Phil Sinclair has extensive experience working on marine systems for navies around the world. This includes working on submarines, destroyers, and aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy as well as icebreakers and patrol frigates for the Canadian Navy. He also has experience working on particle physics projects, telecommunications systems, land vehicles for militaries, and aerospace power distribution panels. Throughout his career, he has focused on the design, detailing, and installation of piping systems, equipment mounting, wiring harnesses, and cable management.

1. Phil Sinclair
Work Experiences
CONTENTS
Royal Navy Marine Systems
Canadian Icebreakers
Canadian Navy Marine Systems
Particle Physics
Telecom
Industrial Design
US and UAE Army Land Systems
Libyan Army Land Systems
BritishArmy Land Systems
Aerospace

2. Royal Navy Marine Systems
Trafalgar ClassSubmarine Swiftsure ClassSubmarine
Duringmy apprenticeshipandthe forfirst4 years of my careerI have spenttime installingpipeworkandequipmentasan
apprentice fitterandhave completeddesignworkinthe M.E.D.O.(Mechanical EngineeringDrawingOffice) onpiping
systemarrangementdesignanddetailing,aswell aspartand assemblydesignanddetailingforpipe andequipment
mountingarrangements.
Type 42 (Sheffield) Class Light Missile Destroyer
In 1975 I workedonbothHMS Sheffieldandthe Argentine vessel;Hercules,duringmyapprenticeshipasMechanical
Draughtsmanfor VickersShipbuildersin Barrow-in- Furness,England.Thisworkincludedpipeworkandequipment
installationasapipe fitter. HMSSheffieldwassunkduringthe FalklandsconflictwithArgentinain1982. Herculesneverleft
port duringthe conflictandisnow the onlysurvivingcommissionedvessel of itstype, of eitherfleet.

3. Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier
During1980 I spenttime onHMS Invincibleaspart of the trialsteam during itsacceptance trialsforthe Royal Navy.This
consistedof readingandcompilingdatafromthe propulsionsystemsduringvariousengine loadscenarios.

4. Canadian Icebreakers
Robert Lemeur CCGS Terry Fox
The Robert LemeurwasoriginallybuildforDome PetroleumatBurrardYarrows ShipyardinNorthVancouverBCin1981. It
was a prototype vesselincorporatingseveral designfeaturestoreduce ice resistance.These includedthe spoonshape bow,
a hull lubricationsystem,alowpressure airbubblingsystem, ahighspeedheelingsystemandice deflectingpropeller
guard.
I workedonthe air bubbler,heelingandballastsystemforthe bow flooding,aswellasluboil andblack andgrey water
systems.Workconsistedof pipingandequipmentdesign,layoutanddetailing.
Thiswas my firstjobinCanada.I workedatBurrard Yarrows as a Mechanical DesignDraughtsmanonthe RobertLemeur
and thenthe Terry Fox. Duringmytime spentonthe TerryFox I workedon the heelingsystemandthe blackandgreywater
systems.

5. Canadian Navy Marine Systems
HMCS Halifax
In February1986 I started workat Versatile VickersinOttawaOntario,workingonthe new CanadianPatrol Frigate project.
The firstof classwas HMCS Halifax.Workdone consistedmainlyof partandassemblydesignof dieselgeneratormounts
and fuel oil system.
FollowingthisImovedtoIrvine ShipyardsinSaintJohn,New Brunswicktocontinue workonthe Halifax classpatrol frigates.
Work includeddetailandinstallationdesignof variouspipingsystems.
HMCS Iroquois
Duringthe 3rd
quarter of 1990 I workat MIL Davie ShipyardsinLevi Quebecworkingonthe upgrade of HMCS Iroquois;a
Tribal classmissile destroyer.Workincludeddesignanddetailingof propshaftbearinghousingreplacementsand
compressedairsystemupgrade.

6. Particle Physics
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Water Purification System
In April 1993 I joinedthe Centre forResearchinParticle Physics(CRPP) atCarletonUniversityinOttawa,Ontario,towork on
the SudburyNeutrinoObservatory.
The work involveddesigninganddetailingall the pipingandequipmentforthe heavyandlightwaterpurificationsystems.

7. Telecom
Cell Site Base Cabinet
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Base Cabinet Main Harness Assembly and Cable List

8. RF Harness Assembly
RF Harness Wiring List
From June 1995 to October2000 I spent18 monthsworkingon3 separate contractsat AT&T and lateronLucent
TechnologiesinMountOlive NewJerseyUSA.Idesignedanddetail partsandasssembliesforaluminumandsteelcell site
cabinets,includingwiring andcable managementsystemsslidingshelving,coolingsystemsanduniquemounting
assemblies;one of whichwaspatented. Iwaspart of a 2 man team whichsetupthe new SOPsforcable and harnessdesign
and routingtechniquesforLucentTechnologiesworldwide.

