Andy Baker
Technician: Engineering and Computing at Regent College London- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Regent College London
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Technician: Engineering and Computing
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Jun 2023 - Present
Assisting with learning and teaching activities in the Engineering Labs and Workshop facilities. Providing technical advice, guidance and assistance to students and academic colleagues. Demonstrating the use of a range of equipment. Setting up equipment and materials in preparation for classes. Undertaking routine maintenance of equipment, and where necessary, escalating for external service. Ensuring that working spaces and equipment are properly maintained and kept in good order to ensure an appropriate academic and technical working environment. Supporting academic staff with the purchase of equipment and materials for learning and teaching. Maintaining electronic and hard copy records relating to equipment and consumables (such as inventories, records of stock levels). Ensuring that standards of work are fully compliant with the college’s health and safety policy and relevant regulations. https://www.rcl.ac.uk/courses/subjects/engineering-and-computing/ Show less
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Self Employed
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United States
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700 & Above Employee
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Maintenance Manager
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Mar 2023 - Jun 2023
Property Maintenance Property Maintenance
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Unipart Rail
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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300 - 400 Employee
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Lead Engineering Technician (Electronics)
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Jul 2018 - Mar 2023
Leading small electronics department. Interviewing, Training and general support. Repair and maintenance of various electronic and electro mechanical devices in the rail industry. E.g. Pulse generators, communications and break control equipment. Building / wiring / testing of electronics cabinets and cabins in the railway industry. Applications include signalling, communications, CCTV, and power switching. Building / wiring / testing of pneumatic door control modules, break control electronics, lighting, flasher units and various other equipment in the railway industry. IPC 7711/7721 certified. Currently training for IRSE, IPC 610 and track side Certification. Show less
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Kilnwick Percy Hall, York
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Kilnwick Percy Hall
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Maintenance Manager
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Apr 2014 - Jul 2018
Managing general maintenance on a 49 acre site with Georgian Mansion, B&B, out buildings and woodland in the Yorkshire Wolds. Liaising with contractors, keeping records, implementing H&S requirements. I also work as a self employed property maintenance engineer. Managing general maintenance on a 49 acre site with Georgian Mansion, B&B, out buildings and woodland in the Yorkshire Wolds. Liaising with contractors, keeping records, implementing H&S requirements. I also work as a self employed property maintenance engineer.
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Self-employed
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Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Property Manager
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Feb 2010 - Apr 2014
Buying, selling and letting property. Managing and maintaining. Meeting clients, prepairing and managing contracts and dealing with maintenance issues. Buying, selling and letting property. Managing and maintaining. Meeting clients, prepairing and managing contracts and dealing with maintenance issues.
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Advanced Safety Communications
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Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Site Services Engineer
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Feb 2007 - Feb 2010
Negotiating and attaining maintenance contracts in the voice alarm and public address industry providing certification to British Standards for life safety equipment. Planning and carrying out preventative maintenance providing reliability and good customer relations. Design and delivery of industrial telecommunication systems providing life safety equipment in explosive and hazardous areas such as oil rigs and refineries. Producing computer aided drawings. Negotiating and attaining maintenance contracts in the voice alarm and public address industry providing certification to British Standards for life safety equipment. Planning and carrying out preventative maintenance providing reliability and good customer relations. Design and delivery of industrial telecommunication systems providing life safety equipment in explosive and hazardous areas such as oil rigs and refineries. Producing computer aided drawings.
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Microlise
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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500 - 600 Employee
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Project Engineer
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Mar 1990 - Jun 2006
Project management and infrastructure design of supply chain and fleet management systems. E.g. Kellogg’s wireless stock control system, Unidrug distribution fleet management. Release and implementation of software abiding to stringent deadlines. Working to PRINCE 2 project management and ISO 9002 standards. Management of software environments to include, support, configuration and revision control. Completion of site survey and vehicle survey reports. Redesigned report template which became company standard and installation working document. Carried out many radio frequency site surveys in warehouses, retail shops and manufacturing plants across the UK and Europe. Considerations included guaranteed R.F. coverage in all required areas, bandwidth, cable routes, and disaster recovery. Surveying of forklift trucks and road vehicles in preparation for efficient installation of vehicle telematics and mobile computer equipment. Fault finding, repair and maintenance of mobile computing, vehicle telematics, GPS, wireless networks and RFID. Writing / executing software application and integration test plans promoting high quality software delivery in the fleet and distribution industry. Establishing and identifying customer requirements preventing wasted time and costs for both hardware and software. Producing training documentation. Carrying out user acceptance and support training ensuring smooth transition to “Go Live”. Show less
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L R Mees Ltd
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Bingham, Nottinghamshire
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Electronics apprentice
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Jun 1982 - Mar 1990
Fault finding and repair of domestic electronics Fault finding and repair of domestic electronics
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Education
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South East Derbyshire College
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, ONC / BTEC -
Broxtow College
Electronic Servicing, City & Guilds Electronic Servicing 224 Parts 1. 2 & 3 (5 years)