Experience

Fuse Rail Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Director

  • Jun 2017 - Present



FuseRail LTD

• Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Carrying out ETE & ETM works, renewals refurbs, recabling sub stations, DC upgrade works. Conductor rail renewals & maintenance. Carrying out ETE & ETM works, renewals refurbs, recabling sub stations, DC upgrade works. Conductor rail renewals & maintenance.



Sonic Rail Services

• Delivery Manager

  • Oct 2014 - Feb 2016

  Sonic Rail Services Limited - SRSFounded in 1997 and initially concentrating on Permanent Way Works and Electrical Track Maintenance (ETM), SRS developed a DC capability from 2003 to the point of now being the market leader in Electrical Track Equipment (ETE).With a head office in Burnham-on-Crouch (Essex) and satellite offices in Kent and Central London, SRS has expanded and evolved to meet our client's growing requirements.With some 70 direct employees, we have an excellent reputation for delivering all aspects of complex projects to the highest levels of safety and quality; working on both Network Rail and London Underground infrastructures.Working with our clients we build successful, honest and fair relationships; using our expertise and flexibility, we deliver engineering solutions safely, on time and within budget.Currently approved under 199 Achilles Product Groups,we can offer the following services:ETE / ETM Design and InstallationCable / Conductor Rail condition surveysDC, LV, HV and sub-station cable installationP-Way Plain Line and Switch & Crossing (S&C) Design and InstallationCable route design and InstallationBridge strengthening and repairSpecialist Civil / Mechanical Engineering installations and solutionsElectric Track Equipment (ETE)Design/Installations/Renewals/Maintenance.Specialising in positive and negative DC cable installations to Network Rail and London Underground specification including:Substation cabling: feeder cables, rectifiers, negative return and interconnecting cablesMark 7 & 8 hookswitches, double jumper units (including three and four-way jumper units), and track isolating switches mounted at the side of the track / depotCable terminating lugs of Cembre / Sicame / Glenair ManufactureConductor rail heating



Network Rail

• United Kingdom
• Rail Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Section manager CRE /HV

  • Jul 2004 - Oct 2014

  July 2004 - Oct 2014 - Network Rail - Section Manger - AshfordOn the implementation of Phase 2BC in 2011 I became the manager of CRE (Conductor Rail Equipment) which also involves the High Voltage cable maintenance teams based in Lewisham & Canterbury, managing 4 staff that maintain & fault find the HV network in kent & part of sussex, including HV cable joint repairs & pilot cable workActed as project delivery manager for conductor rail heating, installing this at over 100 locations over an 18 month period, this involved the planning, ordering & sorting of materials & arranging labour with contractorsCarried out recabling work on DC sub stations in the south eastWorked along side East Kent Resignaling, Phase one & two, carrying out con rail design & alterations, gapping at point motors & transposing con rail to make safer CESSsOn Call Manager overseeing many major faults to maintain the upkeep of the third rail & HV Cables



Balfour Beatty plc

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Section Manager

  • Jan 2004 - Jul 2004

  Jan 2004 - July 2004 Balfour Beatty Rail - Section Manager - AshfordTo manage the maintenance & inspections of the 750 volt DC third rail & all associated componentsSupervision of training, rosters & vehicles for 30 members of staffManage project work concerning the third rail & associated componentsSupervision of 24 hour on call arrangement, Co-ordinating staff &workManaged & carried out the following project work;Sidings Improvement At Gillingham & FavershamInstallation of Conductor Rail Heating At 6 Locations Damaged sheath cable replacement programme at 35 Sub Stations using contract labourReplacement of Worn / Corroded Conductor RailConductor Rail gapping for road rail vehiclesOverseeing the transition to Network RailTrial & use of plastic insulators with great success, installed at Bopeep, Hastings, Sevenoaks, Grove Hill Tunnels Trialing plastic side ramp arc shields / plastic guard boarding & the new LUL test Grids (lamps)

• Acting Section Manager

  • Aug 2002 - Jan 2004

  Aug 2002 - Jan 2004 Balfour Beatty Rail - Acting Section Manager- Ashford / Canterbury / Lewisham To carry out & oversee project workOverseeing implementation of RIMINI (Risk Minimilisation, safety, Now SSOWP) & MIM’s (Planning Now Ellipse)Conductor Rail joint welding between Swanley & Hartley Sub Stations, 400 welds completed using sub contract labour & conductor rail gapped in 6 places over a 6 month period2 New feeder cables installed in Gillingham Sidings, 600 meters of 1000mm sq cable installedSetting up and implementing a Track inspection programme for kent

• Track Charge Man

  • May 2000 - Aug 2002

  May 2000 - August 2002 Balfour Beatty Rail - Track Chargeman- HastingsTo maintain & inspect the 750 volt DC third rail & all associated components to Rail Track group standards24 hour on call to attend & repair faults as & when they occurManaged and carried out the following project work;Installed new conductor rail & over 1000 new insulators in Bopeep & Hastings TunnelsTransposed Conductor Rail between Wadhurst Station & sub stationConductor rail gapping at Crowhurst for machine access

• Leading Trackman

  • 1995 - May 2000

  1995 - May 2000 - Balfour Beatty Rail - Leading Trackman - FavershamMaintain & inspect the 750 volt DC third rail & all associated components to Rail Track standards24 hour on call to attend & repair faults as & when they occurTo act as Track Charge Man as & when required



British Rail & Balfour Beatty Rail (privitisation)

• Trackman

  • Jul 1991 - 1995

  July 1991 - 1995 British Rail & Balfour Beatty Rail -Track Man (Permanent Way) - Dover To maintain the railway infrastructure to BR / Rail Track group standardsActing as Engineering Supervisor for on track machinesWorking on track renewals all over the south eastDriving personnel carriers (14 seater lorries)Acting as Sub Ganger in Folkestone East Production Gang for 6 monthsActing as Leading Track Man in the ETM as & when required July 1991 - 1995 British Rail & Balfour Beatty Rail -Track Man (Permanent Way) - Dover To maintain the railway infrastructure to BR / Rail Track group standardsActing as Engineering Supervisor for on track machinesWorking on track renewals all over the south eastDriving personnel carriers (14 seater lorries)Acting as Sub Ganger in Folkestone East Production Gang for 6 monthsActing as Leading Track Man in the ETM as & when required



B Holdstock General Builder

• Self employed

  • 1984 - 1991

  Self Employed in the Building industry (Worked for Family Business) - Ashford1984 - 1991Carrying out all aspects of general building workBrick Laying & Plastering Basic Plumbing & Household ElectricsPainting & DecoratingCarpentry & Roofing Self Employed in the Building industry (Worked for Family Business) - Ashford1984 - 1991Carrying out all aspects of general building workBrick Laying & Plastering Basic Plumbing & Household ElectricsPainting & DecoratingCarpentry & Roofing