Since EDS HV Management was founded in 2014, I have played a pivotal role in the foundation, development and operation the business to help it become to success story that it is today.Over the course the last five years, I have fulfilled several important roles and functions within the business as it has developed and matured. These roles and functions include;1. Electricity Control Centre Management & Developer of ControlPoint – the software platform operational within the Control Centre2. Co-author, developer and Authorising Engineer of the EDS Electrical & Mechanical Safety Rules3. Operational and Resource Management4. Business Development & Tendering5. Client and Account Management6. Technical Engineering - Electricity Networks7. Safety Assessment and Excellence (Safety Rules Development and Authorisation Management)8. Operational Delivery (400kV Control Person, SAP and Site Engineering)9. Business Improvement10. Recruitment and Line Management11. Department Structuring and Management12. Participation in the Management Board13. P&L ManagementOver the past two years, I have managed the Operations and Maintenance division of the business. I therefore have responsibility for the safe and efficient delivery of multiple O&M contracts across many European windfarms, onshore and offshore, with several major renewable energy developers and OEMs within the industry. As head of the department, I’m accountable to the Board of Directors of EDS HV Group for the HSEQ, financial and reputational performance of the O&M department.

My primary responsibility as an Electrical Engineer in the Substation Plant Maintenance division is to assist with the development and management of the annual plant maintenance programme for the full Transmission and Distribution Systems. This involves working closely with other related sections across the company to ensure that every asset is fully maintained within their designated maintenance frequencies and to ensure the every maintenance procedure can be carried out effectively in terms of cost, manpower and access to the Transmission and Distribution Systems in terms of outages. To facilitate the smooth running of this complex work programme, I have become one of the custodians of NIE’s primary asset register and work delivery enterprise software platform. It is therefore my responsibility to ensure that the information contained within this system is accurate and consistent to reflect what assets we have across our network.Aside from my primary role, I am also working towards gaining Senior Authorisation under the NIE Safety Rules for the full 275kV and 110kV Transmission System. I have spent the last twelve months studying the finer detail of the NIE Electrical & Mechanical Safety Rules. I have gained a broad knowledge of the many different plant and overhead line protection schemes in place across the Transmission System and I am progressing with my overall training by operating different types of HV and LV switchgear and issuing Safety Documents under the supervision and direction of my Senior Authorised colleagues.

• Application and Integration of Electricity Safety, Quality & Continuity Regulations (ESQCR) legislation into the patrolling programme for LV & Undereave Networks• Redevelopment and reconfiguration of existing software and databases to cater for ESQCR legislation• VB.NET, SQL, XML, ADO.NET and VBA programming for manipulation of large quantities of data and automation of database processes across various database platforms.

During my time as an Asset Investment Engineer at Northern Ireland Electricity, I worked with a team of engineers making critical business and infrastructure investment decisions on a daily basis. My roles and responsibilities within this group were mainly centred on condition monitoring and condition assessment of power transformers and switchgear ranging from voltage levels of 275kV, 110kV, 33kV, 11kV and 415V. I was responsible for the collection and interpretation of scientific and engineering data about these assets and using this to make informed investment decisions with the assistance of my colleagues.• Transformer Diagnostics using Dissolved Gas Analysis and Fluid Evaluation Methods• Partial Discharge Monitoring of Transformers and Switchgear• Condition Assessment of Bushings• Asset Defect Investigations• Substation and Small Scale Generation Earthing Design, Practice and Policy• Regulatory Affairs and Reporting• Asset Health Indices• Software Engineering

• Planning network outages• High voltage and low voltage switching• Fault and Emergency work• Planning new domestic connections• Dealing with customer complaints

• Asset Defect & Failure Investigations• Transformer & Switchgear Condition Monitoring