Experience

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  HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd

  • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

  • Senior Plant Engineer

    • Aug 2023 - Present
    • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

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  Jacobs

  • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

  • Senior Consultant - Vehicle Design

    • Oct 2021 - Aug 2023
    • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

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  BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION UK LTD

  • Derby, United Kingdom

  • Engineering Lab Test Manager

    • May 2017 - Sep 2021
    • Derby, United Kingdom

    Improving the governance of the lab to focus on a small number of KPIs for quality, timeliness, cost and safety. Organising recruitment and training . Updating procedures for compliance with Bombardier’s quality system requirements, ISO9001 and IRIS (International Railway Industry Standard). Managing a departmental budget of £85k as well as the test element of project budgets in excess of £100k each. Developing strategy for improvement of the infrastructure of the lab.My team carry out testing ranging from components to single cars in the laboratory itself and track testing of full train units with hundreds of instrumentation channels.

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  Optare PLC

  • Sherburn-in-Elmet, West Yorkshire

  • Project Engineering Manager (Electric Vehicles)

    • Aug 2015 - Apr 2017
    • Sherburn-in-Elmet, West Yorkshire

    Managed the upgrade of existing electric vehicles to increase their range. Worked with people throughout the organization to oversee the design and procurement of parts, modification of vehicles, homologation activity, liaison with customers and integration with the ongoing production of new vehicles in the factory. Delivered to a challenging timescale to meet prior commitment to customer. Captured the design and prepared to roll out the range extension modification to other customers. Managed the preparation of a new prototype electric vehicle by converting a diesel. Worked with an external supplier to provide the new drive system and the internal organization to ensure the vehicle was in good condition for presenting at a show and homologation testing Carried out site visits to customers to prepare for vehicle trials.Reviewed available technologies and suppliers for the next generation of electric vehicles.

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  Rolls-Royce

  • United Kingdom
  • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Component & Sub-system Test Manager (Various roles)

    • 2003 - 2014

    Managed a team of 13 engineers who project managed aerothermal and mechanical rig testing both inside and outside the company.Managed the introduction of modern working practices into aerothermal and mechanical rig operations. Direct reports 2 production leaders & 2 programme controllers, with around 40 skilled manual employees reporting to the production leaders. Provided a coherent engine level strategy for system and component level testing, as part of the overall verification and certification process. Presented the strategy to the chief engineer, to the airline customer and to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Drove the stakeholders within the project and across the supply chain to ensure the rig test programme was given sufficient priority. Closely managed the high profile, multi-million pound fan blade off containment rig test.Drove continuous improvement using process mapping and value stream mapping techniques to improve processes

  • Service Engineer Trent 700 fleet and Operational Support teams

    • 2002 - 2003

  • Design Team Leader Trent 500 Engine Core Transmissions & Structures

    • 1999 - 2002

  • Process Improvement Leader

    • 1998 - 1999

    Identified improvements to the process in a casings fabrication factory

  • Assistant Team Leader BR715 Transmissions

    • 1998 - 1998

  • Stress and Thermal analysis

    • 1996 - 1998

    Carried out analysis of a variety of aero-engine components, approved drawings, sentenced manufacturing non-conformance, defined tests and wrote certification reports.

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  Matra Marconi Space (UK) Ltd

  • Portsmouth, United Kingdom

  • Stress & Thermal Analysis

    • 1990 - 1995
    • Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    Stress and thermal analysis of electronic and electro-mechanical units for space satellites.