West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service — Solutions ArchitectJan 2017 - Dec 2020● Technical project management for major projects, building works and product development with direct management of contracts and contractors. ● Leading technical meetings, dealing with clients, consultants and contractors● Procurement of new systems and equipment: outlining specifications, tender scoring, acceptance tests, final install and handover.● All duties described belowWest Sussex Fire &… Show more West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service — Solutions ArchitectJan 2017 - Dec 2020● Technical project management for major projects, building works and product development with direct management of contracts and contractors. ● Leading technical meetings, dealing with clients, consultants and contractors● Procurement of new systems and equipment: outlining specifications, tender scoring, acceptance tests, final install and handover.● All duties described belowWest Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, — Systems EngineerJan 2008 - Jan 2017● Working an on-call rota providing round the clock support to the command and control system, Multitone outstation, vehicle based mobile data and Airwave tetra terminals. ● Maintaining the following systems: Mitel MiVoice Business, CCTV, BMS, Access Control, AV, PA, I.T. communications equipment and infrastructure, RF transmitters and antennas.● Outstation integration with local fire alarm with PA system● Design and implementation of systems to replace obsolete products Show less

Installation & Commissioning of the company’s range of active road signage and trackside rail signage. This involved installing the product with its associated solar panel or PSU, commissioning and any fault finding.

Commissioning Engineer: Responsible for the final Site acceptance of the company’s range of PA/VA Systems (public address and voice alarm) involved with initial installs on customers sites and liaising with associated engineers to complete the job on time and with minimal system faults. Main areas of work were Over and Underground Rail, Road Tunnels and Airports across Europe

2005-2006: Technical Support Manager: system commissioning, special projects, product development, and all duties as listed below except that a dedicated project manager was employed to free my time to enable me to become more technically focused2004-2005: Technical Services Manager: project/man management, surveying, commissioning, customer liaison, problem solving, training, support [both internal and external], heavily involved with business diversification and growth. Also championed… Show more 2005-2006: Technical Support Manager: system commissioning, special projects, product development, and all duties as listed below except that a dedicated project manager was employed to free my time to enable me to become more technically focused2004-2005: Technical Services Manager: project/man management, surveying, commissioning, customer liaison, problem solving, training, support [both internal and external], heavily involved with business diversification and growth. Also championed upgrading site equipment to take ‘greener’ energy sources such as solar panels and wind turbines2003-2004: Service Engineer: repair and installation of integrated Help Point, CIS, CCTV, Induction Loop and PA systems. Daily travel to customer sites around the UK to rectify faults and provide routine maintenance on the systems. Involved with new projects, providing solutions to problems encounteredMain areas of work were Over and Underground Rail, Road Tunnels and Airports across Europe Show less

Parker SSD formally Eurotherm DrivesRepairs Engineer: fault find and repair, up-dates and maintenance on the company’s range of AC and DC Servos, DC Drive systems and Invertors. This included replacing worn and damaged electronic and mechanical components, full strip down and rebuild then testing to factory spec.

6 month contractPrototype Technician: SMT hand build of pre-production PCB’s for R&D, Inc all mods and fault finding, also responsible for all SMT re-work from the production lines

Responsible for the build, test and repair of the company's range of products