Experience

Philip James Precision Engineers
• United Kingdom
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Operations Manager

  • Aug 2022 - Present

Smarti4 group uk and smarti4 group eu
• Group Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Aug 2022


MATCO ENGINEERING LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Oct 2019

  Operations Manager • Facility improvement plans, health and safety, quality control, planning workflow, waste oils and materials control and projects and fire marshal. • Manufacturing engineer. • Review and improve existing component cycle times and production methods. • Staffing and recruitment, candidate interviews, staff appraisals, performance and development reviews, disciplinaries, employee skill matrices. • Engineering in-house training for new and existing employees. • Purchasing of tooling and consumables, plant purchasing and maintenance plans, installation of a racked materials stores and a quarantine area. • Company representation and customer relations. • Implementation of 5S theory. • Inspection FAIR’s / ISIR’s, ICAR’s and 1st offs. • CNC programmer duties. CNC Programmer – progressed to Operations Manager • Responsible for horizontal palletised machining centres and vertical machining centre with 4th axis capability. • Component quotations, work holding and fixture design and manufacture for new work. • Programming and proving-out, setting, operating, pass off and patrol inspection for machines.



MJ PRECISION ENGINEERING LTD

• United Kingdom

• CNC Programmer/setter/operator

  • Feb 2014 - Dec 2015

  • Programming, setting and operating of cnc vertical machining centres, setting and operating of a cnc wire eroding machine, operating a cnc lathe. General sub contract components to a variety of industries. • Programming, setting and operating of cnc vertical machining centres, setting and operating of a cnc wire eroding machine, operating a cnc lathe. General sub contract components to a variety of industries.



MIDLAND PRECISION ENGINEERING LTD

• CNC Milling Team Leader

  • Jun 2012 - Feb 2014

  CNC milling team leader, responsible for work allocation to machines for both day and night shifts, production meetings, component programming with 4th axis, setting, proving out cadcam produced programmes, operating, work holding and tooling, health and safety and general day to day duties. CNC milling team leader, responsible for work allocation to machines for both day and night shifts, production meetings, component programming with 4th axis, setting, proving out cadcam produced programmes, operating, work holding and tooling, health and safety and general day to day duties.



PATON PRECISION ENGINEERING LTD

• CNC Milling Programmer

  • Oct 2008 - Jun 2012

  CNC milling programmer, setter, operator working on general sub contract components. CNC milling programmer, setter, operator working on general sub contract components.



SOVEREIGN GEARS LTD

• CNC Milling Programmer

  • Apr 2008 - Oct 2008

  CNC milling programmer, setter, operator working on general sub contract components. CNC milling programmer, setter, operator working on general sub contract components.



T&T Precision Ltd.

• Ireland
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CNC Milling Programmer/setter/operator

  • Mar 2004 - Apr 2008

  • CNC milling programmer, setter, operator, and progressed to supervisor, then progressed to Production and Quality Manager. • Joint responsibilities for the day to day running in all aspects of the company such as work quotations, buying of consumables and materials, fire marshal duties, work load for day and night shifts, overtime allocation and availability in an ISO 9001 British standards environment. • CNC milling programmer, setter, operator, and progressed to supervisor, then progressed to Production and Quality Manager. • Joint responsibilities for the day to day running in all aspects of the company such as work quotations, buying of consumables and materials, fire marshal duties, work load for day and night shifts, overtime allocation and availability in an ISO 9001 British standards environment.



J.W.A TOOLING LTD

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

• CNC Milling Programmer/setter/operator

  • Apr 2002 - Mar 2004

  • CNC milling programmer, setter, operator on HAAS VMC’s in an ISO 9001 environment. • Producing components for high precision special purpose tooling for spark eroding, wire eroding and ring drilling machines. • CNC milling programmer, setter, operator on HAAS VMC’s in an ISO 9001 environment. • Producing components for high precision special purpose tooling for spark eroding, wire eroding and ring drilling machines.



A.E.T.C LTD

• United Kingdom
• Construction

• CNC Milling Programmer/setter/operator

  • Jul 1999 - Apr 2002

  • CNC milling programmer, setter, operator on Bridgeport VMC’s and Deckel Maho 5 axis machining centre in Aerospace and Industrial Turbine manufacturing cells for Rolls Royce, Siemens & ABB. • Operate Magelle 5 axis creep feed grinding machines if required. • CNC milling programmer, setter, operator on Bridgeport VMC’s and Deckel Maho 5 axis machining centre in Aerospace and Industrial Turbine manufacturing cells for Rolls Royce, Siemens & ABB. • Operate Magelle 5 axis creep feed grinding machines if required.



H. BEESLEYS LTD

• Cell Leader

  • Jul 1996 - Jul 1999

  • Cell leader for CNC milling, manual milling and deburring sections, responsible for 26 employees on day and night shifts, health and safety risk assessments, fire marshal duties, programming and setting 4th axis VMC’s, cadcam, production meetings, plant and section improvement plans. • Purchasing tooling and consumables, work quotations, introducing new cutting techniques, component route manufacture processing, work holding and design and manufacture of jigs and fixtures. • Mentoring and training a Leicester University graduate during their final year for HND in Engineering.



MARKLEY ENGINEERING LTD

• United Kingdom

• CNC Milling Programmer

  • May 1994 - Jul 1996

  • Apprentice Engineer for 2 years on manual milling, manual turning, jig boring and surface grinding. • Progressed to the cnc milling section, responsibilities involving component process of manufacture, manual programming and cadcam programming using Gibbs 3D system, design and manufacture of jigs and fixtures and 1st off and patrol inspection within a BS5750 approved environment. • Trained on cutter regrinding to regrind all our cutters in-house. • Apprentice Engineer for 2 years on manual milling, manual turning, jig boring and surface grinding. • Progressed to the cnc milling section, responsibilities involving component process of manufacture, manual programming and cadcam programming using Gibbs 3D system, design and manufacture of jigs and fixtures and 1st off and patrol inspection within a BS5750 approved environment. • Trained on cutter regrinding to regrind all our cutters in-house.



TUDOR ENGINEERING LTD

• United Kingdom
• Construction

• CNC milling programmer/setter/operator

  • Dec 1993 - May 1994

  CNC milling programmer, setter, operator, work quotations and planning for general sub contract work. CNC milling programmer, setter, operator, work quotations and planning for general sub contract work.

• Engineering Apprentice

  • Jun 1986 - Dec 1993

  • Apprentice Engineer for 2 years on manual milling, manual turning, jig boring and surface grinding. • Progressed to the cnc milling section, responsibilities involving component process of manufacture, manual programming and cadcam programming using Gibbs 3D system, design and manufacture of jigs and fixtures and 1st off and patrol inspection within a BS5750 approved environment. • Trained on cutter regrinding to regrind all our cutters in-house. • Apprentice Engineer for 2 years on manual milling, manual turning, jig boring and surface grinding. • Progressed to the cnc milling section, responsibilities involving component process of manufacture, manual programming and cadcam programming using Gibbs 3D system, design and manufacture of jigs and fixtures and 1st off and patrol inspection within a BS5750 approved environment. • Trained on cutter regrinding to regrind all our cutters in-house.



DALEN ENGINEERING LTD

• United Kingdom
• Research Services

• Engineering Apprentice

  • Jun 1984 - Jun 1986

  • Engineering apprenticeship covering milling, turning, grinding, fitting, hand finishing, fly press work and multi spindle drilling on general sub contract work. • Engineering apprenticeship covering milling, turning, grinding, fitting, hand finishing, fly press work and multi spindle drilling on general sub contract work.