Experience

AMG Chrome Limited

• United Kingdom
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Shift Manager

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Leading up to 10 employees as acting senior manager on shift out of hours across 4 departments ▪ Responsible for safety, health environment (including waste streams), materials, stock, quality and people ▪ KPI's include, but not limited to, budget adherence (waste), productivity, yield and plan adherence ▪ Labour planning and rota ▪ Improvement projects ▪ Budget responsibility with sign off authority ▪ Prioritising maintenance activities ▪ Production planning and adaption in case of material/ labour / machine ▪ Material consumption and batch management ▪ Overtime / labour budget including agency Capex projects



Marshalls plc

• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Team Manager

  • Dec 2021 - Sep 2022

  Leading up to 15 employees as acting senior manager on shift out of hours across two plants, engineering and logistics. ▪ Taking ownership of safety, health, environment, quality and people. ▪ Implementing and supporting effective working practices and systems as required to continuously improve work scope delivery. Leading up to 15 employees as acting senior manager on shift out of hours across two plants, engineering and logistics. ▪ Taking ownership of safety, health, environment, quality and people. ▪ Implementing and supporting effective working practices and systems as required to continuously improve work scope delivery.



Thetford Europe

• Netherlands
• Consumer Goods
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Continuous Improvement and Manufacturing Engineer

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2021

  - Continuous improvement - Productivity improvement - Coaching and mentoring - Leadership development - manage organisational change - VBA programming - Excel specialist - Access Database development - Statistical analysis - Project management - Process engineering - Lean manufacturing coach - Employee satisfaction improvement project lead - 5S - Auditing - development and implementation of daily visual management - 8D facilitator - development of long term lean manufacturing strategy - MRP implementation project support, (manufacturing and process engineering work flow and shop floor training program, support IT department during Go live, analyse various processes for suitability within the new system, define best practices, support planning department, problem solving) - MRP manufacturing key user - MRP process planning - MRP production planning and materials management support / key user - Capacity planning - MRP (IFS) subject matter expert - Development of standard work for leadership team (in conjunction with TWI methodology) - Setting up and implementation of Kanban system to replenish material on shop floor (part of a strategic project to reduce footprint of component storage and increase capacity) - Setting up and development of material replenishment utilising an AGV through to implementation. Development, design and manufacture of an automated pick-up station. - support of NPD, quality assurance and maintenance in projects and provision of absentee coverage - manufacture and repair of fixtures - development of lean manufacturing strategy, project presentation, project plan, stakeholder management, communication to staff - set-up of pilot line including layout and labour planning - acting section leader & supervisor, developing a team of 19 staff - introduction of new CMMS system and maintenance thereof, review PM, training



Premdor

• United Kingdom
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Process Engineer

  • Apr 2018 - Sep 2018

  - Project management - Process engineering - Risk management - Business process improvement - Management and leadership, coaching - Waste / COPQ reduction Part of the strategic planning team and developing projects following gap analysis. Business process audits, reviews and development. Development of change management process. Improving planning accuracy, communication and engagement through the introduction of a defined process for line trials. Leading the initiative to introduce standard work with the addition of an improved system for risk assessments, safe working practices, training system, integration of quality standards and document control. Review of costings in the BOM and routings to appropriately compare processes. Project planning including resource, work streams and time lines. Directly managing one report and leading cross functional project teams. Process improvement through SMED actions and reduction of raw material waste. Leading problem solving and root cause analysis for operational and quality issues. Risk assessment and incident investigation identifying underlying causes. Analyse current safe working practices and develop a new program including arrangements and procedures, taking ownership of the deployment and leading a team of 3. Statistical data analysis and reporting.



Thetford Europe

• Netherlands
• Consumer Goods
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Continuous Improvement & Manufacturing Process Engineer

  • Jul 2017 - Apr 2018

  - Continuous improvement - Data analysis - New product introduction / development - Product cost analysis - Process engineering - Manufacturing engineering Find opportunities for improvement based on statistical evaluation and identification of trends utilizing reporting data across the operation and input of the production team. Monitoring of cost savings and appropriate calculations based on production data and direct observation. After identification of cost saving opportunities following up with root cause analysis and setting up of project plans in cooperation with responsible process engineers and production team. Assess feasibility of projects based on cost versus benefit and time for introduction. Support of the quality department and maintenance team in case of resource constraints. In-depth review of the current implementation of 5S and material flow, preparation of project plan to revamp 5S as base for further improvements to supplement a lean manufacturing strategy.



NES, an Integrated Polymer Solutions Company

• United Kingdom
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Process / Production Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Jun 2017

  - COPQ reduction - Project management - Process engineering - Product development - Coaching - Continuous improvement Coaching and developing production departments, problem solving, introduction of FMEA and control plans to the business, project management, creation of training plans and supporting structural change, design of jigs and fixtures, reduction in cost of poor quality, putting plans in place for and support increase in productivity, process optimization and introduction of SOP, support NPI, logistics projects (KANBAN, scheduling optimization), support maintenance, material storage planning, factory layout.



KOSTAL Group

• Germany
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pre Production Engineer

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2016

  - production engineering- process planning- development and project engineer- project management (international with other subsidiaries and customer manufacturing locations)Main responsibilities within role:-Development of manufacturing lines for new Products including creation of equipment specification and working with the design team during product development (, Layout, Process flow, FMEA)- Developing lines to readiness for production by validating equipment and parts for production (MSA studies, Run at Rate, Capability), training line leader / setter and operators. Develop and create process and work instructions;- Product responsibility "cradle to grave", including capacity, quality and continuous improvement for the lifetime of a product after start of production- Problem solving in the course of 8D and internal complaint procedure- leading a team of operators and students in the course of bigger projects

• Trainee Pre Production Engineer

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

  see pre production engineer later on.

• Pre Production Technician

  • May 2013 - Dec 2013

  Assist the pre production engineers with various tasks during product development. - machine capability studies- material planning on existing lines- screw joint analysis - setting jigs and fixtures - layout planning shop floor and lines- introduction of new variants on existing lines- absentee coverage



W&W-Gruppe

• Germany
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Insurance Agent

  • Jan 2011 - May 2013

  Self employed Agent for insurance and banking products Self employed Agent for insurance and banking products



OTTO FUCHS KG

• Germany
• Fabricated Metal Products
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Team leader Non Destructive Testing (Ultrasound)

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2010

  Leading a team of 10 on 2 machines over 3 shifts in a fully continuous production environment innon Destructive testing with ultrasound:- conventional multi-zone inspection - conventional probes- phased array- setting up machines- developing inspection plan and implementation- training operators in ultrasonic inspection- training on the machine- fault finding during implementation of new equipment- continuous improvement- sign off machines for production- lead and support during customer audit and final acceptance- staff development and labour planningprogramming and setting machines, leading the approval process of new equipment and introduction of new technology.

• Ultrasonic Inspector level II

  • Jan 2005 - Dec 2006

  Non Destructive testing using ultrasound with manual equipment, multi-zone inspection with immersion tanks also using phased array technology on rotation symmetric parts, programming and setting machines, leading the approval process of new equipment and introduction of new technology.

• Engineering Apprentice

  • Sep 2002 - Jan 2005

  Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology