Harry L Jones

Chief Engineer, Blades Technology, Services en Siemens Gamesa

Greater Pamplona Area

About

- Blade Structural Integrity - Blade RCA's - Blade Certification and Validation - Sub component wind turbine blade testing - Full scale wind turbine blade testing - Mechanical design experience on various renewable energy projects with complex design requirements - Subsea generator design - Wind turbine blade fatigue testing in dual axis - Low enthalpy energy devices; Absorbtion cycle, Organic Rankine Cycle - Finite Element Analysis - R&D project technical review, cost study, project planning and grant application. Specialties: - Mechanical Design (Inventor, Solid Edge) - FEA analysis (ANSYS mechanical, ANSYS-CFX, member of NAFEMS) - Data analysis (DIAdem, excel super user) - Mathcad - Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Project, Visio, Outlook) - Fluent in Spanish

Experience

  • Siemens Gamesa (8 yrs 10 mos)
    • Chief Engineer, Blades Technology, Services
      Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 7 mos

    • Senior Blade Structural Integrity Engineer
      Oct 2017 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Lead Blade Validation Engineer at Adwen Offshore
    Mar 2015 - Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Responsible for blade validation and certification at Adwen Offshore BUY Blade: Focal Point, Validation, Quality Audit and Compliance for LM88. 4 P blade https://www.lmwindpower.com/en/products-and-services/blade-types/longest-blade-in-the-world MAKE Blade: Part of design team including Structural Verification tests of sub component elements and Full Scale Testing of 88m blade. Management of involvement in Demowind XL project. https://mobile.offshorewind.biz/2017/03/17/adwens-giant-blade-put-to-test-at-ore-catapult/

  • Blade Test Validation Engineer at Gamesa
    Aug 2011 - Mar 2015 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    Responsible for G128 OFS wind turbine blade product development test validation and certification programme with successful completion: - Sub-component testing - Full scale testing Responsible for validation program of new intermediate joint technology.

  • Mechanical Engineer at Narec
    Aug 2007 - Jul 2011 · 4 yrs

    - Technical lead on wind turbine blade dual axis fatigue test. - Fluid mechanic design of multi MW wind turbine test stand cooling system. - Mechanical design of 250kW tidal turbine generator. - Mechanical design of tidal turbine test and support frame. - Finite element analysis of mechanical designs. - Metrology study of mechanical components. - Topology study for small wind turbine certification. - R&D project technical review, cost study, project planning and grant application.

  • Ingeniero at Cenit Solar
    Mar 2006 - Jul 2006 · 5 mos

    Investigated the use of solar thermal energy to provide air conditioning using the absorbtion cycle culminating in a 20,000 word report in Spanish.