PROFILE.

Degree qualified,forward thinking, organized, communicative & versatile.15 years broad range of experience in Project Engineering, Concept & detail Design, & Development across heavy & light industries - Automotive, Power, Marine, Aero, Telecoms, Defence, Electronics, & Factory Plant - 3D CAD, ERP/MRP, & innovation as common themes.

CAREER SUMMARY

CAD SYSTEMS & ERP SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE. (Most recent first.)

* Pro-Engineer(8 yrs + since 1993.) 3D parts, 3D assemblies, drafting, & Intralink PDM for drawings administration.

Rapid prototype models created on client site using 'Thermojet' STL equipment. (CAD combined with MRP usage also.)

* Used SAP R3 & Concorde ERP software to generate Bills of Material, Change notes / Change requests, & component parts.

* Computervision CADDS 4X & 5 (3 yrs) 3D assemblies, 3D parametric & 3D explicit parts, drafting, EDM, &

formtek modes. (CAD combined with Reflection Manman ERP usage also.)

* AutoCAD (3 years) 3D part & assembly models & 2D drafting. Own computer with a legal copy of AutoCAD.

INDUSTRIES AND ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE. (Random order.)

* Automotive - Power steering systems for TWR, a 'first tier' Automotive supplier.

* Renewable energy - Wind turbine design. (Wind farm eqpt. & power generation - Heavy bolted assemblies to M36.)

* Electronic packaging for telecommunications, radar, marine, aircraft & defence applications.

* Deep sea high pressure (800 Bar) design experience with fibre optics & fibre electronics (electro-optics) packaging.

* Machinery design in the food, tobacco, paper, & particle physics high vacuum industries. Some process plant experience

with design of a high level access platform.

* Aircraft simulator semi-structural steel sub-frame.

* The projects above required the following:- Composites & adhesives, injection & rubber mouldings, fabrications, sheet

metal, castings, wave-guides, mechanisms, drive systems, guards, machined parts, interfacing with existing parts, site

surveys, dissipation of heat, pneumatics, productionisation, ferrous + non ferrous + plastics + rubber materials selection,

hydrogen out-gasing issues, interpretation of electronic / fibre optic schematics, BS 308, 5750, & ISO 9000 familiarity.

* Calculations of moments, bending stresses, resonance frequencies, ratios, areas, spring mechanisms, & FMEA analysis.

RESPONSIBILITIES. (Random order.)

* Innovation, concept design, detail design & drawings, of engineered products including some responsibility for staff.

* Creating BOMS (items lists) & specifying purchase parts using MRP / ERP systems. Purchasing & expediting of components.

* Technical presentations to project / business teams up to Director level.

* Commercial responsibility for a Ltd company selling 3D CAD Training by mail order on the internet.

WORK REQUIRED.

Project Engineering, Concept Design, (or Detail Design / Drafting) of 3D mechanical projects that require a highly versatile engineer who is capable of contributing on a commercial and/or customer level if required. Work preferred within 1 hr (40 Mls) of Woking (M25 - J11.) Will work shifts, part time, full time & relocate for good opportunities.

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS.

Freelance working as 3D CADCEA Ltd. since Jan 1994, providing 3D Mechanical Design Services & internet 3D CAD training. Employer details as follows:-

TRW Automotive (Shirley office in Birmingham from Dec 2004 to date.) Fixed short term Contract to recover a 'slipped' project.

* Power steering pump drawings done for an electro / hydraulic unit. Drawings comprised casting & machining detail drawings for

the motor housing, & G.A's for Motor internals & ECU, (Electronic control unit.) as well as the G.A. for the fully assembled

EPHS (Electronic Power Hydraulic Steering) unit. Used Pro/E Cad and Intralink drawing management software.

NEG Micon Rotors - Formerly part of Taylor Woodrow. (June 2000 to Jul 2004.) Contract Project engineering & Design.

* Renewable energy / power generation in the wind turbine (windfarm) industry, using the latest Pro/E 3D CAD version.

* Design & drafting of blade root hub castings up to 16 tons (2-3 Mwatts) & associated large assemblies (M36 bolted joints)

housing the blade pitching & safety equipment on "Active Stall" & "Pitch Regulated" turbine configurations.

* Design of specialised lifting & winching equipment for use within turbines to remove the need for hiring cranes.

* Created Powerpoint presentation slides of 3D CAD work. Used SAP & Concorde MRP systems for part numbers & parts list.

* Order placement, price negotiation, supplier liaison & expediting. Used Microsoft Excel to track orders & deliveries.

* Contributed to the documentation for taking prototype hubs in to full production. Attended internal design reviews regularly.

* Responsible for workshop prototype build team (3 people) during the build of two types of prototype hub assembly.

* Responsible to Technical Manager, & offered permanent employment.

