John joined MTD in 2016 from the upstream oil and gas industry where he worked for over 20 years for both major design contractors and major oil companies.  He has also worked in civil engineering for 10 years on major water supply projects.  During this time he has been involved in the design and construction of major new build offshore and onshore projects.John’s PhD research was into stress corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms in Aluminium alloys.  

 He has a background in  materials selection, corrosion control, coatings,passive fire protection, insulation and welding as applied to offshore oil and gas production platforms, sub-structures, FPSO’s, export pipelines,in-field flowlines including both hyperbaric and laybarge welding and onshore gas treatment plant including LNG plants, onshore chemical and petrochemical plant and water infrastructure projects including water wellfields, water transportation pipelines including very large pre-stressed concrete pipe, water storage structures and treatment plant.