Ed Johnson
Co-Founder & Director, Fishbone
Ed is Chartered Mechanical Engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical
Engineers. He has developed his career within engineering and general management
disciplines and has held senior positions within various high profile transportation
and manufacturing businesses.
Ed has a solid financial background developed from direct Project Management
training and by leading key business operations and major projects (£50m+),
maintenance planning and execution, depot and factory management and with a broad
spectrum of academic and practical qualifications. Ed has led profit and loss growth
in the competitive rail maintenance sector, developed and executed key business
strategies to ensure effective and reliable change as well as implemented a full
suite of operations controls, processes, measures and improvements to maximise
efficiencies, delivery, safety and shareholder returns.
Some of Ed’s successes include:
- Improved Lost Time and Incident, Accident and Near Miss performance
- Developed operational savings within a clients' business to achieve £2m saving
- Developed strategic partnerships with client supply base
- Developed strategic plan, commercial contracts & tender for maintenance 10% saving
- Provided expert advice to corporate tender process as part of bids team
- Implemented best practice project management training and processes
- Developed teams and team performance with a focus on value stream analysis
