{"id":34732,"date":"2024-11-26T13:38:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T13:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=34732"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:43:05","slug":"michael-chandler","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/our-experts\/michael-chandler\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Chandler"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34732\" class=\"elementor elementor-34732\" data-elementor-post-type=\"leadership\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-edfc265 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"36942\" data-id=\"edfc265\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1101dc0\" data-eae-slider=\"89284\" data-id=\"1101dc0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-514cb40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"514cb40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Michael joined Hawkins in November 2024 after sixteen years with German utility RWE. A graduate of Mechatronic Engineering from Lancaster University, in 2006 Michael was named the Most Enterprising Student in Herefordshire and Worcestershire for his work in vehicle homologation during a Shell Step placement at automotive consultancy ACS International.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Michael\u2019s career started on RWE\u2019s graduate training scheme which included placements at Great Yarmouth Power Station and the Offshore Wind Operations &amp; Maintenance hub in Mostyn, North Wales. He subsequently held posts in electrical engineering with their consultancy in Swindon, at Aberthaw Power Station and Little Barford Power Station, in addition to a secondment at Pembroke Power Station during its construction and commissioning.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His experience lies principally in the operation and maintenance of high voltage electrical equipment including generators, motors, transformers, cables and uninterruptible power systems. 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