Richard Parkinson

Experience

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  Piano Teacher

  Sept 2009 - Jul 2013

  Piano Teacher

  I have almost four years experience of teaching the piano. I have taught pupils up to grade 4 level, but having achieved grade 8 myself would be happy teaching to a higher level. As well as providing a solid musical foundation I also encourage pupils to explore music on their own to create a more fulfilling teaching experience for both the pupils and me. I have also achieved grade 8 on clarinet and organ and would be happy to teach these as well.

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  St Marys Church Primrose Hill

  Sept 2012 - Aug 2013

  Organ Scholar

  In my gap year before university I have had the privilege of being organ scholar at St Marys Primrose Hill church. This has given me more insight into the church tradition and has helped me to greatly improve my accompanying skills, expanding my repertoire as well as having opportunities to conduct the choir.

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  Eversholt Rail Group

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2013

  Year In Industry Undergraduate Engineer

  I applied to Eversholt Rail for a gap year job through the Year in Industry scheme. I have gained valuable experience about the rail industry and workplace. I have managed several projects including writing technical procedures and business cases. I also have particular interest in developing and improving technical data management and analysis systems.

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  Balfour Beatty plc

  Sept 2017 - now

  Algorithms: Developed algorithms to label data and assign risk categories to pieces of railway infrastructure, including point machines and level crossings.Design: Co-led the design of a new GUI for maintainers to utilise remote condition monitoring and analytics.Customer interaction: Built and maintained relationships with management and maintainers internationally. Helped communicate complicated concepts and improve maintenance strategy.Maintenance Conversion: Carried out the theoretical conversion of maintenance from an on-site task to a remote condition monitoring task using knowledge of data analytics, signalling diagrams and level crossings.Quality Assurance: Championed quality assurance in the signalling department, ensuring definition in project close outs and reduced risk.Leadership: Line managed a summer placement student working in the electronics team. Show less

  • Engineer and Data Scientist

    Sept 2019 - now

  • Graduate Electrical/Electronic/Software Engineer - Rail Asset Monitoring

    Sept 2017 - Aug 2019
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  Omnicom Balfour Beatty

  Sept 2019 - now

  Engineer and Data Scientist