Knowledge, creativity, skills, and experience in designing and engineering solutions for
electrical services for London Underground and Network Rail Stations and Infrastructures.

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  • Design
  • Project Management
  • Leadership
  • Time Critical Projects
  • Organisation
  • Health & Safety
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Engineering
  • Project Implementation
  • Directing Teams
  • Value Engineering
  • Negotiation
  • Troubleshooting
  • Heritage Issues

I am now available for
temporary / contract positions.

Tel: 0798 493 8814
Email: allansedger5@aol.com

Allan Sedger CV

Professional Profile

Experienced multi-skilled electrical engineer with 20 years' significant and progressive consulting experience of rail projects including design of electrical services for London Underground and Network Rail stations; plus their associated infrastructures. An engineer possessing a comprehensive project experience portfolio, including Asset surveys, Feasibility Studies and Complex Designs. Now seeks a challenging and varied position that will enable me to capitalise on sound technical and project management expertise, with opportunities for personal and professional growth. A dynamic team leader and motivator with over twenty years experience of delivering projects to successful completion and implementing effective, lasting change in infrastructural development.

Key Skills

  • Expertise in directing complex projects that leads to optimised organisational processes, measurement systems, and infrastructure that maximises results.
  • Proven track record directing multi-disciplinary teams, consistently delivering work packages to schedule and budget.
  • Experienced in fast track integrated projects.
  • Thrives on multiple priorities.
  • Focus on increasing opportunities, efficiencies and safety within the rail environment
  • Undertake ad hoc projects and assignments to meet client's specific milestones and deliveries.
  • Motivated achiever who consistently exceeds goals, earning high stakeholder / client satisfaction rating.
  • Possess sound leadership and negotiation skills.
  • Skilled communicator able to forge strong client relationships and partnerships.
  • Able to take on projects on short notice with the technical expertise to unravel problems and provide solutions.
  • Reliable team member who communicates, raising awareness of new requirements with other team members
  • Contribute to and identifying cost reductions by eliminating waste and by improved team performance.
  • Methodical approach to projects and assignments.
  • Stimulated to learn and be successful in new environments.

Project Management Expertise

  • Cross-functional Project Team Leadership
  • Feasibility and Cost Analysis
  • Strategic Planning
  • Identify key risks
  • Health & Safety
  • Total Quality Management and Reporting
  • Materials Procurement
  • CDM Requirements
  • Ensuring teams are aware of overall objectives
  • Major Multi-disciplinary projects.
  • Efficiency Improvement of Operational Processes
  • Ability to Motivate Teams to Set Targets
  • Pro-actively drive improvements
  • Leadership Development and Training
  • Negotiation, Persuasion and Communication
  • Budgetary Control
  • Vendor Management
  • Manage and execute key projects.
  • Facilitate regular team meetings.
  • Enhancement and renewal of infrastructure projects.

Significant professional achievements

  • Scott Wilson Rail - East London Line Project:
    Deployed 3D CAD to demonstrate to the client the interfacing of viaduct services to station box; and associated cost savings. Subsequently rolled out for other stations in the project.
    Produced station designs for the joint venture approval and collaborated with the members of the professional design team.
    Proven track record delivery significant energy and cost savings by optimising designs, systems and processes
  • Cooling the Tube Project:
    Responsible for technical review of designs from sub consultants ensuring total compliance with technical excellence set by London Underground.
    Acting as Lead Engineer, I became an accredited person for design assurance for all the projects design packages.
    Identified and analysed technical design risks, addressed EMC issues and procured all necessary materials for the new fan installations.
  • Connect Project:
    Directed planning and production of site specific Method Statements; and performed intrusive and non-intrusive surveys to deliver optimised design solutions.

Organisational ability and agility

Daily workload involves prioritising and organising often delegating tasks, workload to increase capacity. Prioritising, I am able to focus on more important core issues that impact on projects; and carry out other tasks simultaneously whilst maintaining accuracy. Achievements gained through planning tasks, working logically, assimilating feedbacks and thinking ahead to deliver solutions quickly.

