Experience

Luxfer MEL Technologies

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Manager - Environmental & Healthcare

  • Sep 2020 - Present

• Production Lead

  • Jul 2019 - Sep 2020

  • Accountable for production processes in the special oxides arena, covering the manufacture of a wide variety of speciality high value, high margin products to challenging customer specifications for use in environmental and healthcare applications, utilising highly flexible team and equipment to produce wide range of products focusing on achieving RFT and OTIF. Further developed knowledge of these processes, manufacturing equipment and chemistries from previous role. • Liaised with customer support, planning team, growth leaders and quality team to determine customer requirements, then managed production team, engineering team and subcontractors to achieve this • Co-ordinated processes, managing labour distribution and engineering support working to improve manufacturing performance and address the root cause of any production failures • Worked closely with growth leaders, new product development, engineering and quality teams on commercialisation of new products managing and co-ordinating product trials, equipment modifications and RFA development• Involved in change of ERP system to SAP across the business, including entering data into SAP, utilising data and developing SOP’s and training to train down tasks. Show less

• Quality Engineer

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Managed competing projects and demands from across the business, as well as support requests, related to the introduction of SharePoint internal intranet to meet tight deadlines. • Managed two students, providing them with training, mentorship and guidance whilst completing independent projects• Used SharePoint to streamline business process and collect data, including developing electronic log sheets and automated reporting of data• Designed electronic systems for the auditing process, management of corrective actions using an 8D methodology approach, change control management and recording, developing a detailed understanding of these systems and their value• Built log sheets for processes across the business gaining experience of the processes, chemistry and key control parameters measured by different parts of the business, by working closely with operators, process owners, technical experts and business leaders. • Developed Quality scorecard and the methodology behind KPI’s, highlighting the value of easily collected data in simple metrics for driving business improvements and the benefits of electronic data to drive this• Qualified Lean-Six Sigma Black Belt, expert at data management and analysis using a variety of software, as well as knowledge of as 5S, value stream mapping, visual management, design of experiment and statistical process control• Member of several multi-functional FMEA/Root Cause Analysis teams acting as team member, note taker and discussion leader, challenging assumptions to ensure that all potential failure modes were properly considered and address.• Worked on providing business process flow co-ordinating with SAP team members to ensure that SAP implementation was suitable for business needs Show less

• Development Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Worked on the scale up of new products and provided plant support focussed on the catalysis workstream• Developed an electronic log sheet system to be used as a template for other processes across the business, linking them to control plans• Worked closely with process engineers providing training and guidance on product chemistry and company systems• Chaired pre-production meetings for the introduction of new or infrequent products, resulting in the successful planning and production of these products. Provided support for the role out of new products including monitoring production trials.• Worked on developing processes for the treatment of organic waste generated by the G6 process working with the environmental agency to ensure resulting effluent stream was compliant• Sourcing of equipment for new processes Show less

• Development Chemist

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Worked on the scale up and development of new products, gaining familiarity with the stage gated new product development process, control plans and FMEA• Developed expertise on the chemistry on the formation of zirconium hydroxides and oxides, and associated intermediates performed on plant to further develop existing expertise in formation of inorganic powders.



University of Bath

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Researcher

  • Oct 2010 - Dec 2013

  Thesis Title: ‘Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Hydrocarbons Using Iron Nanoparticle-Carbon Nanotube Catalysts’Enhanced 4 year EPSRC studentship (worth over £75,000), with successful outcomes including:- 3 papers published in high impact journals and 1 patent application in progress - $2100+ in competitive travel funding awarded, along with £2000+ of internal funding to attend national and international conferences - Speaker at 4 national and international conferences, presented posters at 11 national and international conferences, awarded 3 poster prizes worth £150 for high quality research.- Invited to chair sessions at international and internal student conferences- Recognised as the individual with the largest contribution to the centre as a whole, through frequent involvement with outreach, organisation of conferences (internal and external) and assisting othersDeveloped a number of technical skills including:- Development of a heterogeneous CNT catalyst supported on a monolithic support- Preparation of heterogeneous catalysts via incipient wetness, precipitation and sol-gel techniques- Experience with carbon nanotube synthesis using CVD techniques- Daily involvement with use, sourcing, design and construction of Swagelok™ constructing several catalytic testing and CVD synthesis rigs for operation at high temperature and pressure- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), Hazard and Operability study (HAZOP) and risk assessment practices- Significant experience with GC and GC-MS (daily use for 5 years, involved with repair, maintenance and set-up of several machines)- Experienced operator (>200 hours use) of SEM, Raman, TEM and TGA- Competent operator IR, UV-VIS, HPLC, BET, XRD, NMR and other standard lab techniques Show less

• Integrated PhD MRes projects

  • Oct 2009 - Sep 2010

  Integrated masters component of PhD course, two research projects undertaken:'Kinetic Study of a Zinc Proline catalyst system for bio-diesel production'Involved training in chemical engineering aspects, and development of a monolithic biodiesel catalyst. The project involved looking at kinetic models for homogeneous and heterogeneous systems.'Conversion of CO2 into useful feedstocks in a CNT reactor'Involved air sensitive chemistry and synthesis and constructing of a CVD reactor for CNT growthThroughout the MRes year I was trained in a variety of courses including:Public engagement, Principles of chemical engineering for non-engineers, Clean technology: design of sustainable chemical processes, Sustainable development, Introduction to environmental management, Industrial catalytic processes, Materials chemistry for sustainable energy Show less



DSM

• Netherlands
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Aug 2008 - Aug 2009

  - Worked as part of an international research team to develop a new environmentally friendly route to an existing company product (melamine) - Managed my time effectively to complete several distance learning courses, and produce my masters dissertation titled ‘A new environmentally friendly route to melamine‘ whilst working fulltime - Significant advances were made, doubling conversion and leading to a patent application - The project involved designing and synthesising new heterogeneous catalysts, using a variety of supports, metals and preparation methods - Testing catalysts using a continuous flow reactor to perform the reaction under high pressure and temperature conditions, monitoring online via GC and MS - Designing experiments to test reaction performance, in order to optimise catalyst and reaction conditions. - The project involves using BET, XPS and XRD techniques to analyse the prepared catalysts Show less



Akcros Chemicals Ltd

• Research Intern

  • Jul 2007 - Oct 2007

  Worked for three months developing REACH approved stabiliser alternatives to existing chemical products Worked for three months developing REACH approved stabiliser alternatives to existing chemical products