Jason Watkins30 Gray Street, Clowne, Derbyshire S43 4RU07516
[email protected]
PERSONAL PROFILE Highly skilled Team Leader and Electrical /
Electronics Technician with proven management experience. Adept at
finding innovative solutions to difficult problems whilst
maintaining a cool head in pressure situations. Has an excellent
motivational skill within a team environment and just as capable on
solo projects. Superb interpersonal and technical skills developed
during 29 years of exemplary service in the Royal Airforce.
Security vetted.
SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Technical Experience
Fault diagnosing down to component level.Experienced with
working with 10kv chopped DC, 3 phase, mains and DC voltages.
Mechanic skilled including pneumatics and hydraulics Installation
of Data communications infrastructure both in fibre optic and
copper to BICSI and CIDA specifications. Lead auditor for Quality
Assurance and H&S trained and experienced. Highly experienced
with communications equipments over the HF, UHF and VHF bands and
Aircraft navigational aids / RADARs.
Initiative and Adaptability Extended the life of equipment with
limited resources by reverse engineering systems and sourcing
replacement components. Pioneered several fault finding techniques
to expediting equipments back service. Has the ability to find
innovative solutions to seemingly tricky situations. Conducted
surveys and planning for Radar deployments.
Team Working and Leadership Team leader on many projects,
delivering results within tight timescales. Effectively trained and
developed personnel to their full potential.Conducted interim and
annual assessments and interviews for personnel highlighting
strengths and advising on areas for improvement. Advising on
aspects of Quality Assurance and Health and Safety to heads of
departments.
Effective communication
Planning and ensuring planned and unplanned maintenance is
conducted to minimize distribution and correctly recordedStrong
interpersonal skills developed in liaison with designers,
contractors and suppliers to ensure the smooth completion of tasks.
Ability to build rapport quickly with all levels of people, often
in difficult and stressful situations. Maintains a clear and level
head in order to give concise instructions to staff. Aided
engineering staff at remote locations with technical advice and
support.
CAREER HISTORY (within the RAF)
RADAR Manager - 2014 present1ACC, RAF SCAMPTONRole
Planning and executing deployments to remote locations to
provide an Air Picture from various sites. Leading teams to both
transport the equipment, set it up and maintain itLeasing with site
owners and agenises.Reporting on the equipment status and planning
outages and complying with contractual reporting.Management of
staff with regards to appraisals and welfare.Rear party support for
deployed teams.Inventory and accounting of spares
responsibilities.
Achievements
Planned and executing deployments to remote locations to provide
an Air Picture from various sites such as the Common Wealth games,
Highlands of Scotland, Outer Hebrides and Cyprus.Leading teams to
both transport the equipment, set it up and maintain it.Fault
finding down to Component level.Maintaining and documenting Health
and Safety and Quality Assurance.Covering for the section head
during absences.
Engineering System Manager - 2014 2008ASACS RAF SCAMPTONRole
Team Leader of a small shift maintaining the RADAR and
communications capabilities of the UK southern sector Air Defence
system. Monitoring and fault finding on the local equipment as well
as guiding remote staff on their sites equipment.Reporting and
mentoring off all team members.Liaising with Frequentis, IBM, BT
Thales and Rockwell Collins UK on faults.Main customer interface
for the Operations staff.
Achievements
Founded a method for remote sites to check the remote keying
functions of their radios.Controlled and monitored system changes
for the Olympic Games 2012.Lead station QA Audits.Enabled two
junior team members though their modern apprenticeships and
NVQ's.Engineering focal point for H&S.
Quality Assurance and Health and Safety co-ordinator
2012DE&S ISS SAI. FALKLAND ISLANDSRole
Ensuring QA and H&S is complied with and documented for both
the Falklands Islands and Ascension Island.Carrying out internal
audits.Advising the heads of 6 departments on these
subjects.Meeting facilitator for the De&s units in the South
Atlantic Islands.
Achievements
Improved the Risk and COSHH systems. This was exemplified by the
'excellent' report from the external De&S Audit
Team.Rationalized the spares holding held in the I.T
department.Migrated legislated reported paperwork on to electronic
medium to save on storage requirements.
Task Co-ordinator/ Team Leader - 2006 2008DE&S RAF
HENLOWRole
Co-ordinating and managing: - tasks, equipment and personnel to
enable worldwide projects to be completed.Liaising with Staff,
Project managers and project sites personnel.Leading teams to
successfully install data networks infra-structure and bespoke
equipments worldwide. Appraisal writing on 20 Staff.Facilitating
training of units personnel though fibre optic and Ethernet
installation and NVQ's.
Achievements
Changed working periods to benefit productivity by unitizing
weekends when local staff where not present and to reduce traveling
time.Simplified the designers pinouts on the installation diagrams
to ease the producers need to cross reference and reflected this on
the test equipment.Took on board customers concerns on a project
and helped the designer to ease this issues.
Communications and Data Link Technician - 2000 2006ASACS RAF
PORTREATHRole
Providing continuity between shifts and providing technical
support to other sites. Equipment fault trouble shooter.Liaison
with contractors and external agencies'.Maintaining VHF/UHF/HF
radios, UHF/HF and landline secure data links, Unity gain
inter-site bearers amongst many other equipments.Compile monthly
engineering reports and statistics.
Achievements
Discovered and contained a major fuel spillage to the bunded
area so stopping any environmental impact and lead the clean-up
team. SSSB SME instrumental on equipment upgrades and giving phone
assistance to other sites.Developed new fault finding procedures on
the communications equipments to restore equipment in shorter
timescales.Instructed Operations staff on how and why different
antenna systems for best affect.
QUALIFICATIONS
HNC BTECWeston College1999EngineeringNC BTECRAF
Locking1990EngineeringNVQ level 3EMTA Awards 1998Engineering
MaintenanceLevel 3 C&GGateshead College2016Programmable Logic
ControllersCertificateTUV 2014RF & Radiation
safetyBICSCICablenet2006ITS TechnicianLevel 2
C&GBlandford2007Communications cabling (Copper)Level 2
C&GBlandford2008Communications cabling (Fibre)ADC
KroneBlandford2007Supported Installer certificateCIDARAF
Henlow2007CIDA course Installation DesignCertificateCTP
Aldershot2016CITBLevel 3 C&G CTP Aldershot20162382 17th
Edition, Amend 3, Wiring RegsLevel 3 C&G CTP Aldershot20162393
Building RegsCMI level 5Ofqual 2010Management and
leadershipNEBOSHCSS Training2010General CertificateIOSHRAF Halton
2002Managing SafelyQMSRAF Halton2011Auditing skills courseECSCTP
Aldershot2016Health & SafetyNumerous RAF equipment
qualificationsFive O levels and equivalents
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Clean car driving license.Level 3 certificate in Basic
Expedition Leadership.Bronze and Silver D of E assessor.National
Navigation Award Silver.
LESUIRE INTERESTS
Kayaking, Coarse fishing and looking to resume instructing with
the Air Training Corps.
Jason Watkins30 Gray Street, Clowne, Derbyshire S43 4RU07516
[email protected]
