Paris Alexander

Ambitious, hardworking, and driven individual who works efficiently as part of a team and independently to accomplish set goals. Willing to contribute my skill set to achieve targets and drive an organisation forward. Excellent work ethic and keen to help others by sharing my knowledge.

Proposal Engineer at Calder Ltd (2024-06 – Present)

• Compile technical proposals for the Oil and Gas Industry
• Improve and update cost sheets by ensuring pricing is up to date and accurate
• Liaised with suppliers to obtain best prices for key components of pump skids/equipment and ensure equipment was correct to client specification, e.g. API 675
• Participate in internal team meetings to turn pumping scenarios into solutions, by working with the design team
• Worked through bid clarifications with customer to overcome any uncertainties they had and found solutions by working with suppliers
• Assisted with project support at Project Management stage, where required
• Showed aspiring engineering students around various ongoing projects in the Workshop

Project Engineer at ECS Engineering Services (2023-06 – 2024-04)

• Management of projects refurbishing and overhauling Archimedean screw pumps, which handle wastewater on sewage treatment plants throughout England, Wales and Scotland
• Planning projects to meet delivery targets and ensuring accurate installation in line with client requirements
• Management and procurement of specific required resources on time in line with the project schedule, including cranes (up to 60T) and heavy lifting accessories
• Worked with project managers and also autonomously handling multiple projects worth £3 million, collectively
• Helped to increase business profits by minimising costs and down time by being able to identify processes that weren't previously in place to more effectively use company resources
• Reduced company spend by working with and improving supplier relationships to drive down cost of products and services

Junior Control Systems Project Engineer at Holloway Control Systems (2022-09 – 2023-03)

Both office based and worked remotely on customer sites, carrying out small projects in the automation field.

• Acquired the ability to write Functional Design Specifications
• Ensured that projects were completed efficiently, and the customer's expectation was met throughout
• Gained an overall insight into project management in the automation field and took it upon myself to learn certain aspects of the role that were put into practice on customer sites

Internal Sales Engineer at KSB LTD (2020-02 – 2022-09)

• Selected suitable water/wastewater pumps for Water Companies and Distributors, based in the UK and Ireland
• Assisted in driving the increase of company sales by offering pump solutions that hadn't been used for specific applications before but were suitable in achieving customer requirements
• Answered phone calls and emails to advise customers about how to install/fix pumps and respond to their technical queries and maintained customer relationships
• Analysed pump data to advise customers and help them to optimise on their pump performance using affinity laws
• Trained new employees to the company on pumps that I was product champion of. (KSBs Etanorm, Etaline and Etabloc range of pumps)

Spare Parts Advisor at KSB LTD (2018-06 – 2020-02)

• Gave customers information about the Spare Parts they required, to repair/maintain their pump after a breakdown/re-start
• Advised customers on how to improve their pump maintenance and therefore helped them to expand the lifetime of their pumps
• Answered customer queries about installations and spare parts, distributed technical information, quotations, and drawings
• Prepared quotes, price estimations and technical documents for spare parts as required
• Ensured distribution of spare parts was complete and checked all customer requirements were met

Technical Apprentice at BRUSH Electrical Machines LTD (2014-08 – 2018-06)

• Inspected machined parts at various stages of manufacturing within the Power Generation Sector, using feeler gauges and micrometers, along with other inspection tools
• Gathered relevant inspection documentation/data and filed them for use when required
• Took part in daily meetings, contributing ideas for continuous improvement, which formed part of the Quality Management Principles. (Five whys, six sigma, 8D)
• Took part in Company Research and Development projects

HND in Electrical Engineering – Loughborough College (2021-09 – 2022-06)

HNC in Combined Engineering (Electrical and Mechanical) – Loughborough College (2019-09 – 2021-06)

NVQ Level 3 in Quality Assurance in Engineering Manufacture – Loughborough College (2018 – 2018)

BTEC Level 3 in Electrical Engineering – Loughborough College (2016 – 2016)

NVQ Level 2 in Information Technology – Loughborough College (2015 – 2015)

GCSE in General Education – Leicester High School for Girls (2014 – 2014)

PEO Qualification – Loughborough College (2014 – 2014)