Experience

Dobbie

• New Zealand
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Feb 2020 - Present



Felton Industries Limited

• New Zealand
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Mechanical Engineer

  • Dec 2017 - Dec 2019

  Key Responsibilities:• Developing methods for identifying and analysing product failures.• Managing product testing data and equipment.• Assisting with CAD and product design.• Tracking warranty costs and initiating product improvement strategies.• Liaising with and visiting local suppliers.• Managing student engineering projects.Key Achievements:• Designed new wet laboratory to gain JAS ANZ accreditation for product type testing. Thesystem includes a controllable testing environment with LabVIEW and National Instruments data acquisition systems, a closed loop water recirculation system to reduce thermal requirements of a heating and cooling system, and a workspace to integrate current and future testing systems.• Worked with our QMS consultant and senior management to write a CAPEX proposal to the board for implementation of a new lab valued at $70k.• Project management of multiple projects, in both product improvement under our standard reporting schedule and specialist projects such as the lab upgrade.• Developed automated mechanical test rigs to identify product failure modes and verify product improvement strategies.• Managed two student mechanical engineers to work together on a product failure identification project and create a standards approved test rig.

• Production Engineer

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

  Key Responsibilities:• Design and implementation of production machinery upgrades.• The repair and maintenance of engineering and production equipment.• Assisting with CAD and product design.Key Achievements:• Successfully designed and implemented a new servo-based, automated productionmachine to replace a faulty pneumatic mechanism and integrated it into the existingproduction procedure.• Improved my manual turning and milling skills as well as other hard skills necessary toworking in a practical engineering environment.• Liaised with international suppliers for product prototypes.



SPUR - The Experience Agency

• New Zealand
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brand Ambassador

  • Mar 2013 - Jan 2017



Ross Road Marking

• Engineering Intern

  • Dec 2015 - Dec 2015



Copper Brand Experiences

• New Zealand
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brand Ambassador

  • Mar 2013 - Mar 2015