Paul Engert is a fully qualified Mechanical Design Engineer with over 25 years industry experience specializing in the design of bespoke mechanical equipment and structures.
Technical skills:
• AutoCAD – 2D Computer Aided Design (CAD)
• AutoCAD Inventor – 3D CAD
• RoboCAD – 2D CAD
• Mathcad
• Microsoft Office Suite
Academic qualifications:
• BEng Hons Mechanical Design
• BTEC HNC Engineering (Manufacturing / Design)
• BTEC ONC Mechanical and Production EngineeringProfessional experience:
• Design of bespoke engineering solutions for lifting equipment companies e.g. spreader frames, gantries, runway beams and load testing rigs
• Over 25 years' experience with underwater engineering specialists UMC International Plc. Principally in the development of procedures and equipment for carrying out underwater maintenance activities on vessels in lieu of dry-docking. Projects have included;
- Propeller exchanges on Naval ships (fixed pitch propellers and Voith Schneider)
- Cofferdams for Spudcan repairs to Jack-up Oil Rigs
- Cofferdams for hull repairs
- Fixed fin stabiliser exchanges on Naval ships
- Blanking devices
- Modular pontoon for raising wooden vessels (Tongkangs) out of the water to allow hull refurbishment
- Temporary shaft sealing equipment
- Design of underwater cleaning and cutting equipment
- Diver's test tank design
- Rudder bearing clearance probes
- Cathodic protection equipment replacement and installation
- Speed log replacement
- Bow and stern thruster replacement