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Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Programme managing ST80-HTS, which will be the world's first high field spherical tokamak using high temperature superconducting magnets at scale

Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Programme managed the intermediate device as part of the conceptual study for ST80-HTS

Abingdon, England, United Kingdom

Programme managed ST40 P2.2 with a resultant 100M degrees C plasma temperature - The threshold for commercial fusion and a world-breaking temperature for a compact spherical tokamak

Birmingham, United Kingdom

• The Project Manager on the Trent 7000, the powerplant for the Airbus A330-neo aircraft, responsible for delivery of control units in-service modifications to ensure safety and reliability are optimised.
• I successfully project managed the delivery of the upgraded nacelle anti-ice pressure relief shut off valve, the clearance of oil system magnetic chip detection for flight diagnostics and the resolution of a number of.
• Project managed the upgrade of the intermediate pressure bleed valve to mitigate in-service reliability issues seen on the Trent 7000.

Derby UK

• Successfully managed the Trent 1000 (Boeing 787 application) and Trent 7000 (Airbus A330-neo application) business plans with a consolidated value over £1bn.
• Implemented Oracle Primavera P6 scheduling and resource management enterprise planning delivering a 10% reduction in PM resource across Civil Aerospace new product
• Implemented Earned Value Management resulting in a cultural change in adherence to budget and driving both cost & schedule corrective action whilst improved future estimating
• Designed and enforced the change control process to identify and burn down project risk resulting in improved business plan adherence and reduction in circa ~£150m potential overspend
• Developed the financial and resource historical process and toolset to enable the ‘Art of the Estimating’. Toolset actively used to benchmark Civil Aerospace future programmes resulting in credible financial estimates.

Derby, United Kingdom

• Planned and executed the Engine Development Programme (EDP) for the Trent XWB (Airbus A350 application) from conception through to first run, with a scope of seven development engines utilising a diverse global team in.
• Delivered the infrastructure to support the EDP (tooling, test beds, build and test instructions) enabling the engine build, test and strip capability in line with budget and schedule requirements
• Commissioned the test beds globally to complete the airworthiness authority certification test and maturity testing (Stennis outdoor test bed North America, Glacier Icing facility Manitoba Canada, AEDC Altitude test.
• Commissioned the first ever Trent XWB engine to validate and verify the design solution

Derby, United Kingdom

• Successfully developed and gained board approval for the Trent XWB 84k thrust business plan
• Proactively set up the work and cost breakdown structures to enable cost collection by work package and ultimately project launch
• Managed financial and resource Change Control enabling the business to manage its overall affordability to business plan in recognition of risks and opportunities

Derby, United Kingdom

• Managed the 2005 Civil Aerospace Development Engineering recruitment campaign employing an additional 90 experienced personnel into the organisation within 12 months to support company critical projects
• Introduced and managed the Development Engineering functional skills assessment/training programme for over 250 Engineers to ensure continual improvement to high engineering and PM standards
• Managed the quality management system for the Development function to ensure quality assurance

Montreal, Canada Area

• Project managed the Industrial Trent 60 Future Production Wet Low Emissions & Industrial Trent 50 Initial Production & Future Production Dry Low Emissions standardisations to allow in-service deployment of these power.
• Project managed the Industrial Trent 50 Current Production Dry Low Emissions Auto Ignition Recovery System Standardisation to combat in-service reliability issues

Derby, United Kingdom

• Project managed the build and testing of the Trent 500 (Airbus A340 application) development vehicle 70004. This include active programme management techniques under extreme time pressures to successfully complete the.

Derby, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the Trent 500 rain & hail certification strategy to CAA regulations and feasibility analysis of Trent 500 external hardware for certification to allow entry into service of this product
• Designed and deployed software trims to support EDP certification and maturity testing

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Managed the Adour 900 Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) qualification programme to upgrade the current Adour for operation on the latest BAe Hawk mark of aircraft

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Successfully completed the Rolls-Royce training scheme rotating though many functions and ultimately securing a permanent role in the company. During my time in this scheme I actively undertook the following
• 3 months’ placement in Design, Experimental, Manufacturing, Business, Performance and Design & Make
• October 1997 Rolls-Royce Chairman's Awards Individual Chairman's Merit as Trainee of the year finalist
• October 1996 Rolls-Royce Chairman's Awards as Team finalist for design and make project

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 2:1

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