Operational leadership. Transformation. Engineering. Strategy.

Structra works with organisations that need better performance, significant change, stronger operating capability or practical leadership through growth. The work starts with the commercial and operating reality — and ends with results that show in the business.

Operational leadership with a production team
See the opportunity. Make the difference.

Find the opportunity. Make the value visible. Deliver the change. Make the difference.

What I do

Start with what the organisation needs.

The need may be a visible performance problem or an opportunity that has not yet been recognised. Structra connects the financial case, the operating reality and the leadership needed to make change stick.

01

When performance is not where it should be

Establish what is constraining performance, what it is worth to the business and which actions will improve cash, service, output or margin.

Uptime or output is below what the business needs.

Capacity is constrained — but the case for more capital is unclear.

Delivery, cost or operational control has drifted.

Investment is not producing the expected operating result.

+400%capacityNational diagnostics

~50%faster turnaroundRegulated healthcare

02

When the organisation needs to change, build or grow

Turn ambition into an operating plan: priorities, investment decisions, accountable delivery and evidence that the intended value has arrived.

Growth has overtaken the operating model.

A new capability, service or factory needs building.

Transformation is not landing in day-to-day operations.

Automation or technology investment needs making real.

A critical programme needs recovering.

£1m+operational savingsIndustrial performance

40+technology projectsEngineering & automation

Experience

Different settings. The same operating discipline.

From factories and infrastructure to national services and complex corporate environments, the setting changes. The need to connect strategy, technology, people and delivery does not.

Production team working in a food manufacturing operation
Manufacturing, industrial & food
Engineers working on critical electricity infrastructure
Infrastructure, energy & utilities
High-throughput diagnostic automation in a regulated operation
Healthcare & regulated operations

Experience also spans technology and automation, complex corporate environments, startups and SMEs, and PE-backed or portfolio-company contexts.

Scott Haberton

About Scott

Engineering roots. Executive perspective.

Scott Haberton's career has moved from manufacturing engineering and robotics, through applied manufacturing technology, into operations, transformation, strategy and executive leadership.

He has worked at the Manufacturing Technology Centre, SHV Energy, AlixPartners and across national diagnostics, as well as in interim CEO and CTO roles. The consistent thread is an ability to move between technical reality, commercial decisions, frontline delivery and the boardroom.

  1. Engineering & roboticsWMG · SFS
  2. Applied manufacturing technologyThe Manufacturing Technology Centre
  3. Global operations & national scale-upSHV Energy · NHS diagnostics
  4. Strategy & executive leadershipAlixPartners · interim CEO & CTO · Structra

CEng · MBA · MSc Robotics · Lean Six Sigma Black Belt · PRINCE2

Open to permanent senior executive roles — including COO and Director appointments — alongside selected interim, fractional and advisory work.

Contact

Start with the situation.

If there is an opportunity to unlock, an operation to improve, a change to deliver or a senior leadership role to discuss, contact Scott directly.