Engineering Strategy and expertise (37 yrs experience)
Aerospace Tests Facility & Measurement systems
SCADA Instrumentation Calibration Systems
Physical and Analytical testing
Fellow of the Institute of Measurement & Control
Leadership & Strategy (25 yrs experience)
Business strategy & Leadership Development
Six-Sigma & Lean in low volume environments
Leadership, coaching and mentoring
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
I am offering my expertise through P2Ell Consulting ltd on an hourly or day rate basis. I am also open to part-time or short-term full time employment. Please contact me to discuss your needs.
SCADA, Instrumentation & Measurement Expertise
Leadership for the energy transition
Test systems strategy
Business Strategy
Phil is a senior engineering leader who has spent over 20 years in leadership roles within Roll-Royce plc, helping develop, lead and implement engineerig and leadership strategies.
Since June 2024 Phil has run his own consultancy business and had clients in the noise and vibration, signal conditioning, gas turbine test facility provision and OEM gas turbine fields.
Until May 2024 he was 'Head of Experimental Engineering’ for the civil aerospace business. Acting as the “Chief Engineer” for all Rolls-Royce was technically accountable for the civil aerospace measurement and test capability. Capabilities ranging from the new ‘80 Bed test facility’ in Derby, mechanical component test and vibration centre near Berlin, full engine noise testing at NASA Stennis Louisiana, to the measurement and control systems supporting our Boeing 747 Flying Test Bed. Leading the measurement and test strategy for R&D and production tests and having been the driving force behind our SCADA signal conditioning and data acquisition improvements over the last decade.
Phil joined Rolls-Royce from school as an apprentice Instrument Mechanic and spent over 37 years in the business, either in measurement and test or control systems as an Engineer, Quality and business improvement manager or in senior leadership. Previous roles have included ‘Global Chief of Measurement’, ‘Head of Test Measurement’, ‘Head of Tooling’ , ‘Business Improvement Manager’ and 'Blackbelt in business improvements and lean'. Phil is just as passionate about developing people as well as methods, capabilities, and supply chains.
Phil is a Fellow of the Institute of Measurement & Control, Charted Engineer, has an Open University MBA and is a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics.
Phil is married to Helen (who acts as his personal assistant) and they have two grown up sons. In his spare time loves cycling and supporting the local sports club.
