CV Principal Engineer Telecoms and Information Systems in Oil & Gas industry

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Last Updated: Wednesday, August 29, 2007

An accomplished and highly motivated Telecommunications engineer/manager, with over 22 years experience in the field of communications and engineering. A versatile and proficient team player with an analytical mind, capable of identifying and solving problems with a methodical approach. Has a natural ability to work to tight deadlines in stressful and arduous environments. An industrious and adaptable team member with highly developed inter-personnel skills that possess the ability to encourage and motivate others. Has superior communication skills and is capable of conversing at all levels.

Key Skills:
• Principal Engineer Telecoms and Information Systems in Oil & Gas industry.
• Lead Engineer/Consultant with Ministry Of Defence (MOD) Telecoms.
• Consultant with mobile telephone network providers.
• Experience with secure military fixed and mobile area wide communications.
• Leading various design disciplines identifying key interfaces and problem solving to ensure minimal impact on project progression.
• Managing sub-contractors and ensuring design/installations run in accordance to audit and budgets.
• Implementation of project engineering and design strategies/philosophies developing technical specifications and scopes of works for both client and contractors.
• Consultancy Radio Planning and Engineering.
• RF Coverage and Transmission Planning.
• Establishing Turnkey rollout billing Milestones for clientele.
• Highly experienced technical trainer.
• British Ministry Of Defence SC vetting cleared.

2004 – To date: Lead Engineer, KBR, PFI MOD Project

Currently working for KBR as a Lead Engineer for Telecoms & Info Systems on MOD PFI Allenby Connaught project currently valued at £8bn. Responsible for the team management and delivery of front end engineering design, procurement and sub-contractors award. of passive telecoms networks both internal and external for military sites. Involve authoring of specifications, scope of works and basis of design. Asses, Review and conduct risk evaluations on contractor bid submissions. Manage Telecoms design, technical implementation and ensure client requirements and service level agreements are met. Audit project programmes for design, tender, award, installation and commissioning. Manage and administrate telecoms team to ensure both project performance and career progression is maintained.

2002 – 2004: Principal Telecoms & Info Systems Engineer, KBR, Oil & Gas Project

KBR Oil and Gas division - Azeri Project in Caspian Sea – onshore facilities, 5 off shore hydrocarbon and gas platforms. Responsible for the design and delivery of sub sea FOC non-repeated onshore to offshore main link (204km), security systems/monitoring/alarm, various CCTV, PA, telephony, data networks. Project management of sub-contractors and various design houses, authoring of specifications, scope of works, philosophies on both project and contractor tenders. Mark, Review and conduct risk evaluations on contractor bid submissions. Manage Telecoms sub-contractors design, technical implementation and ensure client requirements and service level agreements are met.

2000 – 2002: Consultant Radio Planning/Coverage and Transmission Planner, Vodafone, O2

Project planning turnkey process and working project tracking databases, designing and implementation of network Roll Out and Radio Planning Processes within client Milestones billing guidelines. Responsible for carrying out detailed Radio Coverage reports for both live and future Turnkey sites, assessment of revenue loss for existing and proposed future sites. Conducting site visits and surveys for existing and future BTS/Node B sites and assessing backhaul issues by utilising either Line of Sight or Fibre links. Conducting Line of Sight surveys, solving and identifying transmission capacity issues. Involved with both 02 and Vodafone with their 3G upgrades programs, Creating and editing link budget analysis for Line of Sight and backhaul capacity issues. Solely responsible for 120 turnkey sites in Vodafone’s in Rollout South East Region of the United Kingdom.

1997 – 2000: Telecoms Trainer - Mobile and Fixed Networks Royal School of Signals, British Army

Communications trainer to all from initial entry level through to management, providing training for surveying of Microwave Line of Sight Transmission Links to personnel. Diagnose and rectify equipment and network faults using both built in test equipment and faultfinding techniques. Compiling and issuing detailed communication instructions to cover a wide spectrum of contingencies, managing teams in both fixed and mobile communication networks. Responsible for providing and maintaining up to 12 UHF/SHF Microwave direct line of sight bearer links for the Army’s wide area networks and access links for remote static and mobile users. Daily running and administration of up to 76 personnel and 32 communications vehicles.
Responsible for the planning and implementation of mobile transmission units. Project planning and RF Management involving close liaison with other authorities and agencies (military and civilian), Management of manpower, time and resources

1995 – 1997: Military Training Instructor Royal Corps of Signals, British Army

Introduction, basic military training and skill developing of trainees to required military standards and expectations, training and instructing in various military Fire Arms and conducting field-firing exercises.
Conducting tuition on military field tactics and administration, managing administration for up to 50 trainees and enhance self-motivation and encouraged any potential Leadership Qualities.

1988 – 1994: Mobile and Fixed Communications Engineer, Royal Corps of Signals, British Army

Career soldier – Telecommunications Engineer, served world wide: Middle East, Iraq, Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Germany and UK.

1985 – 1988: Telecommunications Operator, Royal Air Force

Trained as Telecoms operator establishing/deployment of data and voice secure circuits, maintenance and fault finding.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently studying Open University degree in Telecommunications and Management.
• Diploma Certificate Data Engineering.
• BTEC Satellite Communications.
• BTEC Cellular Communications Systems.
• BTEC Networks and network operating systems.
• BTEC Telecommunications Networks.
• BTEC Operating Systems.
• BTEC Fibre Optics.
• Level: Art, Physics, Mathematics, Geography, English Language and English Literature.

Working knowledge of I. T. including word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, Vgis, Viso, Cascade and Sabre.

Personal Development Certificate in Data Engineering.
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Logica - UMTS Planning with Odyssey.
TEMS Light - Indoor Solutions.
Tractel - Roof top and working at heights safety course.
Tracte l - Fall Protection Equipment Inspector.