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Galway, County Galway, Ireland

Filton, England, United Kingdom

• Led a team of 7 internal Mechanical Design and Structural Analysis engineers, external contractors and Landing Gear vendor supporting Step 7, which was a major development on A350-1000.• Achieved EASA certification of A350-1000 Step 7 Main Landing Gear in July 2023, which consisted of structural reinforcements to support an increased maximum take-off weight and redesigned Retraction Actuator to improve retraction performance.• Collaborated closely with technical experts, certification specialists, manufacturing, and quality assurance teams to integrate the design changes into the aircraft system, demonstrating a 3 second improvement in retraction time and increased structural strength.• Maintained a strong partnership with the Landing Gear vendor, reviewing and accepting qualification evidence demonstrating compliance to all design requirements, approving design changes to ensure an efficient certification process.

Filton, England, United Kingdom

• Task leader for A350 and A380 Landing Gear modifications from root cause to certification, achieving certification for 14 modifications.• Achieved Technical Approver delegation for A350 and A380 Nose and Main Landing Gears providing support to wider department.

Filton, England, United Kingdom

• Design leader taking the A350-1000 Main Landing Gear Actuators and Hydraulic Manifolds through First Flight, EASA Certification and Entry into Service for 311t and 316t weight variants.• Completed certification documents for Electrical Wiring Systems and the System Configuration Index.

Toulouse, Occitanie, France

• Point of contact between the Landing Gear Centre of Competence and the flight test teams for the fleet of serial aircraft (A320, A330 and A380).• Implemented and coordinated flight test projects for Landing Gear developments, conducting Electronic Taxi space envelope trials, brake induced vibration mass damper prototype trials, Cold Weather Climatic Testing and Brake System software updates.

Filton Uk

• Led A380 landing gear CPD tasks through the Airbus mod process to ensure a robust, cost effective, safe design is delivered within appropriate time scales and meets requirements so mods can be put into service.• Led the high priority NLG RVDT MISP engineering tasks through the mod process in 8 weeks, leading to entry into service before winter 2013. This was implemented to 80% of the fleet and reduced in-service RVDT drift incidents 10 fold during winter 2013.• Liaised with flight test to support ELSDN CPD tasks 1) trial installation and flight test of the BLG brake hose, which led to the EDES01 being approved and 2) trialled in-service actuator seal performance by replicating the FAL assembly process on flight test.• Maintain effective planning for tasks and report progress to senior management at regular review meetings.

Longford Ireland

Cameron design and manufacture chokes and actuators for the oil and gas industry.• Created new surface safety valve actuator designs (hydraulic and pneumatic) including material selection, drafting (Inventor and AutoCAD), hydraulic systems and stress analysis to suit customer requirements all in accordance with API 6A standards.• Work closely with other Cameron plants and vendors to ensure actuators easily integrate with the valve, hydraulic system and electrical system.• Approved actuator design packages created by other engineers in the group for manufacture.• Delegated drafting work to Cameron Engineering Support in India.• Provided customer services with product offerings per customer specifications.• Supported manufacturing and purchasing with non-conformances.

Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland

Enviritech provides a range of renewable energy products to the Irish market.• Project manager for a project in conjunction with the University of Ulster, to improve the performance of the air to water heat pump range, developing and testing prototype modifications to EN14511 standards.• Designed home heating systems specific to customers needs, advised customers on their options, provided quotations and assisted with installations.

Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland

• Worked with the aircraft heat transfer team on MAXXIMUS FP7 project.• Developed an experimental rig, which replicated solar loading on a vertical tail plane.• Produced drawings of the rig for manufacture using Pro-Engineer 3.0.

Shannon, County Clare, Ireland

LTTS is a world-class provider of aero engine component repair.• Monitored rework issues in HPT Vanes area and presented findings to management.• Assisted with the introduction of new repair processes including tooling design, introducing the repair to the line and cost benefit analysis.• Assisted with projects to improve performance of furnaces

Shannon, County Clare, Ireland

Eirjet was a charter airline with a fleet of four Airbus A320’s based at Shannon Airport.• Assisted with the acquisition of a new aircraft.• Hours and cycles recording, defect tracking, component change recording and certification verification for the fleet.• Carried out a feasibility survey on in house repair of wheels and brakes.

Graduate Diploma, Managment Practice, 2.1

This course was a part time course involving subjects such as Finance, Operations Management, Entrepreneurship, HRM and Sales.

B.Eng, Aeronautical Engineering