Steven is a Chartered Engineer with a First-Class Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast. He began his career as a Quality Engineer at Montupet UK before moving to Vita Materials as a Technical Engineer. These roles allowed him to develop expertise in manufacturing processes, materials performance, and quality systems within high-precision engineering environments.
Steven joined Forensic Science Northern Ireland (FSNI) as a Forensic Engineer within the Road Traffic Collisions (RTC) team. In this role, he attended the scenes of fatal and serious collisions at the request of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), often within hours of the incident while roads remained closed. Steven was responsible for the forensic reconstruction of collisions, from initial scene examination through to providing expert testimony in court. His work involved detailed vehicle and component examinations, analysis of physical evidence, review of digital evidence such as CCTV footage, and consideration of human factors to establish the sequence of events as comprehensively as possible. He also has experience analysing other digital evidence, including tachograph data, event data recorders, and mobile phone GPS data, and is a registered Bosch Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) analyst and technician.
Throughout his career, Steven has investigated a wide range of collision types involving pedestrians, cyclists, motorbikes, heavy goods vehicles, and agricultural vehicles in both urban and rural environments. He regularly liaised with investigative teams, providing advice on forensic strategy, collision dynamics, and evidence interpretation. In addition to his technical expertise, Steven holds full driving licence categories for motorcycles, buses, and heavy goods vehicles. He has authored numerous expert reports and has provided expert testimony in Crown Courts and at Coroners’ Inquests.
Steven joined Hawkins in November 2025 and is an Associate based in our Belfast office.
