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Senior Designer/Engineer at Lumicity with a Masters in Civil Eng:

Advanced technical drawing including detailed layouts, 3D modelling, HD rendering, flyover videos and 3D printing.

Scheme designs from concept to completion suitable for lease documentations and planning for large scale agricultural and renewables sites.

Project delivery management through the design and planning application process.

Extensive mapping of UK for site identification and qualification.

Detailed site surveys.

Current location:  England, United Kingdom - View on map

Nationality: White British

Preferred Sector of Employment:  , Oil, Gas and Energy

Spoken languages: english, french

Location I am interested in working: Anywhere

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Professional Experience Lumicity Ltd; Bristol3DPrint; EvoEnergy; Nationwide Energy Services Ltd.

Overview Senior Designer/Engineer: Advanced technical drawing including detailed layouts, 3D modelling, HD rendering, flyover videos and 3D printing. Scheme designs from concept to completion suitable for lease documentations and planning for large scale agricultural and renewables sites. Project delivery management through the design and planning application process. Extensive mapping of UK for site identification and qualification. Detailed site surveys. Biomass RHI applications and DNO grid applications. 3D Printing Provider: Set up business providing 3D printing services to large range of customers.

Solar Design & Technical Support Engineer: Solar PV system design (roof and ground mounted), shading analyses, roof structural calculations for FIT applications.

Technical Surveyor: Surveying of domestic homes for loft and cavity wall insulation on a self-employed basis.

Languages

English & French

Core Professional Experience

Senior Designer/Engineer, London, UK
August 2011- Present

Senior Designer/Engineer based predominantly at home in a UK based agriculture infrastructure company that provides a range of buildings, energy and water efficiency products at no cost to our customers. Since 2012 we have deployed more than £130 million into the agricultural sector including development of 75MW of solar PV and 30MW of Biomass across 179 packaged plant rooms into 248 buildings.

Energy-Efficient Agricultural Buildings:

 Lead designer of energy-efficient poultry sites incorporating a range of technologies including biomass, solar, rainwater harvesting, ventilation systems and sizing of these accordingly.

 Complete scheme design in liaison with clients including detailed layouts, 3D modeling and HD renders suitable for lease and planning documentations.

 Project delivery management through the design and planning process dealing with a range of consultants and the local authority (100% approval rate).

 Producing “Designs of the Future” and generating innovation in the industry.

Biomass:

 Survey, design, construction and operation of one of the largest commercial biomass boiler rollouts ever (30MW, 179 packaged plant rooms servicing 248 poultry houses).

 Completed all Renewable Heat Incentive applications

 Produced planning drawing packs including site layout plans, 2D elevational drawings, boiler schematics, 3D models, HD renders and flyover videos.

 Detailed site surveys to aid optimal boiler sizing and housing design.

 Fuel usage and savings calculations.

Large Scale Solar Farms:

 Developed GIS mapping systems to assist business development team to find suitable sites for large scale solar PV developments.

 Produced drawings suitable for leases, exclusivity agreements and planning applications based on measurements performed on site visits.

 Assessed suitability of sites based on access, water, gas and grid locations as well as flood risk plans.

 Produced 2D and 3D modeling of sites, including shading analyses for solar irradiation levels.

 Applied for grid applications and main liaison with Distribution Network Operators.

Wind:

 In addition to the same activities as for solar farms, GIS mapping of important wind criteria such as NATS data and NOABL wind speeds for use in identifying new sites.

Bristol3DPrint
Founder
August 2014 – Present

Own business set up to provide 3D printing services to local and national customers.

 3D design and printing of a very broad range of purposes.

 Key customers include developers, architects, scientists and artists.

 Top provider of local 3D printing in Bristol

EvoEnergy Ltd, Bristol.
Solar Design & Technical Support Engineer
March 2011 – August 2011

UK based company providing domestic and commercial solar PV systems.

 Full system design to support business development and engineering teams.

 Shading analyses for irradiation level calculations and roof structural calculations for FIT applications.

 Ground mounted system foundation design.

 Head of marketing for SW England and Wales, implementing marketing and training strategies for new support staff.

 Won an award for my innovation within the company and ability to improve upon existing processes.

Nationwide Energy Services Ltd, Swansea.
Technical Surveyor
September 2010 – March 2011

Swansea based company providing government funded solutions to improve the energy efficiency of domestic properties.

 Evaluating suitability of domestic properties for loft and cavity wall insulation across Bristol and Bath on a self-employed basis.

 Water drainage rebate surveys.

 Self generating sales and achieving targets whilst managing my own accounts.

GreenLED Lighting. Tetbury
Design Assistant
July 2010-September 2010

 Lighting scheme design and basic circuit design for both commercial and domestic purposes.

 Wiring of complex LED bulbs.

Hobbs House Bakery, Nailsworth
Waitor/Barista
April 2001 – June 2006

 Providing great customer service in a family run business over 5 years.

 Producing ideas to support the company’s growth.

 Training new staff.

Davidson Walsh Structural Engineering, Cheltenham
Design Assistant
July 2006

 AutoCAD design of structural components.

 Surveying and setting out of wind turbine sites pre-construction.

 General scheme design.

Education & Qualifications

University of Bristol Faculty of Engineering, Bristol, UK
2006-2010
Masters Degree in Civil Engineering

Masters degree in the top three universities for Civil Engineering in the UK renowned for its exemplar and broad course of study.

 Major Design Project: Worthing Swimming & Leisure Complex Design.

◦ Took responsibility of all structural superstructure design via computermodeling (GSA) analysis and checked against hand calculations.

◦ Detailed scheme design with a strong emphasis on sustainability.

◦ Acted as project manager creating master construction schedules and business plans to support the development then presented these to

professionals within the industry.

 Major Research Project: Rapid Determination of Moisture Content in Soils.

 Onshore Wind Turbine Design Project:

◦ Structural analysis of wind loading on the tower and foundations as well as cyclic loading from the blades.

◦ Environmental Impact Assessment, construction sequencing and business case modeling.

 Geotechnical, Structural and Hydraulic Engineering Levels 1-4.

 Scheme design of highway interchanges, bridges, tunnels, water and waste water networks, earth and concrete dams, skyscrapers, all types of foundation design/analysis, retaining walls & railways.

 Site investigation, field surveying and laboratory testing procedures.

Other modules included: Engineering Mathematics Lvl 1-4, Engineering Design for Wind and Marine Power; Power Generation for the 22nd Century; Sustainable Development; Flood Risk Management; Innovation, Enterprise & Entrepreneurship

Marling Grammar School, Stroud, UK
1999 – 2006

 A Levels: A Mathematics, A Physics, B Biology (A AS Level Geography).

 GCSE’s: A* Mathematics, A* French, A* Double Award Science & eight others at grade A.

OTHER

Software: Expert SketchUp Pro user, AutoCAD, REVIT, Google Earth Pro, ArcGIS, Photoshop,

Visual BASIC, MATLAB, GSA, advanced user of Microsoft Excel & Microsoft Project.

Skills: Superior communication, leadership and organisational skills.

Miscellaneou:s Grade 4 level piano, self taught guitarist, using music production software, tutoring GCSE and A-Level Mathematics, skiing, cycling. Fascinated by science, technology and our planet’s future.