9. Industrial Design

10. DesktopFanShroud

11. Cardiac AssistDevice TestingUnit Bladder
In October1996 I workedatan Industrial Designhouse inOttawaOntariocalledDesignWorkshop.Icompletedprojects
such as the C3050 RuggedProtectorusingPro/Surface;(thenaseparate PTCacquiredsoftware package),forthe rubberized
enclosure andregularpro/e modellingtechniquesforthe vulcanizedplasticspine.
The DesktopFan shroudwasa regular2 piece mouldedplastic‘clam-shell’assemblycontainingsome pro/surface features.
(The lowerassembly;onwhichthe fanshroudismounted,wasmodeledinthe new Solidworkspackage.Ihadto remodel it
inPro/E as Solidworksatthattime still hadsome ‘teethingproblems’).
The cardiac assistdevice wasa remodellingandredesignproject.The original pro/e modelswereconsiderablyoutof date
withthe modifiedprototypes.Newmodelshadtobe made;particularlyone of the bladderwhichwashousedinthe left
handside (asshownabove) ventricle halfof the device.

12. US and UAE Army Land Systems
HMRTF (High Mobility Rough Terrain Forklift)
From JulytoNovember2006 I workedatJCB MilitaryProductson the cab layoutforthe HMRTF. This involvedthe layout
and mountingof drivercontrols, seating,heatingandaircon, and armament.Thiswasa tight fitfora fullyarmedand
armouredsoldier.The original designwasforthe US andUAE armiesandrequiredthe mountingof anM16 automaticrifle;
whichiscomparativelylongbymodernarmystandards.Ididnot stay forthe completionof thisprojectandassume thatthe
introductionof the M4 variantof the rifle improvedmatterssomewhat.

13. Libyan Army Land Systems
SU-23 ‘Shilka’Anti-AircrraftGun T-72 Main Battle Tank
M113 APC BTR 60 APC
BMP 1 APC
BetweenDecember2008 and January2011 I workedinTripoli,LibyaforGeneral DynamicsUKLtd on the LITCIS( Libyan
Tactical CommunicationandInformationSystem) programme.ThisinvolveddesignandfittinganmodernDataand
Communicationsystemforone of the LibyanArmiesarmouredbrigades.Itinvolvedthe designinganddetailingof all the
hardware requiredtomountandrun a modernradioandcomputersysteminprimarilySovietUnion‘ColdWar’era
vehicles.The vehicleswere 2nd
or3rd
hand ownershipandhadbeenpoorlymaintainedbymainlytechnicallyignorant
personnel.
The work environmentwasverypoorwithanaverage afternoontemperature inthe high40degree celsiusrange.The
computersystemwhichwe hadsuppliedtousbyour client waspredominantlyChineseclonedequipmentwhichwasquite
inferiortoitsoriginal UScounterpart.The promisedmanufacturerbase neverhappened;whichputahuge loadonour in
house weldersandfitters.
Whilstworkinginthisfairlyhostile environment Imanagedtotutor fellow designersinthe use of Pro/Cable routingand
contribute tothe successful setupof a standalone PDM/Linksystem.IworkedonM113 and BTR 60 designanddetail of all
systems(Power,Data,RFand Ground.)Despite all thiswe still managedtogetprototype firstvehiclesacceptedbythe client
and had the fittingoutof vehiclesunderway. Productionwashaltedbythe ArabSpringRevolution
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14. BritishArmy Land Systems
Mastiff Ridgeback
Buffalo
From March to September2013 I workedforNPAerospace inCoventryEnglandonanECM (ElectronicCounterMeasure)
systemforBritishArmyAPC’s(ArmouredPersonnel Carriers)operatinginAfghanistan. Thisinvolvedthe designand
detailingof the mountingequipmentforthe frontand rearsensors,all cable routingandprototype fitting.Allworkwas
carriedout undera UOR or UrgentOperational Requirementorder;issuedbythe Ministryof Defense.
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15. Aerospace
Airbus 330 Passenger Aircraft
Power Distribution Panel (proposed)
In November2006 I spent9 monthsat SmithsAerospace inCheltenham, England.Iwasworkinginthe R&D department
withthe task of developingpowerdistributionpanelswhichwere off adifferentandpossiblylighterconstructionthanthe
conventional aluminiumrivetedbox.
My firstprototype wasacarbon fibre shell withacurvedlid.Thiswasverylightandstrong andI reducedthe emptyspace
inside bycurvingthe lidaroundthe centrallymountedbreakers.
Because of the highcost of carbon fibre partsof low quantity,Ireducedthe carbon partsto be onlythe mainlyun-machined
lidand chassisbase.The remainingpartsof the chassisare machine aluminum.
I alsodesignedmulti-layercopperbusbarstoreduce weightandspace.
These PDP’swere intendedforuse inAirbuscommercial aircraft.
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