Making sure the job is done right.
- Consultant
- Interim
- Fractional
Independent control systems expertise and engineering leadership for manufacturers and machine builders. I get automation specified, delivered and handed over properly, and fill the senior engineering gap when you need it filled.
Most conversations start with one of these.
Projects that slip at commissioning
Clear requirements, sound architecture and acceptance criteria up front, so the real scope is known before anything is built.
Plants that run blind
Assets connected into SCADA and reporting that managers use, so decisions rest on data, not opinion.
Energy costs you cannot control
I find where heat and power go and engineer the controls to stop the waste.
Safety and compliance you are unsure of
Functional safety and UKCA/CE gaps assessed and designed out, not left for an audit to find.
Faults that keep coming back
Root-cause investigation, a permanent fix and updated procedures, so it stays fixed.
A gap in engineering leadership
I steady delivery, raise standards and hand back a stronger team.
Problems solved, value delivered.
A few outcomes from operating plants and demanding machinery projects.
Natural gas use halved
One PLC control system coordinating four presses and a shared boiler, with an operator released for other work.
Solar PV proposal for the board
Half-hourly demand analysis and generation modelling, covering up to 52% of annual electricity demand.
Process variables, one SCADA
16 assets on one trusted site-wide view, with automated daily management reports.
Choose the model that fits the problem.
Consultant
A defined problem that needs an independent, expert answer, for a fixed fee or day rate.
About consultingInterim
A gap in your engineering leadership, covered for three to twelve months with a clean handover.
About interim coverFractional
Senior technical authority for a set number of days a week, without a full-time post.
About fractional supportThe standard I hold myself to.
And the one I ask of every team and supplier I work with.
Specified before it is built
Agreed requirements and acceptance criteria, so nobody finds the real scope at commissioning.
Safe by design
Functional safety and UKCA/CE compliance from day one, never bolted on.
Proven, not assumed
Data, testing and root-cause analysis, with the evidence written down.
Handed over properly
Documentation, standards and trained people left behind, so the result lasts.
Engineering you can watch running today.
mlat.uk fuses air, maritime and space data from a live SDR network across 6 continents into one common operating picture, on a platform I built and run myself. Same discipline, different scale: collect, verify, fuse, present.
Air
Mode S, ADS-B and MLAT
Maritime
AIS vessel traffic
Space
Orbital tracks
6 continents
Live, distributed
Facing one of these problems?
Tell me what is going on. I will tell you plainly whether I am the right person to help, and how I would approach it.