Crossrail

Responsibilities & Achievements

·Oversee all commissioning of the project wide LV switchboards (26 pairs) and Emergency switchboards (26 pairs) for the entire Elizabeth Line.

·Prepare all checklists and attend & witness Factory Acceptance tests for all LV Switchboards, sub-switchboards and Emergency switchboards (UPS fed) Auto Transfer switches at locations across the UK.

·Created single common functionality test script that was used by all contractors across the project for proving that each sites LV switchboards operated and performed in the same way as every other site. Witness all Testing & Commissioning activities associated with LV Switchboards across all sites.

·Attend monthly and weekly progress meetings with each of the contractors senior commissioning managers & engineers.

·Review of all contractor prepared designs covering stations, shafts and portals and providing technical assurance input to the Gates panel.

·Representing the client body at MEP design reviews (SDR’s/IDR’s & Gates as appropriate), interrogating designs & challenging designers to ensure the works can be safely installed and maintained, and meet baseline standards.

·Engaging with Contractors teams to ensure a thorough understanding of the requirements. Guiding & steering the various design consultants in areas where client team knowledge & expertise is required.

·Ensure the requirement for Engineering Safety Management & CDM is understood and evidenced as part of the assurance process; Design issues captured by risk register and mitigated prior to finalising designs.

·Preparation of the Master Assurance Acceptance Tracker, for collating all technical assurance evidence.

·Technical Lead to achieve route wide HV/LV final system integration testing & commissioning to demonstrate compliance with standards prior to handover to The Operator. This involved over 3,000 switching activities across 19 sites and and 26 sub-stations involving several hundred personnel. Seven different scenarios were undertaken, including total darkness sitewide. The tests were able to prove hardware, software, and human factors for not just the sites, but also the route control centre.

·Set up and lead a repeat of the above but this time with trains running. Known as the HV/LV dynamic integration testing, we introduced power outages at the most critical moments of train operation, with a view to making the railway fail; Further bugs were identified, with resolution undertaken prior to commencement of passenger operation.

+ Legacy work Nov 2022 - Jun 2023

Short term contract position with Mott MacDonald to resolve legacy issues identified by the RFL maintenance teams. Initially appointed to Rationalise the LV Switchboard naming convention to align with SCADA.

Subsequently Prepared Scope of Works documents to support future projects when funding becomes available.