PIA Engineer of The Year 2016-17 Announced

Phil Black - PII Editor 04/04/2017

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Celebrations are in order after Jamie Mills, Systems Engineer at Xylem, a leading global water technology company, scooped the coveted ‘Engineer of The Year’ title at the annual Pump Industry Awards.

Held at the Crowne Plaza, Heythrop Park, on the 23rd of March, Jamie was awarded on the night after wowing the judges with his innovative concepts and dedication, particularly as a steering group member of the BIM4Water group. Working closely with other manufacturers and the Pump Centre, the group explores the implementation of standard BIM templates and practices for pumps, something Jamie has since gone on to successfully introduce at Xylem.

Other career achievements include his design of a pump monitoring training aid, which allows hands-on technical training for service technicians away from site. Jamie gained recognition for this work at the Engineering Design and Technology’s Contribution to Business Award, receiving the runners up prize, and the training aid remains a key element of training and awareness sessions at Xylem’s head office.

Demonstrating his keen passion for emerging technologies and original thinking, Jamie also impressed judges with his innovative techniques of additive manufacturing in hydraulic pump modelling. In addition, he also proposed a predictive concept which allows operators to work out the optimum time to service or replace pumps, by using a mathematic calculation to predict the performance degradation.

“We’re really proud of Jamie, and want to take this opportunity to congratulate him once more.” Says Mike Hutchinson, Systems Engineering Manager at Xylem. “Jamie is a worthy winner and it was extremely rewarding to see him recognised on the big stage, surrounded by so many industry experts and some of the main players in the market.”

Jamie Mills commented: “The Pump Industry Awards is a prestigious and competitive event and there was a great deal of talent being showcased this year. It was a truly amazing experience, and an honour to even be shortlisted, let alone actually being named Engineer of the Year.”