Ashley Fitzwater MIET

Experience

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  CEGB

  Sept 1977 - Jan 1988

  Trainee engineer responsible for managing maintenance and project work associated with HV transmission equipment. Electrical craftsman responsible for maintaining all electrical equipment found within a nuclear power station Central Electricity Generating Board Electrical craft apprentice

  • Engineering Trainee

    Sept 1986 - Jan 1988

  • Electrical Craftsman

    Sept 1981 - Sept 1986

  • Electrical Apprentice

    Sept 1977 - Sept 1981
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  CEGB/National Grid

  Jan 1988 - Sept 1994

  Electrical Engineer

  Senior authorised person field engineer responsible for setting staff to work managing maintenance of HV Substation and Overhead line assets including planning and project work.

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  National Grid

  May 1994 - Apr 2019

  Overall responsibility for Mixed skilled team consisting of Advanced Commissioning engineers, trainee commissioning engineers, substation engineers, technicians and craftsman, 19 direct reports.Managing substation assets at 6 substations across 3 counties delivering large capital spend including construction of new 29 bay GIS substation connecting phase 1 of East Anglia off shore wind and new Supergrid connections at Bramford. New substation build for future rail track connections supporting Anglia rail network. Connection of Galloper wind farm at Leiston. Flood defence, Bay refurbishments CB and Super grid transformer replacement schemes at Burwell substation in Cambridgeshire, HV and protection maintenance all assets, Non intrusive asset monitoring of assets, delivery of unlicensed customer contracts for two nuclear industry customers, fault response and investigation as required. Show less

  • Team Leader

    Aug 2006 - Apr 2019

  • Project Coördinator

    Jun 2002 - Aug 2006

  • Delivery engineer

    Apr 2000 - May 2002

  • Operations Manager

    Jun 1998 - Apr 2000

  • Project Leader

    May 1994 - Aug 1998
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  Freelance

  Apr 2019 - now

  Self Employed