Freelance Electrical Contracts Engineer Birmingham
Electrical Industrial/Commerical Installations contracts, LV/MV/HV power Supply Distribution Installations and Electrical Plant Maintenance
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CV
Objective:
To secure a position offering new challenges, where my ability and skills, can be utilised to allow me to broaden and diversify my experience and make a significant contribution to the organisation.
Training Experience:
Completed a comprehensive Engineering Apprenticeship, in the Installation, and the day-to-day running of large electromechanical Installation Projects for LV, MV, HV Distribution and UPS systems. Also installations in Plumbing, Hydraulic, Pneumatic and commissioning of plant equipment and their maintenance in industrial and commercial buildings.
Job Title: Electrical Contracts Engineer.
Summary of Experience:
Full responsibility for the day-to-day running of Projects and all aspects of electrical/mechanical installation, from negotiating with client for contracts, estimating, submitting tenders, technical analysis/evaluation of sub-contractors tenders, and recommendations for the electrical/mechanical installation contracts and other equipment on projects throughout the UK and abroad.
Personal Profile:
Extensive experience in The Electrical engineering industry, organised, reliable, having a clear positive approach to problem solving, and a wealth of 'handson' and administrative experience with natural abilities to work with, develop and motivate others.
Career Training Joint-Apprenticeship
1966-Dec 68 1968-Dec 70 | Electrical Engineering Electrical / Mechanical Engineering | (1) Lee Beesley & Co. Ltd. Holloway Head, Birmingham, and (2) Harris & Sheldon Ltd. Perry Barr, Birmingham. |
Oct 67-70 | Handsworth Technical College. Birmingham. ( day release ) | Part 1, 2 & 3 City and Guilds Electrical Engineering |
Further Career Training
May 94 | Matthew Boulton College of further and Higher Education, Birmingham | City and Guilds 16 th Edition of The IEE Wiring Regulations in The Requirements for Electrical Installations (BS7671, 1992) |
Fed 2006 | Sandwell College of Further and Higher Education, Smethwick | City and Guilds, 2381, Level 3 Certificate in The Requirements for Electrical Installations (BS7671:June 2001) |
Aug 2006 | Sandwell College of Further and Higher Education, Smethwick | City and Guilds, 2391 Level 3 Certificate in Inspection, Testing and Certification of Electrical Installations |
Technical Qualifications
1992-94 | East Birmingham College | BTEC ONC Instrumentation and Control |
1993-95 | Matthew Boulton College Birmingham. | BTEC HNC Building Services Engineering (Electrical Installation and Maintenance) |
1993-95 | Walsall College of Technology | BTEC HNC of achievement (Electrical & Electronic Engineering) |
1993-95 | Matthew Boulton College | N.E.B.S Management Certificate(Supervisory management) |
Health & Safety Training Courses
Sept 2002 | Empower 5-day H.V.Training Course, Ratcliffe on Soar, Power station, Nottingham | H.V. Operational Safety Training Course Certificate |
March 2007 | Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry | ECS Health & Safety Re-assessment Certificate |
Management Training Courses
Feb 1972 | Site Safety, Supervision, Management and labour Relations Course (7 weeks): G & D Atack Ltd., Warley, West Midlands. |
Aug 1980 | Site Management and Labour Relations course (3 weeks on site at Chemplex, Clinton, Iowa, U.S.): Pullman Kellogg Ltd., |
Dec 1982 | Management Planning and Supervision Course (2 weeks): M. W Kellogg Ltd., Wembley, Middlesex. |
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Experience
Types of Projects worked on
ˇ Oil refinery plants
ˇ Petrochemical plant
ˇ Gas manufacturing plants
ˇ Gas bottling plant
ˇ Car plants
ˇ Chemical plants
ˇ Cosmetics plant
ˇ Power stations
ˇ Steel works
ˇ High rise block of flats
ˇ Office blocks
ˇ Supper stores
ˇ Factories
ˇ Warehouses
ˇ Rubber tyre Manufacturing plant
ˇ Water cooling plants (3 types)
ˇ Effluent water treatment plants
ˇ Water treatment systems
ˇ Ammonia/Urea plants
ˇ Sub-stations
ˇ Sea docks
ˇ Cold storage plants
ˇ Pumping Stations
ˇ Underground hydraulic car parking systems
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Equipment and Materials installed
ˇ Cable trunking, Steel & PVC conduits
ˇ M.I.C.C cables & Bus Bar Systems
ˇ Cable trays & Cable racks
ˇ PVC. SWA. PVC cables above and below ground, etc.
ˇ Installation of Gas Turbines
ˇ HV and MV motor control centres
ˇ Cooling Towers fan motors & control
ˇ 1000A, 415V, 4-pole coaxial bus bar riser system
ˇ 600A 415V, 4-pole bus bar system
ˇ Single and 3 phase general lighting bus bar systems
ˇ Single and 3 phase emergency lighting bus bar systems
ˇ Extra low voltage systems
ˇ Main distribution power supplies,
ˇ Instrument Control room equipment
ˇ Sub-stations & Electrical switch room equipment
ˇ Assembling 11KV & 3.3KV transformers, and capacitor banks, in transformer yards,
ˇ Voice paging systems
ˇ Fire Alarm systems
ˇ U.P.S systems
ˇ Street & Car park lighting systems
ˇ Single phase & 3 phase AC induction motors
ˇ Single phase DC motors
ˇ Star Delta, direct on-line starters and inverters
ˇ Injection testing of motor overloads
ˇ Overhead and low level conveyor systems
ˇ Installing & Testing of Main Transformer's Earthing system
ˇ Site earthing system and carrying out modifications to achieve the required value
ˇ Clean earthing system for Instrument Control rooms.
