This document provides a summary of John J. Vekony's education and work experience. It details his MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Budapest in 1976 and management training in 1979. His work experience spans from 1976 to present and includes roles in mechanical engineering design, stress analysis, lifting equipment appraisal, and nuclear waste handling for various employers in Hungary, Canada, and the UK. He has extensive experience in design, analysis, project management, and training.

1. John J. Vekony
166 Jacknam Close
Abingdon, OX 14 3GA
(+) 44 7794 396755
johnvekony@gmail.com
EDUCATION
1976 – MSc Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Handling)
Faculty of Mechanical Handling and Building Machines, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary.
1979 – Management training course, 120 hours, Hungary
2004 – Rexroth’s Mobile Hydraulic Technology training, Canada
2005 – Marine Survival Training Course UL Lafayette, USA
Skills: Project, product management. Autocad, MathCAD, FE (Nastran Windows, GB32).
Mechanical handling, Mechanical/Structural engineering design, analysis. Team player.
. Nuclear waste handling, compacting.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2007, the 5th
of July Trading as JJV Engineering Consultancy.
2011- 2016 May
Appraisal of lifting appliances for the LAMH department. Onshore, offshore cranes, ALLSEAS Pioneering
Spirit project. TLS Beams, STF and Stinger structures among others. More than a hundred projects
appraised.
2010-2011 NUVIA Harwell Science Centre
Nuclear waste handling equipment design with calculations for Berkeley power station and calculations for
equipment used in AWE projects.
2009 BAE Systems Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Stress engineer working on CVF lifting points calculations.
2007 –2009 LR Register of Shipping
Appraisal of lifting appliances for the Lifting Appliances & Mechanical Handling Department.
Offshore and onshore lifting appliances, machines. Training of young engineers on the job.
CVF's lifts, weapon handling system, its seats. More than 260 appliances appraised in several years.
Signed the Official Secret Act at the second time in September, 2007. Mathcad, FE, Autocad used.
2006-2007 Halcrow Group Limited Swindon UK
Nuclear reactor decommissioning project for NUKEM in Winfrith. Lifting, cutting and system design
project. Three remotely controlled Palfinger telescopic cranes are fitted with Swedish hydraulic cutters,
special grabs, cameras. The system is highly redundant, the cranes are self erecting and able to reach and
manipulate each other. The cranes are loading the cut waste into trolleys and containers in the reactor room.
2006 September return to the UK
2005-2006 Canada - various
Working for RWF BRON in Woodstock, Ontario
Design, drawings for RWF’s new 300-B type bush cutter caterpillar truck mounted machine.
Sandwell Consulting Engineers Burlington, Ontario. Specification for Porawer’s glass reprocessing plant.

2. 2005–2002 Timberland Equipment Limited, Woodstock Ontario, Canada
Product Engineer
Engineering and team management of different offshore, onshore winches, traction winches, car pullers,
mine rescue hoists, shaft sinking hoists, capstans, anchor chain pullers, etc,.
Supervision in South Korea at Hyundai shipyard of the erection of Timberland’s equipment.
Two supervisions in the Gulf of Mexico of Timberland’s cable laying equipment.
Design calculations, analysis for DNV approval.
Autocad, Mathcad, Nastran, GBW32 programs used.
July–August 2002 Motivation, Stoney Creek Ontario, Canada (contract work)
Design Engineer
Designing a new family (more than 70) of jib cranes for Motivation as a contract work. The new cranes are
replacement of the existing family of machines. Autocad, Mathcad, FE programs used.
2002–2001 UK Alstec Ltd
Principal Engineer of the Defence Systems department
Design of air weapon handling systems for naval ships. Autocad, Mathcad, FE program used
Working on mechanical and structural aspects of a new aircraft lift development for the new British aircraft
carrier, the development based on a DERA report, existing British and foreign design.
The structure uses the LASCOR laser welded sandwich panel.
Cooperation with experts of CORUS and Lloyd’s Register.
Signed the Official Secret Act in January, 2002
2001–1993 As an Engineering Consultant working on long-term projects
2001 – Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd
Several “A frame” design and structural analysis using FE programs. Several offshore winch design.
Nearly 20 years of ongoing business relation.
2001–2000 – Jervis B Webb (Milton Keynes)
Design and development of conveyors, roller beds, lifting tables, elevators, shuttle machines for the
automotive industry, Rover, Vauxhall, IBC, General Motors, etc.
2000 – AMEC – British Nuclear Fuel Limited (Sellafield)
Design of improvement of lifting, mechanical handling appliances, nuclear waste compactor design at
BNFL’s Sellafield site. Spent fuel element in-cell dismantling and the stainless steel support components
compacted for better filling of the flasks. High temperature, high radiation area.
1999–1998 – Lloyd’s Register of Shipping (London, Croydon)
Design appraisal of hoisting, lifting appliances, off/on shore structures. More than 60 off/onshore designs.
Mathcad, FE programs used.
1998 – Metool Ltd (Nottingham)
Special cable reel/winch design with design team management for BNFL DryPack Plant. Several copies of
this machine sold in 2004 to a US nuclear facility. Supporting the design principle a scaled test machine
designed, tested and the results analysed. Autocad, Mathcad, FE programs used. The reel fitted with the
supply and control cables are working in high radiation area, the drive is “through-wall”, behind 1 m
concrete. Differential gear of my own design, approved by Newcastle University Design Centre.
One of my most complex and interesting project.
1998–1997 – Strachan & Hanshaw (Bristol)
Stress calculation for cranes (British Nuclear Fuel Limited’s B38 building) to BS 2573. Mathcad, Autocad
used. Advising the crane designer about recommended design practices.

