Roy Sargeant has over 27 years of experience as a mechanical engineer in the Royal Air Force and as a freelance inspector. He specializes in gas turbine propulsion systems and has expertise in non-destructive testing, component inspection, and engineering processes. Some of his qualifications include training in instructional techniques, aeronautical engineering, motor vehicle engineering, turbine balancing, electron microscopy, and auditing. He has comprehensive knowledge of systems like gas turbines, hydraulics, pneumatics, and diesels. Sargeant seeks to provide quality auditing, problem solving, and ensuring contractual obligations are met through effective communication and management skills.

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CURRICULUM VITAE
Roy Sargeant
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A proficient and experienced Mechanical Engineer based in Lincoln and available to cover the UK, Northern
France, Holland, Belgium and Germany, specializing on the components relating to, but not limited to, gas
turbine propulsion systems. Supervised multiple Non Destructive Testing techniques, health condition
monitoring using Particle Analysis, Morphology, Microscopy and Electro-microscopy on both rotational and static
components. Expedited, inspected and assembled - including witness testing - of non-aeronautical assemblies,
valves, structures, machined components, pumps, multiple electrical and mechanical systems and heat
exchangers for use throughout NATO, MOD and petrochemical environments. Adept in assessing, monitoring
and analysing a full range of engineering processes to meet stringent client and customer needs.
Professional Qualifications, Training and Education
 Qualified Royal Air Force Aircraft Engineering Technician (Mechanical Systems)
 BTEC Level 4 Professional award in Instructional Techniques
 City & Guilds Aeronautical Engineering 1 & 2
 City & Guilds Motor Vehicle Engineering 1 & 2
 Schenck UK Turbine Balancing Theory and Practice
 Techniques for Early Failure Detection and Engine Health Electron Microscopic Monitoring Methodology
 NDT/NDE awareness trained
 Leadership and Management training courses
 Reliability Centred Maintenance Practitioner and Technical Author including AECMA S1000D training
 Baines Simmons Airworthiness and Safety Solutions Occurrence Review Group Member qualified
 ECDL qualified
 Trained QMS Auditor
 Attained and utilized many various soft skills including Emotional Intelligence, Conflict Resolution, NLP and
qualified as a global facilitator to improve personal performance, team productivity and organizational
effectiveness through the methodology of Strength Deployment Inventory.
 McMoRan approved Inspector.
Technical Proficiency / Knowledge
 Gas turbine systems diagnosis, overhaul, assembly  Conveyance processes packing and preservation
 NDT/NDE Awareness trained(Military)MPI, DPI, UT  Dynamic balancing of rotational components
 Hydraulic systems diagnosis & overhaul  Pneumatic systems diagnosis & overhaul
 Hardness Testing Brinell and Rockwell  Paint coating examination pre & post application
 Diesel/petrol engine systems diagnosis & repair  Auditing and authoring of technical publications
 Reliability Centred Maintenance Practitioner  H&S control, assessment and auditing
 Electrical systems diagnosis incl. UPS, fire suppression, mechanical and digital control units & fuel systems
 Witness inspection and witness pressure testing on valves, structures, pumps and heat exchangers
Transferable Services
 Experienced Quality Auditor with excellent communication and inter-personal skills
 Effectively able to interact with highly qualified and experienced teams
 Practised at delivering timely reports, presentations and chairing meetings
 Problem analysis - skilled at dissecting and overcoming issues
 Flexible to the needs of the customer and client, able to travel at short notice if necessary
 Comprehensive IT literacy and MOD SV security clearance
 Implementation, of Quality and Continuous Improvement Management Systems
 Management, development and implementation, of Human Factors and Error Management Systems
 Management of Health & Safety, Environmental and Fire Safety Management Systems
Experience Summary
With 27 years experience in the Royal Air Force as an Aircraft Engineering Technician (Mechanical), relating to
propulsion and airframe engineering including the physical inspection and functional testing of electronic control

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solenoids and mechanical valves associated with the engine / aircraft fuel, pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
Comprehensive internal boroscopic & endoscopic examinations and reports using both direct and indirect visual
aids on both rotational and static components. Performed detailed engineering investigations providing
expediting solutions and timely reports to ensure output dates and contractual costs remained uncompromised.
