In charge of a team of field service engineers and Logisticians, with mobile workshops providing engineering support, anything from telephone advice, auxiliary systems, engine changes, Hull and construction defects, weapons systems and communications equipment.• Managed a team of 27 Weapons, Marine Engineers and logisticians to deliver engineering support to front line vessels in the Middle East. Prioritising work activities and managing emergent defects, ensuring maximum availability of critical front line units.• Collaborated with external engineering authorities such as BAE systems, Babcock’s, Atlas Electronics, DE&S to ensure works undertaken from external contractors was deconflicted with FSU activities and adhered to strict COVID guidelines ensuring no COVID outbreaks within the critical front line environment.• Restructured workshop ensuring £10M worth critical assets were available in priority order by recommending changes to emergency action procedures, Justifying reasons for change, communicating this up to higher management and obtaining approval.• Supervised all FSU work activities, ensuring H&S was adhered to at all times, any deviations from ‘normal’ best practice had to be necessary and no alternatives available, dynamically risk assessing as required and ending with no workplace accidents.• Ensured adequate time for professional development of the team, delegating tasks to section heads so that team training could regularly be undertaken keeping everyone current, leading to 2 members of the team becoming professionally qualified for and subsequently promoted to the next higher rank.

In charge of a team of field service engineers, with mobile workshops providing engineering support, anything from telephone advice, auxiliary systems, engine changes, Gas Turbines, Hull and construction defects, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, control systems, steering gear and domestic service.• Managed collaborative teams from different organisations to successfully change generator sets and propulsion engines in front line critical units, delegating tasks and maintaining Health and Safety oversight ensuring a vessels timely return into a serviceable condition.• Maintained workshops and tooling with a value of around £0.5M, delegating work where appropriate to ensure they remain fully functional and ready when required to provide engineering support to mission critical front line assets.• Organised and implemented a training organisation, maintaining individuals currency with specialist tools, equipment and services, ensuring individuals understood Emergency Operating Procedures and have a wider appreciation of what other sections within FSU do.

Internal Combustion Engine theoretical and practical Instruction, covering operation, maintenance, diagnosis and repair, from junior engineers through to senior engineers, Delivering highly motivated engineers and technicians.• Setting and ensuring standards are achieved.• Management of the maintenance schedules on all equipment used to undertake the technical training.• Managing the requirements for effective delivery of the training including liaising with DE&S, OEMs, Contractors and managers to ensure delivery of new systems and equipment for training.• Completed my BSc in Engineering and Management (1:1) by completion of various work based engineering projects.