technology transfer to the Philippine Bureau of Research and Standards in the implementation and control of Public Works.

Quality Assurance Manager at London Underground Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 1992 to July 1996

LUL. Jubilee Line Extension Project, Construction Division
As Quality Assurance Engineer for the Jubilee Line Extension Project he was responsible for ensuring all quality matters relating to the design, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning activities.

Quality Assurance Manager at British Airports Authority (BAA)
  • May 1987 to July 1992

Airport Terminals and Pavements
BAA
He was responsible for supporting BAA with a materials and management expertise with respect to the design and construction of airport terminals, pavements and internal railway systems.

Senior Materials Engineer at Frank Saynor and Associates Consulting, Inspecting and Testing Engineers
  • April 1985 to May 1987

He was responsible for providing on site consultancy services both in the UK and overseas to Resident Engineers regarding the evaluation, application and use of materials for airfield pavement construction and associated terminal building works.

Senior Materials Engineer at Nicholls Colton and Partners Consulting, Inspecting and Testing Engineers
  • January 1982 to March 1985

He was responsible for providing on site consultancy services to Resident Engineers regarding the evaluation, application and use of materials for motorway construction.

Materials Engineer at Scott Wilson and Partners, Consulting Engineers Malawi Central
  • July 1979 to August 1980
graduate trainee at H.H. Stanger, Consulting, Inspecting and Testing Engineers
  • September 1975 to July 1979

on a wide variety of civil projects in particular motorway, bridge, road and military airport construction projects.

Education

High school or equivalent, Highway Traffic Engineering
  • at University of Birmingham
  • January 1981

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Bachelor's degree, Economics
  • at University of Wales, Cardiff
  • January 1975

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Specialties & Skills

ENGINEERING
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
MICROSOFT WORKS
QUALITY
QUALITY CONTROL
AUDITING
CONSULTING
DELIVERY
LEADERSHIP
PROCUREMENT

Languages

English
Expert
Mandarin
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