Peter Charles Howard
Market Harborough,Leicestershire
Summary
Industrious Service Engineer looking to leverage over 13 years of electrical and electrical technician experience into professional Electrical Engineer role. Insightful, driven and results-oriented with capability of working with little to no supervision. Experiences include team leading and project Management, fault finding and diagnosis on high voltage (11Kv) to very low voltage equipment (24vdc), remote consultancy, coaching and mentorship skills.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work history
Service engineer
Lubron
Colchester , Essex
2022.05 - Current
- UK based mobile engineer, providing 24 hour support to various clients around the UK. Regular motorway travel and occasional stays away from home.
- Main duties include; routine service work, call-outs and non-conformance/ non-compliance work. Installations, commissioning and trialling of water softeners, granular activated carbon vessels and reverse osmosis plants.
- Fault-finding and diagnosis on all electrical issues including advising clients on requirements. Mothballing/decommissioning old plant and equipment when not operationally required.
- Submitting detailed productivity and fault reports to clients, detailing services undertaken, current health of clients equipment and recommendations.
- Installing replacement and serviceable parts and components within target timescales to minimise service delays.
- Single Point of Contact for multiple clients, responding in a timely matter for local advice on operating restrictions and guidance on resolution for installed site equipment.
- Conducting site surveys and life-cycle of current site equipment, advising on discontinued items.
- Undertaking Root Cause Analysis for recurring indents and escalating findings to site management, outlining next steps.
- Responsible for providing quotations for remedial work on call-outs or breakdowns. Producing in a timely manner detailing isolation procedures, outline of job and appropriate disposal methods.
Special Police
Northamptonshire Police
Corby, Northamptonshire
2012.03 - Current
- Special Police Sergeant. Responsible for the welfare for a team of 8 direct Special Constables and over 30 Special Constables as a wider team.
- Responsible for ensuring all Special Constables are progressing through their Personal Development Portfolio.
- Succession and Talent Spotting into supervisory position. Implemented a coaching and mentorship program to develop leadership skills to Talent Spotted Officers.
- Providing operational oversight for planned events, warrants and local days-of-action, initial bronze commander with incidents involving multiple agencies / emergency services and deputising for the Special Inspector, local commander, for all matters relating to the Special Constabulary in their absence.
Lead Engineer
Curio Group
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
2021.11 - 2022.03
- Involved in both capital investment and optimisation projects at Tophill Low Water Treatment Works in Yorkshire Water by way of replacement Ozone injection points and scoping for replacement Ozone generators to industry leading M-class type.
- Taking lead on maintenance, installation and modification of clients equipment, working with clients site personnel to understand site operations, site specific risks and hazards and developing a best working practice with site personnel.
- Acted as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and point of contact for escalated queries and concerns for team of engineers, worked in a cross-functional team to identify, shape and deliver live solutions for customers and clients.
- Fault find, diagnose and repair all equipment issues, replacement of calibrated equipment such as Psv's, flowmeters and dew point sensors and tendering for items to be calibrated to maintain operational effectiveness.
- Reporting Near Misses, Positive Interventions and Good Catches in a timely manner to develop professional relationships and maintain high HSE standards.
- Full autonomous decision making on equipment to improve asset efficiency / process operation / site safety and managing expectations of clients and customers, reporting directly to Director of Engineering as to progress, delays, costs and deviations.
Electrical Technician
Pitsford
Bedford, Northamptonshire
2018.01 - 2021.10
- Involved in a £1M capital investment project for a new raw water borehole for a water treatment works in Bedfordshire.
- Providing specialist electrical and ecological knowledge to contractors, principle engineers and stakeholders for solar power projects at various operational sites.
- Managing own workload, consisting of planned and unplanned maintenance, facilitating site visits with multiple contractors and providing information to multiple capital delivery schemes.
- Conducted calibration checks on equipment installed to meet lawful regulations set out by the Drinking Water Inspectorate, Go-Toʼ point of contact within the operational team providing in and out-of-hours telephone consultations.
- Taking lead on removal/replacement of plant equipment, reviewing risk assessments, method statements and issuing site access authorisations to specialist contractors and framework partners where required.
