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Profile: Respected Railway Electrical Engineer with over 30 years experience in the design and maintenance of Traction and Rolling Stock. Lately considered one of the UK rail industry’s leading Engineers for electrical machines, he also has considerable experience of rail vehicle construction and all types of electrical equipment related to rail vehicles and their infrastructure interfaces. Enjoys a hands-on approach to investigations and problem solving WORK HISTORY July 2004 to present Principal Electrical Engineer and Director Lynx Engineering Consultants Ltd. Responsibilities: · Design and consultancy including training and audits · Investigation of equipment failures · Design of vehicle modifications · Management of major modification programs · Management of overhaul and refurbishment programs · Assessment of Engineers on behalf of one of the UK rail industry’s governing bodies. Achievements: · Introduced a new supplier to the Traction Machine repair and overhaul market. Responsibilities included, assessment of skills and equipment to be acquired, staff training, audits and advice. · Produced a comprehensive suite of documents enabling vehicle owners to manage electrical safety on a diverse range of rail vehicles. This included qualitative risk assessments and maintenance instructions · Developed and obtained approval for a wireless camera system to enable live monitoring of underframe equipment including traction motor commutation. · Performed Role of Project Engineer for modification program fitting wireless internet access on a fleet of multiple units. · 1998 – July 2004 Principal Electrical Engineer AEA Technology (Previously The engineering Link) Responsibilities: · Design and consultancy work including training and audits · Deputy Electrical Engineering Manager, responsible for staff assessments, budgets, workload and quality for a team of 17 professional Engineers. · Leading diverse teams of Engineers for large projects to ensure solutions offered to clients are accurate, reliable and cost effective · Projects relate to Incident investigation Improvements in vehicle safety and reliability Reduction of maintenance costs Overhaul and refurbishment Design scrutiny leading to vehicle certification Achievements: · Project Engineer for the refurbishment and modification of a large fleet of Electrical Multiple Units The disciplines under his direct control included electrical and mechanical design, reliability and risk assessment, approval and certification The project resulted in an improved passenger environment and a more reliable fleet of vehicles. · Successfully led a team of Engineers investigating fitment of ERTMS to a range of UK rail vehicles to establish common problem areas · On numerous occasions successfully located the cause of unusual vehicle faults and provided solutions. 1994 - 1998 Senior Electrical Engineer The engineering link Responsibilities: Similar to above
1987 – 1994 Senior Electrical Engineer (Machines) British Rail Responsibilities: · Led a flexible team providing comprehensive Electrical Machines maintenance support. Including investigating problems, provision of documents for use at BR Depots and Contractors, approving contractors on the basis of their technical competence and quality and assisting buyers in negotiating contracts. Achievements: · Played a leading role in the development of British Rail’s commercialisation of machine maintenance. · Personally responsible for the design of a "standard" insulation system used on the rewind and re-insulation of traction machines. The materials and systems developed were in use virtually unchanged several years later.
1975 – 1987 Roland joined BR in 1975. He held a number of positions related to reliability and maintenance of locomotives and passenger vehicles, providing technical support to BR Workshops, Contractors and Depots. SKILLS • Electrical engineering • Rail vehicle engineering • Incident and fault investigations • Conversant with Railway Group Standards • Conversant with legislation relevant to railway electrical engineering • Intimate knowledge of UK rail vehicles • Auditing to ISO 9001 and technical requirements • Development and production of maintenance documents • Training skills • Full UK driving licence REFERENCES Available on request. |