Christopher Nicholson Email & Phone Number

Saltburn-by-the-Sea, GB

York, England, United Kingdom

Faslane, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Manage Harbour and Sea Acceptance Trials (HATs and SATs) ensuring that state of the art ship electrical and mechanical systems remain operational and fully effective whilst trials are being conducted.
• Authors complex technical and non-technical documentation and reports using appropriate language and communication style detailing defects, machinery operation, material states & technical improvement guidance.
• Go-to individual and specialist in vibration analysis, working… Show more
• Go-to individual and specialist in vibration analysis, working on multiple UK Naval assets to assess and supply Vibration Data to identify and mitigate early degradation of machinery and systems.
• Liaises closely with the ship’s Head of Engineering as well as the yard refit Engineering team to trouble shoot, reduce, and remove potential conflict between on-going and sometimes conflicting engineering projects.
• Continues to demonstrate commitment to his own professional development. Latest qualifications awarded include 18th Edition City & Guilds NVQ Level 3. Show less

Having been a proven Maintence supervisor across two classes of ship spanning over two different sections as both auxiliary section head and the controls and High voltage maintainer onboard a destroyer. Both Roles include the safe operation, training, log keeping, planning of upkeep and carrying out fault diagnostics of all equipment within the section.

Falkland Islands

• To act as the Squadron Quality Assurance Coordinator liaising within a tri service organisation to ensure all work activities were conducted in accordance with MOD policy.
• Unit fire safety officer, acting as the focal point for all fire safety within the unit, conducting monthly fire training alongside daily rounds and weekly inspections. Escalating multiple concerns for remedial works.
• Unit Health and Safety Officer, acting as the focal point… Show more
• Unit Health and Safety Officer, acting as the focal point for all health and safety matters ensuring that all risk assessment were conducted and remained relevant to the task, reporting any accidents or incidents.
• Liaising closely with visiting Vessels, planning, and organising work request and support for the ship with both civilian and naval engineers. Managing Maintenance periods in a remote location ensuring that all.
• Departmental coordinator managing and controlled all incoming and outgoing personal and ensuring they had conducted their relevant training packages prior to arriving Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

Working in a 1 in 4 Shift pattern, responsible for the safe operation and continuous operation of plant equipment. Overseeing and managing a team of technicians with PPM and reactive maintenance activities ensuring the SSOW policy was adhered to at all times.Carrying out all operations of plant equipment bot within the complex and external plant equipment.

*Recognised as a Subject Matter Expert on Integrated Electric Propulsion Systems onboard Defender. *Working in partnership with Original Equipment Manufacturers to resolve design issues and conduct large-scale repairs to both mechanical and electrical systems. *Acted as the Marine Engineering Officer of the Watch 1 – Senior engineer in charge of the.

Working onboard an OPV in the Falklands, where I was responsible for maintenance and fault diagnosis and repair of all auxiliary systems onboard, systems of responsibility including seaboats and Davits, HVAC system, fridges and freezer systems, seawater cooling systems, Sewage treatment plant, grey water systems, firefighting system and equipment. Other.

Instructing future maintainers of the Royal Navy in fault diagnostics and safe operation of HV equipment and Controls systems onboard T45 class destroyers.

Foundation Degree, Marine Systems Engineering, Merit

Education record

Electrical Engineering, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Foundation Degree