Derek Featherstone Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Scotland, Gb

Shift Team Leader (STL), at Energy from Waste steam power plant in Edinburgh.• Senior Authorised Person (SAP) up to 33kv.• Overall responsibility for entire site's Health, Safety & Operations, when on shift.• Optimising efficient operations of plant & apparatus.• Providing safety from the system (isolations / permits, etc).• Writing & co-ordinating all HV switching programs.• Leading a 3 person operations team, on shift.

Fcc Millerhill Rerc, Edinburgh, Uk

EC&I Maintenance Engineer, at new build Energy from Waste steam power plant in Edinburgh.• Nominated Supervisor, Competent Person, Authorised Person & HV Selected Person.• Planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance.• Design, develop & plan scope of works.• Co-ordinating & control of contractors.• Responsible for a wide range of equipment onsite.• Electrically biased, although mechanical and pneumatic systems as required, including high pressure high temp steam systems.• Part of an 8 person maintenance team, on call as required.

Fife, Scotland

Electrical Maintenance Engineer at FMCG food processing factory.• Planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance.• Upgrading + modifications to systems, installation of new machinery.• Electrically biased, although mechanical and pneumatic systems as required.• Working as part of the 4 person maintenance team on shift.

Sweden

Contract electrical installation work.• Various projects; nursing home refurb, hospital refurb, & fire damaged paper mill.• Installation & testing of small lights and power systems.• Working solo and in 2-4 person teams as required as part of a larger group of electricians.

Burntisland, Scotland

Electrical installation on new build offshore wind turbine platforms.• Installation & testing of small lights and power systems.• Short term holiday cover, working in a group of 7 electricians.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Contract electrical installation work.• Installation of small lights and power systems.• Working in a group of 10+ electricians.

Scotland

Covering the Scotland Region as required, working on 250 - 900KW direct drive turbines.• Planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance.• Electrical control and power systems, mechanical and hydraulic systems.

Installation / Data Engineer (Contracted to Pinpoint Ltd), Royal Edinburgh Hospital buildings.• Installation & testing of alarm systems (Staff Attack Alarm and Patient Monitoring System).• Working in a team of 3 to 7 persons.

Directional Drilling; Oil & Gas.Directional Surveyor (2008 – 2016)Using gyroscopic (Gyro) and magnetic (EMS) tools to provide well bore deviation.• From production tubing resurveys to real time drilling applications.• Real time GWD / MWD drilling, using motors and RSS systems.• Training and mentoring of junior engineers on the job.• Assisting with modifications to equipment, procedures, documents and software.RSS Operator (2013 – 2015)Using Well Guide Rotary Steerable Systems (RSS) to control well bore deviation.• Operating RSS tools, during real-time drilling operations.• Interpreting real-time data from the RSS tool and other directional sources, to ensure that the wellbore is drilled following the plan.• Sending commands to downhole RSS drilling tools.Key points for both roles:• Extensive contractor/client engagement, across Europe, Africa & Middle East.• Oil & Gas rigs; both onshore & offshore (fixed & floating).• monitoring & interpreting multiple real-time data feeds from drilling operations.• Working up to 8 person teams, often as Lead Engineer.

Scotland

Project engineer; design + development of renewable energy systems.• Exposure to fuel cells (hydrogen & methanol), electrolysers, solar, & micro wind turbines.• Installation of renewable energy systems, testing and monitoring equipment.• Assisted with the renewables system on Berwickshire Housing Association Eco 5 House:First residential property in the UK with onsite Hydrogen recovery and storage.• Gained practical insight & experience with multi-source energy systems.

Lvl3 Leadership & Management

The Safe Operation Of High Voltage Power Systems (Full High Voltage Authorisation) (S4)

General Certificate, Health & Safety

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng) Honours, Electronic And Electrical Systems

High School