TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Career Pathway SPOTLIGHT ON


CRAIG MORNING MIHEEM, MWMSoc


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raig Morning MIHEEM, MWMSoc, is an Authorising Engineer (Water) for NHS Scotland Assure, and is on the IHEEM Water Technical Platform, and a member of IHEEM Scotland, as well as being a Council


member of the Water Management Society. He has been involved in water management since undertaking a pool plant operator course while a duty manager at a health club around 20 years ago. Deciding to pursue a bigger role in water hygiene, Craig joined Chemtech Consultancy as a field-based technician in March 2006. Here he learned the correct procedures for temperature testing, water sampling, and disinfections, before progressing onto risk assessments of schools and offices, and then on to hospitals and health centres. Craig then took up an Operations Manager role, where he was responsible for the onboarding and training of all new staff, and for updating and retaining the company accreditations alongside the Compliance Manager and other colleagues. Upon leaving to start his own consultancy in July 2015, Craig continued to carry out works supporting the NHS across the UK, across an area spanning from the Highlands of Scotland to Berkshire, with many stops in between. On becoming a father in 2018, he wanted to spend more time at home with family, so took up a post with DMA Canyon as Operations Manager, where his previous experience within healthcare helped a quick integration into the company. Two years later, Craig joined the Water Hygiene Centre as a Senior Consultant / Authorising Engineer (Water), and it was in this role that he believes he had really found his calling. The ability to work with NHS colleagues to identify areas of improvement as part of the Water Safety Groups allowed him to use his range of experience to scrutinise the evidence provided, and suggest solutions based on lived experiences.


Craig started his own consultancy in July 2015, and continued to carry out works supporting the NHS across the UK, spanning from the Highlands of Scotland to Berkshire, with many stops in between


The challenge of undertaking this role directly as part of the NHS Scotland Assure team saw Craig make his move in early 2022, and it was at this stage that he began the process to become a registered AE (Water).


Craig notes that this registration process seemed daunting to begin with, starting with an in-depth explanation of previous roles and experience, followed by a face-to-face interview with peers, with questions posed to dive into his knowledge and the ways in which he would respond to the kind of unusual requests put forward at Water Safety Groups meetings. Craig was delighted when he was informed that he had been successful, and would be the next person added to the IHEEM AE (Water) register. Looking to the future, he wishes to use his experience to help as many Boards across Scotland as possible, and hopes his position with both IHEEM and WMSoc will encourage more people to join these organisations and help drive standards upwards.


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September 2024 Health Estate Journal 15


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