Michael Clifford

Michael Clifford

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  • About me

    Senior Fire Engineer at NDY

  • Education

    • University of Central Lancashire

      2007 - 2011
      BEng (Hons) Fire Engineering First Class with Honours

      Awarded BEng (Hons) in Fire Engineering - 2011.

    • University of Greenwich

      2010 - 2010
      Principles and Practice of Fire & Evacuation Modelling

      Completed two modules at MSc level, the Principles and Practice of Evacuation Modelling & the Principles and Practice of Fire Modelling.

    • University of Central Lancashire

      2011 - 2013
      Master of Science (MSc) Fire Safety Engineering Merit

      Awarded MSc in Fire Safety Engineering - 2013

  • Experience

    • Royal Navy

      Sept 1978 - Mar 2003
      Aircraft Handler

      ESTABLISHMENT FIRE SAFETY ADVISORROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION CULDROSENov 2000 – Mar 2003AIRCRAFT CO-ORDINATORROYAL NAVY STUDENTS PRESENTATION TEAMDec 1999 – Nov 2000• Charged with providing the aircraft asset for visits to school premises.• Liaison between Command, Naval Air Squadrons, Ministry of Defence and Schools, to enable these visits to proceed.• Conduct Risk Assessments of aircraft landing sites.FIRE CREW CHIEFROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION YEOVILTONNov 1998 – Dec 1999 Show less

    • MK Fire Training Ltd

      Mar 2003 - Apr 2015
      Managing Director
    • Beacon Fire Safety and MK Fire Training

      Mar 2003 - Oct 2014
      Managing Director and Fire Engineer
    • London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)

      Apr 2011 - Aug 2012
      Fire Risk Assessor

      On behalf of a client, formed part of a team that advised the Summer and Paralympic Venue Managers on all aspects of Fire Safety for their particular venue (temporary) and event. This support was provided from the planning stage at Canary Wharf through to the final build. Once each venue was completed, we then carried out the fire risk assessments using the client’s online software system. Venues completed by myself included Brands Hatch, Basketball Arena, North Greenwich Arena, BMX track, Lee Valley White Water Centre, Earls Court, Newcastle University (football practice area), St James’ Park, Old Loughonians, Box Hill, Park Lane Fleet Depot, Beckton & West Ham Bus Depots, Sobell Leisure Centre and Newham Sports Centre. Show less

    • ECA Certification Ltd

      Aug 2012 - Aug 2014
      Contract Assessor for the BAFE SP205 Scheme

      UKAS has now accredited ECA Certification Ltd to deliver the new BAFE scheme for organisations that provide Life Safety Fire Risk Assessments.

    • CoveKinloch New Zealand Limited

      Aug 2014 - Sept 2020
      Senior Fire Engineer

      My responsibilities included the effective management of the Fire Team and provision of fire engineering reports. Acted as the Lead for all fire engineering, fire design and for providing specialist fire advice to the various disciplines within CoveKinloch across all four offices.

    • NDY

      Sept 2020 - now
      Senior Fire Engineer

      My responsibilities include following: • Senior Project Engineer responsible for the delivery of engineering services from design through to construction. • Project Leader responsible for the delivery of medium and large sized single and multi-disciplinary projects.• Co-ordinate and plan commitments, resources and balance workload across available projects to meet project deadlines and cost/fee requirements efficiently and effectively. • Liaising with Contractors and Sub-Contractors to address construction-related documentation issues. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Chartered Engineer (CEng)

      Engineering Council
      Sept 2016
    • International Professional Engineer

      Engineering New Zealand
      Jul 2019
    • Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng)

      Engineering New Zealand
      Aug 2016
    • Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers

      The Institution of Fire Engineers
      Jun 2013