Andy Murray Email & Phone Number

High Peak

High Peak

Bellows Technology Limited design and manufacture a comprehensive range of stainless steel bellows in a wide range of stainless steels and exotic alloy materials, size range is from 50mm (2”) to 3000mm (120”) nominal diameter inclusive.Our state of the art stainless steel bellows forming equipment and the implementation of lean manufacturing techniques.

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK

• Hydroflex predominately manufactures precision bellows for the aerospace, defence and high vacuum market sectors. In my role as Engineering Manager I am responsible for the complete product life cycle from initial.
• Evaluation and pricing of new business initiatives and contract negotiations for existing customers;
• Reporting to the MD on both engineering and financial activities each month;
• Key Account Management including onsite technical consultation;
• Management for the design and engineering departments of Hydroflex;
• Responsibility for the design and production engineering departments;

Esbjerg Area, Denmark

• KE-Burgmann contacted me directly in 2003 to join their new UK operations. My first two months with KE were spent at their Bredan site in Denmark assessing the efficiency of their sales, engineering and production.
• As Engineering Manager I was responsible for 7 design engineers both in the UK and Denmark and all downstream engineering personnel;
• Reporting directly to the Board on all Engineering and Production matters.Main Achievements
• Design and implementation of a new engineering environment, which included the purchase of new machinery for the manufacture of hi-tech expansion joints for clients such as Rolls Royce, Shell UK and Alstom Power;
• The introduction of Finite scheduling using Preactor thereby improving the work flow through the company;
• Implementation of shop floor data capture to ensure accurate budget control during manufacture;

• My key responsibilities included:
• GA Drawings and preliminary and final designs including technical calculations;
• Full APQP including FMEA and Quality Plans and associated documents for new products;
• Completion of final data dossiers including FMEA analysis.Main Achievements
• Leader of the team that achieved PED accreditation from Zurich.

Houston USA

• My key responsibilities included:
• Responsible for the management of all design engineers and all downstream engineering personnel;
• Responsible for all expansion joint production from design through to on site commissioning.Main Achievements
• Introduction of shop floor routing to enable accurate traceability;
• Implementation of work scheduling using MS Project;
• Managed QA department on orders that required ASME U stamp Certification;

Hnd, Mechanical Engineering

Education record

A Level Mechanical Engineering A Level Geometric and Engineering Drawing

Bachelor'S Degree, Bellows Manufacturing Technology, Accredited Degree