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Retired

Process EngineerEMCBlock Line MachiningMod 1

NPITooling and process flow, customer liaison

Mar 2014 – Dec 2016 (Manufacture and uplift of Military Vehicles) Production Support Engineer General Dynamics Land Systems- Force Protection EuropeTelfordResponsibilities:• Ocelot (Foxhound) Military Vehicle production at Telford.• Pre-Production vehicle Builds for uplifts of;o Mastiff 2o Ridgebacko Mastiff 1.95o Mastiff Battlefield Ambulance • Production Process, Standard times and Improvements• SOP creation• Capital Expenditure and New Equipment Purchase• Shop Floor and Factory Layouts Achievements:• Set up the new Production facility in Telford to manufacture the Foxhound which was previously built by a subcontractor• Oversaw Foxhound Production in the following sections to achieve completion of the set number of vehicles to the correct quality, below the forecast cost and ahead of schedule;o V-Spineo Power Packo Integrationo Commissioningo Completed Slow Pre-Production of six Vehicles, the Mastiff 2, Ridgeback, Mastiff 1.95 x 3 off and a Battlefield Ambulance• Created comprehensive SOPS for the Foxhound, Ridgeback and all Mastiffs vehicle variations • Converted the warehouse into the build hall and the smaller Foxhound build hall into the warehouse. The new build hall is now capable of the much larger Mastiff vehicle uplifts with the bonus of creating more pallet spaces in the warehouse due to an improved layout. • Set the standard time for all the vehicles and variations to enable accurate costings and staffing requirements for the production build schedule

• Engineering responsibility for six sections of the Backhoe division at the JCB world headquarters, M, A1, A2 Sub Assembly kitting sections, Shovel build, Front end and back end assembly.

Identifying capital projects within the business, bringing together all the relevant information to justify the capital expense with payback

Production Engineering, manufacturing, assembly and Maintenance,

Production Engineering, manufacturing, assembly and logistics. Maintenance, Kaizen Teams

Responsibilities: Production Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Toolroom and CNC machine unit in Telford

Joint owner of Off Licence in Stone Staffordshire.

Production Engineering, manufacturing, assembly, logistics.Maintenance and Toolroom.Kaizen Teams