Personal Profile:

An experienced electronics systems engineer with a proven track record of identifying & resolving technically challenging issues whilst working under pressure and to deadlines, demonstrates a methodical & structured approach to problem solving combined with excellent customer service skills.

Key strength areas include: topside & subsea  control systems, leading & managing multi-skilled engineering teams, voice/data and radio communications, fault finding, troubleshooting & analysis of systems to enable continuous usage, preventative maintenance, customer liaison & communication, documentation & report writing. 

Summary of Key Skills:

·         Systems Engineering

·         Project Subsea Engineering

·         Team Leading & Managing

·         Fault Finding & Analysis

·         Troubleshooting

·         Problem Solving

·         Preventative Maintenance

·         Customer Liaison

·         Documenting & Report Writing

·         Fully Computer Literate 

Career History:

 

April 2005 to :- [snip] 

Operations:

Presently employed as a Data Acquisition Technician within the Oil & Gas Industry. Duties are system build, data and network build design, hardware and software upgrades, service and repair on client and company equipment, including PC and laptop workstations.

Achievements:

• Given the responsibility to improve SDA (System Data Acquisition), build within manufacturing standards
• Second main task and achievement currently building a system and network which will allow installation and configuration of operating systems and software applications, onto various types of laptops /PC’s, automatically, reducing man hours considerably and allow for client simulation and remote access.

November 1999 to June 2004 :- [snip]

Research and Development:

Employed as a Systems Engineer with an external client in the Oil & Gas product services industry, my main duties are dealing with EMC (Electromagnetic Conditions) on Subsea Electronics Equipment and the second in Managing Obsolescence studies. The former requires additional skills in data storage this has involved developing databases using Microsoft Access application and third party software to retrieve data for analysis, working to EMC compliance BSEN 55022, EN61000-4-4 & EN61000-4-6   

Hardware Projects (Electronics):

Responsibilities in systems hardware, upgrades and additional equipment for MCS(Management Control System), “Topside” data processing equipment and sub-surface, SEM(Subsea Electronic Module), SCM(Subsea Control Module).

Roles and Achievements Include:

·         IPC OS and remote station installation, configuration and network configuration

·         Customer Interface  

·         Costing and support Bids

·         Support Project Implementation

·         Project Hardware Documentation (LOM’s etc )

·         Subsea Control Module hardware Configuration(Client Data)

·         Subsea Control Module data retrieval, analysis and correlation(Analysis)

·         Subsea Control Module functionality 

·         System Application Hardware/Software Integration (Documentation)

·         Analyze information from Software Group (Documentation)

·         Produce reports and schedules for clients and internal groups (Projects)

·         Achieved reducing the time in producing EMC reports by developing databases, and use of communication and graphic applications 

·         Prevented the company from spending money on old equipment which would not satisfy the EMC standards.

·         Improved confidence with the client by focusing on initial planning and providing information on time.

·         Reduced the costing on IPC upgrades for clients by creating a generic plan of build

September 1997 – November 1999:- [snip]

Total Period August 1983 to November 1999

Managed Services:

My employment with this company was as a Field Services Engineer, involved supporting both our own and third party products, for various emergency services customers, including mission critical services. Within this area, digital switching systems for PABX, PSTN and Radio where covered, networking and graphical imaging systems (Third Party Products). Mobile communications, this included digital and voice radio at VHF and UHF frequencies, using protocols compliant to GD92,  products including transceivers, cross band repeaters, radio modems and GPS equipment. Remote site equipment included RF and ancillary equipment (Dowty/APC UPS); digital multiplexers which are software controlled for providing both voice and data coverage. Preventative maintenance was another area of my responsibility’s, this included hardware and software upgrades.

Roles and Achievements Include:

• Reported to Managed Services Manager
• First line Support to Emergency and Mission Critical services
• Continued Strong Client Interface
• Further/Added support on Radio Communications (RA Interface)
• Hardware/Software upgrades on clients sites
• Test and Analyze products on clients/third party premises
• Test and Analyze products on clients/third party premises
• Achievement was callout times were within given time constraints
• Achievement in being able to satisfactually resolve an issues of radio interference at clients sites from other users.

September 1996 – September 1997:- [snip]

Hardware Projects:

During this period employed as a systems engineer to a group of projects for one of several customers the Fire service, this role included connectivity and configuration to remote station systems over several different bearers, ISDN, PSTN PW and Radio, back to headquarters, Command & Control. Also involved the writing of reports and technical documentation following site and field surveys. Other roles were diagnostics on data comms, PC software/hardware installation, network installation/configuration and SAT’s.

Roles Include:

• Reported to Project Director/Manager
• Responsible for preliminary design phase(Customers Site)
• Equipment site Surveys
• Advised Clients and our own departments on additional work
• Liaising with customers on technical matters
• Pre-additional interface design (Third party Equipment)

September 1985 – September 1995 :-  [snip]

Test Repair Sub-System and System(Engineer/Technician)

Employed within the test and repair department as a technician, leading onto test and fault repair engineer. During this time I trained to test and repair a variety of products to component level, incorporating both analogue and digital circuitry, the boards were a mixture of processor, memory and communication cards using RS232, RS485 and RS422 interfaces, telemetry units, FFSK modems and  control interface cardsRoles Include:

 

• Reporting to Test manager
• Developing test Equipment
• Test Records logged for analysis by Test Manage