Contracted by Siemens Mobility to provide Telecom Tester in Charge duties for the Northumberland Line Upgrade, preparation and submission for approval of Test and Commissioning Plan and managing resource and result analysis to handover, covering:Signalling Fibre, Ethernet Links, VF Links, PETS Migration, Lineside Phone Migration, Copper Cable, DNO At Risk Works and LOD Fibre IntegrationAdditional Work:Middlesborough Capacity Improvements Phase 3 Test StrategyKingmoor Signalling Renewal Test StrategyCrewe Resignalling Test and Commissioning PlanNorthern City Line Moorgate GSM-R Radio Head Reconfiguration Test and Commissioning PlanYork Recontrol Test and Commissioning PlanYork Capacity Test and Commissioing PlanMicklefield Station CIS Enhancements Test StrategyWork Package Plan and Task Brief ProductionDisconnection and At Risk Submissions

Purchasing property needing refurbishment, seeking finance, carrying out refurbishment and selling on or creating Buy to Let opportunities managed by others.Carrying out drone surveys and internal surveys utilising LIDAR technology to create development plans.

Employed by Arcadis working on Network Rail Capital Delivery Eastern Signalling Projects co-ordinating and providing support for FTNx and other Telecommunication Solutions on resignalling Projects:York IECC Re-controlBowesfieldMiddlesborough/WhitehouseDurham CoastNether Poppleton Crossing RenewalTyneside Re-control

1st Line Telecom Fault Response and Maintenance for LNE Route based on York Campus providing 24/7 cover. Providing on-site support to Project Teams integrating equipment into existing York Campus Telecom Assets and assisting in delivery of Minor Works tasks.Developing proactive alarm management and generating enhanced maintenance routines to support the role out of the Digital Railway.

Point of escalation for Telecoms Operational Railway failures on Network Rail Infrastructure. Primarily carrying out installation of Telecoms Operational equipment through the GRIP stages and in compliance with CDM regulations.

Responsible for providing 2nd line support to Field Engineers on Operational Railway equipment. Primarily worked on Global Crossing / Level 3 infrastructure installing, maintaining and testing fibre services for their customers nationally on and off the Railway. Provided 'last mile' solutions utilising copper infrastructure delivering ethernet services.

Management of a team of 26 engineers maintaining all Operational Telecoms Equipment in Yorkshire and the North East as part of the Jarvis and then Railtrack contracts. Main duties were acting as the single point of contact for contract deliverables, responsible for 1st, 2nd and 3rd line faulting of equipment within SLA's, prioritised to minimise train delay.Key points:12,000 assets50 Medium/small Signal boxes2 Large Signal boxes (IECC)

Leading a team of engineers maintaining equipment in the North of England not related to the Rail Business:Racal RecordersCognito Paging SystemsNational Lottery VSAT connectionsOrion Point to Point Satellite LinksPaypoint TerminalsCCTV / Customer Information SystemsCroft Race Circuit Public Address System

Managing a team of engineers faulting and maintaining Operational Railway and Station CIS equipment in Teesside and County Durham.

Investigating failures on the Railway Telecoms Infrastructure to determine Immediate and Fundamental causes, creating corrective action plans and managing them to conclusion.

Secondment to British Rail Telecom Network Control as part of a team identifying all telecom assets on British Rail and logging them so they can be controlled and managed through their lifecycle.Development and deployment of disaster recovery DECT phone system.

Creation and management of cabling records, production of plans to enable installation of cabling and telephony.

Installation of Telecoms Equipment and secondment to Project Office for National Installations:Telephones Internal / ExternalBlock WiringCustomer Information Systems / Public AddressConcentratorsExchangesInternal and External Copper Cabling and distributionFibre Installation, jointing, termination and test

Youth Training Scheme as part of British Rail working through all departments within Signals and Telecoms as part of apprenticeship.