Experience

ANDRITZ HYDRO HAMMERFEST (UK) LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing

• Engineering Manager

  • Mar 2014 - Present

• Turbine System Engineer

  • Jul 2009 - Feb 2014

  Broad range of responsibilities, detailed below.Front end design• Site assessment, including vessel mounted ADCP surveys.• Initial rotor sizing calculations and associates annual energy production calculations.• Definition of overall system dynamics, including low and high speed rotational speeds and torque loadings.Turbine System• Aerofoil and rotor geometry optimisation.• Dynamic simulations toascertain detailed turbine load and performance data inline with IEC/DNV standards.• Operational turbine performance and loading validation of HS1000 Turbine at EMEC.• Input into Environmental Statement, and in particular Environmental and Collision Monitoring Protocol.Control and Intrumentation• Complete specification, development and testing of HS1000 supervisory controller.• Operational supervision of HS1000 tidal turbine, including 24x7 oncall 365 days of year.• Development of OPC-DA high speed datalogging and analysis package utilising C# and MS SQL Server.• Integration of turbine alarm and event, and SMS notification system with 3rd party off-site control centre.Commissioning• Four month offsite commissioning and factory acceptance testing of HS1000 nacelle during assembly.• Post installation commissioning of complete offshore and onshore systems, including variable speed drive.• Tuning and optimisation of dynamic and supervisory controller to match or surpass previouslu calculated predictions.Commercial/Business Development• Spoken at many confernces including All-Energy, Aberdeen and EU-OEA Ocean Enegy, Brussels.• Instrumental in preparation of technical sections of succesful applications to Carbon Trust MRPF, and EU NER300 grant funding.• Representation of company and utilities at stakeholder meetings.



Hannon Westwood LLP

• Software Developer

  • Aug 2008 - Jul 2009

  Development of geospatial (GIS), database driven applications built on .NET and SQL Server, ESRI ArcGIS and AspMap. Development of geospatial (GIS), database driven applications built on .NET and SQL Server, ESRI ArcGIS and AspMap.



Ceres Computer Consultants

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Developer

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2008

  Oracle database and ColdFusion application developer Oracle database and ColdFusion application developer



Herbert Smith

• United Kingdom

• Customer Service

  • May 2006 - Aug 2007

  Support Support



Mendes & Mount

• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• IT Support

  • Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Support Support