Qualifications & Relevant Training

• Prince 2

• Transmission principles.

• BTEC National Diploma Engineering.

• DATA Communications.

• Asbestos, confined spaces, H&S, CDM training. Holder of SCS card.

• IOSH

• Familiar with ITIL.

• BICSI

• CCNA ICND

• ATM

• SDH/PDH

• Tdax advance

• C&G data networking

• E3 Design Software

• Auto Cad

• PMI PMP,RMP

• PSP

• ADHSP

Skills

Management of 19 direct reports and 42 contractors

• Customer facing from engagement to commissioning and roll out.
• Commercial awareness of the project life cycle.
• Customer support and troubleshooting to ensure a smooth transition.
• Budgetary responsibility and accountability project life cycle and payment milestones.
• Generate and manage project plans to aid reporting and communication to regional manager and programme lead.
• Pro-actively involved in customer decision process
• Pro-active trouble shooting over the project lifecycle with conflict mediation.
• Responsible for written and verbal reporting of progress on all sites to regional manager and programme lead.
• Responsibility for active Risk Management process for all site-related activity.
• Responsibility for oversight of 3rd party suppliers and contractor resource.

Career History

Airbus Group Defence & Space
Dec 2003 – Present

UAE Delivery Manager
Mar 2010 –Present

Configuration Management of 2 fully integrated Ground station Multiple SGT Multiple Small fixed sites COTP’s and Airborne elements including all software and hardware installation in country. IDA responsibility for all installation and up-grades both software builds and physical layer. Management of 19 SME and 42 contractors

Engineering Manager Yahsat Ground Installation
Principal Engineer
Dec 2008 – Mar 2010

As the engineering manager Yahsat ground my roles is to insure that the installation of the physical layer matches the requirements that have been requested by sub systems. The Implementation of changes and moves and the configuration control of the anchor station physical design layer documentation .Working within a tight time scale and with a cross section of requirements. I have led a team of local sub-contractors during the build phase for both site and have managed a constant high level of quality workman ship though out the build phase.

As a Principal Engineer my responsibility was for the design of the YAHSAT ground system Site A and B to include KU C KA antennas and shelters Baseband NCC NMS and SGCS sub systems and infrastructure to include coaxial data and fibre networks all cabinet build and the interfaces with the rest of TKC partners I have a sound knowledge of the electrical system and networks both RF/Data/Fibre

As the on site IDA for this project my duties are to keep tight configuration control for all of the integrated design and cabinet build state and acting as the design authority on the entire physical layer provide by TKC.

Site Project Manager (EADS DS)
Dec 2003 – Dec 2008

Project Manager for multiple sites, project managing design, construction and installation of infrastructure for Data centres and PC roll out from conception through planning to installation, roll out, sign off, migration and handover to service management for major Government contract.

Senior Project Engineer Network and Comms (CH2M Ltd).
July 2003 – Dec 2003

Project manager responsible for managing site survey and planning for the design, costing and installation of DII (F) project. Directed by the MOD.

• Manage survey and design for Multiple Secure and Insecure Networks linked over a WAN.
• Customer engagement and facing over the spectrum of management.
• Conflict mediation and resolution.
• Company point of focus at meetings to negotiate and develop work packages.
• Budgetary responsibilities.
• Pro-actively involved in customer decision process.

Design Manager Channel Communication
1997 – July 2003

Senior Design manager for worldwide installation and servicing global carries and SME

• Installation of Global Switch site’s for (BT Concert, FCI International ,Primmus Telecoms, Destia Communication ATT MCI and several large carrier Project manager for ECI telecoms for there global installation of equipment world wide
• Site Surveys and Planning Provision.
• Technical planning and instructional advice.
• Secure and insecure Data and voice telecommunications.
• Supervision and assurance of passive network infrastructure.
• Management of vendors sites until hand over