Professional Experience:

Senior Electrical Engineer Hyder Consulting (UK) Limited Feb 2011- April 2012

Preparing and summiting clients Technical Scope requirements reports for acceptance. Other duties:

  • Providing technical design solutions for modification in support of Network rail platform extensions project.
  • Producing design options and identifying value engineering opportunities
  • Preparing Form A documents for client's approval.
  • Ensuring regulatory and operational requirements are fully met.
  • Preparing design drawings/lighting and cable calculations for Form B documentation.
  • Undertake condition and capacity surveys of existing platform services.
  • Undertaking surveys to produce non-compliance reports.
  • Prepare load migration strategy.
  • Undertaking Station Platform night lighting surveys/tests and inspections to identify key design risks.
  • Inspections of control cubicles to identify key design risks.
  • Ensuring the Earthing and Bonding requirements within the management plan for OHL environments are meet.
  • Analysis key data and documents to identify risks impacting on the projects specific design

Senior Electrical Engineer URS/Scott Wilson Railways Ltd (Crossrail Paddington Station Design Team) Jul 10 - Dec 10

Participated in strategic design workshops ensuring design requirements are captured. Other duties:

  • Providing technical design solutions for the team of station Architects.
  • Producing design options and identifying value engineering opportunities.
  • Preparing design drawings and detail sketches.
  • Using 3D modelling capabilities to ensure physical coordination with other services.
  • Carrying out space planning for major plant and equipment.
  • Undertaking power studies and production of power models / calculations.
  • Interfacing with traction and non traction equipment.
  • Accessing data bases for third party technical design information.
  • Populating and editing design templates with standard clauses and requirements.
  • Ensuring total compliance with Health and Safety Regulations.
  • Ensuring design packages delivery targets are met.

Senior Electrical Project Surveyor (Flexible work arrangement), Davis Langdon Engineering Services April 10 - May 10

  • Arranging access and time management for the Mechanical & Electrical surveys.
  • Planning inspection packages to meet the clients critical program delivery dates.
  • Undertaking non- intrusive inspections of electrical, data and fire services.
  • Production of site specific inspection documentation for capital investment program.
  • The measurement and quantifying of electrical plant and equipment.
  • Identifying electrical, data and fire services non-compliance.
  • Ensuring plant and equipment adherence with Health and Safety Regulations.
  • Reviewing of client's maintenance documents, data base and drawing.

Senior Electrical Project Engineer (Fixed term contract), Slender Winter Partnership Consulting Engineers, London May 09 - Jul 09

Directed site inspections of power supplies to CER's, SER's and stations. Main duties:

  • Undertaking power studies and production of power models / calculations.
  • Production of site specific documentation and site specific Method Statements.
  • Preparing risk assessments along with preparation of non-compliance reports.
  • Production of power enabling documentation.
  • Advising on strategy to minimize disruptive installation work.

Senior Electrical Services Engineer, Parsons Brinckerhoff UK (CTP) Oct 07 - Mar 09

Participated in strategic design workshops, implemented CTP electrical design requirements and developed stage C & D Station/MTV designs. Other duties:

  • Preparing design calculations and reviewing Design compliance documentation.
  • Reviewing Station design/ MTV drawings and identifying design changes for robust financial control.
  • Interfacing with third party equipment and systems; ensuring multi-discipline design coordination.
  • Preparing design risk assessments and identifying value engineering opportunities.
  • Making input in the project management status reporting system.
  • Collaborating with LU/ED on operational requirements and monitoring operational constraints.
  • Ensuring technical excellence & quality of designs.
  • Accredited Person for design assurance.

Senior Electrical Services Engineer, Scott Wilson (East London Line Project) Mar 07 - Oct 07

Developed stage C & D Station designs and produced lighting and cable calculations. Also prepared IS1 IS2 design documentation for TFL approval. Other duties:

  • Producing station design drawings and acting as interface with third party equipment and systems.
  • Preparing design risk assessments and participating in design strategic workshops.
  • Reviewing with client CDM regulations and advising on procurement options.
  • Identify critical program delivery dates and assessing value engineering opportunities.

