Timothy John Conway

My current position requires that the same duties are carried out as previous but in the rolls of Maintenance Support Engineer and Evaluator using Maintenex IMS as the servicing platform and Q-Pulse Quality Management System

• Loading aircraft planned engineering on BAE Systems Dedicated Manufacturing System (DMS) for scheduled servicing of Tornado aircraft undergoing maintenance, modification and upgrade.
• Provide liaison support to shop floor for all engineering issues on maintenance, modification and upgrade.
• To vet and manage planned work changes for feed back to the UK.
• To vet and manage technical queries to RSAF/UK.
• Engineer into DMS emergent work generated from scheduled servicing activities.
• Engineer into DMS additional work including Time Change Items, DD’s, WUC’s, TCTO’s and SI’s.
• Process CTAF’s from inception to completion.
• Prioritizing of manufacturing activities in line with production requirements.

• Supervision of electrical maintenance modification and repair of aircraft on the Tornado Sustainment Program.
• Supervision of electrical team personnel.
• First stage certification of completed maintenance, modification and repair carried out by the electrical team.
• Ensuring targets are met within specific timescales and within budgetary constraints.
• Mentoring of team members for wiring proficiency and computer skills.
• Ensuring compliance to quality and safety procedures within the team.

• Modification of Tornado aircraft for TSP1 and TSP2.
• Wire deletes, adds and end make off of conventional, coaxial and databus cables using precision termination tooling.
• Strip and rebuild of aircraft LRU’s and components.

• Fault diagnosis, repair and servicing of the avionic and electrical equipment on the Hawk working on and off aircraft.
• Aircraft wiring repairs.
• Calibration/testing of Hawk electrical and avionic equipment using specialist test equipment including communications, displays and instruments.
• Manufacture and repair of test benches for aircraft avionic equipment.

• The job involves fitting and maintaining real time passenger information systems (RTPI) on public transport.
• Each bus is equipped with a GPS receiver, which relays position to a central server via the GPRS mobile phone network and a WiFi Lan using each bus as a node within the network. A PC running embedded windows operating system controls processing. The job is based in Portsmouth at the Stagecoach and First Group bus depots and is carried out at weekends.
• Main activities are
• Equipping each bus with the RTPI system including integrating with the existing bus electrical system, installing all hardware and associated wiring.
• Fault diagnosis on existing systems
• Software and hardware upgrades.
• Fault finding on the servers.
• Organising location and availability of busses by liasing with bus company controllers and engineers.
• Moving busses within the depots to facilitate the above work.

• Part of a small team working primarily on the Harrier Avionic Systems Rig. The rig was used for test and evaluation of Mission Computer software, integration and testing of hardware including avionics, sensors and weapons, fault investigation and pilot training.
• Activities include:
• Manufacture of the Harrier GR5, GR7 and GR9 avionic facilities including all wiring and cable loom manufacture and metalwork fabrication.
• Support, servicing and repair of Harrier GR7 Avionic Systems facility at Boscombe Down.
• Design and manufacture of avionic system simulation.
• Embodiment of modifications in line with aircraft standards.
• Provision of ballistic information, carriage and release for new and legacy weapons for Harrier GR7 aircraft.
• Harrier military aircraft software testing and production of non-standard test schedules.
• Production of automatic and semi-automatic test programs using BAE Systems designed software to standardise testing and reduce time taken.
• Analysis of Mil Std 1553 data on and off aircraft for fault diagnosis and data retrieval.
• Support, servicing and repair of Nimrod acoustic replay facility.
• System administrator for Unix based workstations and windows based PC’s.
• Responsible for hazardous substances in accordance with COSHH regulations 1988
• Responsible for PAT testing section equipment.

• Second line servicing of aircraft pitot, static and gyroscopic instruments, head up displays and aircraft electrical power generating systems.
• Second line servicing of aircraft radar and communications equipment use specialist test equipment including ATE, spectrum analysers and oscilloscopes.

• During the four year apprenticeship gained all-round experience within the engineering and avionics disciplines. Years one and two covered avionic/electrical systems, electronics and mechanical theory enhanced with practical experience in each discipline.
• Years three and four involved on the job training including first line servicing of fixed and rotary wing aircraft in a squadron environment and second line servicing and support of aircraft fleet in maintenance bays.