About Dean

Gattaca Projects – April 2020 to Present

Senior Engineering Manager – April 2024 to Present

Responsible for building and leading a multidisciplinary team of 20+ engineers in the design of all process plant & equipment, e.g. gloveboxes, including all HVAC, electrical, control and safety systems, for a repurposed facility for processing high hazard components.  From project inception into detailed design. Other responsibilities included support to building and managing schedules of work and tendering work between project phases.

Lead Engineer – April 2020 to January 2025

Responsible for coordinating the technical delivery of various process plant & equipment and high integrity mechanical handling equipment on behalf of the client.  Involved engaging and technically managing the supply chain, and interrogating the designs produced by external contractors.  From project inception; interpretation of user requirements and authoring of tender documentation (Scopes of Work and Technical Specifications), through to design, manufacture and commissioning of the equipment.  Coordinated design development and delivery of supporting documentation, ensuring designs are compliant with relevant design standards and robustly substantiated in line with client requirements.

Aerotron Composites – December 2023 to September 2025

Independent Technical Assessor – July 2025 to September 2025

Independent technical assessor for the structural analysis of a composite flight structure.

Engineering Manager / Interim Head of Engineering – December 2023 to September 2024

Responsible for leading the engineering team in the design and manufacture of various composite tooling, components and structures.  Advised on resource upskilling, recruitment and guided the team through the businesses AS9100 audit.

MoD Establishment (Client Confidential) – Lead Engineer – January 2018 to April 2020

Responsible for coordinating the technical delivery of high integrity mechanical handling and containment equipment, technically managing external contractors on behalf of the client.

Forward Composites – Consultant Engineer / Acting Chief/Principal Engineer – July 2017 to January 2018

Responsible for supporting and overseeing the technical output of the design office, primarily in the design and analysis of composite components and structures, as well as the associated tooling for manufacture.

Penso Consulting – Lead Engineer – June 2016 to July 2017

Responsible for coordinating the technical delivery of multiple packages of work, ranging from armoured vehicle subsystems through to carbon fibre vehicle body structures and miscellaneous components for high end production vehicles.  Projects covered the full engineering lifecycle; from initial design, prototype, design development, through to production.

MoD Establishment (Client Confidential) – April 2014 to June 2016

Engineering Manager – December 2014 to June 2016

Responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team, made up of internal and external staff, contractors and technical specialists, in the technical delivery of a large package of work primarily made up of high integrity, safety critical process, plant & equipment.  With the objective to ensure compliant and licensable designs, meeting both the customer and nuclear safety case requirements, within the cost and schedule constraints of the project. Other responsibilities included acting as a technical specialist in engineering design and analysis on behalf of the client; supporting design and analysis rationalisation across various areas of the project in support of cost and schedule optimisation.  Furthermore, supporting and advising senior management in key business decisions.

Mechanical Handling Engineer – April 2014 to December 2014

Responsible for providing mechanical engineering support in the design, substantiation and integration of high integrity nuclear implicated mechanical handling and process equipment within a large multidisciplinary project. Working with the supply chain on behalf of the client ensuring engineered solutions and the supporting substantiation are pragmatic and fit for purpose, whilst meeting the requirements of the safety case.

Sahara Force India Formula One Team – Stress Engineer – July 2012 to April 2014

Jointly responsible for the analysis of all parts critical to the performance and reliability of the car.  Duties included the analysis of both metallic and composite parts and assemblies using a range of analysis techniques including hand calculations and finite element analysis.  Major assemblies/parts of the car I was responsible for included; suspension, front wing and impact structure, and tyre modelling.

Atkins – Engineering Consultant – August 2008 to July 2012

Provided mechanical engineering support on a number of multidisciplinary projects for clients in the energy, nuclear and defence industries, e.g.

• Probabilistic Safety Assessments, relating to nuclear power stations
• Various projects involving Finite Element Analysis, e.g. non-linear blast analysis of submarine heat exchanger
• Detailed design and substantiation of a series of high integrity blast and containment doors
• Detailed design and substantiation of a group of tools for use in the defueling of submarines

Non-technical aspects included delegate management responsibilities, which included resourcing a team of 10 technical staff and supporting the recruitment programme.