Jon Douglas

Jon Douglas is an engineering consultant with over twenty-five years of experience across a wide range of sectors including nuclear, gas turbines, renewables, aerospace, and general industry.

Experience

After completing a first degree in Mechanical Engineering, Jon went on to Imperial College, London to complete an industrially sponsored PhD for European Gas Turbines Ltd which is where Jon developed a lifelong passion for high-temperature component life assessment. Working as a consultant across the power generation sector, Jon has since developed bespoke life assessment methods for clients in the nuclear, coal, and gas turbine industries.

Jon is an experienced leader and energy specialist, with a track record of developing consultancy services to clients across a broad range of industries including Power Generation, Transport, and Defence. Jon leverages his deep technical expertise and academic links to provide exceptional client service and build teams of engineers to deliver complex multi-disciplinary projects.

Career highlights

Some highlights from Jon’s long career in consultancy include:

Deploying probabilistic lifing methods and digital twin technology for flexible maintenance of a global fleet of gas turbines
Combining sensor data and predictive methods to eliminate the need to inspect for corrosion-under-insulation in the oil and gas sector
Developing creep-fatigue lifing models to support life extension of the UK Nuclear reactor fleet
Designing nuclear submarine refueling facilities against seismic failure