This document is a resume for Roland Gildea, an engineering professional seeking a new position. It summarizes his skills and experience, which include project management, 3D design software, technical design, finite element analysis, and process piping. It also outlines his employment history and roles at various engineering firms in the UK and South Africa over the past 30 years, as well as his educational background.

1. Roland Gildea
12 Wheatsheaf Drive, Swansea, SA6 6QE
07792979367 • roland.gildea@gmail.com
Personal statement
An engineering professional who possess a combination of good leadership qualities, exceptional
motivational and inter personal skills, coupled with good organisational skills and exceptional problem
solving capabilities. My objective is to fulfil a position where I have the ability to apply knowledge
gained as well as to obtain further skills within the working environment.
Key Skills
 Project Management
 Adept at 3D Design Software – Autodesk, AutoCad, UGS NX
 Technical Design – Fabrication, general arrangement and Isometric drawings
 Finite Element Analysis - Inventor
 Model Rendering - Showcase
 Process Piping – CADWorx
 On-site assessment – Evaluation, consultancy, customer liaison
 Extensive IT experience – MS Office, Windows, project management software
Project Experience
 Clean/dirty water sites-Crai, Capel Dewi, Mynyd Llandugai WTW, Eithin Fynydd UV,Cliff Quay
AD Scheme/ UK
 Oil & Gas Systems Limited, BP, Centrica, Leman, Vankor (Russia)
 Erection cold/ hot commission of blobulator for mining industry (South Africa)
 Installation cold/ hot commissioning of splatulator for Harmony Gold Mine (South Africa)
 Installation and maintenance of degassing furnace for Iscor (South Africa)
 Metal and bath tapping ladles for Mozal (Phase I & II) (Mozambique)
 Six in-line furnace for Lonmin Platinum Mines (Hatch Africa)
 Lynx Shredder Technology for Scaw Metals (UK)
 DC-Arc Furnaces for (Hatch Canada)
 Water cooled heat extraction systems for Pyromet (South Africa)
 Electrode columns for Greenblat & Hattingh (South Africa)
Employment History
Engineer - Total Technology Ltd., Swansea
(April 2011 – Present)
Achievements and responsibilities:
 Various pipe work layouts/GA’s and details in thin wall stainless, scotch coated and carbon
steel lines for the water treatment industries
 Structural design and detailing of access platforms and ladders
 Pressure vessel detailing
 Skid base 3D layout design and detailing of piping and equipment for the oil and gas
industries – De-gasser, de-sander, de-oiler, metering, fast loop, FPSO and compressor skids)

2.  ISO and P&ID drawings to client specifications with CADWORX
 Trough and weir design and detailing
 Pipe support FEA in Inventor
 Client presentation models and animations for publication with ACAD Showcase
Engineer - Lintott Control Systems, Norwich
(Nov 2007–Apr 2008)
Achievements and responsibilities:
 Complete plant layout in Inventor
 Extensive P&ID’s for chemical dosing systems
 Structural connection detailing
Engineer - Corus, Llanelli
(June 2006 – Nov 2007)
Achievements and responsibilities:
 Mechanical / structural design & detailing of:
 Pinhole detector support frames & guarding (tinning & cleaning lines, reduction mills)
 Circulation layouts for chromic acid pipe line (effluent plant)
 Hot water pipe lines, pumps, valves, plate heat exchangers (CAPL waste heat recovery).
 New outboard bearings for roll shaft with independent supports (ETL4 quench tank)
 Deflector plates design & structure (5 stand)
 Updating various revisions mechanical & structural
Position: In charge of the structural & mechanical designs for various improvement & energy saving
schemes. Doing 3D modelling & detailing in AutoCAD 2006-2008 and Inventor 10, 11 & 2008.
Engineer - Prodin, Johannesburg, South Africa
(February 2000 – April 2006)
Achievements and responsibilities:
 Draughting - Mechanical / Structural Design & Detailing of water cooled ducting systems for
furnace heat extraction, for companies such as Iscor, Anglo Plats, Lonmin Plats, Scaw
metals, Hatch
 Estimating – Budgets for tenders which include materials, labour, consumables,
contingencies, services such as rolling, bending, machining
 Buying – laser cut detailed items, machined parts, special steels, insulation, standard profiles
& fasteners, transport, cranes
 Procurement – long delivery items, imports, special materials
 Project Management – Ghant charts on MS Projects 2000, site visits, liaise with relevant
stakeholders, progress reports & budget analyses.
 Position: In charge of the Technical Team, including Buyers, Draughtsman, reporting directly
to Technical Director
Contractual Positions - South Africa
(1991 – 2000)
Mintek – Johannesburg, South Africa
 Boilermaker
 Planner/Estimator on SAP R13
Wayne Leith Group – Durban, South Africa
 Civil draughtsman in charge of Cerklage applications
 Local authority submissions
 Building detailing
 Roads and storm water reticulation
 ‘Side cut and fills’ designs

3.  Concrete foundations
Rockham Industries – Durban, South Africa
 Manufacture and welding of steelages
Iscor – Newcastle, South Africa
 Apprenticeship as Boilermaker (1991-1994)
 Maintenance of ladle and degassing furnaces
 Manufacture of piping systems and construction
Education
Swansea Metropolitan University
June 2009 – June 2012
B.Eng Hons Mechanical & Manufacturing Honours Degree – 2:1
Key modules:
 Engineering science and design
 Thermo-fluid mechanics
 Management innovation and sustainability
 Computer-aided engineering (CAE) and stress analysis
 Manufacturing technology, design, systems & control and advanced processes
Damelin Management School – Johannesburg, South Africa
Completed in 1995
Technical College N3, N4 & N5 (City Guilds 3) – Newcastle, South Africa
Completed in 1993
Port Natal High, Durban, South Africa
Matriculated in 1989 – followed by National Service (SANDF)
Hobbies & Interests
I am a very active person who enjoys taking part in charity events such as the British Heart
Foundation Cycle, Glyn-Neath Tri-Athlon, marathons, RNLI races, Air Ambulance events and Hogging
the Bridge Motorcycle Rides. I also have a passion for all things engineering and spend a lot of my
free time fixing electronics and vehicles.
References
References are available upon request.