3. 1996 – Rolls-Royce Nuclear Engineering (Wolverhampton)
Stress Engineer to BS 2573 with design support for cranes. The cranes operate in a nuclear waste
reprocessing plant of British Nuclear Fuels Limited’s B41 building. Mathcad used
1996–1993– Morris Material Handling (Loughborough)
Design and calculations (ongoing business relationship); several smaller and larger projects, some ad hoc
work, some long-term projects such as container crane design work.
1993–1990 – Davy Morris Ltd, Loughborough, UK.
Project Manager, Design Manager
Responsible for the development work on new hand chain hoist products, electric chain hoist products and
a new line of rope hoist family.
Between 1991 and 1992 I was the industrial supervisor of four MSc students at Cranfield Institute on behalf
of Morris Ltd.
Designed and developed a new wheel box system, wheel diameters 125, 160, 250, 315mm [British Patent
No 9300856.3 (18.01.1993)].
Responsible for different quay container crane projects for example Shanghai, Tilbury, Isle of Grain etc. I
registered two British Patents concerning anti-sway systems [Nos 9023860.1 (02.11.1990) & 9027509.0
(19.12.1990)].
1989–1979 – GANZ Steel Structure Company, Budapest, Hungary
Head of Mechanical Department, Chief Constructor, Deputy Head of Mechanical Department, Design
Engineer and Personal Advisor
Responsible for 20 individuals in two teams.
Managed and/or designed the following principal projects:
6 km long cableway; lock gates and machinery for dam on the river Danube; cranes and lifting appliances
for the Hungarian Nuclear Power station; container cranes for the Hungarian railways; lock and pumping
stations in Egypt; in 1982 I carried out a 3-month supervision in Egypt.
In 1988 Ganz signed a contract to supply 500 t of container crane structure to Davy Morris UK. I was the
manager of this job. Ganz supplied the structures on time. At the close of this contract I was invited by
Davy Morris to work for them in England.
1979–1978 – INTRANSZMAS, Budapest, Hungary
Crane Development Engineer
Responsible for the project management and development of a module crane family of Intranszmas (ITM).
Overhead travelleing cranes, single girder, double girder, a system of several hundred cranes. SWL 1-12 t,
span of 6-24 m.
1978–1976 – Hungarian Shipyard and Crane Factory, Budapest, Hungary
Design Engineer
Mechanical design engineer in the wharf crane design office under the supervision of the senior designer.
“Lemniscata” principle jib cranes, single jib and parallelogram arrangement jib structures.
Registered a Hungarian Patent.
Interests and Hobbies
Playing classical orchestral and chamber music on the viola.
I am a member in my local gym, keeping fit, exercise regularly.
Additional Information
Signed the Official Secret acts in the UK on 28 Jan 2002 and in September 2007.
Nationality British and Hungarian.