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Mechanical Lead for the design of BB5 (Barrel Pump) line of products. Tasked with the design of BB1, BB2 and BB3 horizontal pumps when classed as non-standard. In this role I lead a team of engineers in the order related department issuing instructions, giving direction, motivation and supervision.Responsible for review of client certified design specifications and ensuring all of the required quality and engineering requirements are processed as required for the contract.Control the preparation and issuing of schedules, specifications, drawings, requisitions and bill of materials to satisfy design, manufacture and customer requirements.Attend kick off and client meetings to ensure that all parties have an understanding of the work to be undertaken and the key project milestones.Deal with clients prior and post contract award with regards to project specifications.Provide support to other departments on engineering problems associated with the product range.Liaise with shop floor personnel re pump assembly engineering problems.Liaise with suppliers on any specification or manufacturing queries.

Mechanical Lead for the design of BB1, BB2, BB3 and BB5 line of products. In this role I lead a team of engineers in the order related department issuing instructions, giving direction, motivation and supervision.Responsible for review of client certified design specifications and ensuring all of the required quality and engineering requirements are processed as required for the contract.Control the preparation and issuing of schedules, specifications, drawings, requisitions and bill of materials to satisfy design, manufacture and customer requirements.Attend kick off and client meetings to ensure that all parties have an understanding of the work to be undertaken and the key project milestones.Deal with clients prior and post contract award with regards to project specifications.Provide support to other departments on engineering problems associated with the product range.Liaise with shop floor personnel re pump assembly engineering problems.Liaise with suppliers on any specification or manufacturing queries.

Member of the Nuclear Engineering team working on the design of the helium blower pressure vessels for the 4th generation of nuclear reactors, the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR). The vessels were designed in accordance with either ASME III or ASME VIII Div.1 depending on their service.

Member of the Nuclear Engineering department, dealing with the design and implementation of ordered pump sets for nuclear power stations predominately in the Far East.Responsible for creating verification calculations & design reports for pump sets for the nuclear industry, to the relevant ASME code standards.Responsible for the compilation and distribution of pump technical basis sheets, mechanical data sheets, utility consumption and electrical load lists, component lists and bill of materials. Also responsible for the approval of general and sectional arrangement drawings as well as piping arrangements.Responsible for the documentation and design reviews of all contractual work as depicted by the Weirs Engineering Standards.Involved in organising regular supplier and customer discussions to provide clear and concise communications with all relative parties, to avoid increasing costs by extending project time scales.Provide engineering support for other departments whenever necessary.

Responsible for the organisation of a small team of engineers.Deal with clients prior and post contract award with regards to project specific specifications.Contract review customer Purchase Orders as part of the ISO 9001 Quality System.Responsible for expanding the companies current range of ball valves by designing both a high pressure floating ball valve and a metal seated trunnion mounted valve range.Responsible for a 50% increase in the engineering department’s productivity by implementing Solidworks 2007 solid modelling software, migrating from the existing AutoCAD 2002 2D system.Initiate all ball valve research and development test programmes for the new valve range.Responsible for the verification of all new ball valve designs.Responsible for technically evaluating manufacturing sources in the Far East, predominately in China and Taiwan.Liaise with shop floor personnel re valve assembly engineering problems.Sanction all Non Conformance Reports.

Responsible for the organisation of a small team of engineers.Deal with clients prior and post contract award with regards to project specific specifications.Contract review customer Purchase Orders as part of the ISO 9001 Quality System.Initiate all ball valve research and development test programmes.Producing designs for High Pressure Ball Valves for the Petrochemical and PowerGeneration Industries using Pro engineer version 20.Responsible for the verification of all new ball valve designs.Liaise with shop floor personnel re valve assembly engineering problems.Sanction all Non Conformance Reports. Maintain and update all Engineering Standards.