Senior Electrical Services Engineer, Atkins Rail Limited Jun 06 - Mar 07

Worked proactively with contractors, ensuring timely delivery of projects. Main duties:

  • Managing / resolving site issues, ensuring implications of decisions taken on site are recorded.
  • Establishing communication strategy throughout the project; and producing risk assessments.
  • Ensuring robust project costs & change control process.
  • Identifying critical program dates; producing start-up documents and hand-over strategy.
  • Inspecting electrical services and clients assets.
  • Coordinating clients' operational requirements.

Senior Electrical Services Engineer, WSP Consulting Engineers Jan 06 - Jun 06

Developed statements of needs, concept and detailed designs; and ensure clarity on project objectives. Other duties:

  • Establishing communication strategy throughout the project life cycle.
  • Ensuring robust project costs and change control process.
  • Producing risk assessments and identifying critical program dates.
  • Producing start-up documents and hand-over strategy.
  • Reviewing progress and updating stakeholders.

Senior Electrical Services Engineer, AMEC Deign and Maintenance 2005 - 2006

Reviewed project objectives set by the Work Package Plans (WPP) on integration of CMS and third party equipment. Main duties:

  • Developing concept and detailed designs along with risk assessments.
  • Ensuring adherence with Health and Safety Regulations.
  • Preparing non-compliance reports and interface with human factors plan.
  • Carrying out non-and intrusive day and night surveys; along with supervision of survey team.
  • Arranging access for surveys and reviewing client's maintenance strategy.
  • Planning work packages.

Principle Design and Construction Project Engineer, Atkins - (Metronet) 2003 - 2005

Gained insightful experience developing station designs based on value engineering. Main duties:

  • Liaising with station pre-construction managers to deliver projects to schedule.
  • Reviewing, auditing and monitoring stations technical packages.
  • Delivering project requirements for quality designs and construction detail.
  • Ensuring asset maintained end-user requirements are met.
  • Preparing and organising workflows, co-ordinating with other delivery teams.
  • Chairing client/partnership project meetings.
  • Gained experience of data based systems and document control procedures.

Other Previous Roles

  • Project Engineer, Slender Winter Partnership Consulting Engineers, Kent 2001 - 2003
  • Project Engineering Surveyor, Aspen Consulting Engineers, Surrey 2000 - 2001
  • Design and Projects Engineer, C Hoare & Company-London (Private Bank) 1998 - 2000
  • Design and Projects Engineer, Drake & Skull Engineering (UK) Ltd, London 1996 - 1998
  • Engineering Surveyor, Slender Winter Partnership Consulting Engineers, Kent 1995 - 1996
  • Design/Projects Engineer, Beveridge Associates Consulting Engineers, Essex 1990 - 1994
  • Design / Contracts Engineer, Matthew Hall M & E Engineers Ltd, London 1983 - 1990
  • Services Engineer, J R Roberts Associates Consulting Engineers, Essex 1982 - 1983
  • Petro-chemical Engineer, Fluor (GB) Ltd, London 1980 - 1982
  • Electrical Engineer, Haden Young Ltd, London 1978 - 1990
  • Technician, D Conoley Electrical Contractor 1973 - 1978

Qualifications:

  • HNC, East Ham College

Training Experience:

  • 17th Edition Wiring Regulations Course.
  • Amtech Training and Software Support Course.
  • LUL-Entry Permit.
  • Equipment Room Awareness- QA 54.
  • Fire Safety, Competence.
  • Safe System of Work on Electrical Equipment.
  • Lift & Escalator Machine Chamber Access General Level.
  • Confined Spaces
  • Passport to Safety
  • Substation Entry Permit
  • First Aid
  • Network Rail
  • P.T.S AC & DC

Software:

  • Amtech, Power Software - ProDesign 25 & Protect LV
  • Dialux 3201
  • Microsoft Office Package: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
  • Specification Expert
  • Build online
  • X Pack

Additional Information:

  • Date of Birth: 5th February 1957
  • Marital Status: Married

References Are Available Upon Request

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