David T.
Technical Lead at Rolls-Royce SMR- Claim this Profile
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Chartered Engineer (CEng)
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)May, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Machinery Safety Expert
PilzApr, 2017- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Rolls-Royce SMR
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United Kingdom
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Nuclear Electric Power Generation
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300 - 400 Employee
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Technical Lead
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Apr 2022 - Present
Lead Engineer for the design of the reactor Class 1 protection system. Lead Engineer for the design of the reactor Class 1 protection system.
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Sellafield Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Chemical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Design Engineer
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Oct 2018 - Apr 2022
Transition onto a new Major Project in a Lead Design Engineer role.Responsibility: To ensure the successful completion of the Preliminary and Detail Design stages of the Major Project including the development of, and accountability to estimate/programme. To manage a small team of designers and engineers.Achievements: Successful completion of Preliminary Design and transition into Detail Design.
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Instrumentation and Control Engineer
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Oct 2017 - Oct 2018
Design Engineering support to Plant Operations.Responsibility: To provide design engineering support to plant operations.Achievements: Successful Design, Testing, Installation and Commissioning of a major Safety System trip/interlock modification.
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Instrumentation and Control Engineer
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Nov 2014 - Oct 2017
Design Engineer during the Installation and Commissioning stages of a Major Project.Responsibility: To provide assurance, through oversight of the contractor supplier, of the Safety Commissioning stages of the project.Achievements: Performing a thorough review of the schedule of safety commissioning tests the contractor supplier intend to carry out. I have been able to put to good use all I have learned and experienced on the project and within safety systems in order to ensure that the schedule is all encompassing of the safety case (from a Control, Electrical and Instrumentation/CE&I perspective). Reviewing the test documentation currently being produced, witnessing the testing of the equipment, and seeing the project through the final stages of commissioning. In preparation for the next years' work I have been developing a similar, but more detailed, configuration management tool to that I developed for the Safety System reviews in a previous role. This tool will act as a central 'hub' for all the test documentation, linked to all the relevant safety case clauses, and ultimately it will aid both myself and all those involved in the commissioning process to provide assurance to the company and the regulator that the full safety case is being/has been tested and commissioned. Show less
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Special Assistant to the Chief Technical and Engineering Officer
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Jun 2014 - Nov 2014
Temporary Secondment to gain knowledge of the wider business management and initiatives.Responsibility: To be accountable to the Chief Technical and Engineering Officer for supporting business initiatives such as the deployment of the company strategy, collating the Directorates’ contribution to the Corporate Targets, and regular day-to-day support; such as organising and preparing Lead Team meetings, collating Directorate level contributions for the Managing Directors Weekly Report and preparing presentations for use with a variety of stakeholders including government departments and regulatory bodies.Achievements: I had sole responsibility for Lead Team meeting organisation, minute-taking and action tracking, gathering input for and writing the Technical and Engineering Department's contributions to the Managing Director's weekly report (for the company's board of directors and the government department), I took the lead role in planning and organising a series discipline-wide roadshow sessions, and I contributed to the ongoing development of the company Strategy through organisation of workshops and communication with other senior managers. Show less
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Instrumentation and Control Engineer
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Sep 2012 - Jun 2014
Design Engineer during the Detail Design and Procurement stages of a Major Project.Main responsibility: To undertake design and testing activities, and provide assurance and oversight of the contractor supplier during commissioning, in particular within the Safety Systems discipline. Other responsibilities: To assist the Head of Engineering Improvements in the implementation of a company-wide Engineering Improvement Programme and to support the Head of Engineering and Technical Contract Management in the running of a company-wide contractor supplier alloance arrangement.Achievements: Setting up comprehensive safety system design review where I developed, initiated, and controlled a Configuration Management Dashboard for the reviews. This tool proved essential in keeping the reviews to the tight schedule.Authorship of a Design Justification Report for all the EC&I Safety System trips/alarms for the interface between a new and a legacy plant. Paramount to the production of this report was knowledge of the safety systems lifecycle and the International Standard for the design and build of electronic safety systems (IEC 61508). I had sole responsibility for supporting this report through various regulatory reviews, ultimately gaining full endorsement for the project which allowed the safety case, and the project as a whole, to move on to the next lifecycle phase.Factory Acceptance Testing for the Safety System logic solvers.I actively sought out separate additional roles within the company during this period, one of which was a role on the Engineering Improvement Programme. My achievements here were performing an overhaul of part of the company's Major Project design review process. I interacted with all relevant stakeholders to gather opinions on views as to any current issues with the process, devised a new format, and managed expectations of the stakeholders to gain buy-in from all parties. Show less
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Nuclear Graduates
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Graduate Engineer
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Sep 2010 - Sep 2012
Nuclear Industry graduate scheme consisting of 4 secondments over the course of 2 years interspersed with behavioural development and team building training zones. Personal Achievements: Safety System logic circuit design and factory acceptance testing, design modification report writing, updating company engineering standards, developing training material and organisation of an international secondment in the USA where I conducted plant walk-downs and produced a research calculation report. I also achieved certificates in: ANIA (Award for Nuclear Industry Awareness) APMIC (Association for Project Management Introductory Certificate) Show less
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Education
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2012 - 2012
Newcastle University
Masters Degree (MSc) Modules (x2), Control Systems Technology and Instrumentation & Measurement -
2004 - 2009
The Manchester Metropolitan University
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electrical and Electronics Engineering
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