JAMES FRASER BSc IEng MIET (Jim)
Inverness, UK
| An
experienced engineering manager and design engineer with a strong
product engineering background. A skilled specifier with a sound grasp
of design control, configuration management and intellectual property
protection. Always ready to take a leading role in raising engineering
standards.
Experienced
in
managing complex and multi-functional supply chains. Sound
experience of manufacturing and production processes in settings that
include mass manufacture in the UK and overseas, small workshops and
large constructions sites.
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Incorporated
Engineer
(cf:Council Directive 89/48/EEC)
- A national professional registration.
Member of the
Institution of Engineering and Technology -
The world-leading professional institution for
multidisciplinary engineers.
BSc (Open University)
(Electronics
& Mathematics)
- Design using Programmable Logic Devices.
HND
Engineering (Mechanical & Production)
- A top manufacturing qualification. "The knowledge
required to run an engineering business."
ONC Electrical Engineering - A thorough
grounding in electrical engineering.
CATENARY
TESTING LTD and ANGUS JAMIESON CONSULTING LTD - 2013
SURVEY
ENGINEER, MOORINGS / DESIGN ENGINEER
Mooring
system calibration on drilling rigs
Visiting
drilling
rigs for mooring
system audit and calibration
Analysis
of data and reporting system status
Design
and development of survey methods, systems and tools
NOTE:
By 2018, all moored systems in the EU require calibration for the safety case
to be compliant with the Offshore Directive
SURVEY ENGINEER,
MAGNETIC
In-Field
Referencing (IFR) of local magnetic
effects of the Earth's crustal field
DESIGN ENGINEER
Marine
magnetic survey systems for Arctic waters
Systems using gyroscopic
forces and rotational dynamics
Safe
systems of work in a research and development environment
Scottish Mountain Rescue &
Royal Air Force
NHS
HIGHLAND - 2013
SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER (Temporary. Hays.)
Ensuring
compliance with European,
UK legislation and NHS
procedures
Public
Contract Scotland online procurement processes
for plant, works and services
Organising
contracts for calibration
services and replacement plant
Building
services specification and investigations: heating, ventilating,
calibration
TECH21
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS LTD - 2011
PROJECT ENGINEER (Temporary. Global.)
Enclosure
design, procurement and assembly of a marine (and
aero) magnetic
survey system for In
Field Referencing
Electronics
procurement
Electronic
system assembly
Electronic
and fibre
optic testing and fault finding
HIGHLAND COUNCIL
- 2011
CONTRACT SUPERVISOR (Temporary. Global.)
Inspection
of contractor's work
Investigation
of client complaints
Co-ordination
of specifying and reporting across districts
Proposals
for improved contract administration and supervision
VOITH HYDRO
WAVEGEN LTD
- 2007
ENGINEER
Wave
power machinery systems
and detail design for commercial projects (online Mutriku
video) and prototypes
Introduced
geometric tolerancing, engineering adhesives, measurement systems
analysis, design control records
Material
selection and
corrosion control
Cable
protection and EMC
Product
Data Management (Dassault-Enovia-MatrixOne)
Procurement
and Inspection data
Wave
resource studies
Bid
Preparation
AMEC - 2006
PROJECT ENGINEER
Supply
chain follow-up work for the Britannia Satellite pipework done at Isleburn for
Conoco-Phillips. BritSats
ISLEBURN
MACKAY & MACLEOD LTD - 2006
PROJECT ENGINEER
Supervision
of engineering
projects:
material take-off, procurement,
planning & coordination, method statements, risk assessments,
recording
project milestones and costs, ISO9000 quality management
Assembly
of the world's
largest offshore wind turbines for Talisman
Energy and SSE.
Photo Link.
Britannia Satellite pipework and instrumentation for Conoco-Phillips. BritSats
ECORIDER LTD
- 2004 (Article.)
(No longer trading.)
