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Sutton Coldfield, England, United Kingdom

Gaydon, England, United Kingdom

Gaydon, England, United Kingdom

Resolving a tactical departmental issue, I was asked to lead to a depleted team as a 'Safe experienced pair of hands' to guide the chassis delivery to Final Engineering Completions on Range Rover 50th edition, 21MY RR Sport and 21MY Defender.

My T & D mission was to "Enable robust DV completion & improved prototype utilisation​ by effective processes and collaboration”​Delivered by Improved test car utilisation​ & usability on delivery, reduce downtime due to SW / HW / incompatibilities, leverage wider CE team sharing. Present correct engineering level cars to quality req’d for CE test teams, ready directly from buildSW (Electrical) Integration – Delivering post build integration support and vehicle upgrades​Plan & implement Chassis Test Instrumentation Policy requirements and set out strategy with procedures to standardise & control​.

Leading a Chassis Launch team dedicated to launching the earliest Experimental cars for new system feasibility until Production tooled Pilot Plant Cars.Large breadth and depth in manufacturing know-how with whole car but focused on Chassis & interfacing systems.All JLR models, all JLR platforms up to and including RR6.X250, X351, L538, L550, L538, X152, L316, L405, L494, X540, X760, X260, X540, X590, L663, L460, L462, X391

Lead Representative for Chassis for the planning and build of the company's New Prototype Vehicles across the different launch locations, and with all Centers of Competencies.Overseeing resourcing and special build requirements for the prototypes, and addressing any technical issues to enable best learning and timely delivery.

Gaydon

Moving from the Advanced Product Creation role into the Delivery role - taking the project from the concept stage through design maturation, commercial considerations and time critical direction to achieve compatible targets. Further Project management to also drive all areas of the chassis team for problem resolution and validation to realize Prototype vehicles and production buy-off.

Responsible for the successful passage of all aspects of new chassis systems from pre-concept to the Product Committee ‘Project Start’ Gateway. This involves working with all Technical specialists to understand the target attributes required, determining the correct concepts and capturing the costs & feasibility for the business case approval.

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Leader of an Engineering department with significant expertise in directing product design, development and validation programmes within stringent cost (engineering, tooling and piece cost) and timing constraints. Responsibilities• Delivery of multiple customer projects to global customer base, involving close liaison with customers and international manufacturing teams. • Management of a complete engineering facility of c. 36 staff with £1.5m+ yearly dept. budget to plan & control for headcount and programme expenditure.• Directing team for design, innovation, cost saving, warranty reduction, problem solving and verification using state-of-the-art engineering tools and techniquesAchievements• Worldwide Merit award for Customer Satisfaction and Employee Ingenuity.• Recent successful delivery of FIAT 500, Ford KA front & rear seats from concept to SOP in 14 months.• Numerous design and launch programmes delivered on time and to budget for BMW MINI, Toyota, Ford, FIAT, JLR and Tata in Central and Eastern Europe, India, China and USA.• Developed rapid response Prototype & Testing facility• Mentored and trained engineering team to establish core competence, in the use of engineering tools for CAD modelling & drafting, Engineering Change Control, FMEA, Design for Assembly and Six Sigma• Key member of the Metals Engineering Centre of Competence team for technical advances.

Lead Engineering role and Product Engineering Specialist for both Mechanical & Electrical Product Engineering.Responsibilities• Concept to Launch Leader of Project Engineering teams with full budget, timing & staff (incl recruitment) responsibilities.• Delivery responsibility for new electronically controlled powered mechanisms, including complex manual structures and mechanisms with electrical and electronic interfaces.• Project management responsibility extended to risk management, value engineering, manufacturing feasibility sign-off, quality documentation and customer sign-off.Achievements• Successful development & launch of JCA’s first European Electronic memory power seat, with high satisfaction & acknowledgement from customer.• Introduced new design & testing techniques required for product validation, including design and installation of new test equipment, for risk management of crash load behaviour & updates of new homologation requirements.• Development & innovations on ECU’s & wiring harnesses, Core manual & power tracks with memory, height adjusters, Emerging Market recliners, lumbar adjusters , heaters and other trim features.• Design & analysis of safety related crash resistant structural components to integrate with the vehicle for assessing occupant injury limits during various crash simulations, and amending designs.• Introduction of design changes to reduce piece price whilst maintaining technical performance.

Responsible for whole vehicle and sub system mechanical and electrical design & development including vehicle build (large RWD and small FWD commercial vehicles).Responsibilities• Managed the build of development vehicles and packaging bucks incorporating new model and product features, including powertrains and all other vehicle and interior systems • Responsible for mechanical and electrical design & development to satisfy unique customer requirements as part of the highly successful on-site Special Vehicle Operations. Achievements• Ground breaking development of first light commercial vehicle with Air Suspension involving new chassis systems with electronic control units & brake system integration • New Gasoline V8, Turbo Diesel engine and driveline installations.• Developed special brake systems for high performance vehicles, & specific homologation requirements.• Introduced many new special vehicles including “mission critical” emergency vehicles for Police and Ambulance authorities with complex electrical and mechanical systems. These programmes were delivered against very tight timing and budget constraints

Product Development role responsible for organising prototype build and test programmes.Responsibilities• Rig and dyno-testing; oil flow and bearing / seal development, refinement improvements; strain gauge instrumentation for static strength testing; and proposals for re-design / product improvement.Achievements• Full indentured BTEC Apprenticeship gained within design, development, manufacturing & production functions.• Extensive experience gained in testing and validating to OEM and Tier 1 requirements including laboratory and in-vehicle testing• Implemented additional cooling and oil capacity for high performance Maserati application.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Engineering/Industrial Management

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Activities and Societies: Education: 1977-81 Arthur Terry Comprehensive, Sutton Coldfield, ‘O’ Levels in English Language, Literature.

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