Education- Northfleet School for Boys, Northfleet

Gravesend Technical College

North West Kent College, Dartford

Previous Training- Mechanical Fitting & Turning Apprenticeship,

Blue Circle, Northfleet

Trainee Draughtsman,

Blue Circle, Northfleet.

Cad use- AutoCAD R12 to 2007 DOS/Win 95-XP

Mechanical Desktop 2.0

Microstation V8

StruCAD 97

Solidworks 97/2005/2006

PDMS 11.5 & 11.6 Design & Draft

MS Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Examinations- GCE 'O' Levels: Mathematics; English; Geography; Engineering Drawing, Physics.

City & Guilds: Mechanical Maintenance, AutoCAD 2D, AutoCAD 3D

Technical certificate in Mechanical Engineering

BTEC Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Power, Drawing Office

Practice and Procedures 2/2, Drawing Office Practice and Procedures. Engineering Design

September '06 - Present

Contract PDMS Civil Structural Designer for CB & I John Brown, Paddington.

Structural & civil design for the Peru LNG Export Project Pampa Melchorita.

September '04 - September '06

Salaried Design Engineer for McNealy Brown Ltd, Sittingbourne.

Architectural & structural steel fabrication company. The company have a long history of railway station refurbishment as well as more common Architectural and structural applications. I am currently developing details and drawings for the refurbishment of St Pancras station, London. This involves liaising with other sub-contractors, the client, consulting engineers to ensure co-ordination between various packages of works. Work also involves the surveying of relevant areas and producing fabrication and installation drawings. This job is primarily being produced in Solidworks.

Aug '03 - September '04

Contract Designer for Steelfields Ltd, Gillingham.

Producing concrete batching and reclamation plants. Responsible for the structural design of the plant, conveyor belts, foundation loadings and producing detailed GA and production drawings. Material and detailed assembly lists were also the responsibility of the DO. I was also required to undertake site survey and troubleshooting work around the world from time to time. AutoCAD 2000/2005

Jan 2000 to July 2003,

Contract Designer - Crane & Rowbury Ltd, Dartford.

Based in the company offices in the UK and from home in France. Contract Designer for a medium sized Architectural & structural steel fabrication company. Specialising in stair case design, external canopies and unusual fabricated Architectural works. Role included taking architects concept drawing and making it an engineering reality. My role would involve liaising with the consulting engineers, architects and main contractor as well a producing detailed General Arrangement, fabrication and installation drawings. AutoCAD r14/2002/2004

Oct 1998 to Dec1999,

Sub contract to Docking Solutions/Costain, London.

Contract Desiger, Working on the Millennium Project. Role included design and drawing of the Millennium pontoon, including preparing preliminary & fabrication drawings and material schedules. AutoCAD r14

Mar 1998 to Oct 1998,

Contract Designer - Bovis Construction, London.

Detailing structural steelwork for the food hall area of Bluewater shopping centre. as well as many smaller steelwork and 3D design work undertaken by the DO. AutoCAD r14

Oct 1997 to Mar 1998,

Contract Designer - Kentec Draughting Services, Snodland.

Design draughtsman covering structural and mechanical design on a variety of sub-contracted jobs within clients and their own offices. AutoCAD r14, Solidworks 97, StruCAD 97

Sept 1995 to Oct 1997,

Sub contract to Co-Steel, Sheerness.

Contract Structural Design Draughtsman based at Co-Steel, Sheerness.

Role included design and modification of steel production plant and heavy structural steelwork. I was involved in a multi-million pound project to install a new caster system and associated infra-structure to increase production and quality of the steel billets. AutoCAD r14, Mechanical Desktop

April 1993 to Sept 1995,

Staff contract to PERI Formwork UK, Dartford.

Design and installation of specialist shuttering systems.

Jan 1989 to April 1993,

Staff contract Civil & Marine Ltd, Essex.

Mechanical Fitter

Sept 1987 to Dec 1988,

Scott Roof Tiles, Kent

Mechanical Fitter & Turner

August 1983 to August 1987

Blue Circle Cement, Northfleet.

Apprentice Fitter & Turner & Trainee Draughtsman.