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Munition material investigation.
• Engaged in R&D to enable a decision on the appropriateness of in-service munition material and potential replacement.
• Created the project plan / tasking and Work Breakdown Structure, following MoD GEAR system from the original ARMY output letter. Specifying engineering tasking and resource required to undertake stages of project.
• Develop project outputs of evidence to assist in the submissions for the programmes Decision Point.
• Identify and engage with suppliers and stakeholders, completing the Statement of Requirements (SoR) for engineering requirements.

Technical Business Development/FEED for Defence sector SME Tier 1 clients.

• Client interface/liaison, promoting the business, sourcing business opportunities / new clients in the Land and Maritime domains.
• Understanding clients’ technical issues and offer front end engineering design & safety solution and project management.

Contract at Atkins for the United Kingdom MoD.

• Responsible for the Design Organisation and Safety Statement of Requirement (SoR), its evaluation criteria and deliverables for the Warrior2 manufacturing contract tender and assess Invitation To Negotiate (ITN) Return. Development / maintenance of supplier Interface Control Documents (ICD), generating system requirements, tolerancing, manufacture plans, quality assurance, agreeing manufacture and integration with stakeholders. Identify & manage long lead items, their manufacture and procurement strategy.
• Develop detailed evaluation and negotiation plan for tender return and developed the business case, cost model and risk register for MoD approval. Aid development of the hull selection process for Warrior2 manufacture.
• Identify and finalise the required project engineering tasks, supporting the approval process, managing engineering risk and ensuring that the Manufacturing data-pack, Safety & Environmental Case Report and Hazard Log are submitted and approved for the MoD.

• Delivered a work package (for DE&S, QEC Strategic Class Authority) integrating system and equipment-related safety into the Platform Hazard Log and Safety & Environmental Management Plans, ensuring hazards and risk are capture and managed.
• Identified Safety Functions applicable to platform or systems/equipment, ensuring through life management of the safety regime, safety case information and hazard log information. Tailored the Safety Function Model Report to include applicable functions for the platform, and that the High-Level Hazard risks with the highest probability, frequency risk maturity and overall risk are correctly captured

• Technical Lead for the integration of the Air Weapons Handling System (AWHS) within Combat System and whole ship system, whilst leading system development to meet customer requirements & statutory legislation and to deliver T26 AWHS Certification of Design.
• Development of Guided Weapon Systems and technical documentation, completing Interface specifications, acceptance evidence and risk mitigation, whilst holding engineering authority for all sub-contractor contract deliverables. Generation of System documentation.
• Stakeholder Liaison developing Guided Weapon systems, processing & maintaining physical data within the appropriate toolset for equipment, providing technical input to procurement activities and development of system test schedules.
• Develop inputs for ship Safety Case considering manufacture, installation and In-Service Capability Management (ISCM).
• Preparation of design and documentation for Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and Site/Harbour Acceptance Tests (SAT and HAT).
• Develop and validate technical assurance, certification, qualification and delivery of AWHS design holding responsibility for developing the technical requirements for physical and functional integration, power system integration, ship services and interface management.

Engineering input to SME bid documentation for an Installation Design and Certification (ID&C) Project.

• Whole Bid Preparation (to £10M) for a major ID&C programme to aid a Defence Prime Contractor in the £150M communications system upgrade for the British Armed Forces, with concept planning/timescales, costs and risk & opportunities management/mitigation.
• Technical contribution to consortium for bid, completion of Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ), achieving a record 100% in PQQ and preparing ground-work for “Invitation To Negotiate” for winning bid. Provided technical input to Clients PQQ to final customer and achieved a record 100%.

Marine Systems Support, Mechanical Handling & Lifting (MHL). NCHQ Support Improvement Programme.