ˇ Testing of Sub-stations 33KV / 11KV. Transformers
ˇ 11KV Ringmain Distribution system and substations
ˇ Installing Diesels Standby Generators
ˇ Computer rooms
ˇ Process Instrumentation and Data Cable Laying
ˇ Air conditioning control system (motorised valves/dampers/Chiller units/heater units/frost stats/room stats) etc.
ˇ Air handling units
ˇ Chilled water system
ˇ Motorised valves
ˇ Engel injection moulding machines
ˇ Oil and water pipe line Cathodic Protection
ˇ Building control panels and motor starter racks
ˇ Maintenance of plant and equipment
ˇ Overhead and low level conveyor systems
ˇ Store Shop fitting
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Employment History |
Feb 07-Mar 07 Senior Contracts Engineer.
Lee Beesley Limited, Quinn Close,
Whitely, Coventry CV3 4LH
Jun 04-Jan07 Design & Electrical Contracts Eng.
Intergarage 3000 UK Ltd, Manchester St, Springfield Industrial Estate Oldbury, Birmingham B69 4HH
Oct 99-June 04 Senior Maintenance/Contracts Engineer
Collins & Aikman Automotive Limited, Brewdley Road, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire. DY13 8QT
May 96-Oct 99 Senior Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer (Electrical bias)
Ash & Lacy Perforators Limited.
P O. Box 58, Alma Street, Smethwick. West Midlands B66 2RP
Oct 91-May 96 Senior Maintenance/Contracts Engineer (Electrical bias)
Midfoam Ltd, Anne Rd, Smethwick, Warley, West Midlands B66 2NZ
Mar 86-Sep 91 Electrical Project/Commissioning Engineer
Simon-Carves, P.O. Box 17, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle. Cheshire. SK8 5BR
Jul 76-Feb 86 Electrical Supervising Engineer/Commissioning Engineer
M.W. Kellogg Ltd., Stadium Way, Wembley, Middlesex.HA9 0EE
Jun 70-Jun 76 Electrical Project Engineer/Supervising Engineer
G & D Atack Ltd. Park Street, Oldbury, Warley, B69 4LF
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Categories & Skills
Engineering & Technical
Categories
- Building & Construction (Construction)
- Construction
- Energy
- Engineering
- Infrastructure
- Oil & Gas (Energy)
- Scientific & Technical
- Water (Infrastructure)
Skills
- Automotive (Engineering - Experience)
- AutoMotive (Engineering - Software Skills)
- City & Guilds (Construction - Building & Construction - Education Level)
- Commissioning (Infrastructure - Water - Experience - Plant )
- Commissioning (Infrastructure - Water - Experience)
- Commissioning (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience)
- Commissioning (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Commissioning Engineer (Infrastructure - Water - Job Role)
- Commissioning Engineer (Energy - Oil & Gas - Job Role)
- Contracts Engineer (Engineering - Job Role)
- Contracts Engineer (Energy - Oil & Gas - Job Role)
- Control & Instrumentation (Engineering - Experience)
- Education Level (Infrastructure - Water)
- Education Level (Construction - Building & Construction)
- Electrical Engineer (Engineering - Job Role)
- Electrical Engineer (Infrastructure - Water - Job Role)
- Electrical Engineer (Construction - Building & Construction - Job Role)
- Electrical Engineer (Energy - Oil & Gas - Job Role)
- Electrical Engineering (Engineering - Experience)
- Electrical Engineering (Infrastructure - Water - Experience)
- Electrical Project Engineer (Engineering - Job Role)
- Electronic Engineering (Engineering - Experience)
- Engineer (Construction - Building & Construction - Job Role)
- Equipment (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Equipment Maintenance (Engineering - Experience)
- Estimating (Infrastructure - Water - Experience)
- Estimating/Proposals (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience)
- Fitting (Engineering - Experience)
- Gas Turbines (Engineering - Experience)
- Health (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience)
- IEE Wiring Regulations (Infrastructure - Water - Experience)
- Installation (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Instrument Control (Engineering - Experience)
- Maintenance (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience - Equipment)
- Management (Engineering - Experience - Safety)
- Management (Infrastructure - Water - Experience - Safety)
- Manufacturing (Engineering - Experience)
- Mechanical & Electrical Engineering (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience)
- Mechanical Engineering (Engineering - Experience)
- Mechanical Engineering (Infrastructure - Water - Experience)
- NEBS (Infrastructure - Water - Education Level)
- Planning Supervision (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience)
- Plant (Infrastructure - Water - Experience)
- Power (Engineering - Experience)
- Power Plant (Engineering - Experience - Power)
- Power Stations (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience)
- Power Stations (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Project Engineer (Engineering - Job Role)
- Project Engineer (Infrastructure - Water - Job Role)
- Project Engineer (Construction - Building & Construction - Job Role)
- Project Engineer (Energy - Oil & Gas - Job Role)
- Project Engineer (Scientific & Technical - Job Role)
- Refinery (Engineering - Experience)
- Safety (Engineering - Experience)
- Safety (Infrastructure - Water - Experience)
- Senior Electrical Engineer (Engineering - Job Role)
- Senior Electrical Engineer (Infrastructure - Water - Job Role)
- Senior Electrical Engineer (Energy - Oil & Gas - Job Role)
- Senior Engineer (Construction - Building & Construction - Job Role)
- Senior Engineer (Energy - Oil & Gas - Job Role)
- Site Supervision (Infrastructure - Water - Experience)
- Software Skills (Engineering)
- Tenders (Infrastructure - Water - Experience)
- Training (Engineering - Experience - Safety)
- Water Treatment (Engineering - Experience)
- Water Treatment (Infrastructure - Water - Experience)

