Experience

CDE Group

• United Kingdom
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Product Development Engineer

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  Product Development Engineer at CDE Group

• Graduate Product Development Engineer

  • Feb 2021 - Apr 2023



Redrock Machinery Ltd

• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Operative

  • Oct 2020 - Feb 2021



Stetchworth Estate Farms

• Hall Farm, Newmarket

• Harvest Machinery Operator

  • Jul 2019 - Sep 2019

  Worked as a harvest machinery operator working on a 4000-acre estate on the Suffolk Cambridgeshire border. Increasing knowledge of agricultural machinery through operation and maintenance of a CLAAS Lexion 770 combine, harvesting in various arable crops. Gaining valuable driving and practical skills, operating tractors ranging from 100 to 400 horsepower to complete various tasks such as carting and topping. Constantly developing communication and organisational skills with manager ensuring farm and estate tasks are completed. Development of time management skills, capable of working flexible hours in a demanding role to ensure harvest is completed. Show less



CLAAS

• Germany
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern - Functional Testing Department

  • Sep 2017 - Sep 2018

  Setup and operation of prototypes and test rigs to resolve performance issues and to validate functional use of redesigned components. Operation of field-testing equipment during combine harvest to gain corn and return crop samples from combines.Managing a field laboratory to process samples through a series of machines, gaining interpreting results from each setup or modification made in the field. Using design and development skills, including CAD to make modifications to cab bracketry and fixings, resolving technical issues faced by customers. Development of time management and organisational skills through a company assigned project, which involved desk-based computational work to create innovative solutions to problems faced within the department for testing CLAAS machinery in the workshop. Show less

• Trainee Technical Support Engineer

  • Jul 2017 - Sep 2017

  Used and perfected problem-solving skills, to provide technical support to CLAAS UK dealers and customers, as part of the after sales team.One to one customer visits to gain feedback on issues reported, documenting and escalating to factory engineers so that problems are resolved. Practical workshop experience, service and repair of agricultural machinery.



Capel St Andrews Farm

• Capel St Andrew Farms, Suffolk

• Harvest Machinery Operator

  • Jul 2016 - Sep 2016

  Worked as a harvest machinery operator working on a 3000-acre farm on the East Coast of Suffolk. Vastly increasing the knowledge of agricultural machinery and how they are used and gaining valuable driving and practical skills with agriculture machinery. Through driving tractors ranging from 100 to 300 horsepower, forklifts, JCB telehandlers and various other pieces of machinery. Tasks mainly consisted of corn, potato & onion carting, loading & unloading with forklifts & JCB telehandlers, hedgecutting, and escorting of harvesters. Constant development of communication and organisation with farm manager to ensure tasks are completed. Also involved in maintenance, servicing and general repairs of harvesters and other pieces of machinery. Show less