Experience

Clayton Equipment Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director - Owner

  • Mar 2005 - Present

  Ensure the business operation is inline with strategic goals and the profitability and financial security of the business are met. Ensure the business operation is inline with strategic goals and the profitability and financial security of the business are met.



Rolls Royce Industrial Business - Clayton Equipment

• Managing Director

  • Jan 2002 - Mar 2005

  Lead and Manage the Company reporting business performance to Rolls Royce Industrial Business Group Managing Director. Lead and Manage the Company reporting business performance to Rolls Royce Industrial Business Group Managing Director.



Rolls Royce Industrial Business - Clayton Equipment Limited

• Operations Director

  • 2000 - Jan 2002

  Responsible for Manufacturing and Engineering business performance, ensuring products met customer requirements, product quality, lead time commitments and budgeted costs preserving contract profitability. Responsible for Manufacturing and Engineering business performance, ensuring products met customer requirements, product quality, lead time commitments and budgeted costs preserving contract profitability.



Rolls Royce Industrial Businesses - Clayton Equipment Limited

• Engineering Director

  • 1993 - 2000

  Lead and manage the Companies Engineering team incorporating Engineers, Designers, Draughtsmen and Technical Support Staff. Accountability for ensuring products manufactured conform to all relevant UK, CEN, HSE and Customer specific standards. Heading the Company’s Quality function and thus ensuring all aspects of ISO 9001 Certification are strictly adhered to. Preparation of budgets for the Engineering Department. Accountable for the planning, managing and prioritising of work loads for the Engineering Department. Leading value analysis activities within the business to ensure cost effectiveness of existing and new designs, application of concurrent Engineering techniques to improve response to customer requirements, whilst maximising profits. Preparation of the Company Business Systems Strategy with respect to Engineering requirements, therefore determining how the Company’s Engineering needs should be best directed and controlled to maximise returns. Show less



Rolls Royce Industrial Businesses - Becorit Limited

• Engineering Manager

  • 1992 - 1993

  Responsible for leading and managing the Engineering Department, incorporating Engineers, Designers and Draughtsmen. Ensuring timely production of sound cost effective designs in accordance with customer requirements as part of the contract process. Accountable for the planning, managing and prioritising of work loads for the Engineering Department. Ensuring effective liaison with all areas of the business so as to support the completion of all contracts to customer satisfaction. Hold the primary role in product development as part of the marketing effort of the business and leading research and investigation activities to support this. Responsible for ensuring the effective communication with Manufacturing Departments such as to ensure project success, guaranteeing adherence of the Engineering Team to all relevant Corporate standards and practices. Responsible for identifying the training requirements of the Engineering staff. Charged with leading value analysis activities within the business to ensure cost effectiveness of existing and new designs, together with the application of concurrent Engineering techniques in an effort to improve response to customer requirements, whilst maximising profits. Preparation of the Company Business Systems Strategy with respect to Engineering requirements, therefore determining how the Company’s Engineering needs should be best directed and controlled to maximise returns. Show less

• Product Manager

  • 1991 - 1992

  Responsible for leading and managing the forward planning and development of products consistent with that of the Company’s Strategic Mission Statement. Working with the Marketing Manager on the preparation of the Company’s Business Systems Strategy in terms of products and markets. Implementing project management techniques with respect to the control of new developments in an effort to impact on time to market, increase product quality and lower manufacturing costs. Obtaining market awareness / intelligence so as to ensure maintenance of a competitive position and market penetration. Providing applications engineering capabilities in liaison with customers in an effort to ensure client requirements are satisfied and correctly specified. Supporting the sales force with respect to technical presentation and contract appraisals. Responsible for tender preparation including scope of supply, technical compatibility, associated price build-ups and relating commercial conditions surrounding contracts. During project progression holding responsibility for contract reviews, liaising closely with Engineering and Manufacturing Departments, together with the customer, in an effort to meet technical and quality standards, together with associated time scales and costs. Fully supporting the Marketing Manager in the development and maintenance of a cohesive team identity within the Marketing Department and other area of the business in pursuit of clearly defined team objectives. Show less

