Experience

Ultra Electronics Group

• Defense & Space
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Provide oversight & leadership to a multi-discipline team to deliver a broad set of capabilities that include test equipment and environmental test solutions. Application of ‘value engineering’, ‘affordability’ & ‘DFMAT’ principles, in the evaluation, analysis, simulation & test of new & existing product for cost effective solutions.Control and manage test solutions throughout the development lifecycle responsible for the test engineering function.Development and derivation of customer requirements into realisable product test requirements.Oversight, leadership and execution of the test facilities, including maintenance and calibration to support new and existing product verification and test.Deliver product verification strategies for projects, including development and requirements based verification test plans and procedures.Management of sub-contract test facilities when required, ensuring compliance to the project statement of work and requirement set.Create a strategy and fit for purpose test environment supported by analysis. (Centre of Excellence). Ensure domain is correctly resourced, in terms of suitably qualified and experienced personnel and appropriate tools, to deliver project work packages as directed by Chief Engineers/PM.

• Engineering Manager

  • Apr 2016 - Dec 2016

  Management and resource planning, performance and discipline, morale and welfare of allocated staff with the Mechanical Domain.Support the Functional Domain Manager — Mechanical, put in place the people, tools and general resources on the projects for the Chief Engineers.Deployment of engineering resources as agreed with stakeholders.Responsibility for the completion of Engineers' PDP's who report to the said Manager in the functional domain.Completion, updates and evaluation of the engineering skills matrix.Drive engineering domain efficiency through constant improvement (e.g. process).Responsibility for the quality of the outputs from staff.Assist in the provision of information, staff training and technical instruction as appropriate.Write allocated sections/volumes of the technical bid response as directed by the Chief EngineerProvide consistent, accurate and 'value for money' NRC domain estimates for the Chief engineers.Provide advice and recommendations to the Chief Engineers on project requirements during bid and project delivery.Responsible to the Chief Engineer in delivery of the project requirements.Manage the allocation of the engineering budget and delivery against the agreed commitments and scope of work.Production of engineering plans.Review engineering documents to assure quality of output from domain staff.

• Lead Engineer

  • Oct 2014 - Apr 2016

  Lead the identified team to successfully deliver to both internal process and external commitments, to schedule and within defined and agreed cost parameters. To report the status of delegated programmes to the Chief Engineer in a timely and accurate fashion.To lead the allocated team to ensure a focused and optimised work flow which iterates to a robust design solution with the minimum of waste and rework.Maintain a clear and comprehensive understanding of the technologies within the Harness and Pilot controls domain.Collaborate with other Team Leaders, Programme Management and the Chief Engineer to ensure that an optimal solution for the project is achieved.Proactively work to define requirements, resolve issues and deliver efficient solutions and improvements as appropriate.Ensure that the work undertaken by the team is scaled to suit the task and fulfils the needs of the task.Actively track and manage change to the scope of work, specification (formal and informal), recurring and non-recurring costs. Execute impact assessments where change occurs and where necessary, implement controls and facilitate commercial claims and other compensatory mechanisms.Maintain a sufficient understanding of the commercial framework which surrounds allocated projects to ensure execution of the project in line with contract.Liaise with other teams (e.g. Quality, Purchasing, Manufacturing Engineering etc.) within the business to ensure cradle to grave success of allocated projects.



Esterline Engineered Materials

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Engineer - Airframe Applications

  • Oct 2009 - Oct 2014

• Design/Manufacturing Engineer

  • Jun 2006 - Oct 2009

• Manufacturing Cost Down Engineer

  • Sep 2004 - Jun 2006