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Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Property Investment Business - MD - investment strategy, project and asset management of family owned investment vehicle.

Shoreham, West Sussex

Principal Engineer in Test Operations Direct Sell/Commercial teamWorking across a range of industries & customers with projects from a single vehicle test, through to multi-million pound, multi-variant/rig powertrain, engine, vehicle, vehicle and powertrain test projects. Managing the business development, commercial negotiations and technical sales up-front, then managing project delivery, responsible for project success, customer interface, project financial performance, reporting and service quality.Technical experience covers:- Engine / Powertrain testing; performance development, durability, emission cert deterioration factor testing, EPA Part 1065 testing, R&D of various powertrain technologies (Hybrid, miller, HW screening)- Vehicle testing; Emission testing to European, Chinese & federal test regs for development, calibration, type approval / cert testing, in-service compliance, conformity of production, quality assurance, new technology assessments, fuel blend assessments, thermal testing, fuel economy testing. Mileage accumulation, fuel blend impact (ageing/clogging) assessments.- Powertrain rig / transmission test; proposal development for range of transmission test solutions, engineering sign-off, durability, hybrid vehicle system integrations, Battery Electric Vehicle axle development testing.- Proposal / bid development leadership across the above from custom enquiry or RFI/RFQ to cross-functionally approved bid offering solution to customer need - as appropriate working with a range of internal stakeholders to seek relevant approvals, manage risk, negotiate appropriate resources to deliver project and manage project risks.- Ongoing project management, technical and commercial leadership of projects; chairing multi-party daily, weekly, monthly project status and steering reviews. Managing budgets, negotiating variations, scope trades and invoicing approvalsSkills/tools:-Advanced MS Office, Excel, Power point etc.-MS Project-Dynamics CRM

Hove, East-Sussex

Initially. Supported as effective Finance team for SME personalised in-house manufactured, Jewellery and gift business (founded and owned by my wife) employing up to 15 employees, turning over in excess of £500,000. Financial forecasting, reporting, supporting annual accounts process, managing book-keeper, managing major procurements including multiple orders for thousands of pieces from USA and China.Period of direct responsibility as Managing director; covering owner/managing director for parental leave period. Lead all business management decisions, purchasing, investment decisions, resource plans, new product development and customers service policies, managed cross-functional team remotely, negotiated commercial leases, moved business to different premises (downsizing), managed contract negotiations and redundancy periods.Negotiated business sale working with accounts, solicitors, multiple buyers and owner.

Coventry, United Kingdom

Managed team of up to 15FTE + sub-contract partners with £10-15 million range annual budgets, responsible for late stage engine robustness sign-off, Production Validation testing, audit testing & various design verification needs across multiple engine families (Gasoline and Diesel), liaising with multiple programme & engine build teams, across multiple sites. Including efficiently utilising up to 20 engine test-cells over 4-suppliers in the UK and Poland.Resp. for vehicle powertrain (PT) robustness testing, responsible for robustness demonstration plan across new PT introductions into vehicle lines on a major change/new-vehicle basis as appropriate, typically negotiating VB/PP era vehicle order plans of 5+ vehicles per application - run to between 35,000 to 150,000 miles. Managing Total fleet of up to 30+ vehicles tested across UK from Gaydon, autobahn high-speed testing out of Nürburgring, high-speed testing at Nardo, extreme climate test in Sweden & Dubai, novel market robustness in China and USA.Base Engine responsibility to support vehicle functional validation (sump surge sign-offs), failure / vehicle off road investigation team lead - responsibility for worldwide rapid on-site investigation of failures at Nardo/Dubai etc.Financial planning with input to facility resource plans, vehicle build plans, vehicle programme budgets, production facility launch activities etc.Hired contractors, permanent and agency staff, managed terminations.Responsible for timesheets weekly, Reporting into major issue forums, powertrain business reviews, campaigning and presentation to powertrain directors on strategy direction and methodologyDeveloped range of test methods & standards for defining robustness, audit and PV test requirements for future projects. As well as functional PT assessment process in-vehicle.Training included finance for managers, people management and change management as well as advanced driver training and proving ground access permits.

Coventry, United Kingdom

Contract Development engineering services for Jaguar Land Rover power train.- Initially (2011-12) entry level development engineer in Diesel team overseeing minor updates for 13MY Lion V6 Diesel Fuel economy / performance improvement upgrade pack validation, oil-level sensor verification testing and issue resolution project contribution- Late (2012-14) - Acted module lead for 15-16MY Lion V6 Diesel generation 2 major update introduction, development test planning, RFQ, test facility liaison, on-site commissioning leadership, test-support, issue resolution - calibration / diagnostic support interface & reporting. Later including UK-wide ad-hoc project/issue resolution support to engine functional/durability test set-up at new facilities, new engines and calibrations - transitioning to AJ200D/AJ20D4-Mid-spec and later high-spec design verification support.- Finally (2014-2015) module lead (Senior/calibration engineer grade) for AJ20D-4 mid-spec and later high-spec launch robustness testing over first 3 major variants (North-south Mid, then East-West mid, then North-south high-spec twin turbo) leading delivery of over 250 engines, 150+ tested, 20,000 + hours of testing and 150+ teardowns.Developed comprehensive knowledge of engine design, build processes, elements calibration (FL, smoke, EGR, diagnostics), on Bosch EDC17 and utilisation of ETAS INCA, MDA, AVL Concerto and advanced MS Office, spreadsheets etc.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Worked at Aero engine controls within the design analysis department supporting the design of various hydromechanical and electrical components used in aero engine control systems for Rolls-Royce and other aero engine manufacturers. Applying mechanical design and fatigue theory to Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and digital modelling. Used Ansys Workbench and Mechanical APDL.Included contribution to a range of projects; commercial (GE-Honda), Rolls Royce Trent 1000 and military application fuel system components

Automotive Engineering Bsc, Engineering, Automotive, Mechanical, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: University motorsport / go-karting team Completed 1 year Automotive Engineer BSc top-up degree

Project Fundamentals Qualification, Project Management

Foundation Degree, Motorsport Engineering, Merit

Activities and Societies: Advanced mathematics, Materials, suspension set-up, powertrain, braking, composite structures, vehicle engineering