Craig McMahon
Fire Engineer at Astute Fire- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials
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Certificate of Attendance for Flight Laboratory Course
Cranfield UniversityJun, 2017- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Astute Fire
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United Kingdom
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Fire Engineer
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Dec 2022 - Present
Astute Fire is a fully independent, director owned consultancy business that was formed by people who had a desire to develop a company which focused on fire engineering and, in particular, our creativity and potential for change.As a fire engineering company we have a desire to break down complex problems and develop appropriate solutions based on an understanding of the relationships between risk, design, and cost.Among the services provided are:Fire Strategy Development (New Build & Existing)Fire Safety Design SummariesComputational Fluid Dynamics Modelling for FireExternal Wall Reviews (including PAS 9980)Inspections and SurveysTimber Frame Risk Assessments
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Graduate Engineer - Technical Development and Research
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Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
Working under supervision, this role is to work as part of a team to apply Fire Engineeringtechniques and Fire Safety legislation to a range of projects to deliver Fire Engineeringservices. This Technical Development and Research role will be focused on the technicaldevelopment and research of fire engineering solutions, including areas such as structural fireengineering, computational modelling and another technical research projects, to assist Astute in the delivery of technical solutions and further the field of fire engineering. As part of the role, I willalso be exposed to fire engineering consultancy and work with the wider fire engineering team onbuilding design projects.
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Mathematics and Physics Tutor
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Apr 2018 - Mar 2020
• Engaged in weekly one-to-one tuition sessions with students at different stages of educational development • Completed weekly one-to-one tuition sessions with Honours’ year university student, who required sufficient Mathematics qualifications for primary school teacher training • Gave clear explanations for problem areas identified by the tutee within the course syllabus through worked examples • Applied initiative to prepare potential questions and explanations before each session • Negotiated session dates by text and email, maintaining flexibility to both parties’ availabilities • Increased confidence in my ability to take senior and supportive position in a working relationship • Noted weekly improvement in tutee’s confidence and mathematics skills, which tutee attributed to tutoring sessions
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Education
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2019 - 2020
The University of Edinburgh
Master of Science - MS, Structural and Fire Safety Engineering -
2012 - 2017
University of Glasgow
Master of Engineering - MEng, Aeronautical Engineering
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