Experience

Sure Petcare

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Helping to develop the next generation of Pet Care product that empower owners to care for their pets in entirely new ways.



Landis+Gyr

• Switzerland
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Design Team Specialist

  • Dec 2014 - Nov 2020

  o Product design architect for mechanical design, driving the next generation of products. Working closely with commercial partners and customers to define future product requirements.o Ensuring product compliance with latest industry regulatory requirements.o Product design feasibility assessments, cost and time estimation in support of project approval process.o Conduct mechanical design reviews for peers internationally at project milestones. Review for industry compliance, robustness, DfM, DfA, quality assurance, lessons learnt and collaborative approach.o Develop practical design solutions with fully detailed, dimensioned and toleranced drawings.o Management of mechanical engineering activities to successfully meet quality, cost, and time targets.o Responsible for the generation and maintenance of production BOM’s within Windchill and SAP.o Responsible for generating engineering change control documentation and life-cycle management.o Responsibility for improvements in mechanical design processes and tools both locally and globally.o Working closely with international suppliers and joint development partners (JDM).o Advise and support development of colleagues and junior members of mechanical design team.o Part qualification and testing including the use of CMM, vernier callipers, gauges and test equipment.o Providing mechanical design support for legacy products; cost down initiatives, product improvements, quality cases and second sourcing to ensure business continuity.o Design and development of bespoke special purpose equipment for manufacture and testing of metering products. Ensuring compliance with all safety and regulatory requirements.o Creo & Windchill CAD administrator for local UK site and alignment globally.

• Mechanical Design Team Supervisor

  • Oct 2012 - Dec 2014

  o Lead, coach and coordinate the UK mechanical design engineering team and activitieso Generate appropriate product and project support documentation.o Prioritize project and legacy support design engineering activities to ensure delivery of projects within agreed time scales and to meet quality and cost targets. o Develop and support robust working processes and procedures to ensure project and business deliverables and commitments are met.o Management and recruitment of expanded team up to 7 direct reports, 5 permanent + 2 contractors

• Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Oct 2007 - Oct 2012

  Design and development of electricity metering products including the 1st generation of UK SMART meters and In-Home Units within a fast-paced multi-disciplined cross functional team environment to meet regulatory and customer requirements to cost, time and quality targets. Working with global design team on the development of metering products for Germany, France, India and Australia. Design of special purpose production equipment for manufacturing and testing. Produce and maintain design support documentation.



Truck-Lite

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Apr 1998 - Oct 2007

  Design, development and introduction of new and innovative lighting and wiring products for the automotive industry using Pro-Engineer CAD software. Concurrent project management to meet target delivery of projects to customer requirements. Project engineering to find appropriate solutions using various techniques. Working closely with customers and suppliers to develop new and innovative solutions. Design and development of lighting for trucks, bespoke trailer wiring and lighting kits and MOD contracts



MACOM Greenpar

• Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Dec 1995 - Apr 1998

  Development and introduction of high performance connectors and cablling systems for the telecommunication industry using ME10 and AutoCAD 3D. Concurrent project management to ensure delivery of products to meet demanding timescales.



Caradon MK Electric ltd

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Mar 1994 - Dec 1995

• Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Aug 1991 - Dec 1994

• Toolmaker - apprentice

  • Aug 1987 - Aug 1991