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A Professional Engineer with wide experience in the design & development of successful products.

Hard working, resourceful, reliable, with an open minded approach to problems and capable of innovative thought and initiative. Equally content working both independently or as part of a team.

Career History:

Senior Design EngineerOughtred & Harrison (Facilities) Ltd. Aug 2006 - Present

O&H (Facilities) design and construct Patient Transfer, Emergency Ambulance and Community Accessible vehicles and employ @ 200 people with a T/O £20m. My present responsibilities are the design and development of newly fitted vehicles ensuring full compliance to BS EN1789 and full VCA approval.

Skills & Achievements:

- Full VCA Approval to Vehicle Certification Agency Standards BS EN1789

- Full VCA Approval on Vauxhall Vivaro

- Full VCA Approval on Renault Trafic

Design EngineerBradley Doublelock Ltd. 1995 - June 2006

Specialist Trailer & Trailer Component Manufacturer employing 130 people with T/O £10m supplying the commercial and MOD market in the UK and abroad. My responsibilities were to design and develop products including prototype procurement manufacturing and testing.

Skills & Achievements:

- Queens Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2006 Auto-reverse Brake System .

- Winning MOD General Cargo Trailer Contract @ £4m per annum.

- Senior designer for MOD Projects from concept to full production a) General Cargo Trailer b) Light Field Gun c) Cormorant.

- Full VCA Approval on the MOD Projects for Trailers at Millbrook Testing Ground.

- Approval of Products to Vehicle Certification Agency Standards 71/320 & 94/20.

- Invention of New Products: AutoJaw, Autohead.

- Patented Auto-reverse Brake System, AutoJaw, Autohead.

- Modelling & draughting detail drawings using 3D CAD (Solidworks).

- Defining Fatigue test programmes, stress analysis, design calculations.

- Researching and establishing efficient and cost effective methods of manufacture.

- Implemented changeover from 2D to 3D CAD.

EngineerExpress Terminals Ltd. 1994 - 1995

Printer repair service supplying new & refurbished printers employing 70 people with T/O £6m supplying throughout Europe. My responsibilities were to repair Printers.

Skills & Achievements:

- Hands on engineering maintenance on computer printers & plotters.

- Learnt strong technical product knowledge.

- Team member of repair service providing fast turn around of product conforming to European Standards.

Project EngineerPremier Brands UK Ltd. 1991 - 1994

Biscuit Manufacturers employing over 2000 people supplying own & brand products in the UK & abroad. My responsibilities were to the company engineering team who maintained & upgraded existing plant equipment.

Skills & Achievements:

- Upgrading existing plant with modern high production equipment

- Ensuring compliance with British Standards

- Working alongside new legislation & production requirements

- Arrangement & detail drawings using CAD for numerous projects

- Liaison internally at all levels

Draughtsman Spooner Industries Ltd. 1983 - 1988

Draughtsman (Trainee) Yorkshire Chemicals Plc. 1978 - 1983

Summary Of Qualifications

Universityof Newcastle Upon Tyne1988 - 1991

B.Eng (Hons) Marine Engineering

YorkCollege of Arts and Technology 1981 - 1983

Higher Technical Certificate in Mechanical & Production Engineering

HarrogateCollegeof Further Education 1978 - 1981

Technical Certificate in Mechanical & Production Engineering

Secondary Education

5 GCE 'O' Levels

Additional Courses / Training

1997: Project Management Course 1998: Workshop for Casting Users

1999: Customer Focus Product Development 1999: HELIX 3D Design System

1999: Auto Cad LT2000 Training course 2000: Solidworks (Advanced) course

2001: Solidworks 2001 update 2002: Solidworks 2002 update

2003: Solidworks 2003 update 2004: Solidworks 2004 update

2005 Solidworks 2005 update 2006 Solidworks 2006 update

2007 Solidworks 2007 update

Other Information

· Holder of full clean UK Driving Licence.

· Good basic knowledge of Italian.

· Interests include overseas travel and sports, particularly swimming, sailing and skiing.

· References available on request.

Honours Degree

Bachelor of Engineering in Marine Engineering

Subjects studied:-

Electrical Engineering I

Engineering Mathematics IA

Fluid Dynamics I

Machine Dynamics I

Marine Engineering I

Science of Materials

Strength of Materials I

Thermodynamics I

Industrial Management I

Manufacturing Technology

Machine Design I

Course Work I

Electrical Engineering II

Engineering Mathematics IB

Fluid Mechanics & Thermodynamics II

Machine Dynamics & Strength of Materials II

Marine Engineering II

Naval Architecture EI

Industrial Management II

Machine Design II

Course Work II

Industrial Management III

Marine Engineering III

Marine Engineering Science

Naval Architecture EII

Internal Combustion Engines

Thermal Power Systems

Offshore Vehicle Design

Course Work III