ALCATEL SUBMARINE NETWORKS - Formerly STC. (Sept 99 to June 2000.) Contract design, drafting & project engineer.

* Electronics & fibre optics packaging for a telecoms signal amplification process using Pro-Engineer R20, 21, & Pro Intralink.

* Parts & assemblies designed for high pressure (800 Bar) deep sea environment. Hydrogen out-gasing issues to consider.

* Designed injection moulded plastic parts, rubber moulded parts, brackets, & chassis, in a form-fit-function drawing environment.

* Detail drawings, assembly drawings, bills of materials, & rapid prototype parts created. (Thermojet 3D printing of STL files).

* Interpretation of electro-optics schematic diagrams. Some calculation of areas / bore ratios also.

* Responsible to Project Manager, & offered permanent employment.

LITTON MARINE - Formerly Racal Decca. (Oct 97 to Sept 99.) Contract design & drafting.

* Electronics packaging for marine radar units using Pro-Engineer R19, 20, & 21.

* Parts & assemblies designed for 1500 units per year production levels, & "in situ" maintenance.

Designed radar wave-guides, brackets, fabrications, injection moulded plastics & castings. Heat dissipation for some electronic

components. Detail drawings, assembly drawings, & some bills of material created in a "revision level" drawing environment.

* Responsible to Project Manager, & offered permanent employment.

MOLINS. (Oct 96 to Sept 97) Contract concept design.

* High speed cigarette manufacturing machinery. 10K-20K units per minute.

* Used Pro-Engineer R17 solid modelling CAD system for parts & assembly 3D models. Some drafting undertaken.

* Responsible for design of "Full tray" outfeed section of a tray-filling machine for buffering cigarette production. Design included

mechanisms, castings, guarding, fabrications, & drives. Design had to interface with several other major elements of the machine.

* Moment calculations done for a spring mechanism & a gas strut. Detail drafting undertaken by three colleagues.

* Responsible to Project Manager, & offered permanent employment.

THOMPSON CSF - Formerly Hughes Rediffusion Simulators. (Aug 96 - Oct 96) Fixed Term Contract design.

* Fixed term contract for flight simulator manufacturer. Used Pro-Engineer R15 to create solid models & detail drawings.

* Design & stress calculations for a special integral subframe section of a simulator.

* Responsible to Project Manager.

APPLIED MATERIALS. (Nov 94 - Aug 96) Contract design.

* Computer equipment manufacturing process machines. (Silicon wafer coating.)

* Customer 'special requirements' design, on Computervision CADDS 5 in a form-fit-function drawing environment.

* Used CAMU methods ('Explicit', 'Parametric', & 'Assembly design') on a daily basis, to create 3D models & detail drawings. Also

used Computervisions' EDM & formtek packages on a daily basis.

* Lift beam stressing calculations undertaken. Moved onto the design team for the next generation 300mm machine.

* MRP II stock control software used to generate the bills of materials (BOMS), & register new purchase parts.

* Responsible to Project Manager, & offered permanent employment.

CARNAUD-METALBOX. (Jun 94 - Nov 94) Contract design concepts.

* New food machine project concept to enable very high speed jar capping.

* Used Pro-Engineer R12 for creating base & framework concepts. Created detailed 3D solid models for manufacturing drawings.

* Design reviews presented monthly to the project / business team. This included UK & Italian colleagues.

* Responsible to Project Manager, & offered permanent employment many months after leaving.

MARS CONFECTIONERY. (Jan 94 - Jun 94) Contract Project Engineer & designer.

* Designing special purpose machine modification for food industry use.

* Project management duties undertaken including quoting work costs to client, creating site assembly instructions, liasing with &

analysing suppliers quotes, & placing orders. Project completed within the deadline & budget.

* Fully responsible for the concept, detail design & manufacturing drawings using AutoCAD R12. Responsible for two colleagues.

DEK PRINTING MACHINES. (Oct 93 - Dec 93) Contract design & drafting.

* 3 month contract for special purpose machines using the Pro-Engineer solid modelling system. Machines to print tracks on PCB's.

* Prototype test rig design & detailing was completed.

AIRMAT SYSTEMS LTD. (Jun 93 - Oct 93) Contract design & drafting.

* Contract drafting in 2D, (& giving some training in 3D) for a previous employer.

* Used my own CAD system to draft paper handling plant.

NEU LTD. (Mar 93 - Jun 93) Contract draughtsman.

* Drafted for a local process engineering company in 2D & 3D.

CHIPBOARDS LTD. (Apr 92 - Mar 93 - Company went into liquidation.) Contract manufacturing supervisor.

* Personal computer manufacturing company.

* Assembled, tested, diagnosed & upgraded PC hardware. Promoted to supervise these activities with responsibility for six staff.

