Anthony J Foster, 35 Gloucester Place, Peterlee, County Durham. SR8 2HB
0191 586 5642, mobile 07719 533 850, e-mail tony@topload.fsnet.co.uk
Profile – A highly experienced multi-discipline Consultant Engineer with proven abilities in the
Electrical, Instrumentation, Nuclear and IT fields and the interactions between disciplines. Able
to manage, design and implement complex projects as leader or one of the team.
Project Management/Engineering. I implemented working process changes backed by Indus
PassPort V9 ERM at an AGR Power Station. I managed a successful Year2000 project at the same
station handling man management, finance, sub-contractors and all technical issues. I was Technical
Manager of Seaward Electronic for 6 years then E&I Project Engineer building a Microelectronics plant
followed by E&I Team Leader for BNFL at Sellafield.
Electrical, Instrumentation and Control Engineer with experience of design, commissioning,
operation, troubleshooting, documentation and user training at all levels. The experience includes
technical management of an electronic engineering company, tender assessment and as a senior
engineer in a semiconductor production plant.
Nuclear Engineering. Commissioning, operation, process, modification, decommissioning and
associated documentation, including safety cases, HAZOP, FMEA and QRA analysis, at BNFL
Sellafield and at a BE AGR nuclear power station.
Planning the Life Cycle of a MAGNOX power station to LMU/NDA requirements.
I was a UK Civil Defence Scientific Intelligence Officer until CD was stood down by HMG.
Software Engineering, special-purpose databases, expert systems, data processing and digital
hardware. Experience of client problem analysis, software design, testing, certification and execution.
Updating and formal testing of large mainframe ERM database systems. IT Security to BS7799.
Professional Recognition and Qualifications.
Eur Ing.
European Engineer, registered with FEANI.
CEng.
Chartered Engineer, registered with the Engineering Council.
CITP.
Chartered IT Professional.
MINucE.
Member, Institution of Nuclear Engineers.
MBCS.
Member, British Computer Society
FIAP.
Fellow, Institution of Analysts and Programmers.
MCIM
Member, Institute of Management, now Chartered Institute of Management
Member, British Nuclear Energy Society (Group of the IMechE).
BSc with Honours, Technology and Computing.
Diploma in Computing.
Higher National Certificates, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
City & Guilds 926 Diploma. (To provide Adult Education/Training)
Apprenticeship. A Reyrolle & Co. Ltd., as Electrical Technical Apprentice.
Computer Skills.
Platforms
- IBM/PC, MS-DOS, Windows 9x, NT4, XP etc.
Languages - Visual BASIC, VBA, SQL, COBOL, FORTRAN
Applications - Microsoft Office, Project, Access, Visio etc.
LifeCycle & Near Term Project Management, December 2003 to Date
British Nuclear Group (was BNFL Magnox Electric) at Sizewell A Power Station.
Project management of the Life Cycle Baseline and Near Term work Plan to comply with the
requirements of the Liabilities Management Unit of the DTI and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
Advising the station staff facilitating the production of Work Scope, Schedule and Cost details to UK
Government LMU/NDA specifications.
Electrical/IT Consultant, May 2003 to November 2003.
Topload Computers Ltd. Peterlee.
Offering electrical safety, instrumentation and IT consultancy services to local businesses. Certifying
compliance with HSE regulations and appliance testing.
Deputy Project Manager & Process Co-ordinator, March 2000 to April 2003.
British Energy at Hartlepool Power Station.
A Project Management role generating and introducing new or revised maintenance working processes
supported by the Indus PassPort ERM software.. I directly supervised the project work of 11
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professional grade Subject Matter Experts, eight project staff and was responsible for all procedures,
compliance documentation, project archives, the Safety Case and Management of Change papers.
I supervised large volumes of data remediation, data mapping, change risk assessment, process
investigation and proof of Nuclear License compliance. All work was backed by audit trails. I designed
and administered several databases to facilitate and control data clean-up. I specified, organised and
controlled the project documentation systems. I also undertook peer reviews and audits of other
station’s work.
Millennium Project Co-ordinator, March 1998 to March 2000.
British Energy.
Responsible for Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station’s actions to combat problems with both discrete and
embedded (instrument) computer systems to allow safe operation through and after the millennium. I
was responsible for liaison/negotiation with Operations, technical staff, external agencies, emergency
services and with BE headquarters at Gloucester. I liased with National Grid over contingency plans for
the local Grid area including power flow disturbances if a major source or consumer had problems. I
was responsible for certification, organising correction works and finance for external contractors
performing specialist tests. I technically supervised and assessed the work of varying numbers of
engineers as required.
Additional Role, IT Demand Analyst, September 1997 to March 1998.
BNFL WET Group.
Preparing and implementing all aspects of the group (~400 PCs) change to Windows NT4 then further
IT penetration into the group activities
Project Support Engineer, March 1995 to March 1998.
BNFL Waste Retrieval & Decommissioning Group. I led an Electrical & Instrumentation team that
provided Technical Support for decommissioning the severely plutonium-contaminated laboratories by
both manual and remote handling methods. My team installed, commissioned and supported the safety
HVAC and an operator decontamination facility serving the laboratories. This involved electrical,
pneumatic, hydraulic systems, controls and instrumentation.
The projects included commissioning tests to FATs, LATs, PATs, writing Method Statements,
Commissioning Work Sheets, Design Corrections, Operating Instructions, then writing commissioning
safety reports to the safety committee.
I prepared and technically administered the annual Sellafield Decommissioning Project Review (DPR),
calculating financial and resource provisions for site decontamination and elimination
E&I Engineer / Analyst, June 1992 to February 1995
British Nuclear Fuels plc., LAETMG. Responsible for supervision and control of a team of
technicians performing the Facilities Acceptance Testing of the Waste Packaging and Encapsulation
Plant Instrumentation and its Fisher SCADA system. Production of Commissioning Work Sheets
detailing all the tests required to show that each system met the specification and the plant Safety Case
including its HAZOP assessments. Proof of safe operation under external or internal power faults.
Electrical / C&I Engineer. March 1992 to May 1992. GEC-Alsthom, Trafford Park.
Technical preparation of tender bid documents for upgrading the emergency and reactor safety
systems at Wylfa Power Station. The contract included diesel generation, 3.3kV switchgear, 440VDC
switchgear and fail-safe control equipment. The task included confirming the integration of each work
package with the rest and with the Magnox Electric specification.
FE Lecturer, January and February 1992. Peterlee College of Further Education. Teaching HNC and
Higher B/TEC to young adults (covering for lecturers on sickness leave) in mathematics, electronics,
microelectronics, programming, electrical and electronic principles.
Instrumentation & Controls Project Engineer. January 1991 to December 1991.
Sir Robert McAlpine & Son Ltd. Project Management at the Fujitsu Microelectronics Plant, Darlington of
sub-contractors (Crown House, NG Bailey, Johnson Controls etc) providing the building management
system, electro-pneumatic HVAC, fire alarms, SCADA, accounting MIS, process monitoring, emergency
shutdown and toxic gas leakage detection systems. Responsible for planning and supervision of
installation, control PLC software, quality control and training of the client's operators. Commissioning
responsibility included formal systems testing to prove the interfaces and the various hazard analysis.
This included power supplies under external fault conditions and parallel operation of local generation.
I was also one of three engineers responsible for electrical engineering (11kV to 415V) operating the
Permit-to-Work System (on electrical, instrumentation, control and flammable/toxic gas systems) and
project management of work packages totalling £13 million.
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