Experience

SQEP Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Oct 2022 - Present



Alstom

• France
• Rail Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Test Manager

  • Jan 2021 - Oct 2022



Bombardier Transportation Total Transit Systems

• Derby, England, United Kingdom

• Senior Test Supervisor

  • May 2020 - Jan 2021



RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

• BBMF, RAF Coningsby

• Avionics and Electrical Trade Manager

  • Feb 2015 - May 2020

  Head of a small, focused team of Avionic and Electrical technicians, dedicated to preparation and readiness of the flights historic fleet during the flying season. Annual Winter maintenance consists of deep strip of aircraft, 3rd line maintenance of all avionic and electrical equipment (magnetos, flight instrumentation and communication with an aging supporting data set and test equipment). Including Lancaster, Dakota, 5 different marks of Spitfire, Hurricane and Chipmunk. Liaising closely with a civil servant project team and external contractors to ensure the fleet is in top flying condition. Also responsible for Quality System management and Continuous Improvement throughout the 30 man engineering team.



Royal Air Force (RAF)

• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Aviation Engineer Technical Support - Senior Non Commissioned Officer - Sgt

  • Aug 2012 - Feb 2015

  Member of the large aircraft team on the Air Platform Protection Test and Evaluation Squadron (APP TES), within the Headquarters Air Warfare Centre (HQ AWC) at RAF Waddington.Technical support for all current UK and overseas Infra-Red (IR) and Radio Frequency (RF) trials.

• Junior Non-Commissioned Officer - Cpl - 41(R) Sqn

  • Sep 2006 - Aug 2012

  Responsible for leading small teams in first line maintenance and avionics and electrical fault diagnosis and rectification on 4 aircraft types (Tornado GR4 & F3, Harrier and Jaguar), for trials readiness in direct support to the front line.



RAF

• Avionics Technician - Fast Jet & Weapons Operational Evaluation Unit (FJWOEU)

  • Apr 2004 - Sep 2006

  Avionics technician on 41 Sqn, Fast Jet and Weapons Operational Evaluation Unit. Part of a team of trials focused engineers carrying out 1st line maintenance, flight line servicings and avionics/electrical fault diagnosis and rectification on tornado F3 and GR4 variants, Harrier and Jaguar platforms.Integration of avionics and weapons upgrades to all platforms in direct support of the front line.

• Avionics Technician - Airborne Guided Weapons Operational Evaluation Unit (AGWOEU)

  • Feb 2001 - Apr 2004

  Servicing avionics forebodies of sidewinder and sky flash missiles comprising of IR and RF guidance, AOTD (airborne optical targeting device), Power Supply Units, Processors and directional motoring LRU's, in the electrical aspect of the missile servicing section of the AGWOEU. Also provided data analysis for the Engineering Analysis and Report Production Section (EARPS).

• Cosford

  • Aug 1999 - Feb 2001

  Avionics Engineering technicians course including BTEC ONC in avionics engineering and base RAF trg requirements including; communications, radar, digital programming, electrical principles, HF and V/UHF radios, flight instrumentation, barometric instruments, motor/generator theory, inertial navigation mathematics and physics.

• Nimrod Line Squadron

  • Feb 1996 - Aug 1999

  Avionics Engineer and first line maintainer to Combined Flight Servicing level (avionics, electrical, propulsion and airframe servicing) on the Nimrod aircraft fleet on Nimrod Line Squadron at Kinloss.