Patrick Bell

Professional engineering consultancy working in the New Zealand and Australian industrial markets.

• Project Engineering: Preparations for installations in brownfield environments, tendering, and management of stakeholders. Included a secondment to a steel manufacturer in New South Wales, AU.
• Conceptual developments: front-end loading studies for industrial plant and equipment, including scaling, mass balancing, and order of magnitude cost estimation.
• Safe working advice - Certified Machine Safety Expert: Seconded to industry to conduct in-house machine safety risk assessments, and provide tailored recommendations for compliance with machine safety standards.

Asset management internship with the Civilian Technical Services partner to the Royal New Zealand Navy.

• Successfully acquired funding for proof of concept of a digital workflow business solution.
• Assisted senior engineers by troubleshooting and solving problems.
• Supported the maintenance planning of RNZN fleet assets

• Assisted skilled tradespeople in areas such as fitting and turning, welding, and general engineering.
• Collaborated with the business Quality Coordinator to highlight aspects of the business operations that could be improved.
• Completed a 28-day scheduled maintenance operation of an MDF continuous press for a local timber products manufacturer.

• Observed consultancy work, communicated with clients, and supported community consultation.
• Independent collection, analysis, and presentation of field data to assist the judgment of senior engineers.
• Liaised with members of other councils and UC on behalf of the WCRC to sponsor a final-year mechanical engineering R&D project.
• Acted as the company representative and liaison throughout the project.