Principal Engineer

• Jan 2023 - Present

Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Aug 2014 - Dec 2022

Responsible for the management of SEL's technical and design activities, including detailed design, development of tender documents, clients engineer roles and construction support.Duties• Detailed design of commercial biomass heating and CHP systems including full M&E specifications. The role includes development of detailed CAD drawings, production of equipment specifications and functional control specifications.• Detailed design of district heating systems including full network modelling using FluidFlow3 and the production of full specifications for each element of the system (heat network, substations, control strategy, laterals and risers).• Registered CIBSE Heat Network Consultant. I was one of the first to achieve this certification in the UK and have been responsible for a number of best practice heat networks.• Production of detailed hydraulic system diagrams and tender document for best practice integration of renewable heating systems with auxiliary plant and heat distribution network, including equipment schedules and functional control specification• Registered Level 3 & 4 Non Domestic Energy Assessor - use of SBEM software and issuing of EPCs Show less

Project Engineer

• Nov 2010 - Aug 2014

Responsible for the management of SEL’s low carbon feasibility consulting activities, including the modelling of site energy demands, specification and costing of all heating/CHP plant, development of pre-tender estimates for project implementation, delivery of high quality feasibility reports. Duties• Manage renewable heating plant service contracts including remote monitoring and fault diagnosis, liaising with service engineers and onsite staff to organise planned and unplanned works, managing of specialist suppliers and sub-contractors, management of wood fuel contract including liaison with suppliers for delivery logistics • On-going development of in-house biomass control system offering via programming modifications using RS Logix and Crimson software• Undertaking technical site surveys for auditing of renewable heating systems and data collection for energy modelling and plant sizing• Complex energy demand modelling taking into consideration building fabric, occupancy patterns, ventilation rates, solar gains, domestic hot water use, industrial/swimming pool use, distribution and storage losses, electricity demand profiles• Production of detailed hydraulic system diagrams and tender document for best practice integration of renewable heating systems with auxiliary plant and heat distribution network, including equipment schedules and functional control specification• Registered Level 3 & 4 Non Domestic Energy Assessor - use of SBEM software and issuing of EPCs• Design and development of novel pellet stove/boiler using SolidWorks - including production of detailed 3d design drawings for liaison with manufacturer for value engineering and fabrication• Producing high quality technical reports summarising findings from feasibility work including options review, design summary and business case assessment• Assists the Operation Director with quality assurance procedures and quality checking Show less

AutoCAD Technician/Surveyor

• Jun 2007 - Aug 2009

Responsible for measured surveys, condition surveys and space utilisation surveys. Other responsibilities included drawings integration and the inputting of data links using AutoCAD Duties • Ongoing development of data input process to improve productivity and quality • Developed graphic design training certificates. • Undertook surveys of clients’ sites throughout the UK, maintaining motivation and enthusiasm while working alone, responsible for client management and liaison both on and off site. Show less