ASSIGNMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

OVERVIEW

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

NAME: Martin Walker

POSITION: Lead Technical Service Engineer

GEC/Alstom 1988 to 1998

Progressed from a Junior Engineer to Site Engineer responsible for the

turbine shaft centreline.

Alstom1998 to 2008

Various on site positions including Construction Manager, Commissioning

Manager, Commissioning and Construction Engineer.

Alstom/GE 2005 to Date

Technical Service Engineer mostly overseas advising customers on strip

down and rebuild of steam turbines for maintenance, commissioning,

retrofits and new construction.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Steam turbine new construction

Steam turbine maintenance

Steam turbine retrofits

Steam turbine commissioning

Steam turbine operations

Site Engineer

Site supervision

Report writing

Planning/Scheduling

Technical drawing

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Mechanical Engineering

Degree 2.2 B.ENG (Hons),

Liverpool University

18 month graduate training,

GEC, Rugby

4 year Apprentice

Fitter/Turner, British Nuclear

Fuels Ltd.

Production Engineering Tech

5, Carlett Park College of

Technology

CCNSG safety passport

Following a four year Fitter/Turner Apprenticeship, 3 years as a draughtsman

and 3 years study for a Mechanical Engineering Degree I started employment

as a Steam Turbine Maintenance and Commissioning Engineer with GEC in

1988.

To date I have progressed through various site roles from Supervisor to Site

Engineer, Construction Manager, Commissioning Engineer and steam

turbine operations to my present position as a Technical Service Engineer.

For the past 11 years I have worked in my current role at various sites in the

UK and overseas , gaining experience on a wide range of steam turbines

manufactured by AEI, English Electric, GEC, Alstom, and ABB.

GEC/Alstom/GE: 1988 to date

Site based in the UK and overseas working on steam turbine new

construction, overhauls and retrofits.

Liverpool University: 1985 to 1988

Sponsored by BNFL to study full time at Liverpool University for a Mechanical

Engineering Degree.

British Nuclear Fuels Ltd: 1982 to 1985

Design Draughtsman working on a uranium enrichment plant.

British Nuclear Fuels Ltd: 1978 to 1982

Apprentice fitter/turner

Technical Service Engineer

2005-Date

Responsible for the strip down and build of steam turbines in the

UK and overseas. Duties include issuing daily work instructions,

method statements and check sheets to progress the overhaul.

Following grit blasting, NDT and strip down measurements of all

components I issue interim inspection reports recommending

remedial action where necessary. For final rebuild I issue cylinder

and diaphragm moves to correct internal clearances and calculate

final alignment moves where necessary to ensure smooth running

of the machine. On completion of the mechanical works I am often

present during run up for return to service to deal with any

operation problems which may arise due to the outage works.

Commissioning Manager

2009-2010

Responsible for the commissioning of a 490MW retrofit in the

Netherlands. I had several Mechanical and Electrical Engineers

commissioning the gland steam, lubrication oil system, turbine

drains, turbine governor, electric turning gear and turbine

supervisory equipment. The project was competed on time and all

systems met customer requirements.

Construction Manager

2001-2005

Responsible for the mechanical construction of 3 x 760 MW

turbines in Malaysia managing the turbine, generator and pipework

supervisors. I was responsible for installing the turbine supports on

the civil foundations, positioning bearing pedestals, cylinders, rotor

alignments and completion of check sheets for hand over to

commissioning.

Commissioning Engineer

1991-2001

Working for the commissioning manager on new build large steam

turbines (400-660MW) in Canada, Philippians, India, China and the

UK. Following hand over from construction I commissioned gland

steam, lubrication oil, electrical turning gear, turbine drains and

main steam valve high pressure oil systems.

During initial run up and operations I was a shift operator,

performing unit and generator tests up to handover to the

customer for commercial operation.

Site Engineer/Supervisor

1988-2001

Competent to supervise and instruct skilled and semi-skilled labour

on all aspects of a steam turbine overhaul. Typical tasks include

shaft alignment, concentricity, journal and thrust bearing work,

bolt heating and hydraulic tightening of cylinder bolts.

Design Draughtsman

1982-1985

A design draughtsman for British Nuclear Fuels producing layout

and detail drawings for a Uranium Enrichment plant at Capenhurst,

UK.

Apprentice Fitter/Turner

1978-1982

Four year apprenticeship; 2 years training on machine tools,

turning, milling, surface and cylindrical grinding; 2 years general

fitting, welding, pipework and plant maintenance.

EXPERIENCE