Professional Profile

I believe I have acquired a wide ranging skill set built up over the years dealing with all aspects of a modern production environment. I do this while maintaining links with all other key functions eg purchasing and finance in order to bring value to the business as a whole.

• Can operate cross functionally

• Proven man management skills

• Strong engineering background

• Results focused

• Understanding of legal requirements

• Commitment to improvement

• Proven change agent

Professional Accomplishments

Technical Services manager (responsible for in house manufacture of tooling)

· Raised productivity of in house toolroom by 20% within 18 months

· Increased in house manufacture of tooling from 33% to 50% of all tooling

· Reduced external expenditure from £1.3m to £0.4m in 2 years

· Increased output while reducing internal expenditure by 10%

Site Services and maintenance

· Reduced maintenance spend from £1.8m to £1.5m in 1 year

· Introduced Motor management contract worth £220,000 per annum

· Introduced improvement teams into maintenance

Production and Engineering

· Part of project team to install first automated production lines to Hardy Spicer

· Headed engineering support group to the above lines

· Took over responsibility for production of these lines, raising output from initial 35% to 75% efficiency

Work History

Technical Services manager

GKN Driveline Birmingham (formerly Hardy Spicers Ltd), Erdington, Birmingham

February 2003 - present day

Site Services Manager

GKN Hardy Spicers Ltd, Erdington, Birmingham

January 2001 - February 2003

Machine Maintenance Manager

GKN Hardy Spicers Ltd, Erdington, Birmingham

December 1998 - January 2001

Business Process Re-Engineering Team

GKN Hardy Spicers Ltd, Erdington, Birmingham

March 1998-December 1998

New Business system Implementation Team

GKN Hardy Spicers Ltd, Erdington, Birmingham

November 1997-March 1998

Production Factory Unit Manager

GKN Hardy Spicers Ltd, Erdington, Birmingham

October 1994-November 1997

Production Shift Supervisor

GKN Hardy Spicers Ltd, Erdington, Birmingham

March 1992-October 1994

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

GKN Hardy Spicers Ltd, Erdington, Birmingham

October 1990-March 1992

Senior Process Engineer

GKN Hardy Spicers Ltd, Erdington, Birmingham

March 1989-October 1990

Forward Planning Engineer

GKN Hardy Spicers Ltd, Erdington, Birmingham

November 1986-March 1989

Production Engineer

GKN Hardy Spicers Ltd, Erdington, Birmingham

October 1985-November 1986

Production Engineer

GKN Axles(now Dana Spicer), Witton, Birmingham

October 1982-October 1985

Technical Apprentice

GKN Axles(now Dana Spicer), Witton, Birmingham

September 1979-September 1982

Miscellaneous Training Courses

GKN Driveline leadership program, February 2004 onwards

Risk assessment training, internal (GKN Driveline), February 2004

Electricity at work seminar, Lowe Group, 2003

Legionella L8 ACOP training, Nalco, 2002

GKN International College of Engineering:-

Statistical Process Control, 16th-17th April 1991.

Taguchi "Design of Experiments", 18th=19th April 1991.

Engineering Management Programme, 1992.

ISTEL Witness Training Course.

Yamazaki Mazatrol CAM T-2 Programming Course, 14th December, 1988

Midland Group Training Services Limited, Basic Pneumatics, 16th October 1987.

Midland Group Training Services Limited, Basic Hydraulics, 15th October 1987.

Siemens T1 Machine Tools 3T, 8T and 810 Programming & Parametric Programming Course, 24th April 1987.

Siemens Production S5 Programming and Fault Analysis, 27th June 1986.

Siemens Introduction to Step 5 Programming, 29th-30th May 1986

Siemens Sinumerik System 8 Diagnostics, 22nd-26th April 1985

KTM Control & Drives Hardware Maintenance for KTM Flexi-Matic Machining Centres with Siemens 8M, 7th December 1984.

ROSPA Abrasive Wheels Regulation Safety Training Course, 10th July 1984

Herbert A L Siemens 8T Planner/Programmer, 26th July 1982.

Tertiary Education

IIM certificate in Industrial management

Brooklyn Technical College,

Aldridge Road,

Great Barr

Birmingham

1984-1986

BTEC Microelectronic Systems levels 1,2,3

Garrets Green Technical College,

Garrets Green lane,

Birmingham

1983-1984

C & G Part I & II in Electrical Installation

Garrets Green Technical College,

Garrets Green lane,

Birmingham

1983-1984

Higher Technical Certificate in Mechanical and Production Engineering

Hall Green College of Further Education

Cole Bank Road

Hall Green

Birmingham

1981-1982

Ordinary Technical Certificate in General Engineering

Sutton Coldfield College of Further Education,

Rectory Road,

Sutton Coldfield,

West Midlands

1978-1981

EITB General Engineering Certificate

1979

Secondary Education

Maths 'O' level Grade A

King Edward VI Grammar School, Camp Hill, Birmingham

1978

Physics 'O' level Grade B

King Edward VI Grammar School, Camp Hill, Birmingham

1978

Chemistry 'O' level Grade C

King Edward VI Grammar School, Camp Hill, Birmingham

1978

History 'O' level Grade C

King Edward VI Grammar School, Camp Hill, Birmingham

1978

Metalwork 'O' level Grade C

King Edward VI Grammar School, Camp Hill, Birmingham

1978