David Collier Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Falkirk, United Kingdom

• Drive delivery of new model projects up to £2 million through full project life-cycle from concept to completion• Lead cross functional project team to ensure that cost, quality and delivery targets are achieved• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders on project status and delivery• Gather requirements, identify project scope and develop schedule and project plans• Ensure parts and systems are signed off by ADL and suppliers at prototype and production intent stages of the project• Manage risk and issue logs, identifying mitigating actions and clearing roadblocks as they arise• Ensure effective project closure and hand over to business as usualDuring my time at ADL I have managed and delivered multiple new product development projects introducing new technologies to the UK bus market. These include battery electric systems, compressed bio-gas and numerous hybrid initiatives.

Melbourne, Australia

• Responsible for design of parts within my commodity and overall release process to support mass production• Led a cross-functional team to manage sourcing activities for parts, leading tender process and final supplier selection• Identified cost, weight and quality targets at a system and component level, optimised designs to achieve targets• Managed design requirements in line with programme timing, delivering to design and build milestones• Supported the product launch across production plants worldwide hosting regular meetings with local suppliers to review quality, cost and delivery of parts against requirements• Managed all aspects of change control for modifications to new and existing parts

Cologne Area, Germany

• Led engineering change management for Tier 1 supplier to Ford Motor Company• Coordinated and aligned the flow of information between customer and supplier• Analysed and advised on critical process paths that allowed the supplier to be best deliver to Ford’s product development milestones• Managed project issues and risks and cleared roadblocks when they arose• Reported to key stakeholders on project status and acted as point of contact for supplier within Ford• Developed a number of tools and processes that helped maintain a very high level of accuracy and efficiency