POSITION REQUIRED

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

BEng Manufacturing Engineering Systems

HND - Mechanical plant Engineering (1995)

HNC -Mechanical Engineering (1984)

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE ( member of IET)

Engineering professional(25 years) with mechanical experience in production engineering, and maintenance in chemical, power generation , petro/chemical and paper industry.

Experience of project engineering on major projects.

Leading continuous improvement in safety and engineering standards

Review of plant maintenance and asset management strategies

Delivery of plant improvement projects, equipment obsolescence and replacement planning.

Preparation of engineering procedures and instructions, maintenance outage planning

Analysis of plant and equipment performance data.

Management of historical data and statutory inspections.

Stores/Spare parts management and identification for criticality ,availability and cost.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project engineering Various projects turnkey/upgrades

PLC Siemens S5 & Elau, Emerson Rosemount, Delta V.

Drives AC, DC, Servo, Stepper motors

Mech Hydraulics, Pneumatics, TIG,MIG,ARC,Gas welding,

Ancillary Air compressors,Diesel engines , Steam Turbines

Water treatment, Refrigeration and Condensers. Elecrtical generating plant.

Machining Milling ,drilling, grinding, turning,

Machinery Process plant, heavy rotating equipment (mills), steam generating plant.

Steam turbine and refinery equipment. Heavy mechanical handling.

I.T Microsoft XP, Autocad v4.1 SAP, API pro .Idhammer, MS project

EMPLOYMENT

1997 - present UNILEVER PLC. Port Sunlight,Wirral (CHEMICALS)

IMPROVEMENT ENGINEER

My key role as Improvement Engineer is to provide technical support to the engineering department responsible for inspection, repair and maintenance of process plant,and associated services using a clearly defined effective maintenance process, within an annual budget, The factory has a total output of 500k tonnes of product PA.

Management of contract labour and safety during planned maintenance and overhaul.

To provide effective planned maintenance structure and manage statutory inspections for the factory.

To provide best use of engineering resource for repair and maintenance of designated areas.

Developed maintenance strategy based on MTBF and equipment / spare part criticality.

Management of equipment records and technical documentation.

challenged existing procedures and promoted continuous improvement methodology.

Advanced data capture and analysis to track defects and identify trends in mech/elec equipment.

Project engineer involved in various new plant installations and upgrades.

1991 -1997 SHOTTON PAPER CO LTD, DEESIDE, (NEWS PRINT)

MAINTENANCE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

Reporting to Maintenance Development Manager of the paper mills technical dept.

Developing projects for plant redesigns and upgrades to help mill achieve production targets

Of 500k tonnes per annum of quality newsprint for newspaper print rooms.

Duties involved, developing processes for reducing unplanned stoppages and breakdowns

Expertise in hydraulics and lubrication systems.

Use of conditioned monitoring equipment for data collection and predictive maintenance.

Project engineer for new equipment installations.

Providing technical training and documentation for engineering group.

1978-1997PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

1986 British Steel Shotton Steel mill Deeside Maintenance Technician

1978 Northern Foods Dairy production plant Apprenticeship

TECHNICAL TRAINING

• Project management (Accredited by APM )

• Advanced Hydraulics (St Helens College)

• Industrial lifting and rigging

• TIG welding techniques

• Electrical training (16 ^th Edition Regulations)

• Reliability centered maintenance (RCM)

• Total production maintenance (JIPM)

• Iosh Certificate

• Siemens S7 plc

• Auto cad V4.1

• SAP

• MS Project

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Can communicate well at all levels.
• Good soft skills and team worker
• Flexible approach
• PC literate
• Committed to develop self and others
• Good leadership skills
• Good planning and analytical skills
• Comprehensive technical background