Experience

MORRIS COMMERCIAL LTD

• United Kingdom
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Engineer

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Role encompasses Programme Management, Technical Leadership and Process creation, reporting directly to the CEO.Leading a small team of passionate engineers delivering a ground up vehicle based on a design icon. o BIW structure utilizing recycled carbon fibre composite materials in low volume toolingo Aluminium extruded chassiso All new LV & HV architectureo Utilising off the shelf componentry to ensure investment is kept to a minimumWorking in conjunction with Niche Vehicle Network.



JLR

• United Kingdom
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Manager - Strategy

  • Oct 2019 - May 2021

  • Responsible for a team of 12 including Subject Matter Experts, commodities included o System ownership of Mechtronic systems - feature based delivery o Structural Accessories – Side steps, towing, winches, bull bars, etc o Interior Accessories – Throw in mats, seat covers, sunshades, etc o Exterior Accessories – Mudflaps, wheel arch protection, rubbing strips, etc o Chassis Accessories – Wheels, wheel nuts, valve caps, wheel centres, etc• Ownership of Bill of Design, generic timing, requirements, test cases & DFMEA including prevent re-occurrence• Consultancy for delivery and warranty teams through use of problem-solving techniques• Concept work on Military specification vehicle• Initial programme support to handover @ gateway, all engineering deliverables for the above-mentioned components in both CCDS & PCDS processes.

• Engineering Manager - Vehicle Personalisation

  • Jun 2016 - Oct 2019

  ENGINEERING MANAGER, SPECIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS, JLR• Engineering responsibility for Towing Systems (Deployable, Detachable, Fixed and Multi-height) and Side Steps (Deploying, Fixed and Tubes).• Ownership of the above-mentioned products from cradle to grave, responsibilities include o Daily management of 27 heads, permanent, contract and outsourced. o System ownership of Mechtronic systems - feature based delivery o Writing of component technical strategies, creation of ‘Bills of design’ to ensure adherence to strategy, control of product costings and release through the WERS process. o Creation of System Engineering documentation, System Leader for deploying commodities above.

• Project Leader ( I -Pace) - Body Engineering

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2016

  PROJECT LEADER (I-PACE), BODY ENGINEERING, JLR• Remained with I-Pace project at the request of Body Engineering director.• Responsibility to deliver BIW, Interior and Exterior Trim to quality cost and timing.• Team increased from 25 to 125 heads during programme duration o Early work with 4 internal heads and an outsourced engineering team, included writing deliverables for the outsourced team, negotiating contracts, agreeing budget and tracking resource spend. o Later included control and tracking of BIW & long lead items to ensure project delivery. Ensuring that all Engineering deliverables were achieved through the virtual phases to enable BIW tooling kick off and components sourced to support Job 1.

• APC Platform Manager - Body Engineering

  • Feb 2014 - Sep 2014

  PLATFROM LEADER (ADVANCED PRODUCT CREATION), BODY ENGINEERING, JLR• Moved role due to departmental restructure, owning one JLR platform plus I Pace vehicle.• Responsibility to deliver BIW, Interior and Exterior Trim initial cost decks and timings to support early phases of product development.• Collation of departmental information to support programme requirements.• Liaison with design team to ensure common direction between Studio and Finance teams.

• Group Leader - System Strategy and Integration

  • Feb 2011 - Feb 2014

• Contract Specialist

  • Mar 2005 - Feb 2011

  VARIOUS ROLES, BODY ENGINEERING, JLR• Group Leader for system strategy.• Module leader for New Range Rover (L405) launch.• ‘Special Projects’ lead for Body Engineering.• Changed role and became lead for the following vehicles (X150 07.25, X358, X250 10MY) for the Body Engineering content that was either new or being modified.• Integration engineer to support X150 06MY Occupant Detection Project.



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• Took time out to travel

  • Jul 2004 - Mar 2005

  Traveled around the world Traveled around the world



Delphi

• United Kingdom
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Residential Specialist

  • Oct 2000 - Jul 2004

  Resident Engineer for DELCO Electronics supporting Jaguar and Land Rover on Occupant Passive Restraint systems Resident Engineer for DELCO Electronics supporting Jaguar and Land Rover on Occupant Passive Restraint systems



Lear Corporation

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Seating Engineer

  • Jan 2000 - Oct 2000

  Seating Engineer responsible for seat harnessing and restraints on X400 Program Seating Engineer responsible for seat harnessing and restraints on X400 Program



Magna International

• Canada
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Leader

  • Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Leading line fit commodities for BMW Mini Program

• Quality Engineer

  • Mar 1996 - Jan 1998

  Quality engineering and CMM programmer duties for R3, PR3, R8 and R40 projects



Avery Berkel

• United Kingdom
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Supplier Quality Engineer

  • Oct 1994 - Mar 1996

  Supplier compliance and Auditing Supplier compliance and Auditing