Infrastructure advisory experience

Experience

Senior infrastructure advisory experience across commercial, engineering and operational contexts.

Experience portfolio

Westheath engagements

Senior contract and commercial management on a national traffic management system programme

Rail · Ireland

The engagement formed part of support to a national rail traffic-management-system programme in Ireland.

Westheath provided senior contract and commercial management capability within the wider programme support structure. The role covered Early Warnings and Compensation Events and commercial process improvement under an amended NEC3 Option C target-cost contract, and commercial management and coordination of the systems contractor across design, supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance.

Strategic advisory support on contractual change in a metro and light-rail operations and maintenance environment

Rail and light rail · Qatar

Westheath was engaged to provide senior strategic-advisory support concerning contractual change within a major metro and light-rail operations and maintenance environment.

Infrastructure and systems maintenance strategy for a light-rail operations and maintenance procurement

Light rail · Ireland

Westheath led the infrastructure and systems workstream within a light-rail operations and maintenance procurement in Ireland and developed the infrastructure and systems asset-management and maintenance strategy submitted as part of that procurement.

Infrastructure and systems support for a UK light-rail procurement

Light rail · United Kingdom

Westheath provided infrastructure and systems input within a United Kingdom light-rail operations and maintenance procurement, initially leading the Procurement Specific Questionnaire stage and subsequently providing technical advice and review during preparation of the full tender.

Experience portfolio

Principal experience

Cost and commercial leadership within metro and light-rail operations and maintenance

Metro and light rail · Qatar

Head of Cost Management at RKH Qitarat, the operations and maintenance contractor for the Doha Metro and Lusail Tram — leading cost management, claims, commercial process improvement and commercial strategy across key maintenance contracts.

Commercial management of rail systems procurement, HS2

High-speed rail · United Kingdom

Commercial Manager on High Speed Two rail systems procurement, deployed through Arcadis, for whom HS2 Limited was the client — responsible for tender commercial-evaluation planning, tender-qualification review with internal and external legal teams, and conflict-of-interest management.

Commercial management of national rail design-build packages

Freight rail · United Arab Emirates

Commercial Manager on Etihad Rail Stage 2 design-build packages, deployed through WSP as lead consultant, for whom Etihad Rail was the client — retrospective commercial management and full commercial reconciliation including subconsultants, establishment of a change-management process, and clearance of a variation and claim backlog under FIDIC.

Executive engineering and maintenance leadership, metro and light rail

Metro and light rail · Qatar

Engineering and Maintenance Director, and previously Deputy Engineering and Maintenance Director, at RKH Qitarat, the operations and maintenance contractor for the Doha Metro and Lusail Tram, for whom Qatar Rail was the client — executive leadership across metro and light-rail systems engineering, maintenance, asset management, IT and facilities management.

Rolling stock, depot and fleet-readiness leadership, metro

Metro · United Arab Emirates

Head of Rolling Stock and Depots for Serco on the Dubai Metro operations and maintenance contract, delivered to the Roads & Transport Authority as Serco's client — rolling-stock and depot engineering, fleet major-overhaul activity, and mobilisation and maintenance readiness for a new fleet entering service.

Infrastructure maintenance delivery leadership, national network

Rail · United Kingdom

Infrastructure Maintenance Engineer at Network Rail — senior leadership of track, off-track and signalling maintenance delivery in the London Bridge area of the Kent Route, covering preventative maintenance, corrective maintenance and fault response.

Fleet performance and maintainability on a new-build rolling stock programme

Rail · United Kingdom

Performance Manager, and previously Maintainability Engineer, on the Siemens Thameslink rolling stock project — fleet-performance processes with the operator including contractual and commercial requirements, failure attribution, RAMS through design and build, life-cycle costs, and mobilisation of a performance team for a new fleet.

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References

“Westheath led the infrastructure maintenance workstream as part of a light-rail operations and maintenance contract tender in 2025. Throughout the process, they demonstrated a high level of technical expertise, professionalism, and commitment to collaboration.”

Project Director

Light-rail operations · Ireland

“Throughout the project, he demonstrated excellent knowledge of NEC3 Option C contract procedures and consistently ensured the efficient and transparent administration of all contractual matters. He managed compensation events, early warnings, and change control processes with great professionalism and attention to detail.”

Director, UK & Ireland

Rail engineering consultancy · Ireland

“We found him to be a very proactive and considerate team member. He was attentive to the requirements of the project, and always sought to go above and beyond in terms of delivery expectation.”

Contracts Manager

National rail infrastructure organisation · Ireland

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