Phillip Terry has been appointed as Lead Engineer at UKTram to help drive a series of key initiatives with aim of boosting the growth of light rail across the country. Mr Terry has a wealth of engineering experience including two decades working in light rail, most recently as Technical Support Manager at Nottingham Trams Limited.
James Hammett, UKTram Managing Director, said: “We are delighted to welcome Phillip to the organisation as we look to deliver objectives set out in our recently published three-year business plan. His broad experience will prove invaluable as we forge closer partnerships with stakeholders to support innovation, share best practice and explore new technology that will ultimately help remove the barriers to sector expansion.”
Mr Terry first started working in Nottingham in 2002 as one of six Infrastructure Technicians responsible for new light rail track, power, signalling, supervisory, control and communications systems. He has since completed a MSC in Railway Systems Engineering and Integration from Birmingham University, led the expansion of Wilkinson Street Depot and played an important role during the expansion of the network. One particular area of expertise is overhead line maintenance.
Speaking about his appointment he said: “I’m looking forward to sharing my experience of asset maintenance and management while fulfilling a desire to learn, improve standards and assist in the implementation and sharing of best practice. I am delighted to be able to do this as part of the UKTram team alongside our stakeholders from across the light rail sector.”