Nov. 2002 - Present

AEGIS Engineering Systems, Huddersfield

Principal Engineer

Principal Engineer responsible for safety and reliability assessment of equipment for use within the Rail, Aviation and Nuclear sectors. Duties include management and submission of safety cases to regulatory bodies within these industries and extensive use of qualitative and quantative analytical techniques including:

- HAZID and HAZOP Studies

- Fault Tree Analysis

- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

- Event Trees

- Reliability Centred Maintenance

- Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Assessment in line with EN 61058 and associated standards.

Additionally responsible for managing clients and winning new and repeat business within these sectors. Personally responsible for winning over £200,000 worth of new and repeat business over the past 24 months.

Nov. 1999 - Nov. 2002

Alstom Transport Ltd., Preston

Electronic Design Engineer

Design and development of high power traction and auxiliary drives for mass transit systems for UK and overseas. Responsible for overall design, equipment specification, type test and initial prototype commissioning. Main achievements included the successful resolution of reliability problems on the Scotrail fleet and the development of a prototype Cyclo-Resonant-Converter for use within the rail application leading to a 50% saving in power and size.

Sep. 1998 - Nov. 1999

SATAKE Corporation (UK Division), Stockport

Electronics Commissioning Engineer

Installation and commissioning of automated milling equipment for flour and rice mills within the UK and overseas. Main achievements included sole re-commissioning of equipment with flour mills in Nairobi, Kenya, and installation of new build equipment in Holland.

Sep. 1996 - May 1998

Universityof Salford, Salford

BEng Hons. Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Grade achieved - 2:2

Sep. 1994 - Jun. 1996

OldhamCollege, Oldham

H.N.D. Engineering

11 Distinctions, 9 Merits awarded

Sep. 1989 - Jun. 1991

QueenElizabeth High School, Manchester

G.C.S.E.

Maths, English, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Computer Studies, French, Art.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.

Information Technology

Competent in Microsoft Office packages including Word Excel, Access and PowerPoint.

Regular use of Isograph Reliability Workbench and Item Toolkit reliability prediction tools.

Languages

French, conversational both written and spoken.

Driving Licence

Full UK Licence, no endorsements or convictions.