Experience

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  Osbit

  • Riding Mill, Northumberland

  • Osbit Engineer

    • Mar 2017 - Present
    • Riding Mill, Northumberland

    Responsible for the mechanical and structural design of a variety of bespoke solutions for the offshore, subsea and renewables sectors. Applying my many years of experience and analysis skills (ANSYS, STAAD.Pro, Orcaflex, calculations from first principles) to produce optimised designs quickly.

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  GE Oil & Gas

  • Newcastle upon Tyne (Wellstream)

  • Senior Technical Analyst

    • Feb 2015 - Mar 2017
    • Newcastle upon Tyne (Wellstream)

    Responsible for global dynamic analysis (OrcaFlex) and stress analysis (ANSYS) of subsea flexible pipe systems and associated structural components.

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  FLEXLIFE LIMITED

  • Gateshead

  • Principal Analyst

    • Sep 2012 - Jan 2015
    • Gateshead

    Flexlife are an Oil and Gas Flexible Pipe and subsea service provider.• Carried out OrcaFlex dynamic analysis of flexible pipes and moorings during installation and in service in a number of configurations for oil and gas operators e.g. Shell, BG, Talos. • FEA Stress analysis of ‘J’ tube flexible...

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  RCID, Newcastle University

  • Newcastle University

  • Senior Consultant Engineer

    • Aug 1997 - Aug 2012
    • Newcastle University

    RCID at Newcastle University was an Engineering Design and Analysis consultancy.• Delivered valuable Engineering Design support to over 100 companies within the region.There are too many significant achievements to list them all, examples are the design and analysis of the following.• Large bellm...

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  Crabtree of Gateshead

  • Gateshead

  • Research and Development Engineer

    • 1994 - 1997
    • Gateshead

    Crabtree of Gateshead are a manufacturer of high speed printing machinery• Wrote computer simulator of press inking performance.• Implemented Crabtree’s first vision camera print inspection system.• Designed Crabtree’s first ‘waterless printing’ system.• Achieved a 50% reduction in press automati...

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  DARCHEM ENGINEERING LIMITED

  • Stillington, Stockton on Tees

  • Design Engineer

    • 1990 - 1994
    • Stillington, Stockton on Tees

    Darchem Engineering are a manufacturer of products for nuclear, marine and oil and gas industries• Designed and analysed 6m diameter honeycomb wind tunnel structure using FEA; then tested impact resistance under cryogenic conditions.• Designed stainless steel pipework and vessel insulation for nu...

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  NEI Parsons

  • Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne

  • Design Engineer

    • 1988 - 1990
    • Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne

    NEI Parsons are a manufacturer of steam turbine generators (now part of Siemens).• Trained in all departments and on site, first position in Turbine Design Department.• Worked in Toronto Canada for 9 months as a Manufacturing Engineer.