EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

Dates Employer

03/2005 Remac, ………, Egremont, Cumbria.

Project Management - BNFL Waste Vitrification Plant projects including all aspects of commissioning including budget management, document management, manpower resourcing, programme development and control. Projects to date. My pervious engineering, radiological and management experience have provided me with the necessary tools to enable me to ensure successful project delivery.

10/2004-03/2005 Corus Process Engineering, Curwen Rd, Workington, Cumbria.

Design and project management relating to re-location and upgrade of various production lines. Control and monitoring of sub-contractors, re-design and build of control systems and specialised equipment.

7/2004-10/2004 SLH, Canal Head, Kendal, Cumbria

Electrical maintenance related to domestic properties.

9/2002-5/2004 Furness Engineering and Technology, Ulverston, Cumbria

I accepted a position as Senior Design Engineer at FETL. This provided the opportunity for developing CAD skills whilst also drawing from a broad range of my experience. I have undertaken several design projects at BNFL. These included lighting and power distribution and special instrument analysis rigs amongst others.

5/2001- 9/2002 BNFL Instruments, Sellafield, Cumbria

I was employed as an agency staff member in the Operations Support Group as a Support Instrument Engineer primarily involved in the commissioning/troubleshooting and management of instrumentation related to Assay of Nuclear Materials. During this time I have attended a neutron and a gamma measurement course at Liverpool University for which I achieved distinctions.

7/2000 - 5/2001 Mardix Controls, Shap Road Industial Estate, Kendal

Job description includes panel building, control wiring and electrical testing.

5/1991 - 2/1999 James Cropper plc, Burneside Mills, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 6P

After starting as an Instrument Technician, I was promoted to E/I Engineer for papermaking in December 1991, responsible for all electrical and instrumentation in this area including:

maintenance strategies

budget control

spares management

project engineering

supervision of craftsmen

breakdown management

liaising with production on a daily basis

I was involved in various initiatives including problem solving, TQM and performance management. I was also a participant in various teams, set up to find solutions to problem areas. My role also included liaison and co-ordination of service engineers for both breakdown and routine. After a major re-structure in September 1997, I assumed the role of Project Engineer. During this period I managed a variety of projects from design and implementation of a preventive maintenance strategy/repair system to management of control system installation on PM4 dryers.

I accepted a redundancy package in Feb 99.

7/1987 - 5/1991Strathclyde Water Department, 34 Charlotte Street, Ayr

As part of the engineering department my responsibilities included maintenance, calibration and upgrade of pneumatic and electronic instrumentation.

9/1986 - 4/1987LawrenceAllison Services, Inchgreen, Port, Glasgow

I was employed as a member of the 'Instrument Commissioning Department', commissioning instrumentation on engines, ballast control, windlass systems and rig monitoring on the 'Ocean Alliance' semi-submersible exploration rig.

6/1985 - 6/1986Sasol Fertilizers, Secunda, TVL, South Africa

My responsibilities included instrument maintenance and fault diagnosis on the 'Honeywell' TDC 3000 and associated electronic field instrumentation.

8/1984 - 6/1985 Tefkon Industrial Contractors, Secunda, South Africa

Responsibilities included overhauling, calibration and commissioning variety of instrumentation on 'gasifiers' at the 'Sasol 3' petroleum plant (oil from coal). This was an intrinsically safe zone. I was invited to join 'Sasol Fertilizers' as a permanent employee.

1/1980 - 8/1984ISCOR (Iron and Steel Corporation), Newcastle, South Africa

Served apprenticeship and passed National Trade Test in industrial instrumentation and process control. Training varied from pneumatic instruments and control systems to electronic instrumentation, included computer and plc programming.

7/1980 - 6/1982 SADF (South African Defence Force)

2 year mandatory national military service.

After a year of training I was stationed in the operational area on the Namibian (South West African) and Angolan border. I attained the rank of section leader.

COURSES ATTENDED POST 1991

May 2002 Basic Gamma Spectrometry

University of Liverpool - (achieved distinction)

November 2001 Basic Neutron Counting

University of Liverpool - (achieved distinction)

June 2001 IEE Short Course - Electrical Safety

April 1999 HTML Web Authoring

October 1996 Windows 95 Excel version 7 introductory

Ctec

October 1996 Windows 95 introductory & Word 7 introductory

Ctec

July 1996 Inspection & Testing of Electrical Installation

City & Guilds

January 1995 BS7671: 1992

Requirements for Electrical Installations

(IEE Wiring Regulations 16th Edition)

City & Guilds

October 1994 16th Edition Wiring Regulations

Installation & Maintenance

City & Guilds

October 1994 Electricity at Work Regulations

City & Guilds

May 1994 Allen Bradley 1395 Maintenance and 5/250 Overview

February 1994 NRPB Radiation Protection Course for Radiation Protection Supervisors

February 1993 EGT Tornado Mk 1 Control System

October 1992 High Voltage Systems Safety Procedures

September 1992 Successful Supervisory Management

April 1992 Electricity at Work Regulations 1989

EDUCATION

1/1975 - 12/1976 Newcastle High School, Newcastle, Natal, RSA

1/1977 - 12/1979 Ferrum High School, Newcastle, Natal, RSA

National Matriculation Certificates

Subjects:- Mathematics

Science

Technical Drawing

Electrical Principles

English

Afrikaans (Dutch)

1/1980 - 8/1984 Newcastle Technical College, Newcastle, Natal, RSA

College:- National Certificate Part 4

(Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control)

Subjects:- Industrial Electronics

Industrial Instrumentation

Engineering Science

Mathematics

8/1988 - 5/1990 Kilmarnock College, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire

HNC - Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Subjects:- Industrial Studies IV/V

Digital Electronics V

Microprocessor System V

Principles V

Mathematics IV