Mike Young

Experience

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  Rolls-Royce plc

  Aug 1988 - Jul 2020

  - Technical responsibility for the maintenance, repair and overhaul gas turbines.- Company specialist for thermal spray processes, including technical control and programming of robotic plasma and combustion flame spraying.- Metallurgical assessment and sentencing of engine run / repaired gas turbine components.- Nadcap prime contact for welding and heat treatment.- Welding co-ordinator, with a Rolls-Royce Aerospace Welding Engineering Diploma and CSWIP 3.0+ Visual Welding Inspector qualifications from The Welding Institute (TWI). Show less - Research & development specialist, responsible for introducing new technologies & new materials to gas turbine components, as well as managing technical & program risks. - Accountable for establishing, communicating & agreeing technical requirements with design projects.- Member of technical process & special process working groups, which are responsible for devising Rolls-Royce’s corporate technical strategies.- Also responsible for approving & maintaining new / current component suppliers. Show less - Forging, manufacturing & process specialist for gas turbine components. - Main supplier contact for sub-contracted manufacturing & processing operations.- Contact for Nadcap, NDE (Non Destructive Evaluation), mechanical testing, metallography & heat treatment audit approvals. - Accountable for validating & agreeing method (manufacturing) & source (supplier) changes on components that impact the performance of gas turbines.- Responsible for prioritising & co-ordinating tasks amongst team members.- Also responsible for investigating material / product non-conformance. Show less - Company NDE (Non Destructive Evaluation) level 3 in FPI (Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection) & MPI (Magnetic Particle Inspection) – NDE approvals now lapsed.- Company qualified Risk Assessor & Auditor.- Responsible for approving metallurgical, chemical & heat treatment processes through component & process validation.- Also responsible for approving technical documents, such as engineering drawings, methods of manufacture & technical instructions.- Practical knowledge of metallographic preparation techniques, microscopy & mechanical testing. Show less

  • Process Engineer - Laboratory

    May 2012 - Jul 2020

  • Engineering Team Leader - Materials

    Jan 2010 - Jun 2012

  • Manufacturing Laboratory Team Leader / Principal Technologist

    Aug 2003 - Dec 2009

  • Manufacturing Laboratory Technician / Technologist

    Aug 1991 - Jul 2003

  • Technical Engineering (Laboratory) Apprentice

    Aug 1988 - Jul 1991
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  Siemens Energy

  Oct 2020 - now

  Materials Engineer

  Contracted Materials Engineer for Aero-derivative Gas Turbine (AGT) engines at Siemens Energy. Responsible for design, manufacture and repair of SGT-A20 (ex Rolls-Royce Industrial Avon), SGT-A35 (ex Rolls-Royce Industrial RB211), and SGT-A65 (ex Rolls-Royce Industrial Trent) AGT engines. Member of the AGT Materials Teams based in Warwick, UK & Montreal, Canada.