EMPLOYMENT:

Energy Metering Technology 2001-Present

SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN

Working on all aspects of a meter consumption data gathering system with many commercial, MOD and local, education and health authority customers. Duties involved procuring supplies as required, assembling, installing and commissioning the equipment comprising radio transmitters and receivers, modems and personal computers. Product testing, fault finding and development are also a large part of the position.

Branson Ultrasonics 1994 -1995 & 1998 - 2000

ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ENGINEER

Design and development of machine control systems including parts specification and PLC programming. Assisting with machine production, implementing control systems and fault finding/testing where required. Producing and updating operation manuals for machinery custom built on site. As Purchasing Manager, purchasing all resources for the company. As Service Supervisor, supervising and organising 5 Field Service Engineers whilst administering spare parts for customers.

Boart Longyear Ltd 1995

ELECTRICIAN

Installing, testing and repairing level sensors and ground movement monitoring equipment at Heathrow airport.

Vandervell Products Ltd 1990 - 1994

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Design, development and installation of electrical controls - CMOS, Nor Bit, PLC (Allen Bradley and Mitsubishi), and relay controls controlling electric motors, pneumatic and hydraulic actuators - to specialist thin wall bearing production machinery. Modifying PLC programmes and programming some machines from scratch. Fault finding controls on production machinery and working with machine operators to rectify such faults. Specifying and obtaining components for machinery production. Installing and commissioning machinery in new factory.

PB & E Engineering Ltd 1987 - 1990

ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ENGINEER

Working on the design, development and fault finding (including service visits) of hot foil printing machines. Programming of standard 8085 microprocessor control board using PC assembler programme. Fitting & testing control equipment to machines in production. Production and modification of standard electrical control boxes.

STC Components 1984 - 1985

TRAINEE ELECTRONICS ENGINEER

Working on the design, testing and fault finding of switch-mode power supplies. Working in the company test house, testing products to technical specifications. Finding, selecting and specifying suitable components for product designs[OM&TS2] .

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COMPUTING EXPERIENCE:

At School I used an Elliot 903C computer with paper tape input, programming in Simpol, Algol, Fortran and SIR (assembly). In my further education, I programmed 8088 microprocessors, Z80 microprocessors using a UNIX based Philips microprocessor development system. I also used Commodore and IBM microcomputers, mainly for Basic programming. In the workplace, I have used a Sage database, an Apple IIe with a View word processor and Visicalc spreadsheet package, an Epson QL for 8085 assembly language programming and an Amstrad HD1640, principally for Mitsubishi and Allen Bradley PLC programming. I own a BBC model B computer and an IBM compatible PC which I have used to develop my skills in computer interfacing, programming in 6502 Assembler, Basic and Pascal, along with the use of general applications. I currently use Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook as well as technical applications for operating or setting up equipment.