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Oxford, Gb

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

Senior Leadership role within the Vehicle Concept and Body Engineering function.• Program management of Body Engineering content for 16T, 18T, US and 7.5T Projects.• Extension of role to cover overall PMO control for the 16T Program through Pre-production phases.• Support to the Quality function in the development of problem management and change control processes.• Outsourced Body resource selection, nomination and ongoing budget management.• Deputising for the Director – Vehicle Concept and Body Engineering.

London, England, Gb

Program management role embedded within the Body and Trim engineering function.• Recruitment of Program Leads to cover 16T, 7.5T and Cargo box.• Concept development of 7.5T / 12T program to Concept freeze working with outsourced Design team.• Creation and management of 16T ETRS to hit pre-production build phases.• Cargo box supplier development into series production nomination.

Gaydon, Warwick, Gb

Department manager responsible for the technical delivery of the BIW components across all current and future models.

Gaydon, Warwick, Gb

Management of the Underframe, BIW & Closures for Aston Martin DBX and future programmes.• Launch of DBX Body Structure into Job 1 and ongoing to Job1 + 90.• Collation and presentation of Piece and Investment costs for future programmes to CEO / CFO in support of Programme start.

Gaydon, Warwick, Gb

Leadership of the BIW and Closures content on the Aston Martin DBX project from Concept Stage to Pre-Production Build.• Lead the CAD Design team from initial concepts, through the Virtual Series Builds and on to Engineering Release in support of the Pre-Production Build Trials and engineering validation.• Gateway preparation and presentation.• Finance and BOM management from first concepts to final Project Commitment to meet Business Case.• Issue resolution leading to driving decisions up to and including VP level.• Supplier engagement and ongoing management.• Lead the creation and issuing of an outsourcing RFQ including reviews and feedback with the potential engineering partners.• Onboarding and ongoing management of Outsource Partner Project Engineers including weekly status reviews with Outsource Partner Senior Management.• Final Data Judgement Presentation to Chief Engineer and VP of Engineering.• Production tooling, part release and management of parts into plant ahead of 1st Production Trial.• 1st Production Trial Build support at Prototype and Production facilities.• Final Engineering Confirmation collation of results and presentation.• Ongoing support of pre-production builds.

Hinjawadi, Pune, Maharashtra, In

Management role leading the design and development of the Side Frame and Roof Assembly for the 2019 Range Rover Evoque.• Provide programme management support on customer site at Gaydon.• Lead PMST team to develop the engineering for the virtual series, including feasibility input from the JLR AME team.• Presented status to JLR Senior Management.Provided support to the Tata Technologies Body Chief Engineer in the pursuit of additional contracts.• Created RFQ response for full body project including resource levels, organisation charts, profile submissions and feedback on customer site.

Gaydon, Warwick, Gb

Concept integration role to provide engineering feasibility in support of clay development for Vantage Project.Developed programme timing plan based around body long lead components including styling progression, product development and quality maturation from Concept phase to Job 1.Design and delivery of DB11 Hood Assembly, Fenders and Front End Module from pre-concept to off tool parts.• Business case development with supplier input to decide on appropriate material processes for components in Concept phase.• Introduced concept supplier quotation process to provide traceability between engineering data and supplier quotes.• Managed development tool to validate stamping simulation results ahead of production tooling release.

Coventry, West Midlands, Gb

Design and development of aluminium Hood Assembly, cast magnesium Front End Carrier and Secondary Latch system on Range Rover Sport.• Developed unique Hood design which achieved a predicted 6 point improvement in NCAP Pedestrian Head Impact Score, leading to successful patent application - GB2499034.

Project management and customer liaison on Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition working between ADP design office, Prodrive and Land Rover.• Introduced surface revision tracking and engineering release schedule to greatly improve communication between the teams over separate sites.

Executive position with responsibility for all engineering design and development activities.• Achieved first 5kW Wind Turbine MCS certification with liaison with the BWEA, DECC and Certification Body.• Developed the BWEA Wind Turbine standard with the BWEA Technical Committee.• Completed an outsourced concept study to reduce complexity and cost in the turbine. This achieved all cost targets with input from suppliers to ensure component feasibility.• Investigated new composite blade processes to increase production volumes and reduce variation.

Woking, Surrey, Gb

Department / Project manager responsible for delivery of Body Structure, Closures, HVAC and Exterior Systems for all new car programmes.• Management of a team of 20 Project Engineers and CAD Designers to develop Body System components to meet performance, cost and weight targets for all future programmes including MP4-12C Coupe and Convertible.• Development of single mould process tub structure to meet cost and volume targets.• Delivery of SLR Convertible programme from concept to production drawing release including Carbon Tub layup development to meet critical crash and stiffness targets.

Blagnac Cedex, Fr

Project management role in support of the engineering delivery of the Outer Wing Structure and Systems for the A400M programme.

Gb

Senior Manager responsible for Body Structures, Closures and Body Design Analysis.• Leadership of a team of Group Leaders, Project Engineers and CAD Designers totalling 25 people.• Business case generation for Concept projects.• Delivery of a cost down programme giving over £1M savings over two years.• Resource management of Body Complete workload to ensure all programs are delivered to budget.• Project management of new product using virtual design philosophy from Concept to Production release and hand over to third party engineering team.• On going due-diligence support to project to confirm programme status.• Management of engineering program to improve crash performance of current product in line with European crash legislation.

Norwich, Norfolk, Gb

Responsible for the delivery of the chassis structure for the Lotus M250 project from concept design phase. • Management of engineering design team to develop lightweight structure comprising composite Crash-rails, bonded aluminium extruded Tub and cast aluminium Rear Structure.

Gb

Career started in the Body Engineering Structural Analysis department working on Rover 200, MGF and then leading the analysis on the Rover 75 saloon structure.Moved to a body project management role in 1997 to deliver the Rover 75 Estate body structure from concept to production release.Became a Module Leader for the Mini Front End and Dash structure in 1999 leading a multifunctional team of body design engineers, press tool planners and manufacturing assembly engineers.