Jasper Taylor

 

Jasper Taylor

Position:         Engineer  
Location:         Bournemouth
Date of Birth:         4th October 1976
Education:         UWE, Bristol, B Eng in Mechanical Engineering  

Training and CPD:
  • NEC3: PSC Training - March 2010
  • Design Risk Managment - May 2009
  • Confined Space passport - 2008
  • European directives and PUWER - 2008
  • NEC3: Preparing and managing Engineering and construction contracts - 2008
  • Fire Training - 2005/7
  • HSE Passport - 2007
  • ASME VIII Div Design Course 2006
  • Able lifting course - scissor lift, cherry picker user license - 2005
  • Overhead Crane Operator Certificate - 2005
  • Emergency First Response Instructor (1st aid - PADI) Since 2001
  • Open Water Scuba Instructor (PADI) Since 2001

Career History:
  • Trained as a Mechanical Engineer for four years on Institution of Mechanical Engineers accredited degree course
  • Traveled extensively working and diving in various countries to become a fully qualified Open Water Scuba Instructor and 1st aid instructor (PADI).
  • Working for construction companies as a ground worker/surveyor, gained a good experience/understanding and hands on knowledge in civil construction.
  • In 2002 worked for Sunseeker International for 2½ years as a boat builder. Became a facilitator for the company in designing a new factory layout.
  • In 2005 worked as a "Contracts Engineer" for Heatric (owned by Meggit PLC), for  2½ years. Project managing the entire build of compact stainless steel heat exchangers for the oil and gas industry.
  • Joined Kenneth Grubb Associates in 2007 to concentrate on Consulting Engineering work in the water-engineering field.
 
Relevant Project Experience - Kenneth Grubb Associates Ltd:

Loch Doon Outlet Gate, Scotland
Retained by Enterprise Engineering Services Ltd., working for Scottish Power  PLC. as the designer of a replacement Outlet Gate. Work incorporated producing manufacturing drawings calculations and relevant documentation. Prior to the replacement, a temporary support structure for the original gate and walkway across were designed also. The contract involved the submission of drawings, calculations and applicable design documentation.

Top Anchor for Mitre Gates, Ipswich
Retained by Black and Veatch working for Ipswich Council to design new mitre gates at Ipswich dock on the River Orwell. My role was to design the top anchor, which was to be placed on a small reinforced concrete mound.

RNLI Lifeboat Tilting Slipway Cradle, Sennen Cove, Cornwall, UK.
Retained by civil consultants Opus International, working for the RNLI, as the designer of a replacement Tamar class lifeboat slipway cradle, that would be able to rotate between slipways, depending on sea conditions and tide. The design incorporated the use of various hydraulic cylinders operated via a pendent controller, in order to tilt and rotate the cradle. The contract involved the submission of drawings, calculations and applicable design documentation.

Loch Doon Inlet Gate, Scotland
Retained by Enterprise Engineering Services Ltd., working for Scottish Power PLC. as the designer of a complete replacement Inlet Gate. Work incorporated producing manufacturing drawings calculations and relevant documentation following an on site survey of the gate. Work also incorporated the replacement of suitable guide paths for the gate rollers to run on. The contract involved the submission of drawings, calculations and applicable design documentation.

Flap gates, Al Khiran, Pearl City,  Kuwait
Retained by Buro Happold to design flap gates to control the back surge of tidal water around the waterway system of a new luxurious housing complex being built at  Al Khiran, Pearl City. The contract also includes the design of stop logs, stop log storage racks, stop log lifting beams, and suitable jigs for aiding installation of parts. The contract involved the submission of drawings, calculations and applicable design documentation.

Beannachran Dam
Retained by Enterprise Engineering, working for Scottish and Southern Electric Plc, to design a bulkhead gate to allow work to be carried out on a sluice gate situated in Beannachran Dam.  The contract involved surveys and the submission of drawings, claculations and applicable design documentation.

Cumberland Basin, Bristol
Retained by BCD to design new mitre gates operated via hydraulic cylinders at Junction Lock including all electrical and hydraulic design.  Installation of hydraulic cylinders with fixing frames on the gates at Entrance Lock.  All sluice gates around the sites tohave to be operated via hydraulic cylinders.  Working as the lead Mechanical Engineer, the contract involved surveys and the submission of drawings, calculations and applicable design documentation.

Rannoch Weir Sluice Gate
Retained by Enterprise Engineering, working for Scottish and Southern Electric Plc, to design a replacement sluice gate at Rannoch Weir.  Working as the project manager the contract involves surveys and the submission of drawings, calculations and applicable design documentation.

Lyneen Lifting Bridge, Ireland
Design drawings for the Lyneen lifting bridge based in Ireland.  The design was to show two differing styles of operation from full hydraulic lift to a tilting bridge.

 
 
 
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