Monitored, maintained and wrote technical business working procedures that promoted successful
communication between the Prime and Sub Contractors, Industry and other UK and US government agencies.
Expedited, inspected and assembled component parts, carried out the required visual and physical inspections,
including dimensional accuracy and the legality of documentation prior to use. Witness inspection on valves,
structures, pumps and heat exchangers for use in various bases in NATO, USA and the UK; including witness
testing of NDE / NDT tests: MPI, DPI, PMI inspections and competent inspections on all rotating and machined
equipment. Detached and deployed to various global locations in numerously diverse roles. As a Freelance TPI
Inspector, carried out multiple witness inspections covering a wide range of subject materiel incorporating
mechanical, electrical inspections, assemblies, machining, dynamic balancing, paint coatings and weld
inspections, visual, dimensional, functional, document and packing inspections within the petrochemical industry.
Selected Achievements / Projects
Inspection and Engineering
 Selected to devise, develop and implement a streamlined process to assess and recover over 30,000
worn turbine blades, following a review of wear limits. This process and the subsequent reintegration of
over 80% of the assessed blades back into the logistic chain saved an estimated £1,034,400.
 Created an innovative and simple solution, which addressed an indentified trend of by-pass duct spherical
seals being miss-lodged during installed maintenance activities on the Rolls Royce RB199 gas turbine
engine. This new process allowed propulsion engineers to recover and reinsert dislodged spherical seals
without the need to remove the engine from the airframe, as had previously been the solution, thereby
saving considerable engineering wastage and increasing aircraft availability.
Auditing
 Produced a thorough regime of monthly Self Audits and conducted Internal Audits followed by the
subsequent trend analysis. Led the way, in the Middle East theatre of operations, by updating and
revising all the QA foundation topics to encompass the 4 Worlds of Operations, Engineering & Logistics,
Air Battle Space Management and Support, allowing all elements to be governed by a robustly recognised
Quality Management System.
Engineering Resource Management
 Created minor, intermediate and major bespoke in phase and out of phase scheduled maintenance
packages for UK based Tornado and Boeing E3D Sentry platforms against tight operational timelines,
which were subject to very short notice changes for those Tornado GR4 aircraft deployed to Afghanistan.
This required the management, coordination and motivation of multiple dedicated teams.
 The Boeing E3-D Sentry Mission Panel stowage box clasp had a regular history of failure due to
unintentional aircrew mishandling; a repair process to replace the clasp did not exist resulting in the
replacement of the stowage box each time. Researched, devised and implemented a procedure to replace
the clasp and engaged structures personnel to confirm ability to complete the process within all current
engineering policies. Following confirmation authorised the commencement of repairs and on completion
presented the new process for inclusion into the relevant repair publication.
Customer Care, Support and Negotiation
 Convened and chaired a working group to identify and resolve long-term outstanding issues surrounding
thrust reverse door stands. Effectively guided each corporate stakeholder to understand the needs of the
others and promoted a means to ensure that they worked together to ensure that the stands were
refurbished in a timeline agreeable to the end user.
 Sub-Contractor highlighted an urgent technical requirement for a gas turbine fan trim balance kit and the
required item was not available to the RAF within the required timescales. Careful negotiation with a UK
based USAF maintenance department secured not only the required item but also USAF technical
assistance at no cost to MOD allowing declaration of the aircraft as a serviceable asset on schedule.
Career History
2014 to date FREELANCE TPI Inspector
Carried out multiple witness and final inspections covering a wide range of subject materiel incorporating
Mechanical and Electrical Inspections, Assemblies, Machining, Dynamic Balancing, Paint Coatings and Weld
Inspections, Functional, Visual, Dimensional, Document and Packing Inspections. Carried out on behalf of
AMO, SECL, KICO, DOOSAN, DAELIM, Sultzer Pumps (UK), Freeport McMoRan ExxonMobil and Cameron
1987 – 2014 Royal Air Force
Varied engineering, management and leadership experiences across the globe culminating in a full and highly
successful career.