With over 20 years of experience in control systems, automation, and engineering leadership, I offer a balance of hands-on expertise and strategic support. Degree qualified, time-served, and professionally registered as a Chartered Engineer (CEng MIET), my background spans manufacturing, OEM environments, and industrial IT.
I work with engineering teams, OEMs, and manufacturers to reduce risk, improve system reliability, and support practical delivery—whether that’s on-site, remotely, or at key stages of a wider project.
Technical Leadership-as-a-Service
- Part-time or interim leadership for engineering teams needing strategic direction
- Mentoring and support for in-house engineers, graduates, and technicians
- Technical assurance on system design, documentation, and project proposals
- Alignment of control systems strategy with operational and business goals
- Stakeholder engagement across production, engineering, and senior leadership
- Support with internal standards, resource planning, and team development
Digitalisation Strategy
- Phased, realistic digitalisation roadmaps based on site-specific constraints
- Review and mapping of data flows, control architecture, and opportunity areas
- Integration of legacy systems with modern comms: OPC UA, MQTT, Profinet
- Support for dashboarding, lightweight monitoring, and connected visualisation
- Business case development for automation and energy-related investments
- Vendor-neutral guidance to improve data use, reduce manual effort, and enable smarter operations
Fixed-Term Project Support
- Scoped, outcome-led support for upgrades, new line installs, and project delivery
- Short- to medium-term technical input without embedded contractor reliance
- FAT/SAT support, vendor coordination, and independent commissioning oversight
- Technical leadership during time-bound automation projects or resourcing gaps
- Compliance with IR35 through independent delivery, fixed scope, and no supervision
- Support from concept through to delivery and clean project handover
Control Systems Advisory
- Support across PLC, SCADA, HMI, and industrial network infrastructure
- Siemens platforms: TIA Portal (S7-1200/1500), WinCC and Unified
- Reverse engineering, fault finding, and optimisation of undocumented logic
- Integration of IO-Link, remote IO, VSDs, and field-level components
- Improved SCADA usability, alarm performance, and operator interaction
- Experience across press control, discrete motion, thermal, and fluid systems