David John Seear, CEng, CMarEng, FIMarEST, CQP, FCQI, is a chartered engineer who spent twelve years at sea, ending up as chief engineer with a combined first class chief engineers...view moreDavid John Seear, CEng, CMarEng, FIMarEST, CQP, FCQI, is a chartered engineer who spent twelve years at sea, ending up as chief engineer with a combined first class chief engineers certificate before leaving and joining Shell UK.
After twenty years at Shell UK, where he had been head of quality and performance for Shell UK Materials Services running the quality and performance department, one of the three departments reporting to him was quality appraisal, whose purpose was to carry out second-party audits. His final position with Shell was quality manager UMAQ.
Took over the role of chairman of the Engineer and Equipment Materials Users Association (EEMUA) and represented the CBI on BSI QMS 22 for six years and represented the UK on ISO 9000 TC 176 for three years.
Worked for Brunei Liquid Natural Gas as head of supplies and was regional manager for a certification body in the Middle East, where he was based in Abu Dhabi. Carried out audits and training throughout the world, including Africa, North and South America, Russia, Europe, Scandinavia, as well Singapore and Malaysia when he lived in the Far East and Pakistan, India, UAE, Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain when living in the Middle East
He is an IRCA principal auditor of thirty years of experience and runs PDQ Management Services, carrying out training, auditing, consultancy, and lecturing on various management issues, including procurement and how to implement effective quality management systems.
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