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Team Leader additional responsibility alongside project and client facing roles. Responsible for resourcing, recruitment, development reviews and goal setting, training, salary reviews, approval of travel and expenses.

– Technical due diligence assessments and LTA services– Leadership of conceptual studies, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies– Project, contract and engineering leadership, management– Root cause analysis and problem-solvingLeading multidisciplinary teams to deliver technical advisory services and high quality engineered solutions, across various project phases.Delivering energy conversion projects typically concerning, electricity generation, storage and transmission… Show more – Technical due diligence assessments and LTA services– Leadership of conceptual studies, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies– Project, contract and engineering leadership, management– Root cause analysis and problem-solvingLeading multidisciplinary teams to deliver technical advisory services and high quality engineered solutions, across various project phases.Delivering energy conversion projects typically concerning, electricity generation, storage and transmission, energy from waste, hydrogen production, storage and use.Engineering studies such as hazard and operability studies, Root Cause Analysis and design review and verification. Show less

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Working as part of the Energy Conversion team within the UK GHD Energy group to provide technical advice for projects at all phases from feasibility through to operation and for a variety of generation and energy conversion technologies: CCGT, OCGT, gas engines, EfW and waste processing, biomass, wind, energy storage.Technical advisory services are provided to operators, owners and lenders, for example due diligence prior to financial close and lender support after. Feasibility studies… Show more Working as part of the Energy Conversion team within the UK GHD Energy group to provide technical advice for projects at all phases from feasibility through to operation and for a variety of generation and energy conversion technologies: CCGT, OCGT, gas engines, EfW and waste processing, biomass, wind, energy storage.Technical advisory services are provided to operators, owners and lenders, for example due diligence prior to financial close and lender support after. Feasibility studies and assessment reports undertaken for new opportunities and developments and for commercial activities and upgrades relating to existing assets.GHD provides engineering and associated consultancy services for all built environment industries. Show less

Wallsend, Tyne And Wear

Led multidisciplinary engineering teams through concept, detailed design, technical expediting and installation phases for service projects on large thermal power plants (refer to Accomplishments below for project specific experience).Ensured complete engineered solutions are delivered to contract requirements on time and to budget.Leading studies, including HAZOP and design review to verify designs as safe, high quality, fully traceable, cost effective and fit for… Show more Led multidisciplinary engineering teams through concept, detailed design, technical expediting and installation phases for service projects on large thermal power plants (refer to Accomplishments below for project specific experience).Ensured complete engineered solutions are delivered to contract requirements on time and to budget.Leading studies, including HAZOP and design review to verify designs as safe, high quality, fully traceable, cost effective and fit for purpose.Heat Recovery Steam Generator Technical Fleet Management - progressed solutions to technical queries from global clients and operation and maintenance teams relating to challenging plant issues that could not be resolved locally.Solved major plant problems that impacted asset availability and plant profitability, typically using tools such as Root Cause Analysis and by detailed evaluation of plant data.Undertook monitoring and diagnostics of plants to assess risk and inform maintenance activities. Show less

Wallsend, Tyne And Wear

Led technically and organisationally challenging projects across different client, contractor and stakeholder contracts.Ensured successful implementation by careful planning and budgeting in advance (including in tendr phases) and monitoring and managing after contract award. Built strong relationships with project stakeholders and meticulously considered and planned for all technical issues and risks until satisfactory and safe designs were fully prepared, validated and… Show more Led technically and organisationally challenging projects across different client, contractor and stakeholder contracts.Ensured successful implementation by careful planning and budgeting in advance (including in tendr phases) and monitoring and managing after contract award. Built strong relationships with project stakeholders and meticulously considered and planned for all technical issues and risks until satisfactory and safe designs were fully prepared, validated and implemented.Typical projects were boiler and balance of plant retrofits for thermal power stations at the feasibility or detailed engineering phases.Responsible for ensuring engineered solutions met the technical requirements of the contract and that the activities were completed on time and on budget. Design procedures were followed to achieve designs validated for QHSE with traceable documentation.Used HAZOP, HAZID and design review studies to challenge and validate engineering solutions work. Close collaboration with clients, suppliers, engineers and field service personnel in tender and contract phases ensured that the customer and project requirements were monitored and satisfactorily completed.As Process and Mechanical Engineering, prepared calculations, flow diagrams and P&IDs and specified components and main equipment for purchase. Used modelling software for flow systems, pipe stress analysis or boiler heat transfer assessments. Show less

Wallsend, Tyne And Wear

Within Alstom Power Thermal Services, the objective of Boiler and Plant Solutions was to provide UK power generation and industrial utilities with technically sound and commercially viable engineering and field service solutions to maintain and improve plant performance in terms of output, efficiency, reliability and operability.Within the the engineering department, replacement and upgrades solutions were devised for various plant systems on thermal power stations, for example… Show more Within Alstom Power Thermal Services, the objective of Boiler and Plant Solutions was to provide UK power generation and industrial utilities with technically sound and commercially viable engineering and field service solutions to maintain and improve plant performance in terms of output, efficiency, reliability and operability.Within the the engineering department, replacement and upgrades solutions were devised for various plant systems on thermal power stations, for example including condensers, burners, cooling system, steam turbine bypass, feed heating, piping and ducting.As Lead Engineer, engineering activities were completed on time, within budget and to a high QHSE level in compliance with the contract. Technical and commercial issues were managed to ensure effective resolution across client and project teams and to fulfill contractual and procedural obligations with transparency.As Mechanical and Process Engineer, responsibility for providing clients with services from concept studies to engineered solutions on balance of plant systems and Heat Recovery Steam Generators, typically preparation of process and instrument diagrams, pipe, valve and fittings lists, schedules and specifications and investigative or concept reports following site inspections and information gathering.As Design Control Coordinator, responsibility for leading design reviews across projects, chairing lessons learned reviews, improving engineering management tools and identifying modifications to technical and work instructions. Implementing a new design workflow management process improved traceability and quality and led to development of the costing tool, which increased tender cost accuracy.Engineering activities are also undertaken relating to tenders, commercial issues such as warranty and claims, independent verification of other projects and leading survey teams at site. Show less

Various Locations Within The Uk

Completed six three month placements in different office and site based roles as follows:- Generator rotor servicing- Research and development of generator technology- Steam turbine design engineering- Rotating plant outage at a major UK coal power plants- Project office, Plant Engineering- Strategy at Alstom Power UK headquarters.Ran in parallel with the Alstom Graduate Development Program, comprising a number of modules to improve soft skills.Was… Show more Completed six three month placements in different office and site based roles as follows:- Generator rotor servicing- Research and development of generator technology- Steam turbine design engineering- Rotating plant outage at a major UK coal power plants- Project office, Plant Engineering- Strategy at Alstom Power UK headquarters.Ran in parallel with the Alstom Graduate Development Program, comprising a number of modules to improve soft skills.Was nominated Team Leader for a graduate project that presented a 70% time reduction for positioning the fixed blades of steam turbines during assembly. TRIZ methodology was utilised to identify over 50 potential solutions and this was developed for a specific application to a manufactured prototype positioning key. Show less