Responsible for planning and coordination of site installation and commissioning activities.Liaise with key stakeholders to ensure smooth operations and transition.Manage site installation team to achieve an efficient design and build.

• System design, installation, integration, testing & commissioning of Frequentis VCCS, Jotron Recorder, Jotron Radios, Thales ATM RDP & SIS, Tascomp PAMS and associated electrical installation.

• Supervise and manage the entire CNS team.• Plan, organise and co-ordinate the functions and activities of the department.• Ensure proper planning and scheduling of activities on projects.• Prioritising tasks relating to preventative maintenance and issue resolution.• Provide technical support to CNS staff.

• Part of Project Management team, analysing and scoring technical and financial proposals from vendors, and organising delivery, installation and commissioning for new remote Radar/VHF site. Involved from conception through to final completion.• Helped to develop the business with concepts such as the Emergency Radio expansion, Remote Island Military project, digital recorder replacement, and complete VCCS replacement program.• Constant customer liaison with ATC Management to develop… Show more • Part of Project Management team, analysing and scoring technical and financial proposals from vendors, and organising delivery, installation and commissioning for new remote Radar/VHF site. Involved from conception through to final completion.• Helped to develop the business with concepts such as the Emergency Radio expansion, Remote Island Military project, digital recorder replacement, and complete VCCS replacement program.• Constant customer liaison with ATC Management to develop and improve services provided for the Voice Communications System.• Responsible for maintenance of entire Area Control Centre voice communication system, radar display system and network inter-connections equipment including Comsoft ARTAS, Comsoft Prisma, Comsoft ATCSYS, AMHS, FDPS, SDPS, Park Air G-A Radios, Garex VCCS, Ricochet Digital Recorders, Nortel PABX and Vanguard and Cisco routers.• Provide in-depth training of new members of staff specifically on voice communication system (Park Air G-A Radios, Garex VCCS & Ricochet Digital Recorders) due to particular level of expertise.• Manage and conduct certification of new members of staff, and currency testing of existing staff as Local Certification Examiner (LCE) for the Voice Communication Certification.• Responsible for supervision, installation and commissioning of new remote radio sites and their integration into existing Area Control Centre equipment. Including liaising and directing contractors, organising accessibility and network integration.• Attended Safety Management Systems monthly meetings as Engineering SMS representative and had input to company SMS manual. Show less

• Responsible for service and repair of transmitters, receivers, transceivers, power amplifiers, remote controllers and E1 radio interconnect devices sent back to the factory, either under warranty or repair, down to component level.• Installation and commission of new ground-to-air communications systems throughout the world, including VHF and UHF radio systems, VCCS voice switches, digitally tuned and manually tuned cavity filters, E1 radio interconnect systems, fibre optics multiplexers,… Show more • Responsible for service and repair of transmitters, receivers, transceivers, power amplifiers, remote controllers and E1 radio interconnect devices sent back to the factory, either under warranty or repair, down to component level.• Installation and commission of new ground-to-air communications systems throughout the world, including VHF and UHF radio systems, VCCS voice switches, digitally tuned and manually tuned cavity filters, E1 radio interconnect systems, fibre optics multiplexers, digital recording systems, Erskine Battery Backup and Benning UPS Systems.• Also responsible for customer training on specific equipments or complete systems as required, conducted in either a formal classroom environment or as “on the job” training.• Successfully completed installation and integration of huge Area Control Centre for the General Civil Aviation Authority, Abu Dhabi as Lead Engineer. Show less

Temporary agency driver

• Responsible for GSM, WCDMA & UMTS in-building cellular network design, optimisation and survey• Maintenance and upgrading of existing in-building networks• Tested and commissioned many large installations including Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield, Luton Airport and Heathrow Terminal 5.• Surveyed to-order for the UK networks i.e. Three, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, O2.• Also responsible for company web design and I.T management

• Responsible for installation, maintenance and repair of PSTN, ISDN and ADSL into customers premises, both residential and business• Also included jumpering and termination on many different types of frame exchange equipment

• Managing a team of up to 30 members within a large Communications Field Squadron, delegating and supervising activities to successfully achieve many difficult objectives• Maintaining digital satellite communications and networking equipment to ensure reliability• Coordinating and carrying out formal Trade Ability tests with all new members of the team• Overseeing the repair and maintenance of telecommunications equipment for use within the UK Air Surveillance and Communications… Show more • Managing a team of up to 30 members within a large Communications Field Squadron, delegating and supervising activities to successfully achieve many difficult objectives• Maintaining digital satellite communications and networking equipment to ensure reliability• Coordinating and carrying out formal Trade Ability tests with all new members of the team• Overseeing the repair and maintenance of telecommunications equipment for use within the UK Air Surveillance and Communications system, including Digital Cross Site Bearers, Radio Control Systems and V/UHF management radios• Working with external suppliers to support the main MX-1 switch and network data links• Supervising the daily operation of the team, delegating tasks as appropriate and coordinating on-the-job training for new team members• Training in all aspects of the trade including electrical and electronic principles, analogue and digital electronics, transmission principles and mathematics for engineering• Achieving promotion to Corporal within a very short space of time• Volunteered for non-paid extra duties including Entertainments Manager and Disco Manager at the Families Club.• Completed basic training at RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire in 2000 and then trade training at RAF Cosford, Shropshire in 2001• Served at RAF Neatishead, Norfolk until 2004 and then RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire until 2006. Show less