Jim Creighton

Experience

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  Royal Air Force

  Nov 1990 - Jul 2005

  Employment as Junior Engineering Officer B Shift on 230 Sqn including Flight Commander duties with responsibility for the welfare, discipline and administration of between 30 – 60 service personnel working extended shift patterns on Puma support helicopters, in Northern Ireland in support of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Aircraft Specialist Engineering Officer and holder of delegated airworthiness authorities responsible for providing engineering support to 15 Puma helicopters including management of engineering resources including manpower, support equipment, aircraft and aircraft spares to ensure the Sqn meets its commitment to support PSNI. Overall shift responsibility for Health & Safety, Quality Assurance and Environmental Protection. Responsible for the logistical planning and engineering organisation for a short notice 2 Puma aircraft deployment to Iraq including initial set-up of deployment in theatre and continued operations of aircraft for first 3 months of the deployment providing 24 hour support to Coalition Forces. Sole responsibility for engineering operations, standards and the logistical support working from a remote well found Coalition base. Show less I was employed as the Armament Specialist Officer responsible for providing armament and survival equipment support to RAF Lossiemouth, its Tornado Squadrons and its lodger units. Duties included providing advice on all armament and survival equipment matters, and overseeing the storage and security of small arms and explosive stores. Flight commander duties included responsibility for the welfare, discipline and administration of over 140 service, MOD civilian and contract personnel with overall Flight responsibility for Health & Safety, Quality Assurance and Environmental Protection. Show less

  • JEngO 230 Sqn, RAF Aldergrove

    Jun 2003 - Jul 2005

  • OC Armament Engineering Flight, RAF Lossiemouth

    Jun 2001 - Jun 2003

  • Engineer Officer Training

    May 1999 - Jun 2001

  • Engineering Technician Aircraft Electrical

    Nov 1990 - May 1999
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  MoD Boscombe Down

  Jul 2005 - Jul 2007

  Air Launched Munitions Trial Officer

  Air Launched Munitions (ALM) Trials Officer duties on the Harrier GR Mk 9/9A and T Mk 12 Project Team at the Aircraft Test and Evaluation Centre (ATEC), MOD Boscombe Down, in conjunction with QinetiQ personnel. Responsible for evaluating Harrier armament systems, weapons and armament stores, and trials to support the evaluation. Specific roles and tasks included: Lead Trials Officer for the ALM assessment of the Paveway IV 500 lb precision guided bomb on the Harrier GR Mk 9/9A including responsibility for the ATEC elements of the Safe Separation and Guided Trials carried out under the joint trials process; the ALM assessment of the Harrier T Mk 12 aircraft’s initial operating capability including the assessment of the suitability of legacy stores; Task Technical Manager for the assessment of the MBDA Rangeless Airborne Instrumented Debriefing System (RAIDS) pod on Harrier GR Mk 9/9A; and Lead Trials Officer for the Brimstone Firing Trial on Harrier GR 9/9A with responsibility for the planning of the ATEC elements of the trials carried out under the joint trials process with BAE SYSTEMS. Show less

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  Defence Equipment and Support

  Jul 2007 - Aug 2009

  Puma Helicopter Deputy Engineering Authority/Operational Support Manager

  Employment as PG Eng 2A in the Puma Gazelle Integrated Project Team employed as the Puma Operational Support Manager and the Puma Deputy Engineering Authority (EA). Responsible to the Puma Gazelle Project Team Leader, through the Puma Engineering Authority (EA), for the provision of technical support and maintenance of configuration control to the Puma Operational Fleet. As the sole Flt Lt Engineer I exercised airworthiness authority for the EA in accordance with my personal letter of airworthiness delegation. Show less

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  Royal Air Force (RAF)

  Aug 2010 - Feb 2016

  Employment as OC Puma Depth Support Hub responsible for the 2nd line maintenance of Puma 2 helicopters and their components and the Puma 2 Engineering Development and Investigation Team. Management and leadership of 140 personnel in support of Puma engineering activities including depth maintenance, aircraft acceptance post-industry life extension programme and in-service modifications. Puma Fleet Manager duties including oversight of all Puma Fleet Management activities.Deputy Continuing Airworthiness Manager (DCAM) - responsible to the Puma Continuing Airworthiness Manager for the development and the day-to-day management of the Puma 2 Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation. Oversight of the Baseline Military Airworthiness Review (BMAR)/Airworthiness Review Certificate (ARC) process and the rollout on Puma 2 helicopters. Show less

  • Puma Depth Support Hub Manager/Deputy Continuing Airworthiness Manager

    Aug 2013 - Feb 2016

  • Engineering Officer

    Aug 2010 - Jul 2013
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  QinetiQ

  Mar 2016 - Aug 2019

  Project Engineer / Principal Systems Engineer

  Directly responsible for the technical leadership, management and delivery of In-Service Support for rotary wing and fixed wing aircraft and technical support to system development programmes. Developed strategies, produced Technical Delivery Plans (SEMPs) and documented work packages for the delivery of the technical support outputs for multiple Strategic Enterprise contracts across all support areas and multiple technical disciplines within a Matrix Organisation. Overseen the integration of technical inputs from discrete disciplines into customer focussed products including the verification and validation of customer requirements for approximately £2M outputs per annum. Successfully delivered numerous technical tasks and projects to meet the customers’ quality, cost and time requirements through deployment of QinetiQ’s Advice Product engineering lifecycle. Strategic and tactical engagement across all areas of the programmes including Programme Management Reviews, Safety Hazard Reviews, Combined Test Teams and Design Reviews. Developed excellent customer relations across numerous customer organisations/MOD Delivery Teams over a wide range of support activities and projects resulting in excellent customer satisfaction feedback. Provision of technical assurance/governance of numerous projects/tasks being delivered across the project lifecycle for numerous rotary wing platforms including technical release of customer deliverables. Show less

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  Thales

  Aug 2019 - now

  Systems Engineering Manager