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Project Manager Engineer

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United Arab Emirates
Posted:
October 04, 2012

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Airport Collaborative Decision Making A-CDM - Cancelled -- Meteorological Technology

World Expo -- Global Air Navigation Industry Symposium -- World Controllers' Cup 07th -

12th Nov -- inter airport Europe -- AVIONICS EUROPE 2012

King, Brendan

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Address Edgehill Road 69

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City Bournemouth

Country United Kingdom

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Curriculum Vitae

Specialism:

I am a professional engineer and project manager specialising in airport construction and

development of special airport systems. I have in excess of 30 years experience in systems

engineering related to defence and the air transport industry, project management,

procurement, design authority for navaids and Information and Communication Technology

infrastructure, contract and sub-contract management, technical operations and business

case development.

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2007-2008ESR Technology

Position: Principal Consultant

Project Management of WGS 84 Survey and AIP charts for Muscat (SEEB) International

Airport. Oversight of specialist sub-contractors, Liaison with Director of Operations Oman

Management Airport Company

Acquisition and delivery of Najaf International Airport Master Plan. Providing strategic

input to the master plan and making recommendations on its ICT infrastructure development

and safe guarding and airspace arrangements.

2002-2007Airport Systems Consultancy Limited

Position: Director & Independent Consultant

Operating under my own consultancy company:

Contract with ALCATEL\THALES

Test & Commissioning / Construction Interface Manager Working on Dubai International

Airport Terminal 3 construction project. Contracting professional services to ALCATEL who

are providing the information technology infrastructure and special airport systems for

the Dubai Terminal 3 project. I was brought in as a consultant as part of the management

team for project recovery. This requires liaison between client, engineer and

subcontractors formulating contractual letters regarding the needs between construction

environment and systems suppliers, coordinate and manage the test and commissioning

activities. Coordination of test and commissioning activities for THALES.

Contract with HARMONIC Consultancy / SELEX SI UK

Project Manager for the design and delivery of the Terminal Airspace facility at the NERC

Swanwick. This was an interim position managing the team and the project and putting in

place statements of work for sub-contractors

Contract with EUROCONTROL

Won three year contract (353K) to assist in the development of building a business case

for the future development of Cooperative Air Traffic Services and support to the

Strategic Performance Framework department at EUROCONTROL. Part of my work was part of the

task force to merge two major programmes (ADS-B & COOPATS) resulting in one of the leading

European programmes for the development of future air traffic services utilising ADS-B and

Datalink as well as secretary of the Planning Focus Group for CASCADE.

Key Skills: High stakeholder profile required, change management, mentoring, and process

design, business case development, planning, SOW production, H&S plan production, contract

management. Knowledge of FIDIC and construction management, review and production of

specifications. Familiarity with ICAO and various other Aviation standards.

1999-2002Copperchase Limited

Position: Operations Manager,

Reporting to the MD, responsible for the set up of an installation services division to

install Schmid Telecom ATC voice communication systems across UK NATS airport sites

including Heathrow, Glasgow, Gatwick, Jersey airports.

Position:

Senior Project Manager,

Reporting to the MD, responsible for all company projects and refining processes to

increase efficiency and project manager for the installation of the Aeronautical Fixed

Telecommunications Network (AFTN) system for Ghana International Airport. My duties

required me to have a primary customer interface and exploit business opportunities.

Key Skills:

Departmental set up, set Health & Safety procedure, business development, team building &

recruitment, Primary customer interface, Primary supplier interface, planning & risk

management, change management and technical management, contract management and quality

control.

1998 - 1999Racal Defence Systems:

Position: Project Manger

For delivery of Moroccan Ministry of Fisheries vessel tracking system. Coordination of

satellite services to support tracking systems (2M pounds). Responsible for performance

against budget.

Key Skills: Team building, Budget control, Primary customer interface, and Planning and

risk management.

1998

(2 months)

Independent

Position: Consultant to GBM/IBM.

