Stephen Long Email & Phone Number

Manchester, United Kingdom

Overseeing and co-ordinating the rail defect management process. Maintaining compliance to LU and Rail Group Standards on defects and broken rails.Implementation of trolley based B-Scan ultrasonic inspections to London Underground network.Planning of ultrasonic testing programme and responding to changes as necessary.

• Planning inspections to meet compliance within a fixed budget and ever decreasing track access window. Prioritising as necessary to respond to changing circumstances.• Monitoring and reporting on compliance to risk based frequencies.• Monitoring the condition of equipment and arranging repair and calibration.• Day to day line management of staff.

•Designer of track alignment schemes within the requirements of CDM regulations.•Designing to meet requirements of LU Standards on track geometry, configuration, clearances and conductor rail and others as required.•Production of design drawings, compliance documentation and concessions to standards as required. All within a checking and approval process.•Considering interfaces with other business parts in the development of track alignment schemes, for example constructability, maintainability as well as other asset groups such as signals.

Including placements in•Track Design - undertaking design work for renewals and upgrades.•Ballasted Track Renewals - planning and delivery of weekend ballasted track renewal works. •Tube Reconditioning - planning and delivery of overnight tube track renewal works.•Asset Management - Exposure to high level strategic planning of maintenance and renewals works.•Jubilee Line Track Maintenance - Day to day track maintenance, producing work scopes from fault data.Awarded "Graduate of the Year" award for quality of work and contribution to the business.

Writing and developing assurance documentation for the introduction of new innovations in track equipment.

Year in Industry placement co-ordinating the reporting and rectification of rail defects.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Vice President of Faculty Union (historically known as City and Guilds College Union) - Organising events.

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