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Sam Townsend CV 2011

Sam Townsend is seeking new opportunities and provides a summary of qualifications and experience. They have an MSc in renewable energy and over 12 years experience in IT support roles at HSBC. Additional experience includes engineering drafting, feasibility studies for renewable energy projects, and environmental field work. Key skills include communication, problem solving, technical abilities, and teamwork. Referees are available upon request.

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Sam Townsend CV 2011

Sam Townsend is seeking new opportunities and provides a summary of qualifications and experience. They have an MSc in renewable energy and over 12 years experience in IT support roles at HSBC. Additional experience includes engineering drafting, feasibility studies for renewable energy projects, and environmental field work. Key skills include communication, problem solving, technical abilities, and teamwork. Referees are available upon request.

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Sam Townsend

3, Grange Crescent, Sheffield, S11 8AY.


Tel: 0788 799 2088 Email: [email protected]

Key Skills
 Effective Communicator
 Problem Solver
 Practically Minded
 Team Player
 Organiser
 Comprehensive Range of I.T. skills

Career History
Centre for Alternative Technology 2009 – To date
Completed the MSc course - “Renewable Energy in the Built Environment”.
The modular course held at C.A.T. covered:
Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Small Scale Wind, Hydro, Biomass and Building Related Issues.
Familiar with software packages Tsol, PVsyst & HydrA/Lowflow2000. Completed Thesis
within deadline which was based on an experiment investigating the extents and impact of a
specific micro heat loss mechanism from DHW cylinders.

HSBC 1997 - 2009


2005 to 2009: Emergency I.T. trouble shooter providing highly technical live support to
HSBC’s major banking systems. Part of a small team, often working under high pressure and
tight timescales to ensure extremely high value 24/7 I.T. systems remained operational. This
included nightshifts as well as evening and weekend working. Supervisory roles: Team
Leader on the departments Support Help Desk and occasional Shift Team Leader responsible
for the overnight team.

1997 – 2005: Secured a place on the graduate trainee programme then worked as a
mainframe programmer on various large development projects, predominantly HSBC’s
Internet Banking system. Highly Experienced on IBM platform OS/390 with COBOL, CICS,
DB2. Also experienced on AS400 platform with CL and RPG language skills.

Norstead (Metnor) M&E Engineering 1997


AutoCAD draftsman creating working drawings for use by site engineers.
Education
C.A.T. MSc, Renewable Energy in the Built Environment Awaiting Result
UMIST: B.Eng, Building Services Engineering (2.2) 1996
Gap year: (See Interests) 1993
UMIST: INTENGO Engineering Foundation year 1992
Lady Manners School: 4 A levels.(Including Technology) 1991
Hope Valley College: 8 GCSEs. (Including Maths/English) 1989

Personal Information
Date of Birth: 07th October 1972
Clean Driving Licence
Current First Aid At Work Certificate

Interests
 Renewable Energy. Member of the newly formed Peak Hydro Forum. Involved in a
couple of Hydropower feasibility studies, one of which contributed to the Friends of
the Peak District’s ‘Peak Power’ report. Also completed a number of feasibility
studies during the MSc for PV, small scale wind and biomass heating systems.
 Thermography – Own a Flir Thermal Imaging Camera.
 Environment – Awarded place on HSBC/Earthwatch Alaskan Glaciers Expedition
assisting a Research team for 2 weeks surveying on the Bearing Glacier.
 Caving - Secretary of the Eldon Pothole Club. Helped organise and participated in a
very successful expedition to ‘The Accursed Mountains’ in Northern Albania in 2010.
Weekend job at school was as a tour guide at Treak Cliff Cavern in Castleton.
 Climbing – Over 20 years experience. Gap year was predominantly spent rock
climbing in the UK, France & Spain.
 D.I.Y. – Recently installed a Rainwater Harvesting system in a rural family property.

Referees
Available on request.

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