Reporting to the MD for flight information display bid in Abu Dhabi. Interpretation of

customer (consultants) requirements and production of proposal (value US$11M).

Identification of business relationships with the Gulf Business Machine and Airport in

order to implement the proposal. Provided bid support services to Aerotech Dubai. Provided

assistance to GBM by working with the Architect of the Abu Dhabi airport terminal in

interpreting his requirements and specifications.

Key Skills: Bid management, coordination, customer interface.

1989 - 1998Siemens Plessey Airports:

Position: Technical Operations Manager Identification of opportunity, commercial

discussion, drafting of contract leading to the establishment of a Technical Assistance

Service (TAS) to Macau International Airport (1.6M US$). Management of TAS into Macau

International Airport. Assisted Macau Airport Engineering Department in the introduction

of the newly deployed navaids and communications systems into operation

Provided sales and marketing support in S.E. Asia. Personnel management and maintenance

of on site accounts.

Position:

Project Engineer Macau International Airport construction project responsible

for the interpretation of customer specifications, production of proposals, systems design

(I was systems design authority), procurement (US$30 Million) including aeronautical

navigation equipment, radio and voice communications systems, information systems,

security access systems and CCTV systems. Management of systems design team. On site

management in Macau of 23 sub-contractors. Liaison with clients consultants including

AACM, CAAC, CAM and Aeroport de Paris performing collision risk analysis. Flight trial

manager and production of flight trial procedures. The flight inspectors provided

procedures for the standard Instrument Landing Systems and in coordination with the flight

checkers I produced radar procedures and a procedure related to a modified ILS for

instrument guidance for aircraft. Supervision of the Terminal Building ICT fit and working

closely with the Engineer. Authority for the issue of construction drawings to the

Engineer.

Responsible for on site accounting and personnel matters.

Position:

Senior Systems Engineer Navigation Systems for interpretation of

specifications, production of proposals, design and implementation and procurement (360K

Pounds) of communications system with a NATO missile firing range in Crete. Formal

presentations to NATO general staff. This included the provision of voice communication

systems, microwave link systems, liaison with the Greek PTT communication interfacing. I

was responsible for the design and production of a missile firing indication system and

worked with a NATO Chief Technical Advisor to identify the output message format of an

existing radar installation for integration in new systems to be provided. Direct contact

with the customer was required. Responsible for producing factory acceptance specification

and managing the testing at the factory in Hawaii with the customer. Part of Systems Co-

ordinating Installation Design Authority (SCIDA) for Mount Pleasant Airport, Falkland

Islands. Advisor to MoD on radio communications problems and future communications

solutions for systems upgrade for the Falkland Islands. Liaison with senior officers

relating to strategies for major communications upgrade for Falklands.

Key Skills: Project management, team building, primary customer interface, design

authority, systems engineering, budget control, quality control, risk management, bid

management, marketing support, analysis both technical and financial, business development

and personnel management. In depth knowledge of ICAO recommendations and CCITT standards.

Familiarisation of FIDIC processes. Interpretation of contractions drawings. Contract

management of multi-disciplined sub-contractors.

1987 - 1989

National Air Traffic Services UK:

Air Traffic Engineer responsible for technical operations supervision of international

message switch at London Heathrow. Network management of the UK CAA X.25 packet switching

network.

Key Skills: Technical operations

1985 - 1987RAF Signals Engineering Establishment:

Consultant Engineer as part of installation design authority and siting authority for

M.o.D. Air for the defence radar upgrade project. Siting of microwave communications

between reporting posts. Production of reports and recommendations the MoD. Produced

coverage predictions and initiated radio site clearance.

Key Skills: Liaison with senior officers, design authority and survey work.

1974 - 1984HM - Royal Air Force:

Airfield Electronics Technician Under took routine scheduled servicing, installation,

calibration, repair, replacement and adjustment of airfield communications, navigation and

radar systems.

Key Skills: Primary technical training and hands on diagnosis, installation,

commissioning and repair.

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