Experience

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  British army

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2015

  Joined as a Private soldier in the Royal Regiment of Artillery in a Sense and Warn role. Responsible for maintaining weapon locating and special operations capabilities, contributing to the UK’s military capability. Responsible for collating and processing system data, liaising with the Battle Captain and Operations room personalities, ensuring that system maintenance is conducted.Responsible for completing equipment husbandry to a high standard without supervision or assistance.Completed six month tour of Afghanistan as a Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar Operator. Show less

  • Gunner - Artillery Observer Specialist

    Apr 2013 - Jun 2015

  • Gunner - Artillery Surveillance Observer

    Jan 2011 - Apr 2013
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  Royal air force (raf)

  Jun 2015 - Sept 2020

  Responsible for delivering an essential flight planning service and specialist information to ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) assets on operational missions worldwide.Responsible as the Secretary of the Health, Safety and Risk committee, routinely attending monthly meetings, recording work services requests in accordance with Ministry of Defence Health and Safety policy, ensuring capture of potential risk ever promoting safety culture within all teams across all sub sections.Spearheaded an investigation into the procedures for receiving updated flight planning documents, culminating in a regulated process for all flight information publications.Successfully utilised NATO computer systems, preparing and delivering comprehensive pre-flight briefs for 30+ aircrew and distributing and recording relevant pre mission documents to ensure mission success. Responsible for liaising with external military and civilian agencies, both national and international, utilising a variety of specialist IT systems to acquire information needed for all operational missions or exercises for E-3D Sentry, Rivet Joint and Sentinel R1 assets. Responsible for using various NATO systems to access and compile NATO documents needed by the multiple squadrons, liaise with different European Control and Reporting Centres (CRCs) and Combined Air Operation Centres (CAOC) to obtain information required for a mission. Show less Responsible for managing a medium scale team, dictating operations within a busy air transport organisation delivering all training & development for all new company staff, growing new and old relationships, enhancing operational output and encouraging high level standards.Showcased exceptional ability to forge new client relationships, whilst cultivating and maintaining existing ones, additionally opening new opportunities for coalition aircraft based on naval vessels access to UAE airspace increasing operational output by 20% in 4 months.Turned around a failing and technically challenging set of training and standards packages as the Primary Air Operations Specialist and enhanced not only training, but operational output of the Transport fleet of the Royal Air Force.Delivered in-depth daily mission briefs covering aircraft movements, personnel and airfield management and serviceability states to CEO level executives, contributing to management of resource levels, increase workflow speed and highlight trends and challenges ensuring excellence. Show less Responsible for maintaining and coordinating the UK Military Low Flying System in accordance with government guidelines and legislation enabling continued reconnaissance, search and rescue, transportation, and humanitarian missions worldwide.Routinely managed the day and night open airspace of the whole of the UK and surrounding overseas areas from surface to 2,000 feet above ground level or mean sea level.Responsible for providing an in-depth flight information service to the public and recording low flying complaints, maintaining relationships between the MOD and public.Showcased exceptional ability to provide monthly low flying statistics reports for UK and Foreign air assets operating in the low flying system to the MOD, enabling accurate recording and assessment of key trends on routine and operational activity.Responsible for inputting, checking, and processing vital flight information on Fight planning IT systems, specialising in notifying air assets of remotely piloted air system (RPAS) activity, enhancing flight safety procedures for the MOD. Show less Responsible for providing aeronautical information, operating, and updating mission support IT with real-time flight information. Responsible for coordinating military and civilian aircraft operations and utilising specialist flight planning knowledge to advise visiting aircrew in the UK and abroad.Prepared an organisation for a major update for a digital mission planning based system, saving time and effort for all top level executives whilst managing all aspects of the change including training and a change management program for personnel, both flight operations professionals and users, to enable swift development of personal and individual skills.Principal lead for compiling and distributing digital mapping across two versions of mission support IT, successfully supervised a team of four peers enabling the Chinook force to operate legally and maintain effectiveness.Spearheaded an investigation, effectively controlling a team to improve and regulate processes culminating in a resource plan with directed savings initiatives for the whole organisation resulting in annual savings in excess of six thousand GBP per annum without an impact on service to the client. Show less

  • Air and Space Operations Specialist (Flight Operations)

    Sept 2019 - Sept 2020

  • Air and Space Operations Specialist (Flight Operations)

    Apr 2019 - Sept 2019

  • Flight Operations Specialist

    Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  • Flight Operations Specialist

    Jun 2015 - Jan 2019
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  Affinity flying training services limited

  Sept 2020 - now

  Commercial officer

  Currently holding a pivotal role, working primarily within the Notice of Change aspect of the Commercial team. Managing upcoming changes to various contracts relating to improved services and equipment across three fleets of aircraft., Routinely combining commercial and flight operational knowledge to create a holistic understanding of fleet status and implement continuous risk mitigation across each change.Regularly discuss the status of any number of Contract Change events or Compensation events on a daily basis including drafting Deed of Amendments to the contract to amend a paragraph in a particular Schedule. Whilst working closely with procurement and finance departments to draft pricing spreadsheets and firm price proposals. Responsible for liaising with external organisations; including OEMs and insurance brokers. Show less