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Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Assessed materials for handling methodologies. Designed materials handling, and industrial process cooling systems. Proposed equipment and process plant solutions by writing proposal plans for new build facilities and as needed. Constructed quotations for project delivery and install. Confirmed project requirements and specifications on sold projects taking them from sale to installation. Managed installation, contractors, and customer liaison. Achieved an average yearly project delivery of… Show more Assessed materials for handling methodologies. Designed materials handling, and industrial process cooling systems. Proposed equipment and process plant solutions by writing proposal plans for new build facilities and as needed. Constructed quotations for project delivery and install. Confirmed project requirements and specifications on sold projects taking them from sale to installation. Managed installation, contractors, and customer liaison. Achieved an average yearly project delivery of £1,900,000• System Design, Process Adherence, Material testing and assessment• R&D, Project management, Mechanical design, Machine integration, CE/UKCA• Inventor, Autocad, NAV, CRM, Sharepoint, MS Projects.Notable Projects:1). Project managed the install of a 900kW adiabatic cooling system for the dissipation of heat from lines of aluminium can body makers and other ancillaries.2). Investigated the potential for utilising waste CHP plant heat to offset existing electrical process heating requirements through the design, install, and testing of a heat exchanger unit. Ultimately not financially feasible but learnt a lot in the process. Show less

Waikato, New Zealand

-One Report, Liaised with intra/inter-national internal and external stakeholders-Project design generation & NPI, Product range rationalisation, Factory optimisation-Excel, SAP, Solidworks, Root Cause Analysis, LEAN, DocumentationImproved platform CIP piping infrastructure design efficiency >100 times through automation and standardisation using Excel. 0.34% reduction of platform manufacturing costs via flow optimisation, material usage efficiency, product standardisation… Show more -One Report, Liaised with intra/inter-national internal and external stakeholders-Project design generation & NPI, Product range rationalisation, Factory optimisation-Excel, SAP, Solidworks, Root Cause Analysis, LEAN, DocumentationImproved platform CIP piping infrastructure design efficiency >100 times through automation and standardisation using Excel. 0.34% reduction of platform manufacturing costs via flow optimisation, material usage efficiency, product standardisation, manufacturing efficiency, and procedural adherence/robustness. Discovered & implemented design & administrative improvements. Resolved concerns before they became issues. Electro-mechanical food processing device manufacturing. Resigned and moved to the UK.In this roll I identified the main concern of design work flow from the factory and took steps to automate and standardise the process. During this time the work became more than a one person job and I trained an assistant to help complete the work load. Once the recurring issues were eliminated I managed to progress onward with factory process improvements and product streamlining.Projects of note were:-A new platform fluid routing and CIP system-A jig for a robotic welding system-A design automation system for solidworks using a calculation tool and imbedded database using Excel-The rationalisation of a rotary fluid conduit product range and re-tolerancing it for improved functionality Show less

Hamilton, Nz

-Information pack correction, Quality rectification, Testing unit design-BOM/ROM Generation, Material efficiency, Design generation & improvement-Solidworks, Excel, SAP, AutocadFixed production specifications. Designed a cooling skid range. Reduced product costs by improving platform infrastructure material usages. Identified administrative systematic errors reducing arising supply-chain and production issues.In this position I improved design issues with existing… Show more -Information pack correction, Quality rectification, Testing unit design-BOM/ROM Generation, Material efficiency, Design generation & improvement-Solidworks, Excel, SAP, AutocadFixed production specifications. Designed a cooling skid range. Reduced product costs by improving platform infrastructure material usages. Identified administrative systematic errors reducing arising supply-chain and production issues.In this position I improved design issues with existing components, improved material usage efficiency, and fielded work overflow. I also completed projects for new and old products. One project of note was a cooler units heat exchanger connection system. Show less

Waikato, New Zealand

-Batch chemical blending and continuous extrusion for injection moulding-Exceeded expected production rateFixed term position whilst studying; Produced biopolymer materials for the slaughtering industry within a biochemical production laboratory during a period of ramping production. During this time I was required to produce, and train others to produce materials for production.

Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand

-Standards report generation, quality adherence identification, etc.-Impact testing, heat profile mapping, capacity adherence variability testing, etc.-Changes implemented reduced variability of product toward standards adherence.Fixed term contract whilst studying which culminated in a standards compliance report for assertion of AS/NZS 4766-2006 to a range of rotomoulded water/food tanks.I took measurements to find causation for identified issues and insure provable… Show more -Standards report generation, quality adherence identification, etc.-Impact testing, heat profile mapping, capacity adherence variability testing, etc.-Changes implemented reduced variability of product toward standards adherence.Fixed term contract whilst studying which culminated in a standards compliance report for assertion of AS/NZS 4766-2006 to a range of rotomoulded water/food tanks.I took measurements to find causation for identified issues and insure provable adherence. Measurements tested for impact resistance, wall thickness adherence, volumetric capacity, and expansion of capacitance. The work culminated in a report to assert compliance and the handover of the work to someone who was to fill the role permanently. Show less

Waikato, New Zealand

-Material grading & mixing, extrusion, injection moulding, impact/stress testing ect.-Foaming, polymeric consolidation, fibre composites, workability, formula testing etc.Fixed term contract whilst studying. In this position I produced, tested, and analysed biopolymers for PhD students under A/Prof Johan Verbeek. This involved artificial digester, extruder, material grader, and injection moulder usage followed by impact, tensile, and other qualitative and quantitative… Show more -Material grading & mixing, extrusion, injection moulding, impact/stress testing ect.-Foaming, polymeric consolidation, fibre composites, workability, formula testing etc.Fixed term contract whilst studying. In this position I produced, tested, and analysed biopolymers for PhD students under A/Prof Johan Verbeek. This involved artificial digester, extruder, material grader, and injection moulder usage followed by impact, tensile, and other qualitative and quantitative testing.Biopolymers were primarily being designed for the slaughtering industry where contamination of byproduct value streams by conventional polymers was to be removed as an issue. Other uses and formulas of the material were being tested for secondary product lines. Show less

Seasonal position every day for four months each year in the summer.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be Hons, Materials And Process Engineering

Certificate Of Management, Business/Commerce, General