EDUCATION

Institution Year Qualifications Gained

Whitcliffe Mount 1981/1984 O Levels - English C

Comprehensive School History B

Cleckheaton Art B

Dewsbury & Batley

Technical Art College 1984/1987 BTEC National Award MV Engineering

FURTHER STUDIES

Institution Year Qualifications Received

Huddersfield Polytechnic 1991/1994 HND Mechanical Engineering

Leeds Met. University 1997/2000 BEng. (Hons) Manufacturing systems.

Huddersfield University 2003/2005 MSc Computer Integrated Manufacture and its

Management

AWARDS

EITB Skills Award 1984 Grade A

ISO 900:2001

PRINCE2 Practioner

Member of the Instution of Engineering & Technology

(Formerly the IEE)

DESIGN / MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE

Design

The following are core skills:

AutoCAD R14 to 2006 (drawing production)

Drawing work to BS8888 (BS308)

Finglow (vessel stress calc's)

Bill of materials (BOM's)

Design for manufacture (DFM) (in a high volume environment)

Design for assembly (DFA)

Draw weld preps to codes ASME VIII Div 1 & 2, PD5500, Tema & PED.

Dimensioning & tolerancing for machining, plating & general fabrication

Geometric tolerancing.

Material selection - Carbon steels, Stainless Steels, Aluminium alloy (Extruded) & Exotics, in bar stock gauge or plate.

Composite materials - GRP, Carbon fibre, epoxy & polyester resins (Autoclave cured)

Creating the flat development of gauge or plate for bending.

Specifying surface finishes. i.e. Galvanising, nickel plating, anodising and painting.

Manufacturing processes & philosophies

Good understanding of machining and welding methods, processes & techniques:

Machining - Turning, milling, drilling, shaping, surface grinding, wire and spark errosion, laser & water jet profiling (Depending on material thickness)

Welding - MIG, TIG, Stick, spot, submerged arc (SMAW). I have a good understanding of both the friction weld and electron beam welding (EBW) procedures

The philosophies of manufacturing, of which I have participated in:-

Five lean principles - Value and value stream, flow, pull rather than push and perfection.

Tools used or have a good understanding of - SMED, Poka Yoke, JIT, 5s, Kanban, TQM (Kaizen, Atarimae Hinshitsu), 7 wastes, TPM & SPC.

Planning, ordering & control systems - MRPII & the ERP system BAAN

Teams - I can set up teams using Dr Belbin's BTRSPI and set controls with information gained using Schut's FIRO-B and the Big Five (Five Factor Model).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Rydal Engineering 1984/1989 Apprentice - rebuilding and re-conditioning

Huddersfield Road classic cars and engines from original drawings

Roberttown

Chubb Lips 1989/1990 Fitter - building door locking mechanisms for safes Dordrecht from drawings (Contract)

Holland

Universal Engineering 1990/1991 Fitter - for textile firms responsible for the removal of Durban bankrupt machinery and re-locating and re-fitting of

Natal South Africa the machinery (Contract).

Rigby Metal Components 1994/2000 Draughtsman/Project designer which involved the

Cleckheaton designing of tooling for the PM Industry

Contractor 2000/To Date Project/Design Engineer for the Oil & gas, chemical, &

(Various agencies) general engineering industry. Designing high pressure vessels, using various packages from autoCAD to Finglow. Designing control valves & vessels for the petro-chemical industry.