MEET OUR TEAM

Jeremy Taylor’s engineering career started with electrical and mechanical engineering within the process industries.

Moving into utilities with an emphasis on the water industry, his projects involved maintenance of high voltage plant pumps for generation and distribution.

As an Electrical Technician and Engineer for Essex and Suffolk Water Company, Jeremy was responsible for:

• repair, maintenance and installation of treated and raw water plant
• generation
• instrumentation
• SCADA
• pumps and rotating machinery of varying capacity from chemical dosing to bulk water transfer

Jeremy is also experienced with modern VF drives and equipment from the 1930’s such as DC and liquid resistance units.

As an electrical contractor, Jeremy went on to deliver high voltage generation and distribution projects for hospitals, banks, data centres and medium/large industrial users.

Jeremy was employed and trained by:

• London Electricity
• Eastern Electricity
• East Midlands Electricity
• Raychem
• ABB
• Pfistre

Specialist areas include design, installation, testing and commissioning.

James Nicolaou initially trained as a Driver/Mechanic and Gunner/Crewman for the British Army (Royal Armoured Corps serving with the 9th/12th Lancers). Upon leaving James took used this experience to begin a career in electrical engineering, completing an electrical apprenticeship with a contractor for industrial and commercial contracts.

James met Jeremy Taylor in 2001 and an excellent working relationship was formed supplying high voltage power distribution solutions to the private network.

After 5 years in this role, James widened his skills and experience with 2 years at an electronics company designing, building and installing control panels for heating and ventilation systems for major retail outlets around the UK.

In 2008 James progressed to domestic electrical installations working for a large building company where he was responsible for all aspects of domestic installs. This provided James with a wealth of knowledge across many areas of electrical testing and inspection.

James brings his extensive range of skills and experience to the team. As Site Supervisor/Working Foreman, James is a key team member of the Core Power Generation team, and is involved in all UK and European projects. His work involves design, installation, testing and commissioning for projects such as:

• Power stations
• Pv plants
• Wind farms
• Large data centres
• Banks
• Retail and factory units

James has been trained by:

• Chelmsford college
• 24/7 (now known as UK power networks)
• The Faraday Centre
• Pfistre
• Raychem

Licenses & Certifications

Low Voltage Cable Jointing, Issued by CTL Components (product installer).

iPaf 3a iPaf 3b, Mark 1 Training, International Powered Access Federation, (Mobile Scissor Lift and Mobile Boom Lift)

Confined Space Awareness, High Speed Training.

Asbestos Awareness, UK asl.

S4 – The Safe Operation of High Voltage Power Systems (Full High Voltage Authorisation), Issuing authority: Faraday Centre Ltd.

City and Guilds Level 3 Certificate in Knowledge of Electrical Installation Engineering.

11KV Jointing (Private Networks), Issued by 24/7 (now UK Power Networks).

Licenses & Certifications

11KV Jointing (Plastic) Private Networks, Citrus Training

S4 – The Safe Operation of High Voltage Power Systems (Full High Voltage Authorisation), Faraday Centre Ltd