• Chief Engineer

  • 1990 - 1991

  Accountable for the lead role within Engineering Design, whilst managing and guiding a team Design Engineers. Responsible for the planning and monitoring of workloads within the Engineering Design Department in an effort to meet all deadlines targets and costs. Maintaining the adherence of the Department to all relevant corporate standards, including BS 5750 Quality System. Responsible for playing the key role within the product development activities of the Company and for the proving of design validity through numerical analysis. Ensuring the availability of Engineering assistance and guidance within the Company, such as to achieve customer satisfaction whilst maintaining Manufacturing, Engineering and Quality standards. Charged with providing customer support on site to solve any Engineering related product problems, and offer technical product support to Sales and Marketing. liaising with Sales and Marketing to ensure designs conform to customer requirements, including applications engineering. Supporting the Engineering Manager in the development and maintenance of a cohesive team identity within the Engineering Department. Show less



Rolls Royce PLC

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Test Project Engineer

  • 1989 - 1990

  Accountable for tests programmes for engines and rigs together with facility refurbishment’s costing in excess of one million Pounds. Primarily responsible for the control and supervision of all Test Installations, thus ensuring these facilities were fully instructed and rigged to meet test schedule and programme requirements in an efficient and economical manner. Being aware of current and future test programmes, therefore ensuring the Department was able to meet them. Accountable for the issues of instructions and technical information to ensure that all product assurance and quality aspects were observed by the Test Operations Group. Show less

• Design Engineer

  • 1987 - 1989

  Responsible for designing tooling and special purpose equipment used in the manufacture of aero engines. Principally responsible for the cost-effective design, proving effectiveness and durability of tooling, special equipment and special purpose machines. Providing and proving the effectiveness of numerically controlled machine tool tapes required in the manufacture of a range of products, produced within or external to the facility. Producing manufacturing drawings as defined by Rolls-Royce methods, and the preparation of interchangeability media specifications. Show less



Robotec Limited

• United Kingdom
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

• Design Engineer

  • 1986 - 1987

  Holding overall responsibility for project control, including derivation of initial design concepts via written technical specifications supplied by the customer. Originating design layout and schematic drawings to prove design validity, including all necessary numerical analysis. Originating all manufacturing, assembly and installation drawings, together with associated technical documentation. During the course of projects, ensuring the most cost-effective progression through to project completion. Show less



Cullum Detuners Limited

• Design Draughtman

  • 1985 - 1986

  Engaged as a Design Draftsman, being a member of a small design team specifically created to deal with a major contract for the United States Air Force. Responsible for the design to manufacture of a large section of the contract, including liaison with American Companies appointed to manufacture, install, test and commission the project. Engaged as a Design Draftsman, being a member of a small design team specifically created to deal with a major contract for the United States Air Force. Responsible for the design to manufacture of a large section of the contract, including liaison with American Companies appointed to manufacture, install, test and commission the project.



Permaquip Limited

• United Kingdom
• Machinery Manufacturing

• Design Draughtsman

  • 1984 - 1985

  Employed as an integral part of the Company’s designs team, working closely with Senior Project Engineers. Primarily responsible for the creation of design concepts, developing these concepts to improve overall design characteristics and efficiency. Holding responsibility for sections of contracts with respect to design, function and efficiency. During this period gaining experience in the use of Computer Aided Design and Draughting techniques.

• Detail Draughtsmann

  • 1981 - 1984

  Working as a detail draughtsman within a Production Drawing Office. Responsible for the creation of manufacturing drawings from design schematics and layouts. Completion of design changes to existing drawings that presented problems to either manufacture or functional capabilities.



Permaqiup Limited

• Apprentice Draughtsman

  • 1978 - 1981

  Served a comprehensive Technician’s Apprenticeship in accordance with “Engineering Industrial Training Board” (EITB) recommendations, run by the Nottingham Engineering Training Association Ltd. Experienced an appreciation of Business activities during time spent within each area of the Company’s Manufacturing facility. Pursued an extensive programme with respect to the indirect side of the business, specifically Sales, Purchasing, Drawing Office and Production Control disciplines. Served a comprehensive Technician’s Apprenticeship in accordance with “Engineering Industrial Training Board” (EITB) recommendations, run by the Nottingham Engineering Training Association Ltd. Experienced an appreciation of Business activities during time spent within each area of the Company’s Manufacturing facility. Pursued an extensive programme with respect to the indirect side of the business, specifically Sales, Purchasing, Drawing Office and Production Control disciplines.