Curriculum Vitae

Scott Bridges

E-mail: me@scottbridges.co.uk

Personal Profile:

An experienced Systems Engineer / Automation Engineer with a wide range of experience in the cable industry. Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team. Proven leadership skills involving managing and motivating teams to achieve their objectives. First-class analytical, design and problem solving skills. Dedicated to maintaining high quality standards and seeing projects through from inception to completion.

Major Achievments:

• Initiated regular meetings between Engineering and Technical to improve communication and information exchange. This greatly increased efficiency and team work between departments.

• Solved major control issues on old equipment when failure halted production. Integrated new control system into old equipment to restart production.

• Saved the company £20,000 a year on water usage by integrating old and new systems together for maximum benefit.

• Increased product pass ratio on major production line from 85% to 98%.

Education & Qualifications:

2004 - 2005	Open University. Professional Diploma in Management (ongoing...)
2004 - 2005	Open University. Professional Certificate in Management • Pass with Merit
1998 - 2002	University of Southampton. MEng (Hons) 2.1 in Electronic Engineering • Fourth Year Multidisciplinary Project, “To Investigate Engineering Decision Making. This achieved a result of 82%. • Fourth Year Group Project, “Steer by Wire”. This achieved a result of 67%.
1991 - 1998	Bexley Grammar School, Welling. 4 A-Levels: Mathematics (C), Physics (C), Chemistry (C), General Studies (B) 9 GCSEs: A* - C

Employement History:

01/05 – Present	Engineering Systems Manager, Nexans UK Ltd Building on previous roles to include managerial tasks, people management, resource control and financial planning. • Managing budgets, projects and resource issues. • Managing team of technicians to undertake planned and corrective maintenance on all machinery. • Maintain a hands-on approach where needed and help direct and coach other personnel where appropriate. • Actively explore new working practices within the department and following, monitoring for positive results.
06/02 – 12/04	Systems Engineer, Nexans UK Ltd Full system design and development of electronics and software in the process of producing Category 5 & 6 UTP cable. • Managing projects, milestones, and budgetary constraints on projects of varying length and cost from inception to completion. • Chairman of a committee set up to increase communication and teamwork between Engineering and Technical departments and liase with other departments. • Maintain existing machinery on-site and perform necessary modifications for functional or repair needs. • Exploring the use of new and innovative products.
09/98 – 05/02	Junior Electronics Engineer, Alcatel Cable UK/Nexans UK Ltd Working in a team on large projects to complete assigned tasks and investigate new project opportunities. • Responsible for software development of substantial project tasks and electrical design. • Maintain existing machinery on-site and perform necessary modifications for functional or repair needs.
07/96 – 08/98	Junior Electrical Engineer, Alcatel Cable UK Working in a team on large projects to complete tasks including electrical drawing and small software design. • Responsible for software development and electrical design of assigned tasks.

Industrial Training:

• Ongoing Professional Development to attain Chartered Engineer status

• Drives training with Eurotherm and Sprint

• First Aid at Work

• Fire Warden

• Panel wiring / equipment mounting

• IEE - "Technical Report Writing" and "Effective Presentations"

• Capita - "People Management Skills"

Technical Skills:

• Highly skilled in IEC 61131 , using Sequential Function Chart, Instruction List, Ladder Diagram, Function Block Diagram and Structured Text.

• Experienced in Mitsubishi Melsec Medoc , IEC Developer, GX Developer and Siemens Step 5.

• Extensive knowledge of the full range of Mitsubishi PLCs with good experience with Allen-Bradley and Siemens PLCs.

• Extensive knowledge of Eurotherm and Sprint Drives with further experience with Siemens and Control Techniques drives.

• Good understanding of PROFIBus open field bus network with regard to installation, testing and commissioning.

• Experience with Soft PLCs and their integration with Visual Basic applications.

• Extensive programming knowledge of Mitsubishi HMIs including their use within networks and good knowledge of Siemens and Allan-Bradly HMIs and experience with SCADA systems.

Computing Skills:

• Proficient at using a variety of operating systems, including Windows NT/98/2000, Linux, MS-DOS and the full Office Suite

• C/C++ Programming including the use of Microsoft Visual Studio 5/.NET and MPLab.

• MathCAD, MatLab, Simul8 and Minitab simulation packages.

• VHDL programming using ModelSim and Synplify.

• AutoCAD/AutoSketch design packages and EasyPC PCB layout package.

• HTML with additional knowledge using Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash and Microsoft FrontPage.

Personal Details:

Date of Birth: 27th August 1980

Marital Status: Single

Driving License: Full, Clean

Interests and Activities:

Reading (Science-Fiction), Website Authoring, Computing and Motor Sport spectator.

Referees:

Available on request.