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Rob Wadley IEng

Rob Wadley IEng

Senior Flight Publications Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Technical Data and Supportability Engineering SME

  • Education

    • Royal Air Force No 1 school of Technical Training

      1980 - 1981
      City and Guilds Aeronautical Engineering Licentiate

      Royal Air Force – (Sep 1980 - Dec. 1988). Aircraft engine and propulsion systems technician (A TECH P). Aircraft experience included Tornado GR1 and F2/3, Hawk TMk1. Qualified Sergeant.

    • Handsworth Grammar School

      1971 - 1976
      Secondary School

    • Birmingham City University

      1976 - 1979
      Mech & Prod Eng and later Aeronautical Eng

      Activities and Societies: Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC), Institute of Incorporated Engineers.

  • Experience

    • BAe Prestwick

      Jan 1991 - May 1994
      Senior Flight Publications Engineer

      Responsible for all Jetstream 31, 32 and 41 series Flight Manuals, MOM and crew manuals.Responsibility for a team of Publication engineers and for the Jetstream 41 during the certification program with CAA (JAR) and the FAA.

    • JBA

      Jan 1995 - Jan 1998
      Technical Author

      Wrote software product documentation (training/user guides). Responsible for ERP system called System 21 Style and Distribution software documentation. On-line help text and standalone CD based Education material. Responsibility for a team of 6 authors. Maintenance of the department Quality Management System. Qualified QA auditor (Coopers& Lybrand).

    • Showerlux

      Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
      IT manager

    • Hawkthorn Ltd

      Jan 2000 - Mar 2021
      Managing Director

      This was my own engineering and project management consultancy company. I specialized in working with S1000D and similar specifications used for complicated engineering projects. I have many years experience of project management and of providing a technical documentation service for most areas of engineering such as Oil and Gas, Defense, Aerospace and Marine.

    • Liebherr Aerospace

      Jan 2003 - Jan 2003
      Technical author

    • Optima NNC

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2004
      Technical author

    • Thales

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2007
      Tech Pubs BID Manager

    • BAE Systems

      Jul 2007 - Jul 2009
      Technical Documentation Lead on Type 45 Destroyer

      Technical Team leader and Project Manager on Type 45 PCO team. Responsibilities included coordination of all aspects of the technical documentation project including the DMRL/SNS coding whilst liaising with LSA team and external technical documentation contractors. This included coordination of external bids/proposals tendered to the PCO. Management of a team of technical authors within the Type 45 Destroyer Project Office. Specifications used; ASD S1000D and Def Stan 00-60. Software; AquirED, Arbortext Epic and Eagle CSDB, Adobe Acrobat and the full Microsoft Office package. Show less

    • LSC Group

      Jul 2009 - Mar 2012
      Technical Documentation Manager on CVF

      Project management of CVF Project (new aircraft carrier) team. Responsibilities included project management and coordination of all aspects of the Interactive Electronic Technical Publication (IETP), including the DMRL and SNS coding whilst liaising with ACA LSA team. Management of a team of technical authors. Specification used; ASD S1000D. Software; Data modules produced in XML using Arbortext Epic with Mekon Eclipse and CSDB (R4i), Adobe Acrobat, Visio, Trilogi and the full Microsoft Office package. Liaison with RCM engineers to complete maintenance study data. I have also had involvement in a number of technical documentation bids and proposals tendered by LSC. Show less

    • Saab AB

      Mar 2012 - Aug 2012
      Technical Documentation Consultant

      Technical publications consultancy at Saab in Sweden. This was a sub-contract position in which I helped develop the DMRL and SNS structure for the first civilian aircraft to utilise S1000D.Role involved writing the Aircraft maintenance manual and other manuals for the MRJ project. This role included the use of Corena database systems (XML-Epic) and Simplified Technical English.

    • BMT Defence Services Ltd

      Aug 2012 - Mar 2013
      Technical Documentation Consultant

      Worked on a number of projects including Project management of QEC (Aircraft Carrier), MARs tanker, and other restricted projects.

    • Wood Group ODL

      Apr 2013 - Nov 2015
      Senior Publications Engineer

      Writing and reviewing Offshore procedures and policies for oil and gas installations.Whilst working with Wood group ODL, I have written operational procedures for BP, BG and Tullow Ghana Ltd.

    • Morson Talent

      Jan 2021 - Apr 2023
      Self Employed

    • Leonardo helicopters

      Jun 2021 - Dec 2021
      Equipment Performance Analyst

    • Self employed with Morson-Projects

      Mar 2023 - Apr 2024
      IPS/ILS Engineer at Leonardo Helicopters UK

    • Babcock International Group

      Apr 2024 - now
      Supportability Specialist

  • Licenses & Certifications

    •  Coopers & Lybrand Qualified Quality Auditor

       Coopers & Lybrand