Our Team
We are committed to providing a professional service to our customers and teamwork is key to bonding our many years of individual industry experience. At Jesmond Engineering we are keen to share our views and we often perform internal independent validations to help ensure a high quality product.
Simon Walker
Simon has 23 years of experience in the Aeronautical industry. He has an honours degree in Mathematics from Liverpool University, a Masters by Research in Fatigue Design from Hull University and a Certificate in Management Studies from Lancaster University. He is a Chartered Engineer and he holds EASA Fatigue and Damage Tolerance signature.
Neil Hutty
Neil is a capable and professional aeronautical engineer and Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society with an honours degree in Aerospace Engineering from Kingston University. Neil has 15 years experience in the aerospace industry, at home and abroad, specialising in fatigue and damage tolerance of metallic and composite structures.
Simon Goodall
Simon Goodall has an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sheffield and has been working as a stress and structural Engineer in the aerospace industry since 1981. He has worked on Civil aircraft, Military aircraft and European Space Agency programmes both in the United Kingdom and overseas.
Nick Thompson
Nick graduated from the University of Sheffield in 1996 with an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering. Nick has since gained a wide and varied experience as a Structures Engineer in the aerospace industry providing static, finite element and fatigue and damage tolerance analysis consultancy services. He has undertaken diverse roles for a multitude of clients involved with major civil and military aircraft projects worldwide.
Allan Eccles
Allan Eccles has a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Glasgow University and a Masters by research in Expert Systems for Fatigue Design from Hull University. He has worked in the Aerospace Industry for 21 years and has gained a wide experience in Static, and Fatigue and Damage Tolerance analysis.
Jon Train
Jon has 20 years experience in the aerospace industry. He has an honours degree in Mathematics from York University and is a Chartered Mathematician and Member of the Institute of Mathematics. Jon has a wide range of experience across the industry including military aircraft, civil aircraft and missile structures, working both in the UK and abroad. His skills/knowledge has been developed working on all areas of aircraft structure. He is experienced in static analysis, fatigue and damage tolerance, finite element analysis, weights engineering and testing.
Peter Hannath
Pete graduated from the University of Humberside in 1997 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree in Airframe Structures. Overseas work in Germany, Holland and Australia has provided a wide and varied range of experience as a Structures Engineer in the aerospace industry, providing consultancy services in the areas of Finite Element Analysis and Static Analysis. Pete has 13 years aerospace experience and has undertaken diverse roles for clients involved with major civil and military aircraft projects worldwide.
Alec Malt
Alec Malt has an Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sheffield Polytechnic. He has worked as a Structures Engineer in the Aerospace Industry since 1988 on both Civil and Military projects in the UK and abroad.
Steve Nelson
Steve graduated from Hull University with an honours degree in Mathematics. He has spent over 22 years in the Aerospace Industry as an Aerodynamicist specialising in airframe/weapon loading and weapon/stores safe separation. He has a Certificate in Management Studies from Lancaster University and has experience of working overseas as well as throughout the UK.
Paul Griffiths
Paul has an honours degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of London. He has 26 years experience working within the aerospace and general engineering industries. He has worked both in the UK and abroad on various projects gaining extensive experience in all aspects of finite element analysis.
Aidan Fitzgerald
Aidan has a Masters degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Manchester. He joined Jesmond Engineering in 2010 and he is rapidly gaining experience in Fatigue & Damage Tolerance analysis of aircraft and helicopter structures.
Jim Wardlaw
Jim Wardlaw graduated from the University of Hull with a degree in Computer Science. He has a proven track record in software development with experience gained on a variety of commercial and public sector software projects. Jim has worked with a range of clients developing both desktop and web-based applications. He is an advocate of cloud computing and open source.
Nadia Kosseim
Nadia has 18 years of experience in the helicopter industry both in the Fatigue and Flight Test departments. She has worked in Canada, the US and Italy. She has an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering (Aeronautical option) and a Masters with research in Fracture and Fatigue from McGill University, Canada.
Dan Cusworth
Dan graduated from the University of Hull with a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering. Having joined Jesmond Engineering in 2011 he has been involved in the analysis of aircraft structures using Fatigue and Damage Tolerance methodologies. Whilst operating in the aeronautical sector his knowledge and skills are quickly developing with experience.