• Responsible for delivering and maintaining the design intent of In-Service equipment of surface ship and submarine MHL and Hydraulic master equipment, ensuring supportability & sustainability as part of ISCM. Identify engineering issues and implemented solutions.
• Project Manage & Lead Engineer preparing the Hydraulic Enabling Arrangement contract for industry, securing stakeholder staged sign-off, eliciting technical/engineering contractual documentation and Contract initiation. Pre-tender activities include; preparation of investment appraisal & business case, cost modelling, procurement strategy, risk identification & management, generate industry adverts, creation/evaluation of returned PQQs and down select successful bidders. Develop / manage project plan. Chair tender reviews with commercial, quality, finance. ITT/ITN activities include; generate requirements, develop tender assessment criteria and KPIs, evaluate bid tenders and recommend for successful contract award ensuring safety objectives/legal requirements are achieved.
• Successfully extended 2 running contracts (£19M &£26M) with full budget allocation and mitigation for challenge.
• Investigated a common periodicity testing policy for surface fleet hydraulic pressure relief valves where I created the business case for replacement as opposed to re-calibration, recommending the policy be investigated be carried over to all pressure system relief valves and pressure gauges offering a potentially £2.5M-5M+ annual cost saving.
• Create the Through Life Management Plan for LPH, LPD and Type 23 Davits, covering maintenance, refit/upgrades, operational deficiencies, capability gaps and full life costs, addressing all Defence Lines of Development (DLoDs).
• Provided engineering consultancy and project management support to the MHL Safety Case Report review programme. Manage review and update of MHL sponsored standards (Def Stans, JSP's).
• Recommended investigating using Additive Manufacturing (AM) (3D printing) to optimize spare parts replacement. This would allow a ship to manufacture a greater proportion of spares than it could otherwise carry. Waterfront AM investigation was carried forward, due to a capability of worldwide spares within 36 hours. Legal/licencing/qualification issues also needed further investigation

Building the “EDF nuclear power generation and Plant Life Extensions (PLEX)” business unit

• Provided Business Development Management, bid preparation/tendering and front end engineering. Providing technical, nuclear safety, manufacturing and project management solutions. Client interfacing to source business opportunities/develop relationships. Concentrating on Plant Engineering, Fuel Route, Environmental and Waste.
• Delivered technical support creating the business case and project implementation, increasing capability and reduction of station de-fuelling times with potential cost savings of £90+million in the AGR PLEX/decommissioning programme.
• Undertook Pod-Boiler restrictor tube inspections identifying plant deterioration outside the standard inspection process and route cause, recommending future inspections and plant conditions to be held in during periods of station outage.
• Aided EDF in developing and management of costs, schedules/programme, engineering and project management activities for their rolling plan of maintenance & PLEX. Interfaced with function/technical leads and Group Heads ensuring solutions and programme achieve stakeholder buy-in; meet nuclear safety requirements and site license requirements.

Nuclear SQEP resource.

• Delivered a nuclear Class1 (£36M) mechanical handling and containment system from concept design to type approval. Requirements capture/interpretation, system specification, manufacturing definition, CE marking and system integration.
• Conduct engineering evaluations, design analysis and implementation in the area of mechanical systems. Assist in programme delivery coordination, work breakdown structure, design activities/packaging, installation, outsource manufacture/tender selection, concessions and technical queries. Prepare equipment qualification procedure.
• Creation of the Bill of Materials (BoM) and equipment/components selection. Prepare tender/work packages for equipment procurement/manufacture. Provide technical support to procurement in development of contract packs.
• Create and manage I&C and Operation & Maintenance (O&M), Availability, Reliability & Maintainability (ARM) engineering /Integrated Logistical Support (ILS) / supportability and safety engineering documentation to support Safety Case.
• Complete field reviews during construction, preparing site instructions and field review reports whilst interfacing with the client and sub-contractors. Identify, manage/integrate activities to procure the Long Lead Items.

Ended due to HM Government reversal to F35B STVOL).

System Integration for the CVF to operate the F35C air platform variant.

• Technically manage the integration of Mission Critical AAG into the baseline ship design and client requirements whilst ensuring delivered solution supports “Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment” adhering cost/schedule imperatives. System Integration and interface lead between AAG and QEC ensuring solution risk mitigation.
• Developed and validated technical assurance, certification, qualification and delivery of the AAG system design holding responsibility for developing the technical requirements for UK AAG architecture; physical and functional integration, power system integration & generation, control system integration, ship services and interface management.
• Created system demarcation, ship specifications, power conditioning & compartment specifications.
• Interpret US system diagrams, ship/system safety requirements and technical specifications; translate them to incorporate into QEC. Develop/approve inputs to Safety Case considering manufacture, installation, ISCM, whilst assisted Safety Manager developing ALARP statements. Liaise with US Navy Air/Sea Command and suppliers.

