Leo Horsman
Transport and Rolling Stock Engineer at EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY- Claim this Profile
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Japanese Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials
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Peer Mentor
Newcastle University
Experience
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EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
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Japan
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Truck Transportation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Transport and Rolling Stock Engineer
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Oct 2020 - Present
Worked as a Bilingual Mechanical Engineer primarily in the Rolling Stock department whilst cooperating with the International Business Strategies department to merge both technology and internation relations.• Gained an understanding of the inner workings behind how the the Japanese Rail Industry operates, achieving world class punctuality and reliability.• Conducted maintenance of roof mounted air resistance brakes for the ALFA-X prototype bullet train, enabling the train to come to a complete stop from 360 km/h in 3,500 m.•Trained in various sectors from bogie maintenance to customer service of the elderly and handicapped, providing me with a all encompassing view of the Japanese railway industry.
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Stuedal Kommunikasjon
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Norway
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Video Conferencing Engineer
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Sep 2020 - Jan 2021
Acted as a one stop solution to provide companies with the services required to continue business during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, saving them from lost revenue and redundancy. • Provided hardware, software, solutions and support to conduct seamless video conferencing and recording with international clients.• Produced videos and instruction manuals in English, Japanese and Norwegian to facilitate companies with their international affairs.
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Street Scientist
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Nov 2017 - Jul 2020
Street Scientist working to promote STEM to a wider audience. Acitivities include travelling to schools around the northeast to hold classes, and busking in various public spaces to showcase science experiments.· Enthused children with engineering by teaching and delivering workshops at various schools. · Developed the ability of expressing scientific concepts with appropriate levels of detail to cater to people of various ages and backgrounds.
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Trinus
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Canada
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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International Business Specialist
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Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
I was relied upon as the sole English – Japanese bilingual in the company, demonstrating abilities in business communications, writing of bilingual publications, and translation.• Programmed a Python API to automate the promotion of the business on social media increasing publicity by 300%, and then taught employees how to code in order to make use of the API themselves.• Conducted English business communication classes, enabling the employees to engage a global audience.• Secured business connections with five overseas customers, broadening the global reach of the company.
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REACT Engineering Limited
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United Kingdom
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Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
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1 - 100 Employee
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Trainee Consultant Engineer
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Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
Front-end engineering, working closely with Sellafield to help deliver a range of projects. · Improved interpersonal business skills through stakeholder management. · Facilitated workshops and produced related deliverables including proposals, reference documents, stakeholder management plans and action lists. · Excelled in the high level comprehension of human and technical requirements for construction and decommissioning projects by writing plant modification proposals for Sellafield. · Adapted and gained specialist knowledge on disciples including nuclear, civil, architectural, mechanical and electrical in order to provide project management support to clients.
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Assembly Worker / Translator
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Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Working on the shop floor, transferring components between various machines in order to assemble and test die cast / machined components. Also provided translation improvements for their English website. ・ Refined coordination and multi-tasking skills, operating multiple machines under time pressure on a production line. ・ Understood the importance of rigorous testing to meet client specifications. ・ Improved Japanese to English translation, widening my range of bilingual engineering terminology.
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Komatsu UK Ltd.
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Machinery
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1 - 100 Employee
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Quality Assurance Trainee
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Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
・Developed commitment to quality and reliability, as this is one of Komatsu’s key objectives. ・Gained experience at working on an operating shop floor by inspecting working procedures. ・Learnt the workings of an engineering manufacturing facility through factory tours and hands on work. ・Analysed components using CMMs and Dimensional Analysis for parts inspection.
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Education
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2016 - 2020
Newcastle University
Masters, Mechanical Engineering / Mechatronics -
2010 - 2016
Gosforth Academy
A levels, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Japanese
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