- Co-ordinating with specialist contractor firms providing services whilst on an operational site deemed ʻRESTRICTED OPERATIONSʼ reviewing risk assessments and method statements, agreeing locally with planned deviations from stated RAMS when appropriate, utilising Standard Operating Practices and Best Working Practices. Issuing access and isolation permits.
- Fault finding and diagnoses of electrical issues on a variety of equipment such as PLCʼs, SCADA, 24vDC, 110vAV - 415vAC, 4-20mA circuitry, on-site power generators, inverter and direct-on-line pumps and motors. Alterations to panel wiring and associated schematics/drawings.
- Decommissioning plant and water quality instruments.
Maintenance Electrician / Team Leader
Tata Steel
Corby, Northamptonshire
2008.09 - 2017.12
- Providing 24-hour electrical services to Electric Weld Stretch Reduction Mills 1 and 2 and 6” Mill, by working on a 3-shift relief system Fault find, diagnose and repair all breakdowns, keeping key stakeholders updated with timescales during progression.
- Assisting with the shift engineer responsibilities, including safety cover for High Voltage switching (up to and including 33kv), management of water quality and discharges into the River Welland.
- Assisting with plant process knowledge to specialist contractors on electric furnaces and high frequency welding equipment for breakdowns, intermittent services and operational upgrades.
- Fault finding and diagnoses of electrical issues on a variety of equipment such as PLCʼs, SCADA, 24vDC, 110vAV - 415vAC, alterations to panel wiring and drawings.
- Ensuring apprentices are well monitored, utilised effectively and provided with suitable learning environments to progress their development.
- Maintained daily facility operations with strong focus on preventive maintenance and swift repairs.
- Monitoring department priorities and coordinated team workflows to meet demand.
- Maintained schematics and operational manuals for reference during maintenance and repair tasks.
Education
NVQ Level 3 - Electrical Maintenance
City and Guilds
NVQ Level 3 - Certificate in Leadership and Management
Institute of Leadership & City and Guilds
NVQ Level 3 - Advanced Diploma in Engineering and Technology
EAL
NVQ Level 3 - Award in Education and Training
City and Guilds
NVQ Level 3 - Requirements for Electrical Installation (17th Edition)
City and Guilds
SVQ Level 2 - Electrotechnical Technology
EAL
NVQ Level 2 - Fundamental Inspection, Testing and Initial Verification
City and Guilds
NVQ Level 2 - Performing Engineering Operations
EAL
Certificate in Mental Health Problems
NCFE
Skills
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Electrical engineering
- Power systems
- Schematic development
- Performance development planning
- Conflict resolution
- Coaching leadership
- Change management
- Report writing
- Product life-cycle management
- Solution optimisation
Interests
Regular gym attendance and occasional personal challenges such as Tough Mudder, Hyrox events
Guitar Player, played in a band for approximately 3 years.
Logic Puzzles, learnt to complete a Rubiks cube.
Live music and gigs
Gamer
Languages
English
Native
Norwegian
Upper intermediate
Arabic
Beginner (A1)
Medals
Special Constabulary Long Service Medal
Queens Platinum Jubilee Medal
Kings Coronation Medal (Awaiting presentation)
Timeline
Service engineer
Lubron
2022.05 - Current
Lead Engineer
Curio Group
2021.11 - 2022.03
Electrical Technician
Pitsford
2018.01 - 2021.10
Special Police
Northamptonshire Police
2012.03 - Current
Maintenance Electrician / Team Leader
Tata Steel
2008.09 - 2017.12
NVQ Level 3 - Electrical Maintenance
City and Guilds
NVQ Level 3 - Certificate in Leadership and Management
Institute of Leadership & City and Guilds
NVQ Level 3 - Advanced Diploma in Engineering and Technology
EAL
NVQ Level 3 - Award in Education and Training
City and Guilds
NVQ Level 3 - Requirements for Electrical Installation (17th Edition)
City and Guilds
SVQ Level 2 - Electrotechnical Technology
EAL
NVQ Level 2 - Fundamental Inspection, Testing and Initial Verification
City and Guilds
NVQ Level 2 - Performing Engineering Operations
EAL
Certificate in Mental Health Problems
NCFE