ENGINEERING MANAGER
-
Design
for fabricated tubular parts,
automotive gearbox,
plastics
-
Technical
liaison with suppliers in
the UK, Slovakia,
India and China
-
Engineering
draughting 2D and 3D with
AutoCAD
-
Technical
authorship for owners manual
and parts book
-
Proposed
quality systems for design
control
SELF EMPLOYED & CONTRACT
- 2003/2004/2006
-
Civil
engineering draughting with
AutoCAD
-
Structural
engineering (steel and
timber) draughting with
AutoCAD
-
Mechanical
engineering design and
draughting
DEFENCE
HOUSING EXECUTIVE - 2003
MAINTENANCE SURVEYOR
(Temporary, Hays-Montrose.)
-
Inspection
of works at Service Family
Accomodation (SFA)
-
Management
of M&E Planned
Preventative Maintenance at
SFA
-
Approval
of infrastructure utility
billing
-
Specifying
minor new works tasks and
remedial reactive maintenance
tasks
INVERNESS MEDICAL LIMITED - 2000 1:JNJ
2:LFS(Now
part of J&J and trading as Lifescan Scotland)
OEM PLANNER
(This
task is now done at a J&J office in Switzerland.)
- Co-ordinating
production of electronic
products & product kitting
- Allocating
& scheduling production of product kitting 3:BGT
4:CDIL
-
Co-ordinating
material &
document provision
-
Forecasting
production rates for
electronic products up to
12 months ahead
-
Recording
& reporting meter
& kit production
-
Expediting
critical materials
& resolving supply &
production bottlenecks
-
Collaborating
with suppliers &
customers across North
America, Europe & Asia
HIGHLAND COUNCIL -
1999
BUILDING SERVICES INSPECTOR
(Engineering) (Temporary)
-
Investigation
of building services
maintenance problems
-
Development
of procedures for cyclical
planned maintenance
of building services plant
-
Surveys
of building services control
systems to ensure millenium
compliance
ESL HIRE (Eriks
UK)
-
1998
(Hire no longer
operates at Inverness.)
DEPOT MANAGER
-
Responsible
for departmental
management and administration
-
Hire
of diesel
and electrical plant across the highlands and islands
- Sales
of diesel
generators and power management
equipment
-
Management
of service and repair of
diesel and electrical
plant
-
Performing
configuration, service and
repair tasks on diesel
generators
-
Deployed
technicians to support ESL
contracts across the
UK and in Kazakhstan
WM REID ENGINEERING -
1997 (Wm
Reid Engineering ceased trading in 1998.)
CAD DESIGNER
-
Structural steel draughting for industrial and public
buildings
-
Tanks, structures and machinery for new (Allanfearn)
and refurbished waste water plant
SCOT-TRACK LTD - 1997
(Previously in Nairn, now in new ownership and located at Strathallan Airfield.)
DRAWING OFFICE MANAGER
- Mechanical
engineering design (CAD/CAM systems) for eight-wheel-drive
off-road vehicles (Video: one,
two, three.)
-
Created
a part numbering and bill of
material system for
vehicle design and production
-
Developed
an ISO9001 management system
for design and drawing
control
EAST ANGLIAN ELECTRONICS LTD - 1995 (Now part of RigNet)
TECHNICAL AUTHOR
(Temporary) (Twice)
-
Wrote operation & maintenance manuals for Ku & C-Band
satellite earth stations
- Helped develop the world's first C-band stabilised satellite earth station
ATLANTIS TECHNICAL SERVICES -
1990
(No longer trading.)
