Simon is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He received his MEng degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Birmingham in 2004. 

He began his engineering career at Cosworth Racing, followed by Jaguar Land Rover working as a mechanical development engineer on petrol and diesel engine development programmes. Following this, Simon moved to Rolls-Royce where he was able to pursue his interest in engineering thermodynamics by becoming a gas turbine performance engineer. This included working on gas turbines projects for both Naval and Defence Aerospace applications.

In 2015, Simon joined Siemens Energy working on gas turbine engines within the energy sector. He was acknowledged as a ‘key expert’ in gas turbine performance and was then promoted to Head of Performance for aero-derivative gas turbines.  Simon became a key figure in the area of decarbonisation, where he was the lead inventor of a patent that was filed relating to the operation of gas turbine engines running on hydrogen.

In 2022, Simon decided to look for a new challenge and joined Hawkins as a Forensic Investigator.  He has since worked on a wide variety of fires, escapes of water and engineering investigations, including many within his particular specialisms relating to the automotive and power generation sectors.