Experience

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  High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Head of Engineering & Environment

    • Jan 2016 - Present
    • London, United Kingdom

    Head of Engineering & Environment - Old Oak Common Station. Responsible for providing engineering leadership on the project.

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  Crossrail Ltd

  • Engineering Manager

    • Oct 2011 - Jan 2016

    Engineering Manager - Farringdon Station (part of £15 billion new build underground rail route east-west through London). Reporting to the Project Manager and responsible for providing engineering leadership on the project during the construction phase (contracts C430 and C435). Role includes safety, quality, cost and programme management of the multidisciplinary Framework Design Consultants (FDCs) C100, C121, C122 & C136 working on the project. Challenges include maintaining the design configuration and managing the development of the design and ensuring that the design intent / requirements are adhered to during construction and that the design being implemented remains valid at all times. Coordinating, facilitating and managing the interfaces with London Underground and Network Rail in relation to the operational railways in close proximity are an important aspect of the role, as is providing guidance, direction and briefing to the designers working for the contractors.

  • Engineering Manager - Paddington Integrated Project

    • May 2010 - Oct 2011

    Reporting to the Project Manager and responsible for providing engineering leadership on the £40m Crossrail C271 & C272 Paddington Integrated Project contracts for construction of a new taxi deck for Network Rail and a new London Underground Hammersmith & Circle Line Station. Role included safety, quality, cost and programme management of the multidisciplinary Framework Design Consultants (FDCs) C131 and providing guidance, direction and briefing to the designers working for the contractors.

  • Client Package Representative – Station Tunnels & Shafts

    • Feb 2009 - Nov 2010

    Client Manager accountable for delivering all aspects of the station tunnels and shafts within the Crossrail Central Section during the detailed design and construction procurement phases.

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  Cross London Rail Links

  • Victoria, London

  • Senior Engineer

    • Jul 2007 - Feb 2009
    • Victoria, London

    Responsible for providing civil and tunnel engineering leadership to the MDC2 Arup / Atkins JV and leadership on Sprayed Concrete Lining (SCL) matters projectwide during the scheme design stage. Value added in this role included production of the Civil Engineering Design Standards, the Central Section Flood Protection Strategy, the project delivery risk register scoring process and management of the independent Expert Panel. Role included working closely with London Underground to co-ordinate the CRL and LU Upgrade designs and construction approaches at Tottenham Court Road and Bond Street Stations and providing input to the contracting strategies, scopes, tender assessments and interviews for procurement of the Framework Design Consultants (FDCs).

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  Jacobs

  • Reading, United Kingdom

  • Principal Engineer and Project Manager

    • Nov 2004 - Jul 2007
    • Reading, United Kingdom

    NG Cable Tunnels, Jun 06 – Jun 07. Client: National Grid. Bid Manager then Project Manager for scheme design of two cable tunnels in London. Responsibilities included co-ordinating input from various specialists dealing with civil, tunnelling, architectural, environmental, geotechnical, mechanical, electrical, cable technology, substations, cable cooling and ventilation issues as well as working in an alliance with other consultants. Dublin Metro North, Nov 05 – Jun 06. Client: Railway Procurement Agency. Designer for settlement & building damage assessments and design of mitigation measures.LU Step Free Access, Jan 06 – May 06. Client: London Underground. Designer for the detailed design of a step free access schemes at Waterloo Station. Wandsworth Flood Alleviation Scheme, Nov 05 – Feb 06. Client: Barhale. Designer for the detailed design of shafts and tunnel eyes. Glendoe Hydro Scheme, Nov 04 – Nov 06. Client: Scottish & Southern Electric. Tunnelling engineer responsible for the reference design of SCL tunnels and power cavern.Upper Thames Reservoir, Oct 04 – Oct 06. Client: Thames Water. Estimated Project Value £800m. Design engineer for the development of the water transfer infrastructure. Responsible for developing the scheme design and ensuring the timely production of deliverables. Technical inputs include planning and cost estimating. Network Rail, Oct 04 – Nov 06. Design project management and preparation of Network Rail Forms A & B for various schemes including undertrack crossings and foundations on the Nuneaton to Glen Parva resignalling scheme.

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  Jacobs Babtie

  • Dublin, Ireland.

  • Senior Engineer

    • Apr 2003 - Oct 2004
    • Dublin, Ireland.

    Dublin Port Tunnel, April 03 – Oct 04. Client: Irish Rail. Project Value £360m. Irish Rail’s Representative during construction supervision of a dual carriageway road tunnel under the main Dublin to Belfast railway line in complex soft ground conditions. Primary responsibility was leading a team of engineers and inspectors to ensure that the tunnelling works did not compromise the operational safety of the railway line. Responsibilities involved review and acceptance of all method related construction documentation. Works involved extensive ground treatment, dewatering measures and in ground and surface monitoring.

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  Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners

  • Geneva, Switzerland

  • Section Engineer

    • Nov 2000 - Nov 2002
    • Geneva, Switzerland

    CERN Point 5 - Gibb SGI Geoconsult JV, Geneva, Nov 00 – Nov 02. Client: European Particle Physics Research Centre (CERN). Project Value: £1 Billion. Section Engineer for SCL shaft design and construction supervision of two large SCL shafts through soft water bearing ground and construction supervision of two large SCL caverns (max span 22m) and connecting tunnels for a new particle accelerator. Role included dealing with technical, commercial and management issues whilst supervising the Contractor during construction operations. Line manager for five Tunnel Inspectors working 24 hours a day directing their duties, ensuring that they were fully informed of all necessary construction matters and of their authority.

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  Gibb Ltd

  • Reading, United Kingdom

  • Design Engineer

    • Jun 1997 - Nov 2000
    • Reading, United Kingdom

    BRB (Residuary) Ltd Remedial Works . Client: Network Rail. Responsible for the design of remedial works to various disused railway structures including tunnels, buildings and embankments. Role involved liaising with the client and managing a team of engineers and technicians to ensure that projects were completed on time to the correct quality within the allocated budget. Site duties included the role of Engineers Representative on the Chipping Norton Tunnel Repair.Heathrow Express (HEX). Client: BAA. Responsibilities included designing remedial measures and carrying out condition surveys of the tunnels and shafts as part of an operation and maintenance contract. Tasks included Cat III checking and monitoring of HEX infrastructure during construction of the Terminal 5 Airside Road Tunnel.Other Projects. Settlement & building damage assessments and design of mitigation measures on Rome Metro line ‘C’ & Athens Metro. Crossrail route feasibility studies, Devonport Dockyard Naval Base in Plymouth and Cine dam in Turkey.

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  Thomson Reuters

  • Data Analysts

    • 1996 - 1996

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  Pell Frischmann

  • Under Graduate Design Engineer

    • 1994 - 1995