Alex Watkins MEng

Manufacturing Engineer at Brompton Bicycle
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(386) 825-5501
Location
London Area, United Kingdom, UK

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Credentials

  • Root Cause Analysis: Getting to the Root of Business Problems
    LinkedIn
    May, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Problem Solving Techniques
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Introduction to Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
    LinkedIn
    Nov, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Six Sigma: Green Belt
    LinkedIn
    Nov, 2021
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Manufacturing
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Manufacturing Engineer
      • May 2022 - Present

    • Manufacturing Support Engineer
      • Feb 2021 - May 2022

    • Facilities & Maintenance Fitter
      • Jul 2020 - Feb 2021

      Working in the production team to support bicycle production, I provided assembly line improvements and maintenance support to ensure targets are met with a high-quality output.

    • United Kingdom
    • Spectator Sports
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Junior and Novice Rowing Coach
      • Aug 2017 - Present

      • Responsible for planning and leading training sessions, demonstrating and teaching new skills to junior age groups. • Created an engaging and competitive sporting environment allowing pupils to achieve to their highest potential. • Responsible for planning and leading training sessions, demonstrating and teaching new skills to junior age groups. • Created an engaging and competitive sporting environment allowing pupils to achieve to their highest potential.

    • United Kingdom
    • Design Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Product Development Engineer
      • Sep 2019 - Jul 2020

      Working as a freelance engineer providing new product design, development and production implementation services. Working as a freelance engineer providing new product design, development and production implementation services.

    • United Kingdom
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Junior Rowing Coach
      • Aug 2018 - Jul 2020

      • Responsible for planning and leading training sessions, demonstrating and teaching new skills to junior age groups. • Created an engaging and competitive sporting environment allowing pupils to achieve to their highest potential. • Responsible for planning and leading training sessions, demonstrating and teaching new skills to junior age groups. • Created an engaging and competitive sporting environment allowing pupils to achieve to their highest potential.

    • United Kingdom
    • Sports Teams and Clubs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Full Time Performance Athlete
      • Aug 2017 - Jul 2020

      • Trained competitively up to 3 times a day 6 days a week to compete at an international and national level. • Goal-orientated individual with the ability to think clearly and deliver under high pressure, performing and succeeding consistently at national head and regatta competitions with top 5% placing and winning category pennants. • Trained competitively up to 3 times a day 6 days a week to compete at an international and national level. • Goal-orientated individual with the ability to think clearly and deliver under high pressure, performing and succeeding consistently at national head and regatta competitions with top 5% placing and winning category pennants.

    • United Kingdom
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Junior Rowing Coach
      • Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

      • Responsible for planning and leading training sessions, demonstrating and teaching new skills to junior age groups. • Created an engaging and competitive sporting environment allowing pupils to achieve to their highest potential. • Responsible for planning and leading training sessions, demonstrating and teaching new skills to junior age groups. • Created an engaging and competitive sporting environment allowing pupils to achieve to their highest potential.

    • United States
    • Machinery Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Intern Design Engineer
      • Sep 2014 - Aug 2015

      During my years placement at JLG I worked within 3 departments at the Design and Development Centre for telehandlers. My time in each department is detailed below: Product Support Engineering • Understood, completed and submitted Change Notice requests for engineering drawing changes. • Redesigned and issued brackets for Roadrunner Cab Work lights to address interference with screen guards. • Resolved Roadrunner Supplier Change Requests correcting hose, bracket and hood issues. • Validated and investigated engineering change notices by visiting the manufacturing facility in Maasmachlen, Belgium and to view B-Class prototype and current product production. Test and Development Engineering • Functional rework and fixing of B-Class Prototype machines, which passed all subsequent testing. • Instrumentated CAT/JLG 3006 and 4008 telehandlers for cooling tests, and completed testing by operating the machines in the climatic chambers at Millbrook and MIRA. • Carried out EWR’s which included stability, hydraulic, cooling and durability testing with confident use of instrumentation, Somat equipment and TCE software. • Trouble shooting and investigation of issues with functionality of instrumentation to include PCMs and flowmeters. Computer Aided Engineering and Finite Element Analysis • Data collection and post processing of strain gauge data from On Vehicle Structural Analysis (OVSA) test work including deadman, static and dynamic telehandler operations with fatigue analysis to BS 7608. • Basic hand calculations pre FEA analysis to have a basic understanding of the design issue. • Meshing of modelled components in Altair Hyperworks involving constraining, solving and analysing the results. • Processing of test data using HBM nCode Glyphworks and DesignLife for Fatigue and Stress analysis. • Analysis and investigation into the design, development and test of an instrumented pry post for OVSA test work. Show less

    • United States
    • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Assistant Design Engineer
      • May 2012 - Sep 2012

      The job involved working within the engineering sector of an Airport, Military and Industrial Ground Support Equipment business the summers of 2012 and 2013. Skills involved included: • Learning MIG welding and various fabrication methods in the production of equipment frames. • Created and designed 2D trailer component drawings for production intent. • Assisted in production efficiency of the assembly process in the manufacture of GSE. • Quick learning of safe methods of using laser, brake press and punch machines. • Good communication working within teams in the workshop and in an office environment. • Understanding product specifications for quoting and purchasing materials and components. • Providing customer service, answering Reception and Managing Director’s phones. Show less

Education

  • Loughborough University
    Master of Engineering (MEng), Mechanical Engineering
    2012 - 2017
  • Bacup and Rawtenstall Sixth Form
    GCE Advanced Learning, Product Design, Maths, Physics, Geography ABBB
    2010 - 2012

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