Employment History

Aug 2006 - To date

ABRU Ltd. - Aluminium Ladder Manufacture

Position: CAD Engineer (AutoCAD Mechanical 2008)

Design of new Ladder products and accessories to conform to product standards.

Deflection calculations and in house validation

Component and fabrication drawings

CMM inspection

Tensile test

Familiar with moulded plastics, pressed parts, rivets and extrusions

Apr 2004 - Aug 2006

SAPA Profiles Ltd. - Aluminium Extrusion Manufacture

Position: Design Draughtsman / Technical Sales

Manufacturing drawings.

Liasing with production and toolmakers

Providing technical advice and design solutions to customers/designers to incorporate aluminium profiles suitable for manufacture.

Technical sales work involving customer visits, identification of specific customer needs and presentation of product capabilities and limitations.

Providing quotations to customers for tooling costs, material and value added finishing

Feb 2004 - Apr 2004AutoFill Planning - (Thorn Baker Agency)

Manufactures of coloured yarn for use in seat coverings, primarily in the automotive industry.

Sep 2003 - Jan 2004

TDG Contract Logistics (Meridian Agency)

Working in the Transport office, scheduling deliveries

Formal Education

2005 - 2007

WestNottinghamshire College - Mansfield

HNC Mechanical Engineering

CAD (D)

Robotics (P)

Mechanical Principles (D)

Design (D)

Engineering Science (M)

Materials (D)

Analytical Methods (M)

Project (D)

Business Studies (D)

CAM (D)

2000 - 2003Lancaster University

BSc Hons: Environmental Science (2:1)

Dissertation - Geophysics (1 ^st)

Flow Modelling

Hydrology

Environmental Chemistry

2000 Part time Study

NVQ1: Conservation And Forestry

1992 -1999The Hucknall National School

A-Levels:

Geography (A)

Biology (A)

Art And Design (C)

General Studies (B)

GCSE's:

9 subjects at grades A* - B.

Sciences (A*)

Design Realisation (A)

Maths (B)

English (B)

Additional Skills

Computing

AutoCAD Mechanical 2008

Received training by Trionics (Derby) - AutoDesk Approved

Delcam - Power Shape CAD

3D modelling.

Microsoft Excel, Word + PowerPoint

Good Knowledge

Test & Inspection

CMM - Inspection

Trained on Mitatoyo CMM running Aberlink sofware

Tensile Test - Lloyds Instruments