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Curriculum Vitae - Julian Bonfield

 
   

NAME: JULIAN LESLIE BONFIELD
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 May 1948
EDUCATION:
Longcroft School Beverley, 1959 - 1967
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1967 - 1970
QUALIFICATIONS: BSc (Hons) Agricultural Engineering,
FIMechE, CEng.
JOB TITLE Principal Consultant (Design and Manufacture)

EXPERIENCE:

2006 - present
M G Bennett & Associates Ltd – Principal Consultant (Design and Manufacture)


Examples of recent projects:
  • Mechanical, electrical and hydraulic design for Dock Gate BAe Scotstoun, Glasgow.
  • Concept craneage design for carbon fibre wing handling, Airbus.
  • Structural assessment of cranes at a sensitive nuclear installation.
  • Design of replacement cranes.
  • Nuclear defuelling crane, scheme design.
1983 - 2005
Butterley Ltd. Designers and suppliers of Heavy Structural Steelwork, Bridges, Moving Structures and Cranes.

2000 - 2005 – Technical Director - Butterley Ltd
Responsible as Technical Director for all engineering functions from concept design, detail design, design for manufacture/erection including CDM requirements and testing/commissioning. Engineering Design Consultants Responsible as Technical Director for the company Quality Assurance systems to ISO 9000. Role as Technical Director required personal development to keep pace with the changes. This was undertaken with a combination of training courses in quality assurance and safety, as well as research into published documents and standards.

Key Projects: -

Movable Structures:
  • Mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and structural design for Holyhead Terminal 5 Ro-Ro, Stenna Ports.
  • Mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and structural design for Falkirk Wheel Boat Lift, British Waterways.
  • Mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and structural design for Goole Dutch River Swing Bridge, East Riding.
Cranes:
  • Mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and structural design of 250t Ladle Crane, Corus Aldwarke.
  • Mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and structural design of Ingot Stripper Crane, Corus Aldwarke.
  • Mechanical, electrical and structural design of 40t Container Handling Crane, British Nuclear Fuels.

General Engineering:
  • Mechanical and structural design of bearing system for linkspan, submarine X berth facility, Faslane.
  • Seismic and Fatigue Assessment of Sellafield B30 Skip Handler, British Nuclear Fuels.
  • Seismic Assessment 130t Flask Bogie and Flask Lid Lifter, British Nuclear Fuels.
  • Mechanical and structural design of drum tipping system, British Nuclear Fuels.
  • Electrical design of Safety enhancements 80t SRC Crane, Devonport Management.
  • Mechanical, electrical and structural design of 2off tilting Coil Hooks, Corus Aldwarke.

1985 - 2000 - Chief Engineer - Butterley Ltd
Responsible as Chief Engineer for all engineering functions from detail design, design for manufacture/erection including CDM requirements and testing/commissioning. Responsible as Chief Engineer for the training and mentoring of graduate engineers. Role as Chief Engineer required personal development to keep pace with the changes. This was undertaken with a combination of training courses in personnel training and safety, as well as research into published documents and standards.

Key Projects: -

Movable Structures:
  • Mechanical, electrical and hydraulic design for Roll on Roll off terminals for major ports.
  • Mechanical, electrical and hydraulic design for Moving Bridges.
  • Mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and structural design of Nuclear Shield Doors. Cranes:
  • Mechanical, electrical and structural design of Dockside Jib Cranes.
  • Mechanical, electrical and structural design of Flask Handling Cranes.
  • Mechanical, electrical and structural design of Nuclear Store Charge Machines.
  • Mechanical, electrical and structural design of Ladle Cranes.
  • Mechanical, electrical and structural design of Steelworks Cranes.
  • Mechanical, electrical and structural design of High Integrity Nuclear Cranes.
General Engineering:
  • Mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and structural design of Nuclear Bogies.
  • Mechanical, electrical and structural design of 60t High Integrity Erection Tower. Bulk Materials Handling:
  • Mechanical, electrical and structural Design of Stacker Reclaimers.
1983 - 1985 Senior Design Engineer - Butterley Ltd
Responsible as Senior Design Engineer for undertaking mechanical and structural engineering functions including project management, detail design, design for manufacture/erection and testing/commissioning. Role as Senior Design Engineer required personal development to keep pace with the changes. This was undertaken with a combination of training courses and research into published documents and standards.

Key Projects: -

Bulk Materials Handling:
  • Mechanical and structural Design of Bucket wheel Reclaimer.
Cranes:
  • Mechanical and structural design of Nuclear High Integrity Trolley.
1976 - 1983 Ruston Bucyrus - Development Engineer
Responsible as a Development Engineer for undertaking mechanical and structural design of hydraulic and electrical excavators and cranes. Role as a Development Engineer required personal development to keep pace with the changes, in particular in the field of structural fatigue. This was undertaken using in house training courses.

1974 - 1976 David Brown Tractors – Design Draughtsman
  • Mechanical Design of Tractor Components.
1972 - 1974 David Brown Gear Industries – Stress Analysis Engineer
Mechanical and Structural Analysis of Marine Gearboxes, Gears and Shafts.
Specific training in the design and manufacture of heavy gearing.


1970 - 1972 David Brown Corporation – Post Graduate Trainee
  • Workshop experience.
  • Manufacturing technology – South East Essex Technical College.
SAFETY RELATED COURSES
Safety for Senior Executives (IOSH)