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Portsmouth, United Kingdom

* Responsible for delivering a package of design improvements to Type 45 Power and Propulsion Systems. * Technical leadership / management of a team of 6 engineers. * Analysis of Naval Marine mechanical system modifications. Design definition of solutions from concept phase to critical design review maturity.* Review of system and equipment design proposals against in-service platform requirements, DEFSTAN and commercial marine standards.* Management of technical risk and design safety in early-lifecycle project phases.* Responsible for quality of team delivery and adherence to engineering governance.* Support to platform integration and embodiment of solutions during vessel maintenance periods.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

* Responsible for delivering design definitions for marine mechanical and auxiliary systems to preliminary design review maturity for Type 45 PIP.* Technical leadership / management of a team of 5 engineers. * Responsible for adherence to engineering design and safety standards for modifications across 12 systems.* Responsible for the definition and management of technical risk, and compliance assessments against both legacy and future platform requirements.* Direct customer-facing role involving regular presentation of technical output/deliverables.* Part of the winning bid team for MoD detailed design and embodiment contract awarded Q1 2018

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

* Feasibility studies for PIP system architecture options* Market assessment of Naval Marine Diesel Generators and cost-benefit analyses* Concept design definition and analysis of performance impacts to interfacing ship systems including HVAC, Chilled Water, Sea Water and Diesel Generator Intake/Exhaust systems.* Responsible for the work of small design modelling teams and graduate engineers.* Presentation of work to internal design review panels.

Worldwide Travels

Took a career break from January 2014 to travel for 7 months. Backpacking from Hong Kong to Miami via Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and the USA.On return, I relocated to the South of England (Portsmouth)

Sunderland, United Kingdom

Held the position of Mechanical Engineer within a multi-discipline engineering analysis team. Responsible for delivering design substantiation work packages for clients including Rolls-Royce, Airbus and Babcock Marine. Assumed Team Leader role from June 2013 in addition to existing duties. Made accountable for the development and performance of 3 mechanical engineers working on a range of projects covering fluid system process analysis, pipework stress analysis and ASME III primary component assessments.Experience Summary: *Code assessment and flexibility analysis of pipework/pressure systems to ASME B31.3, BS EN 13480 and PD5500 using CAESAR II and hand calulations.*1-D CFD modelling of fluid networks using Fluidflow3.*Heat transfer calculations to characterize the thermal performance of pipe systems using MathCAD.*Static structural substantiation using ANSYS Workbench V12.1*Design integrity assessments using classical theory/hand calculations (MathCAD)*Project management (100K>), budgetary control, client liaison, technical report writing and presentation of work to clients and design review panels.

Cadarache, France

Worked overseas for Assystem within a international engineering team at the ITER fusion reactor project in Cadarache, France. Experience Summary:*Structural analysis of major plant equipment using hand calculations (MathCAD v14) and FEA (ANSYS)*Seismic assessment of Tokamak cooling water systems*Technical report writing *Day-to-day liaison with engineers from the US, India, Spain, France and China in a multi-national office environment.

Teesside, United Kingdom

Joined the Corus Graduate Scheme at Teesside Cast Products, Redcar 6-month rotational work placements at 4 different locations on-site - Lackenby BOS steelmaking, Redcar Coke Ovens, Corus Northern Engineering Services (CNES) design office and Redcar Power Station.Experience Summary:*Planning and delivery of maintenance programs during plant shutdown/outage periods. *Hands-on reactive maintenance, and refurbishment of plant equipment. *Management of contract engineering craft teams and procurement of spares items. *Safety monitoring, Hazard ID and Risk Assessment for engineering activities on a top-tier COMAH site.*Mechanical design (Solidworks), substantiation calculations and project management for replacement of waste gas stack dampers at Redcar Coke Ovens (first operational coke plant in Europe to complete this task). *Structural and thermal FE analysis (ABAQUS) of iron ore holding hoppers for Redcar Blast Furnace at CNES.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Mechanical design and testing of hard-disk test equipment engineered for Western Digital and Seagate. Experience Summary:*Mechanical design of hard-disk thermal test enclosures using Solidworks, working alongside electrical design engineers, procurement teams and an overseas production centre in Malaysia to manufacture the equipment.*Experimental modal and fatigue analysis of prototype designs using the Brüel & Kjær PULSE platform.