Robert Hooper Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

MOD Corsham

MOD Corsham

RAF Brize Norton

• Responsible for the effective management, discipline and training of all personnel within my immediate chain of command.Specifically tasked with acting as the focal point for all CIS customer requests for New I.T.
• Providing advice to guarantee that new CIS equipment provided value for money and ensure compatibility with future requirements in the fields of Telecommunication Services/WAN/Voice & DATA
• Ensuring CIS Projects were planned and completed to the satisfaction of the customer whilst maintain current policies and procedures for the provision of CIS
• Focal point for all CIS Change Management
• Conduction detailed site /technical surveys to provide specialist CIS advice with bespoke solutions
• Working with Air Commands Site Defence Co-ordinating Installation Design Authority (SCIDA) on all changes to existing infrastructure or new planned facilities

Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

My current role is as a Continuous Improvement (CI) facilitator, within the largest Main Operating Base (MOB) in the RAF. I deliver sustainable CI activity across a variety of departments and platforms, with an objective to reduce waste as far as possible, through providing advice to users in order to streamline their processes.Recommending areas that.

RAF Leeming

• Experienced in the use and maintenance of a wide range of electronic test equipment, able to work and fault find to component level on DC and HV systems
• Responsible for diagnostics, repair and recondition to component level of unserviceable airfield navigational items by either standard repair or SMT techniques
• Scheduled, routine and calibration maintenance, undertaken to strict engineering documentation and legal binding publications
• Maintenance and specialist support to airfield navigational items involving on site technician assistance, fault diagnostics and guidance to technicians
• Supervise, train, and evaluate the performances of airfield technicians and subordinates
• Duties also involve adhering to strict engineering guidelines and documenting results, modifications and fault information

RAF Brize Norton

• Line management for 11 staff
• Responsible for team training sessions and increasing the skill sets of team members across the full range of equipment within the section
• Project managed the installation and upgrade of 500 IT systems of differing specifications to run new win 7 operating systems
• Full accountability for the tracking and prioritisation of new work streams and projects presented to the team
• Analyse complex customer requirements for new provisions or changes to existing electronic equipment

RAF Brize Norton

• CIS provision relocating 1800 personnel from RAF Lyneham to Brize Norton
• Management of site Fibre/Copper Communication Systems
• Router installation and configuration
• Direction and Advice offered regarding physical security of all Telecommunications Equipment
• Network Manager governing access to restricted and secret communication rooms
• Procurement of replacement ICT electronics equipment

RAF Leeming

• Install, commission and maintain multiple electronic communications equipment
• Proficient in cisco based, data bearer systems and satellite communication technologies
• Focal point for engineering activities surrounding satellite communications
• Fault diagnosis and rectification of electronic equipment and ancillaries
• Responsible for periodic preventative maintenance IAW technical publications
• Completing on the Job Equipment Training with less experienced members of the team

RAF Akrotiri - Cyprus

• Support to Air Traffic Control airfield navigational items, ranging from VHF radio to primary RADAR
• Responsible for periodic preventative maintenance IAW technical and legally binding publications
• Fault diagnostics, repair and recondition to board level of unserviceable airfield navigational equipment
• PA system setup, operation and troubleshooting
• Supervision and training of subordinates
• Responsible for the control of COSHH and relevant assessments

16 Sqn - RAF Honnington

• Fault diagnosis and rectification of surface to air missile equipment, including missile guidance and hydraulic systems
• Proven track record working within electronic component level test bays
• Fault diagnosis and rectification on differing equipment types to both 1st and 2nd line, in arduous and time restricted situations
• The carrying out of scheduled and routine maintenance, undertaken to strict engineering documentation and legal binding publications
• Check and confirmation of equipment tolerances prior to release
• Detailed continuity checks of equipment internal wiring looms

Defence School Of Aeronautical Engineering

• Trade training as a Ground Electronics Technician. Roles included;
• Attending lectures
• Passing exams based on Ground Electronics trade training
• Key Modules: Electrical & Electronic Principles Micro-Electronic Systems Transmission Principles Mathematics for Engineering Industry & Society

Hnd, Telecommunications Engineering

Activities and Societies: HND Telecommunications Engineering Blackburn College VET Programme

Ground Electronics Trade Training