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County Dublin, Ireland

• Planning for New lines and Line Refurbishment needs throughout the Irish transmission system on all 110,220 and 400KV lines• Liaising with colleagues in SONI (NI) on the ongoing planning of the Transmission system for the whole Island.• Simulating the transmissions system for load flow and short circuit analysis using the power transmission system planning software, PSSE.• Drafting reports on specific projects being managed which will be made available to the public.• Liaising with stakeholders and government departments on project needs throughout the transmission system.• Presenting at information events organised by Eirgrid to help inform communities on specific projects affecting there area.• Ongoing one to one support for landowners, stakeholders and members of the public, keeping them updated on upcoming or ongoing works affecting there property.

Granard, Longford

• Design of electrical components and circuitry using AutoCAD electrical and Solidworks. • Circuit testing, Validation and instruction manual generation. • Testing of new generators, inverters and other electrical machines to increase efficiency and quality of existing wind turbine product base.• Programming of PICs and micro controllers to control the movement, performance and efficiency of the wind turbine. • Electrical wiring of new Wind turbines, inclusive of, Generators, Motors and inverters and also small electronic circuitry.• Leasing with customers on the electrical specifications and designs they require for their new wind turbine.• Leasing with team members in the product development team in relation to design of new products and the impact of the electrical components on new designs. • National/International travel to lease with customers and installation partners on electrical wiring and programming of new wind turbines. • Site visits to generator, inverter and motor manufactures to help design more efficient and cost effective solutions for new products.

Leixlip County Kildare Ireland

Duties:• 3D/2D Design, Development, testing and delivery of technology solutions to enable successful product launches for new products.• Molded part design for low cost, robustness and reliability.• Design of new test procedures as appropriate with the aim of capturing and resolving failures, ensuring our test labs work as planned to deliver key program targets.• Testing of new product designs to ensure that they will function in a wide variety of diverse environmental conditions.• Design of experiments for escalation work using statistical software to overcome issues seen on designed parts.• Leasing with and Reviewing Suppliers designs and products for compatibility in new products for cost reduction.• Partnering with key business partners on design progress and presenting and leading regular updates to product and program sponsors and stakeholders as required.• Leading root cause and problem solving of complex issues as part of the design process.• Compiling engineering reports in design work together with providing clear conclusions and recommendations both to peers, partners and stakeholders.

Dublin Ireland

I worked with the Micro electrical generation association for my work experience during my honors degree to design a smart cluster system in Ireland that would bring together micro renewable electricity generation which by their scale are micro (max 1MW) in comparison to traditional electricity power companies.• Design of smart cluster technology.• Detailed summarizing of EU standards, Job Specifications and component specifications.• Leasing with other colleagues regarding specifications and offered solutions.• Leasing with and Reviewing Suppliers products for compatibility in new products to combine renewable electricity.• Circuit design and software design using matlab and excel.• Research into smart cluster systems and technologies worldwide.• Extensive Report writing using Microsoft word and weekly group progress meetings.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng) (Honours) In Elecrical/Electronic Engineering, Power Engineering, 2.2

Subjects : Project Management, Industrial Instrumentation, Electrical Machines and Power Electronics, Electrical systems, Mathematics.

Bachelor Of Engineering Technology In Electrical And Control Engineering, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Subjects : Control Systems and Automation, Electrical and Electronic Systems, Industrial Electronics, Mathematics, project Management.

Leaving Certificate