Neil M. Top Designer

Director & Senior Mechanical Designer at Dual2 Ltd
Chelmsford, United Kingdom Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Previous - Aquila Nuclear Engineering Ltd, Onet Technologies UK Limited (Formerly Gravatom Engineering Systems Ltd)
Education
BTEC HNC Mech. Eng., BTEC ONC Mech. Eng., C&G Eng. Parts 1 & 2 & C.A.E at Highbury Technical College
A competent, capable and versatile Senior Mechanical Designer/Draughtsman with extensive experience undertaking design and project engineering/ management on bespoke turnkey engineering projects for the Nuclear, Pharmaceutical and Industrial sectors.
Experience
Director & Senior Mechanical Designer
Dual2 Ltd
February 2012 – Present Bishops Stortford
Mechanical Design and Draughting services for clients on short/long term contracts or fixed priced projects. Specialising in Tool Jigs and Fixtures, Pharmaceutical and Nuclear Medicine Industry. Special Purpose Machines. Sheet metal Design. Production & Manufacturing Drawings. 3D Visualisation & Renderings. Concept Design. Manufacturing Resource service.
Senior Mechanical Design Consultant via Dual2 Ltd.
Aquila Nuclear Engineering Ltd
February 2012 – July 2012 (6 months) Twyford Winchester
Consulting through Dual2 Ltd. design and detailing for a range of products in the Nuclear and Pharmaceutical industries.Using CAD design tools:- Solidworks 2012, Provide project engineering & management support.
Senior Mechanical Designer
Onet Technologies UK Limited (Formerly Gravatom Engineering Systems Ltd)
December 2002 – March 2012 (9 years 4 months)
Responsible for the design and detail of manufacturing drawings for a range of products in the Nuclear and Pharmaceutical industries.Using CAD design tools:- Solidworks 2009 & 2010, Pro-Engineer Wildfire 3 & Autocad LT 2008. Provide project engineering & management support on turnkey mechanical and electromechanical projects when required.
Employment Achievment: Alpharadin® (radium-223 chloride) Production Facility for Algeta. Lead design role of the first Alpha-Pharmaceutical high production facility which provides a new treatment for patients with bone metastases associated with major cancers.
Mechanical Designer
BK Automation
June 1999 – December 2002 (3 years 7 months)
Main role to design and detail Special Purpose Machines and automated equipment for a wide range of industries.Using CAD design tool:- Autocad 2000. Other duties provided: - enquiry quotation; manufacture and machine build/assembly back up; installation and commissioning of machines.
Mechanical Draughtsman
Gravatom Engineering Systems Limited
October 1997 – June 1999 (1 year 9 months)
Detail drawings from designed schemes and layouts for the Nuclear and pharmaceutical Industry using Autocad LT. Provide various project engineering duties for contracts.
Tooling & Jig Design Draughtsman
Bradlaw Richards Ltd
September 1989 – October 1997 (8 years 2 months)
Initially employed to train as a Junior Tooling & Jig Draughtsman. Manual detailing of manufacturing drawings from design schemes. Main customers from the Aerospace Industries, such as GKN Westland Aerospace, British Aerospace & Marconi. Design and detail: - Machining Fixtures and Drill Jigs for aluminium castings and plastic mouldings; Assembly Fixtures for Aircraft assembly; Go and No Go gauges for inspection of machined items. In 1991 initiated the use of 2D CAD using Autocad LT, Micro Cadam and 3D Micro Cadam (Helix).
Mechanical Apprenticeship
Elite Engineering Ltd
August 1984 – September 1989 (5 years 2 months)
After completing first year off the job training while employed as Mechanical Apprentice, I continued at Elite Engineering as a Manual Centre Lathe Turner and CNC Lathe Setter and operator. Responsible for Sub-contract manufacture of Low and high quantity Items.
Completed EITB Engineering Apprenticeship.A competent, capable and versatile Senior Mechanical Designer/Draughtsman with extensive experience undertaking design and project engineering/ management on bespoke turnkey engineering projects for the Nuclear, Pharmaceutical and Industrial sectors.

Licenses & certifications
Solidworks - CSWP
Dassault Systemes
May 2020 – Present