Craig Leather

Experience

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  British Steel

  Sept 1987 - Jan 1996

  Design Engineer & Draughtsmen

  CAD and Drawing board experience (4 year apprenticeship)

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  Corus

  Apr 1996 - Jan 2004

  Key skills: Man management of a work force of different trades of varying ages including apprentices. Responsibilities: The health and safety of the work force alongside the planning, scheduling, ordering, installation and monitoring of operations in and around the torpedo repair shop. This included the maintenance scheduling of refractory and mechanical repair to a fleet of 320 Tonne torpedo transporters and 2 fleets of lime wagons. The role also required the implication and application of process improvement strategies based on business objectives to ensure that organisational and performance excellence which would affect all areas of the business was achieved. Show less

  • Manufacturing Manager

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  • Project Engineer Mechanical & pipeservices

    Feb 1999 - Jan 2002

  • Site/installation Engineer

    Apr 1996 - Jan 1999
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  Raleigh International

  Feb 2004 - May 2004

  Project Manager

  Aim: Form a project team comprising of a translator and medic to facilitate the self development of groups of young people through the use of charitable community based construction projects in areas of personal development, life skills, camp crafts, construction, team work, logistics, hygiene, safety, survival, communication etc… in a difficult and remote work location.Venturers: young people between the ages of 17 and 25, with differing nationalities, languages, social backgrounds, levels of education and experiences.Project details: Phase 1 and 2 comprised of the building of a medical centre, located in a pioneer fishing village in region XI Patagonia Chile sponsored by a British newspaper group. The 3rd phase was to begin the construction of a large wood storage shelter in the grounds of a secondary school in the region’s capital Coyhaique. Additional activities comprised of teaching English in the local schools and interaction with the local communities. Show less

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  Tata Steel

  Jun 2004 - Dec 2007

  Project Engineer - Piped Services

  Project engineer, pipe services: including sub-contracting of other engineering support.Sites include: Redcar, Lackenby, Southbank, Teesside Labs, Clydebridge, Hartlepool, Scunthorpe and Skinningrove works.

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  Independent travel and teaching English in China

  Jan 2008 - Sept 2008

  Teacher

  9 month overland expedition circumnavigating Asia.Aim: To travel through Europe, Russia, Mongolia, and China, SE Asia, India and Nepal to experience their culture, environment, religion, history, & industrial ethos including 3 months teaching spoken English to Chinese students.

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  Craig Leather chimney sweep

  Nov 2008 - Oct 2010

  Self employed - small business

  Self-employed small business offering solid fuel appliance installation & chimney sweep services.HETAS approved.

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  Self-employed

  Apr 2010 - now

  Project Design Engineer
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  Boccard

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2017

  Project engineering consultant

  Trading as a Project engineering facility who previously worked for Tata and SSI steel, but now currently working with Boccard and British Steel which is based across numerous sites in the north of England and Scotland.Principle discipline; pipe services which include all gases and fluids including steam systems designed.RBI system implementation and plant process improvement investigations completed.A solutions provider, providing mechanical technical knowledge.Selection and sizing of process equipment and pipework, pressure drop calculations, experience in pump selection and system curve analysis. Knowledge of valve selection and different actuation methods, Design of pipework supports, guides and restraints. All work reviewed against the current PED legislation (Pressure Equipment Regulation).Provide written specifications, technical drawings and produce technical enquiries (work pack) for procurement leading onto technical reviews.Support Clients engaged in root cause analysis, investigation of accidents and incidents, asset standards review/maintenance and risk based management planningOn site supervision providing HSE mandatory safety paper work.Provide Inductions and controls to operate a CDM site including F10.Close collaboration with management teams in producing solutions to engineering problems. Show less

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  Sahaviriya Steel Industries PCL

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  Project pipe services engineer

  Numerous pipework/process improvement projects including the creation of two pipework inspection regimes (Risk based inspections -RBI's). These covered both by-products plants at Teesside, which are located at Southbank & Redcar Coke Ovens.

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  BioConstruct

  Nov 2015 - Mar 2016

  Design and installation Engineer

  I designed and installed an elevated 250 metre long 400nb and a 100nb carbon steel pipe line. The project aim - to complete the connecting pipework of the site plant containment system between pump house and storage tank. This was completed and commissioned in a very tight time scale driven by the environmental agencies deadlines. I was contracted through Harkin Associates and materrials supplied by BSS.

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  Maersk Training

  Oct 2016 - Nov 2016

  Investing in a 3 week introductory training course to enter the wind turbine industry

  WINDA ID 155381GBGWO sea survivalGWO working at heightsGWO 1st aidGWO manual handlingGWO fire awarenessElectrical awarenessAbrasive wheelsMajor and minor cabling courseVHF communication

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  ICL Specialty Fertilizers

  Nov 2017 - Jul 2018

  Mechanical Design Engineer