Experience

Blackwood Engineering

• United Kingdom
• Primary Metal Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Manager

  • Mar 2020 - Present

• Business Development Manager

  • Nov 2016 - Mar 2020

  Developing new customers and suppliers for the company, involved in all enquiries and supplier selection. Auditing foundries in China and India for new supplier approval, providing technical support for all enquiries with current and new customers. Successfully developed new customers such as Terex, Kubota, Pacoma, Dromone Engineering and others. Helped grow the business in different industries and product range.



Blackwood Engineering

• United Kingdom
• Primary Metal Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Accounts Manager

  • Jan 2009 - Sep 2015

  Managing customer accounts, being first point of contact for customers, responsible for managing projects, cost analysis and customer quotations, enquiries, quality issues, deliveries, managing all aspects of customer accounts. Customers include CAT and Volvo construction equipments various plants, JCB, Jungheinrich, JLG, Linde, Nifty Lift, etc

• Senior Project Engineer

  • Aug 2006 - Jan 2009

  Managing all customer projects from enquiry stage, quotations, sample development and approval to production.

• Project Engineer

  • Sep 2004 - Aug 2006

  Managing projects, reviewing casting designs with customer and foundry engineers, bridging communications between suppliers in China and customer’s design engineers, making sure projects are running smoothly according to plan, resolving any quality issues , assist in design changes to optimise manufacturing process, doing inspections using Faro Arm 3D dimension inspection equipment, Ultrasonic Testing machine, Dye Penetrant testing, etc.. making supplier and customer visits to make sure samples are good before shipment and fit up well on production line. Handover to production after sample approval and building up initial stock. Managing phase-in and out of engineering change product introductions. Show less