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West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sellafield

Salford Wwtw

Responsible for commissioning of electrical / instrumentation equipment associated with Inlet screens, CSO screens, Compactors, Grit removal equipment, Pumping station, Final settlement tanks, actuated valves and de-sludging systems. Commissioned a variety of drive starter compartments from DOL / ASD / ABB inverter drives (160Kw) / soft starts.Commissioned, set-up and calibrated process instrumentation for Level, Temperature, Pressure, Flow, Ammonia, suspended solids.Responsible for the review of the existing hardwired site telemetry system for upgrading to a new telemetry outstation. Critical alarms to be hardwired and all others to be made available on the new site PLC network. Form a strategy for the transitions from the existing telemetry system to the new.Carryout studies on the Integration of new equipment into existing site panels and provide detailed connection and interface documentation.Manage and produce commissioning and O&M documentation.

Esholt Wwtw - Yorkshire

•Manage a team of 5 to complete the electrical design / commissioning for the pre and post treatment of sludge and the associated electrical generation for a Thermal Hydrolysis plant, included Centrifuges, Anerobic digestion and conversion to THP sludge, Cake import, sludge cake storage, Steam Boilers and CHP plant. •Supervise the safe installation of M+E equipment and the electrical installation / testing.•Coordinate the site commissioning activities and play a lead role in the Joint Commissioning team meetings with the client.•Develop and implement safe systems of work for mechanical and electrical site activities, including risk assessments and method statements and impact / contingency plans.•Responsible as duty holder for the control and implementation of electrical safety on site. Including being the site SAP, issuing permits, manage all interfaces with the main DNO supplier for the site protection work and coordinating all 11KV work on the Yorkshire water site network at Esholt.•Coordinate and control mechanical and electrical installation programme and activities, supervising installation subcontractors where engaged.•Participate in and contribute to HazOp and HazCom processes.•Write the process control philosophy and URS for the new project and manage the software process from CFAT to SAT.•Manage and produce commissioning and O&M documentation.•Manage defects and corrective actions.•Proactively develop and manage customer relationships to ensure full satisfaction.•Provide client training as required to cover the new project.

Scotland

•Clearly define and agree with SWS & SW project scope, project timescales and key deliverables.•Preparation of bid submission, delivering SWS RFP volume 0,1,2 and 3 requirements for CAPEX3 approval.•Working with the Programme Planning Manager to prepare the project schedule to define project timescales, key milestones, critical path items and required resource levels for project delivery.•Preparation of project budgets including spend profile across the project Lifecycle•In conjunction with the Programme Planning Manager, monitoring and reporting project progress and finances to the Programme Manager•In conjunction with the Programme SHEQ Manager, ensuring that project SHEQ is managed and reported in line with Programme requirements and Jacobs LES safety policies•Regular review of resources and participants needed to achieve project goals, clearly identifying resource requirements to the Programme Manager.•Strict controls of project finances•Manage changes in project scope, identify potential issues, devise contingency plans and timely application of change control items when required.•Manage the M+E design from Capex 3 - 5 stages to progress from tender package to construction status.•Prepare the procurement and installation programme and organise required labour resources to complete tasks. •Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.

Dewsbury - Yorkshire

• Managed the mechanical / electrical installation and commissioning activities on site, in line with the project program, producing commissioning plans and look-ahead programmes for assigning the required resource. • Supervision of the installation contractors, giving toolbox talks, and keeping a daily diary. Writing risk assessments and method statements then briefing to the contractors• Supervise software modifications and subsequent testing and commissioning on process plant in line with FDS and functional testing on HMI, SCADA and Telemetry systems.• To promote a safe working environment using JNB safety initiatives. Trained in Permit to work, confined spaces, hot works, working at heights, manual handling and PPE.• Commissioned process equipment such as Inlet Fine / Coarse Screens, Dewatering units, grit plant, compactors and Storm Screens

Esholt Wwtw - Yorkshire

•Managed the installation and commissioning activities on site in line with the project program, producing commissioning plans and look-ahead programmes for assigning the required resource. •Supervision of the installation contractors to company and HSE requirements, giving toolbox talks and keeping a daily diary. Writing risk assessments and method statements and then briefing to the contractors •Provide detailed commissioning documents for MCC circuits and instrument loops. Able to fault find and rectify problems and generate defect/snag lists. Carry out FAT/SAT’s on Motor control centres and software / SCADA systems.•Designed, checked and commissioned Profibus DP and PA networks for intelligent MCC’s and field devices, using Profi-Trace and Profi-Captain network interrogation devices. Proficient in using Simocode drive programming software.•Supervise software modifications and subsequent testing and commissioning on process plant in line with FDS and functional testing on HMI, SCADA and Telemetry systems.•To promote a safe working environment using safety initiatives like, positive intervention scheme, trained in Permit to work, confined spaces, Hot works, working at heights, manual handling and PPE•Supervised the installation HV cables and the Commissioning of a site Automatic Supply Restoration system (ASR) for 11KV site supplies. Knowledge of fibre-optic installations and fibre-optic network connections•Commissioned process equipment such as Anerobic Digesters, Centrifuges, Drum thickeners, Pumping stations, FST tanks, Water Boilers, Cake Import units, Gas CHP units and Activated Sludge Plant control and Blowers, carried out functional testing and fault finding as required.•Certified ATEX installation inspector, able to carry out inspections on all zoned electrical equipment and IS circuits•Provide training to client operators at Project Handover stage.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Selected, trained and managed a group of 14 multi-skilled personnel to suit the changing requirements of the Utilities area. • Maintenance and installation of supplies on the High Voltage Network system (6.6KVA), including sizing and routing of new cables, the writing of HV switching programmes, the supervision of maintenance contractors, issuing of permit to work documents in HV areas and the compilation and maintenance of HV documentation. • Formulation of Plant / Maintenance operational procedures, HAZOP documents, COSHH assessments, method statements and risk assessments. • Integral in writing the documentation and calibration procedures for ISO 9001 with knowledge of environment standard ISO 14001.• Programming / fault finding on Siemens PLC’s type S5 and S7 and networking to SCADA packages (In touch) and AFE systems using Profibus and RS 232. Familiar with Field bus and Modbus systems.• Faultfinding, repair & calibration of various field instrumentation such as, pneumatics, level, temperature, flow, pressure, pH, conductivity, weight and associated control loops. • Installation, commissioning and faultfinding on low voltage electrical equipment such as, Motor control centres, variable speed drives, soft-starts and lighting circuits etc.Instrument / Electrical Project Engineer 1996 - 1999Engineering Technologist 1992 - 1996 Instrument and Electrical craftsperson 1982 - 1992

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering, 2:1 Hons

High National Certificate (Hnc), Instrumentation And Control, Pass

Ordinary National Certificate (Onc), Instrumentation And Control, Pass