Experience

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  FMI Building Innovation

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Business Operations Manager

    • Jan 2024 - Present
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Fleetline Utility Canopies

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Operations Manager

    • Aug 2022 - Dec 2023
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Hale Manufacturing

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Production Manager

    • Aug 2021 - Aug 2022
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Prestige Doors & Gates Ltd

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Production Manager

    • Jan 2021 - Aug 2021
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Formsteel

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Production Manager

    • Jun 2019 - Jan 2021
    • Auckland, New Zealand

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  Talvor

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Factory Manager

    • Nov 2017 - May 2019
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    motor home manufacturers

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  Viridian glass

  • Production Planning Manager

    • Jun 2016 - Nov 2017

  • Production Planner

    • Oct 2015 - May 2016

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  EPTA group - George Barker

  • Bradford, United Kingdom

  • Industrial Lean Engineer

    • May 2012 - Sep 2015
    • Bradford, United Kingdom

    Using Lean methodologies monitor site statistics through visual management systems, improve production flow, routing of new parts to correct production stages, Capacity planning for customer parts supply department, Man Management. I am currently the engineer supporting the material handling department, Powder coating, Braising, Electrical assembly and low volume customer specific products. Within the low volume production line I am developing a production line to accommodate 40 products per week of varying type and spec to achieve ongoing contract with a number of customers and maintain a steady TAKT time and Manning level. This is being achieved by redeveloping the build processes of the products and the sequence of work in which they are carried out. I am responsible for the budget and management of the project from conception through to completion, of which I am currently developing a short production line to accommodate an ongoing order to meet the customer delivery and quality expectations whilst allowing the flexibility of still producing other different customer specific products this has also required me to develop planning models to allow commercial to plan work in the department and be able to more accurately see the production constraints. I have developed an internal timing system based on MTM techniques and using spreadsheets I have created to synthesise working time to estimate build times on new components / assemblies.

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  Alexander Dennis

  • Scarborough

  • Manufcturing Engineer / Produciton Planner / CNC Programmer

    • Jul 1999 - Apr 2012
    • Scarborough

    Management of material and work planning for CNC department for which I was the primary CNC programmer for in house sheet metal turret punch, including recreation of 2d drawings. This role also included the monthly material planning and part costing for CNC production requirements, Whilst working with the CNC department I as also working with the Purchasing department in making 'Make V’s Buy' decision of new parts. Maintenance of product stock code detail and new part sourcingUsed various Lean methodologies to implement a factory layout that reduce the number of stations by 30% and then through various techniques helped to reduce the build hours by 10%. I also have experience setting up a New factory for a new product of which I managed the prototype build and the first 6months of production.I also have experience in developing facilities and integration of new equipment, Capex expenditure and managing new product integrations into existing manufacturing layouts and buildings.Used Syspro for stock management, Creation and maintenance of Access Databases and I gained a good level of experience with Excel

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  Erskine

  • Assistant design engineer

    • Feb 1997 - Mar 1999

    Creation of installaiton drawings and quoation drawings for the development department. Control and upkeep of BSI records