About
Mwata Belgrave
My career has taken me from project engineering to operations leadership. I now work independently with management teams on the decisions that connect business direction, people and delivery.
For more than fourteen years I worked at an offshore energy engineering company, moving through project and management roles. From 2015 to 2022 I was Director of Operations on the executive management team, responsible for the technical, projects and project services departments. In that time I led three ERP implementations on the business side. Two went live. The third was halted shortly before go-live when the company was sold.
I have worked independently since 2022 and am now based in Portugal, supporting clients across Europe in English and Dutch. My advisory work includes supporting the management team of that same company.
That operational background shapes how I work: understand the situation, make the choices clear and help the people responsible carry them through.
Expertise
What the career built.
Each area below comes from work I did in a role, and the evidence is next to it.
- Project control and reportingAs Director of Operations I built the operational control framework: KPIs, planning and reporting routines. As an advisor I introduced a weekly cycle of forecast reviews, burn tracking and peer reviews, which gave the executive board an earlier view of project outcomes.
- Governance and management of changeI redesigned the management of change process and the authorisation matrix, with clear approval thresholds for client and internal changes.
- Strategy and organisationI directed a strategy and improvement programme with management and the executive board: a revised business plan, departmental plans and a structure for three product lines.
- Budgets and capacityI owned operational budgets, reviewed project financials every month and matched engineering capacity to project and tender demand.
- Commercial strategy and proposalsAs right hand to the managing director I co-led a new sales strategy and the reorganisation of the sales team. Later I designed pricing models for a strategic partnership and standardised proposals into reusable frameworks.
- ERP and business systemsI led three ERP implementations on the business side, and ran a gate-based selection of a document management system against more than 18 criteria.
- Quality, processes and management systemsI ran a Lean Six Sigma programme and achieved ISO 9001 certification at a software company, then mapped QHSE processes and delivered procedures for an integrated management system (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 and VCA) at an offshore wind steel manufacturer.
- Leading and coaching management teamsI coached a newly appointed management team, onboarded an incoming Manager Operations, and coached the operations managers of group companies every week.
Career
The path so far.
- Belgrave Consultancy. Founder and senior business consultant for leaders of energy, engineering and project-based businesses. Senior advisor to the management team of an offshore energy engineering company. From October 2024 to March 2025, advisor on QHSE and the integrated management system at an offshore wind steel manufacturer.
- Offshore energy engineering company. Manager Projects, then Director of Operations (2015 to 2022) on the executive management team. Also VP Corporate Operations for the parent group in 2017 and 2018. Led three ERP implementations.
- eVision Industry Software, The Hague. Manager Projects & Services, then Business Improvement Manager: Lean Six Sigma, ISO 9001, quality assurance, company control and the project management office.
- The same offshore engineering company. Project engineer, project manager and co-manager of the multi-discipline projects department.
- Rademaker BV (trainee engineer, 2004 to 2006) and a construction and trailer business in Thailand that I founded and directed (2000 to 2004).
- BSc Mechanical Engineering, The Hague University of Applied Sciences (1996 to 2000). Training in situational leadership, negotiation and conflict management.
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