UNITEMPS Nov 03 - June 04

(Temporary Contract)

Technician - Warwick University

Provision of facilities to support academic staff and others as requested for lectures

and presentations, install IT hardware, maintain and repair equipment as necessary

BP CASTROL Oct 02 - Oct 03

(Redundancy)

Contract Manager

Project management involving the supply and maintenance of hydraulic, lubricating

and cutting fluids,develop preventative maintenance schedules, stock and inventory

control, supporting client company in cost reduction and waste initiatives

Supervising team of 5 fluid technicians on 5 day 24 hour working pattern

CONTITECH FLUID June 99 - Sept 02

(Plant Closure)

Special Projects / Facilities Manager

Manufacturing, quality & supply problem investigation, programme scheduling.

Capital investment procurement, process improvement, cost reduction programmes

Develop policies & implement procedures to support ISO 14001 accreditation -

Champion Health & Safety committee, formulate & implement company policy

Production Manager

Responsible quality, cost, delivery and performance of 55 operatives involved

in automotive component manufacture - short term contract (3 months)

NASTECH EUROPE LTD Dec 92 - June 99

(Plant Closure)

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Responsible for the manufacturing engineering role relating to the introduction

of new facilities, capacity / resource planning and continuous improvement for

the manufacture of automotive steering columns.

Project Management, Co-ordination of team of engineers and control of budgets.

Advanced Quality Planning - FMEA, Control Plans, SPC, Poka Yoke, SMED,

Problem Resolution - 8D, Kaizen, Implement 5S practices, TQM, Analytical

Problem Solving. Compilation of Manufacturing Procedures - ISO 9000.

Maintenance / Facilities Manager

Maintenance of land (37,000 sq.m) and buildings (26,000 sq m)

including all plant, equipment and facilities on the Coventry site.

Introduction of TPM preventative maintenance programme to improve OEE

Supervision of 24 hourly paid personnel plus contract labour.

Control £2.25m budget (£ 425,000 utilities) excl. salaries

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Environmental Manager

Co-ordination and development of environmental policies and management

procedures for UK operations.

ISO14001 accreditation May '99 - energy, waste reduction initiatives

Member Ingersoll Rand European Environmental Council - co-ordinator U.K. op's

Deputy chairperson - plant H & S committee.

JAGUAR CARS LTD Sept '63 - Nov '92 (Plant Closure)

Principal Production Engineer

Development of manufacturing processes, introduction of quality planning

techniques - SPC, FMEA, 8D, Ford Q1. for all aspects within the Radford

plant to include major engine and axle component manufacture.

Rationalisation of core business - outsource 2100 items.

Project team member new model introduction at assembly plant

Project Engineer - Manpower Planning

Developing work standards in support of companies piece part cost system.

Determining total plant manpower requirements and manufacturing capacity.

Training managers, supervisors and team leaders industrial engineering techniques.

Bench-marking productivity levels within similar manufacturing companies.

Critical appraisal / comparative estimating of competitors products.

Project Engineer - Production Engineering

Responsible for the manufacturing engineering role within the miscellaneous

machining areas of the plant (process and industrial engineering) - 20 engineers.

Introduced group technology strategy - relocating 400+ machines whilst

refurbishing buildings and maintaining production targets (£900,000).

Review existing sourcing to support "make / buy" decision.

Introduced Flexible Manufacturing System - axle manufacture (£1,000,000 +)

Selection and procurement of miscellaneous machine tools.

Project management and plant co-ordination- new model introduction.

Supervisor - Industrial Engineering

2 year secondment - Forward production engineering, procurement and

installation of new facilities, processes and manufacturing techniques.

Promoted to management grade co-ordinating a team of industrial engineers

determining manning levels, capacity of facilities, piece part costs etc.

Work Study / Industrial Engineering

Project engineer responsible for small team of engineers (8), machining and assembly.

Tool room

Completion of a 5 year indentured apprenticeship - Mechanical Engineer,

Toolmaker based at the Radford plant, plus secondment to Coventry Climax Ltd.

Full UK driving license

(1963 - 1968)

Vocational / Specialist Training

Full Technological Certificate - Production Engineering Coventry Technical College

(1965 - 1971)

Industrial Engineering Foundation - Part 1 & 2 CMTC & BL Training

Many technical / managerial courses to include :

Supervisory Effectiveness - 1981 Inst. Supervisory Management

Supplier Liability Jaguar Training

Critical Path Analysis BL Training

QS9000 Jaguar Training

Statistical Process Control Bristol University /

Jaguar Training /

Torrington Company

TQM ( Deming) - 1990 Myron Tribus /

Jaguar Training

Tops 8D Analytical Problem Solving - 1992 CMTC

Analytical Problem Solving / Decision Analysis Kepner Tregoe

CAD Appreciation Warwick Univ./ Cranfield Inst

Continuous Process Improvement - 1992 Ford Motor Company

Kanban / Kaizen / SMED

Cellular Manufacture

Kanban Productivity Europe

CNC Programming (NVQ) - 1993 Coventry Chamber Commerce

Health & Safety (6 pack) CMTC

Quality of Leadership - 1994 Torrington Company

Preventative Maintenance - TPM & Multi - Skilling 1997 3I Training

4S Cellular Assessment - 1997 Nastech

Health & Safety Managing Safety ( IOSH ) - 1998 Midland Group Training

Environmental Auditing - 1999 CGT Associates

ISO 14001 BSI / Coventry City Council

Health & Safety Certificate (NEBOSH) - course only Coventry Technical College

Practical Environmental Management (CIWAH) - 2000 Coventry Chamber Commerce

Lean Manufacturing / 6 Sigma - 2000 Coventry University

6 Sigma - 2001 WDP Consulting