1. Andrew Mathieson
After graduating with Class I Honours in Mechanical Engineering from Durham University, I am looking forward to
joining BP in September 2015. My interest in the energy industry developed over summer 2014 when I was an intern in
the BP Subsea Operations team in Aberdeen.
Whilst at university I also enjoyed building experience in live events organisation for theatre, opera and music.
I aim to become a Chartered Engineer, and am always keen to meet other engineers with similar interests.
Contact
Phone 07910 26 59 79
Mail andrew.mathieson@live.co.uk
Web uk.linkedin.com/in/mrmathieson/
Post 1 Hudson Close, Stamford Bridge, York YO41 1QR.
Education
2011-2015: St Aidan’s College, University of Durham, UK.
MEng Mechanical Engineering, Class 1.
In my final year project I developed a lighter-than air UAV with an onboard vision system.
2009-2012: Huntington School, York, UK.
A Levels: Mathematics (A*); Chemistry (A*); Physics (A); Geography (A). AS Levels Further Maths (A).
2004-2009: Archbishop Holgate’s School, York, UK.
11 GCSEs, 9 at A*, including English, Maths, Sciences, German, Geography.
Experience
Summer 2014: BP: Intern Subsea Operations Engineer
Throughout the summer I developed my understanding of subsea engineering, BP and the wider
Oil & Gas industry by working on a variety of planned and emergent workscopes
After a successful internship, I am looking forward to returning to BP as a graduate in 2015.
Summer 2013: Labman Automation Ltd: Intern Engineer
During this nine-week placement I designed components and subsystems for laboratory robots.
Duties included interpreting client requirements, detail design using Solidworks, and preparing design
report documentation.
2011-2013: St Aidan’s College Social Committee: Technical Director
As a senior member of the elected committee that organises student events, my job was to ensure that
everything behind the scenes, from health and safety to equipment procurement, ran efficiently.
Later, I shifted my focus more towards using my experience to supporting other student event
organisers.
2011-date: Durham Student Theatre: 23 shows including
Assistant Technical Director for “Anything Goes” (DULOG, Gala Theatre, January 2015)
Festival Technical Director for the Durham Drama Festival (DST, six venues, February 2014)
Technical Director for “Franz Lehar’s The Merry Widow” (DOE, Castle Great Hall, February 2013);
TD & DSM for “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (ACT, Assembly Rooms, March 2012);
Pre 2011: Various short work experience placements at Fieldhouse Industrial Services; Food & Environment
Research Agency; Smith & Nephew Research Centre; Shepherd Engineering Services.

2. Computing
I love putting computers to work to solve a problem. As well as the usual Microsoft Office, some tools I’ve used include
MATLAB for FEA, dynamics analysis, large-dataset statistics, genetic algorithms and robotics;
Python and C underpinned the machine-vision autopilot I developed for my final year project;
DS Abaqus for deformable body mechanics
Solidworks as a 3D design tool and for simulation.
Projects
In my final year, half my university time was devoted to one project: design of a lighter-than-air UAV and its autopilot.
To keep this project on track despite some difficulties with suppliers and integrating different state-of-the-art
technologies, I drew on my experiences from BP and Labman to robustly plan each stage. Evaluating progress as I
went along allowed me to identify what was working well and what wasn’t, and keeping multiple tasks on the go in
parallel gave me the agility to so I could divert my time as required.
I enjoy combining ideas with others, but am not afraid to take ownership of getting things done.
A major part of second and third years was Group Design Projects: as a team member I’ve been involved in an
eco-friendly portacabin for use on ‘off-grid’ construction sites and a transmission pylon that generated wind energy.
In my third year team I led on the numerical analysis of the turbine in MATLAB / Solidworks CFD, and compiled our
interim and final reports; in second year I built the CAD model of the cabin’s structure.
In both projects we were commended for our good teamwork and achieved first-class marks.
Other skills
I enjoy playing trumpet in the Durham University Brass Band and was a committee member 2012-14.
I sung in the Stamford Bridge Singers choir for several years.
I hold a full clean UK driving license.
Beyond work I enjoy cooking, being outdoors, and listening to a huge range of music.
References
Dr T. Breckon, Project Supervisor, Durham University.
toby.breckon@durham.ac.uk +44 191 33 42396
Jamie Marsay, Senior Manager, Labman Automation Ltd.
jmarsay@labman.co.uk +44 1642 710 580