Robert Ward Email & Phone Number

Preston, England, Gb

Warton

I am currently engaged in conducting system safety assessments (including Functional Hazard Analysis and Zonal Hazard Analysis) for speculative systems on a number of technology demonstrator programmes known as Tempest. The analysis involves developing an understanding of equipment and hence, system function and the methods in which it can fail. The assessment results in the production of a System Safety Assessment Report.

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Following the recent BAESYSTEMS re-organisation I have continued with my previous role, but rather than drawing from a pool of General Systems resource, a reorganisation of the department obliged me to pull from a dedicated team which is resourced to serve only Support contracts. Whilst the tasking constraints were the same as described above, the resource pool was limited and as such I managed an interface with General Systems to ensure that the source of the support data is transparent to the… Show more Following the recent BAESYSTEMS re-organisation I have continued with my previous role, but rather than drawing from a pool of General Systems resource, a reorganisation of the department obliged me to pull from a dedicated team which is resourced to serve only Support contracts. Whilst the tasking constraints were the same as described above, the resource pool was limited and as such I managed an interface with General Systems to ensure that the source of the support data is transparent to the Customer. In addition, I took on some of the In Service Support Team role which enables me to manage the Customer facing element into and out of the business. This enabled Flight Systems to fast track tasks while minimising the number of interfacing departments and personnel. This approach also required Flight Systems to integrate responses from different departments to ensure consistent outputs. As part of the above duty, I also advised on implementing continuous improvement strategies and processes, such that we aim to never receive the same enquiry twice. This primarily has involved providing updated source data to improve data modules and obtaining supplier inputs to allow update to supplier data modules. One of the checks that Flight Systems carry out, is to ensure that we liaise with the General Systems specialists to determine whether any new equipment have recently been approved for use and then to ensure that the support solution is in place to allow the customer to use the item. In the early days of the process improvement, there were a number of omissions, however, the process eventually become effective and improvements were made. Show less

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Following secondment to the Life Support team, I took up my duties within the Support team proper. These included ensuring Customer responses to queries, problem investigations and defect investigations were delivered on time and correct technical content. This involved balancing resource and priority levels to ensure that even immediate tasking could be properly addressed. In addition, I was required to understand the technical content of the response and comment if I could see shortfall which… Show more Following secondment to the Life Support team, I took up my duties within the Support team proper. These included ensuring Customer responses to queries, problem investigations and defect investigations were delivered on time and correct technical content. This involved balancing resource and priority levels to ensure that even immediate tasking could be properly addressed. In addition, I was required to understand the technical content of the response and comment if I could see shortfall which could harm the company’s reputation. If a properly compiled response could not be issued within the ‘required by’ timescales, I was required to manage the customer’s expectations. In addition, I was expected to provide timely Earned Value Management and Contract Status Review inputs to the overall General Systems submissions. Show less

Upon returning from Montreal, I was seconded to the Life Support Equipment Engineering Group in charge of a programme for a Paramagnetic Oxygen Monitor (POM) for Typhoon (Eurofighter). The supplier of the POM (German based) had been struggling to introduce a design change and I was chosen to act as the BAESYSTEMS interface due to my extensive experience with suppliers and equipment qualification. The supplier had suffered from changes of personnel and design changes to the equipment, to such a… Show more Upon returning from Montreal, I was seconded to the Life Support Equipment Engineering Group in charge of a programme for a Paramagnetic Oxygen Monitor (POM) for Typhoon (Eurofighter). The supplier of the POM (German based) had been struggling to introduce a design change and I was chosen to act as the BAESYSTEMS interface due to my extensive experience with suppliers and equipment qualification. The supplier had suffered from changes of personnel and design changes to the equipment, to such a degree that progress on the development had stalled. Working as part of a team, I was involved in re-starting the programme, overcoming the design difficulties and eventually getting the production programme back on track.Following the successful qualification of the POM, I was asked to examine and propose a future strategy for the departmental handling of In-Service issues. At the time, the department performed primarily development work, but was required to move into a Customer focussed in-service environment as more aircraft are deployed to squadrons. My task was to assess customer needs, determine departmental skill assets and propose a strategy to match the customer requirements. Show less

