Experience

Clean Air Task Force

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Nuclear Expert, CATF

  • Oct 2022 - Present



Not Applicable

• Currently seeking next opportunity

  • Jul 2022 - Oct 2022



Cavendish Nuclear

• United Kingdom
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Development Manager Clean Energy

  • Jan 2021 - May 2022

  Business Development Manager Nuclear New Build and Advanced Nuclear Technologies Business Development Manager Nuclear New Build and Advanced Nuclear Technologies



Jacobs

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Engineering Project Manager

  • Mar 2020 - Jan 2021



Wood

• United Kingdom
• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Consultant Reactor Licensing Specialist

  • Jun 2013 - Mar 2020



AMECFW

• Principal Consultant Reactor Licensing Specialist

  • Jun 2016 - Apr 2017

  Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor Basis of Design, Derby, UKProvided Subject Matter Expertise on PWR Refuelling, Spent Fuel Management, generic Nuclear Power Plant Design, Safety and Environmental Strategies and Integrated Management Systems. Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor Basis of Design, Derby, UKProvided Subject Matter Expertise on PWR Refuelling, Spent Fuel Management, generic Nuclear Power Plant Design, Safety and Environmental Strategies and Integrated Management Systems.



Amec Foster Wheeler

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Consultant Reactor Licensing Specialist

  • Oct 2013 - Jun 2016

  Review of nuclear significant activities at the BAE Systems Barrow submarine manufacturing Licenced Site. This review included a structured examination of the licensee's arrangements, nuclear processes, the safety management system, organisational design, training needs and general compliance and consistency of the IMS to give due priority to safety in its broadest sense.Provided Subject Matter Expertise for the Integrated Management Systems Improvement Project at BAE Systems Barrow, authoring Policies, reviewing Operational Frameworks, Top Level Arrangement and Process documents.Provided and authored a number of reviews of nuclear significant activities at the BAE Systems Barrow submarine manufacturing Licenced Site. These reviews included a structured examination of the licensee's arrangements, nuclear activity and safety processes, the safety management system, organisational design, training needs and general compliance and consistency of the IMS to give due priority to safety in its broadest sense.The output of the reviews along with the findings of the Periodic Safety review are being used to drive significant changes in the Licence Compliance Arrangements and processes that support these in the areas of Management Systems, Control and Supervision, Training, SQEP and Control of Nuclear Matter.Providing Nuclear New Build Licensing Advice, Periodic Safety Review of the Licensee's Management Systems (including Nuclear Safety Management Systems, Safety and Environmental Policies, Safety Culture, Monitoring and Review of Safety Performance Indicators and Supply Chain and Quality Assurance), Provision of Technical advice on the UK Generic Design Assessment Process.

• Principal Consultant Reactor Licensing Specialist

  • Apr 2014 - Sep 2014

  FSAR Chapter Author on behalf of ENEC and NAWAH, authoring Chapter 17 of the Final Safety Assessment Report - "Management Systems" for the Barakah 1 and 2 Nuclear Power Plant. I spent a number of periods in Abu Dhabi and am looking forward to working with ENEC and Nawah again.

• Principal Consultant Reactor Licensing Specialist

  • Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

  Subject Matter Expert for the Management Systems Periodic Review of Safety Project at Barrow Nuclear Submarine manufacturing facility. Topics included the review of Nuclear Safety Management Systems, Safety and Environmental Policies, Safety Culture, Monitoring and Review of Safety Performance Indicators and Supply Chain management.

• Principal Consultant Reactor Licensing Specialist

  • Jun 2013 - Oct 2013

  I joined in June and after a period of networking and establishing contacts in the Company, I undertook a number of tasks. examples are IPR of Devonport tidal X Berth Safety Case, HAZOP Chairman for Magnox FED retreivals Projects and an AWE Project, provision of multiple presentations and discussions on the AP1000 Technical and Safety Case appraisal to european utlility,



Jacobs

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Nuclear Assurance Director (Scotland)

  • Jan 2011 - Feb 2013

  Projects that I undertook included:-• Coordinated a critical review of the Licensing, Siting, Design, Procurement, Construction and Project risks of the Sizewell B Dry Fuel Storage option for EdF.• Readiness review co-coordinator seconded to NNB GenCo to assess if the NNB GenCo organization and processes were sufficiently developed for the point in time of the Project and thereby to provide an assessment to Senior Committees that NNBGenCo was ready to request a NSL.• Provided Nuclear Assurance and Safety Engineering support to a variety of EdF Existing Nuclear Projects and also the NNB Genco Hinkley Point C Site Infrastructure and services networks project.• Borselle 2 New Nuclear Build (Delta):- provided External Hazard assessment methodology advice and review services in the selection of specialist consultants to undertake the development of source data for the Safety Assessment Report.



E.ON UK

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Safety Case Management, Horizon NP

  • Jan 2010 - Aug 2010

  Seconded to Horizon and appointed as Head of Safety Case Management. The main responsibility was the development of a program of work for the Site Specific Safety Case for either EPR or AP1000 at Wylfa. Seconded to Horizon and appointed as Head of Safety Case Management. The main responsibility was the development of a program of work for the Site Specific Safety Case for either EPR or AP1000 at Wylfa.



