Experience

Sellafield UK Ltd

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Portfolio Manager

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  Leading a team of Project Managers I manage a portfolio of projects in a highly regulated and complex environment.

• Information Technology Project Management

  • Sep 2017 - Apr 2020

  Working on IT projects within a highly regulated industry.

• Project Manager

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2017

  Project Manager working on complex and highly regulated projects in the public sector.



Babcock International Group PLC

• Falkland Islands

• Station Manager

  • Jul 2005 - Aug 2013

  • Managing a team of Communications Engineers supporting a UHF/VHF link communications system. • Delivering the Lambeth Resident Engineer contract, providing out of hours support to all sites, repairs and maintenance and the provision of a rolling programme of training on the system. • Liaison with other civilian companies, integrated project teams and senior military personnel. • Successful delivery of services to the DHFCS system. • Organisation of the smooth running of the station within the budget of £500,000 per annum. • Conducting core HR procedures with staff including discipline and grievance, adhering to company and statutory procedures. Show less



VT Merlin Communications

• ESA Station Diane, French Guyana

• Communications Engineer

  • Feb 2003 - Apr 2005

  • Sole Engineer for the communications links to the European Space Operations Centre from Kourou, South America. • Liaised and worked with ESA staff in Germany and CNES staff in Kourou and France. • Worked as part of a team to operate and maintain all equipment at the Kourou ESTRACK station. • Produced highly detailed project documentation for the communications network between Station Diane, French Guiana and the European Space Operations Centre in Germany. • Supported ESA Scientific missions with communication links between satellites and ESOC that have to be engineered in situ, including Rosetta and Mars Express. • Produced and delivered a training package to French engineers on a VT installed VSAT link. Show less



Nortel Networks

• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Applications Engineer

  • Feb 2000 - Dec 2002

  • Engineering and installation of SDH networks from access equipment through to fibre backbone equipment. • Managed and trained teams of up to 12 Engineers. • Produced site related documentation of a high standard. • Surveyed and planned the installation of equipment into sites across Europe and the UK. • Liaised with project managers, finance primes and suppliers to order and budget installation equipment. • Produced installation instructions for a complex data transfer equipment. • Engineered a $37 million project from initiation to completion. • Received excellent feedback from customers on engineering knowledge and organisational skills. • Gained awards for excellent service to project teams. Show less



HM Forces

• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tele Tech Radio

  • Oct 1989 - Mar 2000

  • Wide and varied experience gained with different regiments and units in locations at home and overseas. • Responsible for technical stores and accounting for a unit with a budget in excess of £1 million. • Supervised a 24-hour technical shift system on a remote mountain site. • Organised and liaised with different agencies to implement and engineer a secure data stream from the Falkland Islands over a satellite link to the United Kingdom. • Organised and ran a tri-service workshop responsible for all aspects of a modern telecommunications unit in a physically arduous environment. • Designed and installed HF, VHF and UHF communications systems for a Royal Navy ship. • Installed and maintained 16 GHz and 8 GHz microwave links using Northern Telecom Multiplexers and Nortel Network 300 Network Maintenance Software throughout Northern Ireland. • Sole engineer entrusted with the maintenance and repair of a brigade’s cryptographic equipment. Show less