During my tenure in this position, I have been required to apply the same principles obtained in my previous career to civil aircraft. Although the system to generate the conditioned air uses the same basic methods as my previous assignments, the cabin pressurisation and distribution systems are very different. I have been required to obtain the knowledge necessary to assess, analyse and fault diagnose these systems. In addition, I have been required to become familiar with the function of the… Show more During my tenure in this position, I have been required to apply the same principles obtained in my previous career to civil aircraft. Although the system to generate the conditioned air uses the same basic methods as my previous assignments, the cabin pressurisation and distribution systems are very different. I have been required to obtain the knowledge necessary to assess, analyse and fault diagnose these systems. In addition, I have been required to become familiar with the function of the bleed leak detection system and offer advice on design and installation improvements to increase the robustness of the system. Show less

During this placement, I have been the Customer Support focal point for the Environmental Control System Group and Fuel System Group. This involves customer and supplier liaison, ensuring that customer requirements are fed across to the supplier. In particular, it has been necessary to integrate a bleed leak detection system into the airframe and change the function of the ECS via modification. In addition, the ECS group has introduced hot weather comfort modifications for one of the Tornado… Show more During this placement, I have been the Customer Support focal point for the Environmental Control System Group and Fuel System Group. This involves customer and supplier liaison, ensuring that customer requirements are fed across to the supplier. In particular, it has been necessary to integrate a bleed leak detection system into the airframe and change the function of the ECS via modification. In addition, the ECS group has introduced hot weather comfort modifications for one of the Tornado variants which involved a hot weather trial and computer modelling analysis, culminating in increased system performance. Current assignments include the deletion of the Engine Intake De-Icing System which involves the definition of the icing regime of Tornado and computer modelling of the intake during icing conditions. Further testing is dependant on the modelling and will culminate in a flight trial.Some of the fuel system tasks have included query answering regarding fuel system function, introduction of alternatives to obsolete components and life extension of out of life components. Future tasks will involve the integration of a new metal external fuel tank onto the airframe, involving flight testing. Show less

During the time spent in the USA my tasks involved the certification of emergency equipment for use in all models of Boeing aircraft. The span of duty began at customer request to embody an item on the aircraft, through the data gathering and inspection process to final certification and issue of the Engineering Parts Approval document. This activity involved liaison with customers and equipment suppliers across the world and required a knowledge of the Federal Aviation Regulations to ensure… Show more During the time spent in the USA my tasks involved the certification of emergency equipment for use in all models of Boeing aircraft. The span of duty began at customer request to embody an item on the aircraft, through the data gathering and inspection process to final certification and issue of the Engineering Parts Approval document. This activity involved liaison with customers and equipment suppliers across the world and required a knowledge of the Federal Aviation Regulations to ensure compliance and air vehicle certification. Show less

During my tenure in this post I became familiar with the principles behind the design and functioning of an aircraft bleed air system which provides the aircrew with conditioned air. Part of this activity involved the calculation of predicted system performance and the confirmation of the predictions by rig testing. The calculation involved computer modelling of the generation part of the system as well as determining the effectiveness of the distribution system. The rig testing aspects… Show more During my tenure in this post I became familiar with the principles behind the design and functioning of an aircraft bleed air system which provides the aircrew with conditioned air. Part of this activity involved the calculation of predicted system performance and the confirmation of the predictions by rig testing. The calculation involved computer modelling of the generation part of the system as well as determining the effectiveness of the distribution system. The rig testing aspects involved writing the request for test, the test procedure and the assessment of the results. The production of the final test report and clearance documentation was also required in this role.In addition, I also ran the query answering service for Tornado ECS group. This involved formulating a technical response to queries from the Royal Air Force and Royal Saudi Air Force within short timescales, as well as from customers within the British Aerospace organisation. I ran the Tornado modification procedure for the ECS group and my duties included formalising the modification solution and certification from conception through to implementation. Show less