E.ON-UK Nuclear Development Project

• Nuclear Project Engineer

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2009

  I undertook a variety of roles and tasks, including:-•Regulatory and Safety Case Interface with Westinghouse during Phase 1 of the GDA;•Development of Licensing, Safety and Technical understanding and project requirements between the EON UK and EKK organizations;•Development of Safety and Technical Requirements for the Site Evaluation and Selection process;•Development of internal Technical Review and assessment of AP1000 and EPR;•UK Technical Lead on the development of a Waste and Decommissioning Strategy for New Build, including discussions with Government Departments and NDA;•Regulatory and Safety Case Interface with AREVA during Phase 1 of the GDA;•Safety, technical and Waste and Decommissioning lead on several Horizon Nuclear Power Ltd Work Streams; •Technical team Leader in the EON/RWE Vendor Evaluation Project.



Jacobs Babtie

• Chief Engineer, Nuclear Systems

  • Apr 1998 - Dec 2006

  I have acted as or have been seconded to several Nuclear Licensees as Engineering Manager, Project Assurance, Management of Change Consultant, Safety Case Management, Consultant, Nuclear Fuel Route Systems Consultant, and Project Manager, in the following projects:-Engineering Manager & Project Assurance Manager at Aldermaston Weapons Establishment to develop the preliminary design and safety case assessments for a facility with a project value circa £600m.Management of Change Consultant to the BNG - Magnox Electric Limited, Management of Change Organisational Programme Team to provide assistance in the production of LC36 submissions, to facilitate the re-organisation of MELtd to the requirements of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.Safety & Technical Lead to a feasibility Project to decommission the entire Magnox Fleet using innovative decommissioning and waste disposal processes. The project identified that a saving of several £billion could be made from the NDA estimate of £11bn, should the innovative processes be realised.Fuel Route Systems Consultant to the Calder Hall and Chapelcross Fuel Route Transition Programme, value circa £30m;Safety Case Management Consultant to the new SSN Berthing Facility at HMNB Clyde (project value circa £130m), providing advice on the production of modern standard safety cases and reviewing safety case documentation.Safety Case Coordination Manager seconded to 9 Dock Trident Refit Facility Safety Case Project, Devonport Management Limited, Plymouth UK, managing the co-ordination of the Facility Safety Case and DART plant safety cases. Overall one of the largest and most complex safety cases being produced in the UK at that time, total cost in excess of £10 million. Also managed the interface between the Facility Safety Case and the representatives and assessors of two Nuclear Regulators; Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and the Chairman Naval Nuclear Regulatory Panel.



British Energy Generation

• First Engineer

  • Aug 1990 - Mar 1998

  Andrew has 16 years’ experience of Nuclear Utilities in a variety of projects and roles which included:-British Energy Generation Core Business Improvement Group: seconded to the Deputy Chairman British Energy, Dr Robin Jeffrey, to assist in the identification, facilitation and delivery of annual savings in BEG’s cost base of in excess of £300 million per annum. During the secondment, was instrumental in the identification and delivery of multi-million pound savings in the fuel manufacture, procurement and utilization of AGR nuclear fuel. Other improvements in the core business of BEG also included the re-structuring of the AGR station organization to reduce staff levels, standardization of organizational structures and carrying out cost base comparisons to identify individual Site's commercial best practices that could be adopted at other sites. A selection of the projects and roles undertaken were:• Union appointed Industrial Safety Representative, responsible for reviewing Safety Performance Indicators, carrying out work place Safety and culture reviews, instrumental for the introduction of work place defibrillators in early 1990's and attendance at the Company Safety Supervisory Board. • Torness Power Station: managed a team of 10 engineers and safety case authors to deliver the specification, design, implementation, commissioning and safety case production of modifications to the Fuelling Machine, Irradiated Fuel Decay Store, Irradiated Fuel Dismantling Cell, Fuel Cooling Ponds and Flask Handling facility.



South of Scotland Electricity Board

• Second Engineer

  • Jun 1984 - Jul 1990

  Torness Power Station: managed a team of 10 engineers and safety case authors to deliver the specification, design, implementation, commissioning and safety case production of modifications to the Fuelling Machine, Irradiated Fuel Decay Store, Irradiated Fuel Dismantling Cell, Fuel Cooling Ponds and Flask Handling facility. • Torness Power Station: delivered the Site Security and Storage arrangements for the receipt of the initial nuclear loadings for both AGRs.• Torness Power Station: SSEB's on-site inspection and construction and commissioning monitoring team during the main construction phase of the 2 AGR reactors and associated plant at Torness. The main role was to ensure that the Client's Agent delivered to time and program and to provide independent reports to senior Management/Directors. Also involved in Reactor Commissioning, Proof Pressure Test, Combined Engineering Runs and subsequent plant inspections.

• Graduate Engineering Trainee

  • Oct 1982 - Jun 1984