Ian Chapple
Mechanical Design Engineer at Briggs of Burton- Claim this Profile
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Andrew Basten
Ian contributed a lot to the team as he was very knowledgeable with Solidworks CAD, as well as the physical product and processes. I would certainly recommend Ian.
Leo McNally
I worked with Ian in 2019 managing technical changes. Ian coped well with taking over an established role within an existing process. There was immediate pressure to perform to support manufacturing and fleet operations activities and he met this challenge. Once embedded in the process, he was able to identify improvements to the tracking and reporting tools to make his activities more efficient. One of Ian's strengths is to ask questions (more specifically, the right questions) to ensure that the scope of work, the deliverables and any expectations on the role are clear, rather than proceeding based on assumption. This gave me the confidence in Ian to work independently.
Andrew Basten
Ian contributed a lot to the team as he was very knowledgeable with Solidworks CAD, as well as the physical product and processes. I would certainly recommend Ian.
Leo McNally
I worked with Ian in 2019 managing technical changes. Ian coped well with taking over an established role within an existing process. There was immediate pressure to perform to support manufacturing and fleet operations activities and he met this challenge. Once embedded in the process, he was able to identify improvements to the tracking and reporting tools to make his activities more efficient. One of Ian's strengths is to ask questions (more specifically, the right questions) to ensure that the scope of work, the deliverables and any expectations on the role are clear, rather than proceeding based on assumption. This gave me the confidence in Ian to work independently.
Andrew Basten
Ian contributed a lot to the team as he was very knowledgeable with Solidworks CAD, as well as the physical product and processes. I would certainly recommend Ian.
Leo McNally
I worked with Ian in 2019 managing technical changes. Ian coped well with taking over an established role within an existing process. There was immediate pressure to perform to support manufacturing and fleet operations activities and he met this challenge. Once embedded in the process, he was able to identify improvements to the tracking and reporting tools to make his activities more efficient. One of Ian's strengths is to ask questions (more specifically, the right questions) to ensure that the scope of work, the deliverables and any expectations on the role are clear, rather than proceeding based on assumption. This gave me the confidence in Ian to work independently.
Andrew Basten
Ian contributed a lot to the team as he was very knowledgeable with Solidworks CAD, as well as the physical product and processes. I would certainly recommend Ian.
Leo McNally
I worked with Ian in 2019 managing technical changes. Ian coped well with taking over an established role within an existing process. There was immediate pressure to perform to support manufacturing and fleet operations activities and he met this challenge. Once embedded in the process, he was able to identify improvements to the tracking and reporting tools to make his activities more efficient. One of Ian's strengths is to ask questions (more specifically, the right questions) to ensure that the scope of work, the deliverables and any expectations on the role are clear, rather than proceeding based on assumption. This gave me the confidence in Ian to work independently.
Experience
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Briggs of Burton
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United Kingdom
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Mechanical Design Engineer
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Jul 2022 - Present
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TNA Solutions
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Chile
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Development Manager – Seasoning & Spraying
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Jan 2022 - Jul 2022
Managing a small engineering team overseeing core product lines within the food industry. Scheduling and balancing project work vs. development deadlines. Solving issues on the shopfloor, interfacing with a global customer base to solve and improve products in the field. Develop new standards and implement improvements and cost-saving techniques to existing product ranges. • Taking over a design range from another branch, improving and adapting to allow for manufacturing in another country Managing a small engineering team overseeing core product lines within the food industry. Scheduling and balancing project work vs. development deadlines. Solving issues on the shopfloor, interfacing with a global customer base to solve and improve products in the field. Develop new standards and implement improvements and cost-saving techniques to existing product ranges. • Taking over a design range from another branch, improving and adapting to allow for manufacturing in another country
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ALTEN LTD - UK
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United Kingdom
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Information Technology & Services
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500 - 600 Employee
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Development Engineer
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Sep 2019 - Sep 2020
Design consultant leading cost reduction initiatives within the engineering department. Developed multiple cost-efficient product lines projecting savings of > 10% across the company. Directed several CAPEX funding applications gaining approval from senior management. Interfaced with supply chain and customers, leading multiple successful PPAP applications validated by stress analysis, FMEA and modal simulations• Led cost reduction program saving > 100k with additional proposed savings of > 100k per annum• Established two new suppliers leading to cost reductions of > 60% Show less
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Technical Change Manager
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Nov 2018 - Sep 2019
Controlled > 800 open change requirements between supply chain, production, testing, engineering, & quality departments to ensure accurate scheduling completion & exchanging knowledge• Successfully lead the closure of > 400 change requirements within 8 months• Developed and implemented tools and techniques for change management, & KPI based reporting tools within MS Excel
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VA Technology
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United Kingdom
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Team Leader: System Design
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Jun 2017 - Nov 2018
Managed a team for engineers to deliver on high quality 3D design concepts to present to customers as part of sales proposals. Driving economical solutions focused on design for manufacture and maintenance.• Created multiple design aid tools using C# programming which improved design accuracy and efficiency by 5%• Developed > 20 quality checking tools to aid in error proofing of drawings• Managed >30 active projects across 5 engineers at any given time• Approved >100 assemblies and >500 drawings. Verified >30 robotic cells• Provided support for worldwide installation and maintenance teams Show less
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Design Engineer: Systems
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Nov 2013 - Jun 2017
CAD design engineer designing complex industrial robotic automation solutions. Designing for >100 global customers, ensuring all systems would successfully integrate within existing factory designs. Creating interfaces with other processes to create harmonious factory-wide solutions. Worked at a rate > £1,000,000 of systems per working day whilst also continuously improving departmental productivity.• Designed >300 Automated Robotic Cells, using Kawasaki, Fanuc, ABB 6 or 7 axis robots along with >100 pieces of custom manual interaction and automated equipment• Creation of >500 design packs for project proposals to detailed designs including robot kinematic simulations• Reduced model creation time from 15min to less than 1 minute using SolidWorks• Proposed and implemented companywide migration to PDM software, improving drawing management and load times > 40% Show less
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Education
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2008 - 2013
University of Leicester
Master of Engineering - MEng -
2000 - 2008
Steyning Grammar School and 6th Form
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