• Technical bid preparation (to £35M) for reprocessing plant, re-kit, decommissioning and SIL3 safety system contracts, complete with concept solution, costs, timescales, risk management/mitigation and hazard and waste-stream identification.
• Ensuring architecture, processes and procedures are captured so stakeholders understand technical tender. Working with stakeholders to capture objectives, prioritise requirements. Engineering and safety methodologies (inc CDM Assessment).
• Technical Authorship of internal engineering design guides for a material processing plant items/glovebox.

£734M project, multi-work process plant package (plant/equipment, facility). AWE SQEP resource.

• Delivered design solutions for 4 nuclear Class1 work packages, achieving sponsor requirements through concept & definition design (FEED) to FEL GATE delivery. Provided engineering lead for design & HAZOP / HAZID. Derived requirements through stakeholder engagement and transferring to design intent complying with safety functions for generation of safety case.
• Designed facility layout/installation, system integration specification. Interfaced with design house, design checking, routing (P&ID, flow diagrams, mechanical handling diagrams) and specification of building services and waste streams.
• Supported production to Safety Case through FMEA, HAZOP/HAZID for “on time & budget” FEL GATE delivery.

Nuclear processing plant, SQEP resource (£120M project)

• Specified mechanical handling/electrical (FEED) aspects of plant and system safety, developing equipment to sufficient detail for HAZOP, procurement/manufacture & system integration (with ARM investigation) for nuclear processing plant.
• Supported development of the safety case, ensuring design compliance.

Nuclear processing plant, SQEP resource (£120M project)
• Specified mechanical handling/electrical (FEED) aspects of plant and system safety, developing equipment to sufficient detail for HAZOP, procurement/manufacture & system integration (with ARM investigation) for nuclear processing plant.
• Supported development of the safety case, ensuring design compliance.
Senior Systems Integration Engineer. Nuclear material processing suite (£634M project) Security Cleared.
• Integrated plant design solutions into process. Concept design, technical & procurement specifications & methodologies.
• FAT & SAT specification, plant layout & service interface. Production of mechanical sequence drawings/mechanical handling drawings.

Defence contractor on the ground element processors
for the WATCHKEEPER Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition & Reconnaissance (ISTAR).

• Delivered the units through Test & Acceptance and New Product Introduction, managing operation of the programme and serving as principal point of contact. Responsible for customer deliverables, budget & engineering resource.

• Provide “interim” DA cover on platforms managed during ID&C and work to secure “BOWMAN Communications DA” contract.

BOWMAN C4I System Integration into Land Mobile Platforms.

Installation Design & Certification on multiple platforms, sub-contractor management.
• Delivered ID&C solution for system integration and installation into platform variants. Technical authority and engineering approval for sub-contractor deliverables. Manage/build first of type installation/validation platforms, providing technical & team leadership, preparing of technical documentation, full fleet conversion and In-Service support.
• Single point of contact, liaising between Prime and sub-contractors, Design Authority and MoD, with respect to platform installation, engineering system issues and contract amendments relating to deliverables. System V&V.

Millimetre wave technology. Space science industry (cryogenics).

Design/“production ready” complex, precision machined parts, mechanisms, fabrications and pipe routing for the Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA) cryostat, satellite systems and test rigs. Clean-Room environment.

Ensure manufacture of product range, process improvements, production plant automation.

Maintenance of plant infrastructure & lean manufacturing. Process FMEA improvements.

Telecomm exchange plant supplier (ETSI, TEP1E, 19”rack).
Successful bid preparation, project management and installation design proving.

Telecomm exchange plant supplier (ETSI, TEP1E, 19”rack).

Control product design direction and cost-down exercise for new designs.

Telecomm exchange plant supplier (ETSI, TEP1E, 19”rack).
Design and packaging of optical fibre management and electronic equipment into exchange plant (precision injection moulded and sheet metal components).

Development of rubber extrusions, sheet metal and plastic parts (fabrication, detailing and GAs).

Enclosure design, electronic equipment and automotive HVAC packaging (fabrication and GAs).

Design and installation of new process facilities. Delivered HMIP environmental report technical.

Aerospace, military & stand-by power (Lead/Acid) battery manufacturer.
Installation & Commission automated process plant and tooling, Jig & fixture design.

White-goods manufacturer. E.I.T.B. work on plant and facilities maintenance.