Experience

VIRTUS Data Centres

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Cluster Technical Manager

  • Apr 2021 - Present

• Campus Technical Manager

  • Aug 2019 - Mar 2021

  Key Activities/Achievements:66kV/11kV Changeover - Overseeing project delivery during the upgrade of the Stockley Park Sub-Stations from 11kV to 66kV DNO supply.LONDON5 6.3MW Capacity Upgrade - Overseeing project delivery during the 6.3MW Capacity upgrade including the addition of 3 new Tx/RMU's, 3 new LV Generators, UPM Upgrade across 18 UPS Systems and the addition of 2 new Chillers to the Chilled Water Systems.Recruitment and Training of the Stockley Park Campus Shift and Technical Team – Training on site systems across all live data centres, scenario testing, health and safety and compliance training, escalation procedures and continual assessment of competency for the Technical and Facilities Management team. Producing and assessing completed Training Documentation and also providing training on the VIRTUS Operational Excellence Principles.Customer Power Management – Allocation and management of power systems for both new and existing customers. Liaising with the VIRTUS Sales team ensuring all allocations fit with the VIRTUS Site Capacity Designs.Customer Liaison – Building good relationships with all customers including providing information on any reliability issues, updates and information during construction activities and during Incident Situations. Providing guidance during customer audits.CAFM System Build – Building Asset lists, adding PPM’s and 30/60/90 planners for all Data Centres across the Stockley Campus.New Site Mobilisation – Review of EOP’s, SOP’s, Switching Schedules and producing Site Task Book Documentation. Ensuring O&M’s/SLD’s have up to date and accurate information for new data centres as they are handed over from construction.Problem and Incident Management – Ensuring the Technical Team efficiently manage all problems and incidents from identification through to resolution. Also producing Route Cause Analysis reports and raising Safety Alerts as and when required as part of Incident follow up actions. Show less



Rolls-Royce

• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Electrical Engineer

  • Feb 2018 - Aug 2019

  Key Responsibilities (in addition to those mentioned under Electrical Engineer)•CSO - Supervising project engineers and contractors on various projects ensuring compliance with BS7671, JSP375 & Rolls-Royce Control Standards for new on- site installation projects. Supervising/Witnessing Commissioning and Testing, producing non-conformance and weekly project update reports.•Maintenance – Improvement of maintenance instructions, creating maintenance guides, adding new maintenance, identifying and removing maintenance of redundant equipment/systems from the PMS and carrying out Root Cause Analysis on failures.•Subject Matter Expert (SME) providing technical advice to off-site projects within the M.O.D Submarines business.•Design – Working with stakeholders through project concept, design and verification stages ensuring compliance with legislative and company standards.•Project Management – Liaising with project engineers, quality surveyors and reporting to senior management attending progress update, planning and commissioning test group project close out meetings. Monitoring key performance indicators to ensure projects are delivered to timescales and within budget.•Planning – Working with stakeholders planning for maintenance and defect repair works during key project shutdowns, providing timescale estimates on all installation projects through project delivery, testing and commissioning.Key achievements/projects•Successfully delivered the installation, testing and commissioning of the PIE EC & I System 1 and System 2 project. •Fire Alarm System Upgrade – Interfacing with project engineers and contractors to ensure installation fully complied with BS 5831 ensuring the customer received a high quality installation and value for money, also acting as SME on the project. •PIE Readiness Building Services Upgrade – Upgrade of building services including Fire Alarm, Radiological Alarm, HVAC, Lighting, Overhead Crane, Small Power and Networking systems. Show less

• Electrical Engineer

  • Jun 2015 - Feb 2018

  Key Responsibilities• Management of various electrical projects for the Vulcan site defuel program overseeing installation, testing and commissioning.• Authorised Person responsible for LV Air Circuit Breaker (ACB) and Switchgear Isolations rated at up to 2700A AC/3000A DC.• Producing Risk Assessments and Method Statements for all tasks carried out by the Electrical team.• Energy Saving – Identifying equipment that can be replaced with energy saving modern equivalents.• Responsible for the following electrical systems – ACB’s and Switchgear, Ventilation (Active & Non-Active), Motor Generators, Diesel Generators, Turbo Generators, Rod Control Gear, Heating & Cooling Systems, Battery Systems, Cranes/Hoists, Motors and Pumps. • Contract Cost Estimates – Provided estimates to contracts team for site maintenance and defect repair for the four year Vulcan Post Operation and Defuel (VPOD) contract.• Site Audits – Supporting site audits from the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator (DNSR) and Third Party accreditation for Fire Alarm Systems.• Design – Review of all electrical designs produced by design engineers from base design reviews through to designs being issued for use, checking calculations, drawings, equipment selection and practicality. Producing technical specifications for new equipment on installation projects and replacement of ageing plant/equipment. Amending AutoCAD drawings to “As Built” status as part of design package completion/plant modifications. Show less

