I am a Systems Engineer who has gained knowledge and experience from a varied career within the UK Defence Industry and Australia’s largest rail freight operator and Mining Company. I am a Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineers Australia and have previously been a Chartered Engineer with the IMechE in the UK. I hold a 1st class BEng (Hons) in Engineering Design. Key areas of experience include Systems Engineering, Requirement and Stakeholder Management, Specification development and Project Execution Management, including Verification, Validation, Change Management, Process Definition and strategy/roadmap development.Career summaryBHP Mining, Australia (2018 – 2022)• Principal Systems Engineer for the deployment of BHP Australia Coal Autonomous Haul Trucks• Creation of the BHP Technology Systems Engineering framework and standard • Systems Engineering Governance and Technical stewardship for projects involving BHP Technology, coordinating between operational and technical teams.Aurizon, Rail Freight Operations, Australia (2014 – 2018)• Process and systems lead for the deployment of European Train Control System (ETCS) in the Queensland coal network.• Systems Engineer for the rollout of a locomotive technology upgrade project on 75 standard gauge locomotives operating in the Coal, Iron Ore and Intermodal rail corridors outside of Queensland. The project included automated locomotive control fuel saving technology, driver monitoring and remote locomotive operating data collection.• Completion of a feasibility study relating to the rollout of technology upgrades on Aurizon’s non-OEM supported fleet. I completed the cost/benefit case for the feasibility study and made recommendations to the Engineering & Technology General Manager and Vice President.UK Defence, (2000 – 2014)• Responsible for the engineering management of a subsystem of the weapon system.• Identification of a new material analysis method resulting in a time saving of 9 months and reduction in destructive analysis from ten components, worth £200K each, to two.• Project management and technical lead for a trial that delivered component performance data that was stated as being the highest fidelity data of its type delivered to budget and ahead of schedule.• Award for role within a team that was responsible for changing the material chemical specification that resulted in greater manufacturing flexibility.• Design of equipment used to assemble a trial, which was part of company payment milestone worth £5M.