* Increased my knowledge of CAD hardware. Purchased own 486 equipment.

* Reporting to Technical Manager. This period was supplemented with freelance CAD, & bar work.

ROBDALE LTD. (Aug 91 - Apr 92 - Company went into liquidation.) Mechanical design & project engineer.

* Small special purpose machine company, using AutoCAD 11 in 3D & 2D environments.

* Responsible for mechanical design & detailing of wrapping machine modification having surveyed original machines.

* Full 3D design methods implemented, & the design was operative within 2 hrs. of installation.

* Project completed within time & budget, proving the validity of 3D CAD methods.

* Presented a design review alone in Belgium with the Engineering Director & department heads of a multinational paper company.

* Liased with supplier representatives & workshop staff.

* Gained knowledge of a broad range of pneumatic equipment.

* Responsible for contract staff, including giving 3D CAD training.

* Responsible for hardware upgrades, organising, & configuring the CAD system for Full 3D methods.

* Reported to company proprietor.

GEC MARCONI. (Jan 90 - Aug 91) Mechanical design engineer.

* Large defence radar company, Using Computervision CADDS 4X equipment in 3D & 2D environments.

* Responsible for mechanical design, detailing & item listing of adjustable radar mechanism for a wingpod application.

* Radar electronics housings also designed as part of above. Heat dissipation required.

* Worked to BS 308 & 5750 standards for defence application.

* Chronic design compromise problems solved. (Flexible equipment to pass resonance tests, aviation environments, small space etc.)

* Manually calculated cantilever resonance equations.

* The design fell fully within inertia & C of G limits for aircraft turn rate criteria.

* Liased with many departments, project control & customer.

* Attended project meetings. Design was reviewed / approved regularly.

* Made redundant. Company redundancies targeted single people.

* Reported to project management team.

AIRMAT SYSTEMS LTD. (Dec 88 - Jan 90) Project Engineer.

* Small industrial waste equipment company.

* Project Management & mechanical design duties. Parts ordering, delivery co-ordination, customer & supplier liaison etc.

* Obtained a good grounding in business methods & achieving engineering results.

* Produced assembly drawings, detail drawings, & item lists from own surveys. Significant design input on access structures, cutter

fans, & filters. Manually drawn at first, graduating to AutoCAD 10, (2D).

* Reported to Systems Manager & company proprietor.

SALE TILNEY PLC. (Jul 86 - Jul 87). Student Trainee

* Medium size special purpose lamp machines company.

* Spent time in several departments, mainly design, development & computing. Involved in a mechanism project, generating

cam displacement / velocity / acceleration / forces formulae.

* Customer focused Product innovator, & Business developer for an internet based training product.

* Established the marketing strategy & research for an Autocad 3D training product - An internet based 'try it & buy it' scheme.

* Establishing a significant internet presence in the field of Autocad 3D training material. Regular top 10 placements on search

engines for dozens of 3 word phrases such as '3D Autocad tutorials.' (Try some 3 word 'learning' phrases that utilise the words 'Autocad' & '3D' - Look for Cadcea in the resulting URL's.)

* Establishing several first tier suppliers - An internet partner, market research partner, advertising partner & a printing partner.

* Creating internet based market research questions to understand customer psychology & motivations.

* Creating the training product with desk top publishing tools (DTP) & establishing a testing programme.

* Establishing the administration for sales processing & customer inquiry methods for the training material.

* Responsible for company accounts ledger, tax liabilities, budget & liaison with an accountant for a small limited company.

DEC 1998. Engaged by a local Management Consultancy company (Mantle Ltd in Esher) to write a short report on the issues

surrounding 3Ddesign methods & concurrent engineering for Kvaerner Metals in Sheffield. Two days were spent

at Kvaerner Metals understanding their methods & aims for engineering, CAD & MRP. This was followed by a

week of authoring the report, & feedback from the Management Consultancy states that it helped the Kvaerner

management team to decide on a future Engineering Strategy for the Metals division.

JAN 1997. Negotiated the sale & legalities of my late Fathers' accountancy practice on behalf of my Mother. This included

finding a buyer, liasing & negotiating with the buyer, his solicitor & our own solicitor. A legally binding

Contract of Sale was completed & the sale was successfully concluded. The buyer is still my accountant.

PROFESSIONAL * AMI Mech. E. Associate member of Institute of Mechanical Engineers since '92.

AND ACADEMIC * B Eng. (Hons.) Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Kingston Polytechnic '83 - '88.

QUALIFICATIONS. * TEC Diploma. General Engineering. Guildford College of Technology '81 - '83.

NATIONALITY AND * British. UK resident since birth.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS * A healthy non-smoker with full UK driving license & own car.

INTERESTS. * Kart racing & motor sport in general, squash, & cycling. Restored a car & built own computer.