PROJECT MANAGER Previously
Technical Author
-
Responsible
for marine technical
publishing projects from
pricing to delivery
-
Controlled
costs to achieve budgeted
profit & laid foundations
for an ISO9000 quality management system
-
Wrote
operating procedures for marine
plant and control systems
-
Collaborated
with Classification
Societies (Certification
Authorities), government departments and international authorities to
ensure
regulatory compliance: Lloyds Register of Shipping, American
Bureau of Shipping, US Coastguard, International
Maritime Organisation, International
Telecommunications Union
-
Collaborated with ship owners and shipyards in Brazil (IHI),
Japan (IHI,
Kawasaki),
Korea (Samsung),
Indonesia (Amoseas, IHI,
Modec),
USA (Conoco,
Conoco: MT
Guardian, Chevron,
Texaco, Chevron:
MV J Dennis Bonney, now Starway), Italy, Norway (First
Olsen, NTSS) and Northern Ireland
(Harland and Wolff: Knock
Allan )
-
Verification
visits to shipyards and
ships at sea
SERCO OPERATIONS LTD
- 1986
QUALITY MANAGER Previously
Quality Engineer
- Quality
management for an
AQAP-1 defence
contract
-
Managed
the upgrading of the contract
QA from AQAP-4 to AQAP-1
- Development
of an extensive
computerised maintenance management system
-
Wrote
procedures for quality, safety,
operations and maintenance
- Operational
&
maintenance management for electronic, hydraulics, subsea cables, and ROV
(175 to 316m)
- Calibration
management
RGC OFFSHORE PLC - 1985
(No longer trading. Site of Fife
Energy Park.)
INSTALLATION ENGINEER
(Temporary)
- Led
team of technicians installing Multiflex (Oceaneering) products on Alwyn
NAA platform jacket
-
Installation
of flooding &
grouting hose bundles
-
Installation
of flood control
instruments
MULTIFLEX UK INC
- 1984 (Now part of Oceaneering
International Inc.)
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER
(Temporary)
-
Designed
new standard product range
(up to 10 000 psi working
pressure)
- Design
of hose
bundles, electro-hydraulic umbilicals and armoured cables
-
Designed
buoy, subsea and platform
terminations
-
Design
and development of high
pressure swaged hose fittings
-
Designed
installation machinery
& wrote procedures for
jobs in North Sea & Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan coast)
-
Electrical
and hydraulic testing
-
Wrote
computer programmes for armour
torque-balance, cable
armour design & reel capacity
-
Supervised
manufacturing contractors
LEYLAND
VEHICLES
LTD -
1979
(Now part of Paccar Inc.)
SENIOR DESIGNER Previously
Designer
-
Design
engineering for diesel engines
-
Redesigned
gear drives on 98 Series
diesel, reducing noise
and assembly problems
-
Member
of project team for improvement
of gear manufacturing
-
Wrote
a design procedure for gear
specifications
-
Apprentice
training and supervision
-
Responsible
for implementing design
aspects of cost reduction
programme
- Member
of product planning team for a new engine (the highly successful Cummins
B-series now developed
into the Cummins
QSB and the Cummins
ISB)
ASHDOWN DESIGN SERVICES -
1979
(No longer trading.)
MECHANICAL DESIGNER
TRUNK TRAILER CO LTD -
1978
(No longer trading.)
TRAINEE DESIGN ENGINEER
- Engineering
traineeship
- Design
for heavy vehicles for
oilfield use mainly in Saudi Arabia (Fahd, Zahid)
- Design
for UK road haulage
vehicles (Charles Alexander, Highland Haulage, IMI)
ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS
(V)
(formerly Royal Corps of Transport) - 1978 to 1994 (part-time)
- Driver
General Transport,
driving vehicles up to 30tonne 8x4 in UK and Germany
RAF REGIMENT
(Royal
Auxiliary Air Force) - 2003 on (part-time)
- Infantry soldier: scout (navigation specialist) in the world's oldest and greatest air force protection corps
- Specialist
in navigation and observation
- CBRN Cell operator
- Trained in a range of small arms
SCOTTISH
MOUNTAIN RESCUE - 1988 on
- Communications
Officer (and webmaster) of Kintail MRT
- 2008 on
- SMR
Radio Review Group 2009
- SMR General Committee work (national level) including funding plan
- Search And Rescue Helicopter Service contracts
- Following and analysing:
- Attending:
- Providing
information to the SMR executive and the
Kintail MRT committee
OTHER INFORMATION:
Experienced & proficient computer user with business applications & CAD (AutoCAD, OrCAD, MathCAD)
Experienced in
managing or performing engineering tasks at remote sites
Current UK driving licence including LGV and digital tachograph card
Full UK resident passport
Experienced business traveller
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