Authorising Engineers (AEs) have a key role to play in ensuring the safe, efficient management and operation of key plant, equipment, and systems in a range of engineering disciplines in hospitals and other healthcare facilities, in accordance with key HTM and other guidance, and legislation.
Speaking at the IHEEM AE Conference 2019 at Cranmore Park near Birmingham on 20 March, senior consultant/Authorising Engineer (Water), Philip Lonsdale, MIHEEM, of the Water Hygiene Centre, addressed the topic, ‘AE (W), friend or foe, or both?’
Beginning with his own professional background, Philip Lonsdale explained that since starting work in the water hygiene field in 1996, he has worked with private, public sector, and public services clients ‘at all organisational levels’, advising a broad spectrum of clients – including NHS Trusts, hospitality and leisure facilities, retailers, and residential and commercial property management companies – on maintaining safe, hygienic water systems. He currently acts as an AE (Water) for the Water Hygiene Centre, is a member of IHEEM and the Water Management Society, and an associate member of the Royal Society for Public Health. His previous experience includes:
Drawing on personal experience
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