Costain
Apr 2020 to Nov 2020
Sector:
Nuclear defence and civils.
(A hydraulics system into a new factory building.)
Sector:
Nuclear defence and civils.
(A hydraulics system into a new factory building.)
Overview:-
Technical Query Responder for 17tonne Hydraulic driven Cargo Doors to connect 12 HPU circuits to span 30m to the doors for their 3-way sealing circuits. Giving design for manufacture guidance to the vendor.
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Worked with:
‘Point Cloud’ laser survey data,
P&ID diagrams,
Navisworks, and
Created a system specific Flow losses calcs spreadsheet.
Detail design completed.
Full details of this role:
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer. Hydraulics Equipment Technical interface with the vendor of the ‘Plenum’ hydraulics main assembly.
Overseeing vendor activity for the detail design phase of 12 hydraulic circuits to connect two main sub-systems – the Hydraulic Power Unit (HPU) & hydraulically driven Cargo Doors – each with 3-way sealing. Included doc authoring & a sub-system nomenclature solution.
Used the D2 document control & workflow software (Documentum.) Used NavisWorks 2020 BiM software to share design information with other stakeholders supplying into the ‘Plenum’ space to avoid equipment interference clashes. Created from scratch a tailored pressure ‘losses’ calculation spreadsheet. Home working 95% of the time with use of meeting software – both Skype & MS Teams.
Security Cleared to SC Level, but displaced by a Permanent member of staff as a result of changes due to the impact of Covid-19.
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