Experience

New York Bakery Company Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Packaging Engineer

  • May 2023 - Present

  Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

• Shift Engineer

  • May 2019 - Jun 2023

  Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom



Granton Medical Limited

• United Kingdom
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Manager

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom



GAP Engineering

• Engineer

  • Apr 2016 - Feb 2017

  UK wide



kelkay

• Manufacturing & Quality Manager

  • Sep 2014 - Feb 2016

  Pollington & Heck Manufacturing and Quality Manager



Remploy

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 500 - 600 Employee

• NPI Project Engineer

  • Apr 2010 - Oct 2012

  CAD designing, altering and issuing drawings also liasing with laser cutting companies



IAC Group

• Shift Manager

  • 2011 - 2011



IMI Cornelius Ltd

• Project Engineer

  • Aug 2009 - Jul 2010

  Key Skills / Achievements Used Value Stream Mapping to help understand the primary constraints and focus areas. Implemented performance management with a structured review mechanism and mobilised the team, leading to a 40% improvement in productivity. This in tern enabled the site to eliminate the night shift thus realising additional energy savings and shift premium allowances. Initiated a site wide 5S program, developing Team Leaders to champion implementation in their areas. … Show more Key Skills / Achievements Used Value Stream Mapping to help understand the primary constraints and focus areas. Implemented performance management with a structured review mechanism and mobilised the team, leading to a 40% improvement in productivity. This in tern enabled the site to eliminate the night shift thus realising additional energy savings and shift premium allowances. Initiated a site wide 5S program, developing Team Leaders to champion implementation in their areas. Achieved an additional £600K saving at TMAT Morrell, by adopting some of the core lean tools and eliminating waste. Whilst at Wavin I worked closely with the Shift Leaders and Team Leaders to reduce changeovers by 62% using SMED principles, with times for tool changes coming down from 45minutes to 17minutes.; Produce soft drinks and beer chiller units; Managing the whole project for the transfer of new production lines from Spain to the UK site. Implement Lean principals to the site, improve the production process. Show less



Cornelius

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Project Engineer

  • Aug 2009 - Nov 2009

  Key roles and responsibilities include the development of production teams and H&S subgroups to deliver the overall business objectives. Coaching Shift Charge-hand to implement improvements and manage KPI performance targets. Introduce 5S programs across all moulding teams. Utilise SMED techniques to reduce changeover times on moulding machines. Incorporate a monitoring system to highlight machine down time, improving OEE from 65% to 87%. Facilitate Planning… Show more Key roles and responsibilities include the development of production teams and H&S subgroups to deliver the overall business objectives. Coaching Shift Charge-hand to implement improvements and manage KPI performance targets. Introduce 5S programs across all moulding teams. Utilise SMED techniques to reduce changeover times on moulding machines. Incorporate a monitoring system to highlight machine down time, improving OEE from 65% to 87%. Facilitate Planning department, in scheduling tool runs and prioritising work. Hepworth Building Products (changed name in 2007 to Wavin UK) Assembly Co-ordinator Cell 1, 2 & 3 Key roles and responsibilities include the development of production teams to work to key performance metrics. Initiating action and making things happen, by building continuous improvements across all assembly areas, coaching 5S teams and implementing changes to deliver the overall business objectives. Direct responsibility for 9 team leaders working a 24 hour operation with a total of 225 people. Coached Team Leaders to implement improvements and manage KPI performance. Project managed outsourcing of Rainwater products, setting up assembly lines at HM Prison to achieve annual savings of >60K p.a. Introduce 5S to all assembly areas Assist in the introduction of factory wide pull system, eliminating the reliance on MRP, whilst reducing lead times and inventory. Implemented visual control boards for moulded and assembled items. Promoted and recognised bottom-up improvements throughout the assembly teams. Utilised SMED techniques to reduce changeover times on packing machines and assembly lines. Improved efficiency from 64% to 87% Increased out put by 18% Reduce customer complaints by 10% Show less



Smith Technology

• Business development consultant

  • Mar 2009 - Aug 2009

  Managing new business and improving contacts and service.



TMAT Morrell

• Project / Process Engineer

  • Mar 2008 - Oct 2008

  Automotive company designing and moulding floor mats, fenders, acoustic bulkheads and roof liners for JCB, Caterpillar, Fiat, and LDV Continuous Improvement Engineer Use Value Stream Mapping, introduce Kanban system and also Kaizen. Facilitate in the introduction of a 5S program to Team Leaders and Shift Leaders. Introduced performance management to the Shift leaders Set up demanding and achievable targets Implemented OEE across the site



Wavin

• Netherlands
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Projects Leader

  • Jan 1987 - Jan 2008

  Support the relocation of plant from the Lichfield site to Doncaster Facilitate training of operators in the new assembly equipment Implement training in Microsoft Office for Team Leaders Develop individual training development plans with skills matrices, providing improved clarity of skills requirements Part of the Editorial Team for the Wavin Group magazine (Pipelines), utilised to communicate best practice and celebrate success.