• Senior Electrical Shift Technician

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2015

  Working on Six-Shift System reporting directly to the issuing authority completing preventative and routine maintenance and defect repair on PRA equipment and its steam raising plant. Duties performed in accordance with TSI's(Technical Standing Instructions), NSP's(Nuclear Standard Procedure's), SOP's(Standard Operating Procedure's) and Work Orders. Equipment maintained includes RCG(Rod Control Gear), Turbo Generators, Motor Generators, Diesel Generators and their Control Equipment, Switchgear and Air Circuit Breakers, 24V System, DC System, Pumps, Rotork Valve's and General Lighting and Small Power. Providing support to Shift Supervisor, Trials Engineers and Shift Team as and when required. Authorised to work without supervision, carry out LV Isolations (including Air Circuit Breaker's) and to supervise upto 3 employees when required. Show less

• Senior Electrical Technician

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

  Awarded Senior Technician Status after completion of:Reactor Power Electrics Detail Board.Completion of two rotations on six shift system. Minimum one years experience as Technician.Reporting directly to issuing authority completing periodic, preventative and routine maintenance and defect repair on PRA equipment and its steam raising plant. Duties performed in accordance with TSI's(Technical Standing Instructions), NSP's(Nuclear Standard Procedure's), SOP's(Standard Operating Procedure's) and Work Orders. Equipment maintained includes RCG(Rod Control Gear), Turbo Generators, Motor Generators, Diesel Generators, Switchgear and Air Circuit Breakers, 24V System, DC System, Pumps, Rotork Valve's and General Lighting and Small Power.Providing support to Shift Supervisor, Trials Engineers and Shift Team as and when required.Authorised to carry out LV Isolations (including Air Circuit Breaker's) and supervision of upto 3 employees when required. Show less

• Electrical Technician

  • Jan 2013 - Aug 2014

  Awarded Technician Status after completion of: HNC Engineering Systems VNTC (Vulcan Nuclear Technical Course) Site Distribution Detail BoardDemonstration of Safe IsolationMy role requires me to carry out Routine and Preventative Maintenance, Defect Repair and Installation and Commissioning of new equipment assosciated with a Pressurized Water Reactor and on the General Site.Equipment includes Air systems, Crane’s/Hoists and their control gear, Motor Generators, Pumps/Motors and their Control Circuits, Rotork Valves, Switchgear and its protective devices, UPS/Batteries and their chargers amongst other equipment.Authorised to carry out LV isolations and Work Check my own work and that of others.Also supervise and coach electricians and apprentices. Show less

• Electrician

  • Nov 2009 - Jan 2013

  Carrying out site maintenance, defect repair and installation and commissioning of new equipment at the NRTE Vulcan site. Also carrry-out 5 annual periodic inspection and testing of site distribution and equipment when required.Equipment maintained includes Emergency Lighting, Fire Alarms, Crane's, Lighting and Small Power, Motors and their control circuits.I also carried out small installation projects and built control and indication panels.Worked at Hatston Quay in Kirkwall installing a generator, transformer, frequency changer and control equipment on a 500kW prototype tidal power generator. Show less



Amec Foster Wheeler

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electrician

  • Sep 2003 - May 2009

  On completion of my apprenticeship continued working at Dounreay where I was placed on Hire to UKAEA Dounreay for 18 months working within their Minor Works teamFollowing this worked on various projects throughout the U.K including:West Coast Mainline Power and Signaling Upgrade, Manchester – Crewe, 2005Installing signaling heads, telecoms, power generation and distribution upgrades, site services maintaining lighting, power, networking and inspection and testing of new installations/periodic testing on existing installations as and when required at various sites.Shell/BBL New Gas Terminal, Bacton, Norfolk, 2006Four new 5.3MW Heaters and associated equipment installed complete with flow control and metering systems and a new control centre. Installing containment and cabling, glanding and terminating control gear and instruments using EX rated equipment and Inspection and Testing of completed circuits. SSE New Gas Storage Facility, Aldborough, East Yorkshire, 2006New gas processing plant installed including three 20MW compressors and associated control and instrumentation. Installing cable containment and cabling, installing EX rated equipment and control gear.Waverley and Haymarket Station Upgrade and Platform Extension, Edinburgh 2006 to 2007Installing containment, cabling, switchgear and equipment for: lighting, small power, lifts, elevators, tannoy systems, customer information service systems and CCTV. Out with the station track heating was installed at new moving points on the track. Longannet Coal Fired Power Station FGD Project, Clackmannanshire, 2007 to 2009New FGD systems fitted to three of the four 600MW units to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions. Installing containment, cabling, lighting, small power, control and instrumentation, switchgear, VSD panel wiring and modifications, fire alarms, environmental monitoring systems, 11kV Cable Glanding and Inspection, Testing and commissioning of new circuits. Show less

• Apprentice Electrician

  • Aug 2000 - Sep 2003

  Completed my SVQ Level 3 Installation and Commissioning Electro-technical Systems at the North Highland College in Thurso. Gained Industrial experience and training at UKAEA Dounreay working with various wiring systems on many different installation projects across the Dounreay site and at The Weigh Inn Hotel thurso. Gained some domestic wiring experience while re-wiring 2 houses in thurso and installing fire alarms at Dale House in westerdale.