David Young Email & Phone Number

Having pursued a long and varied career I have progressed from being a Regular Army Explosive Engineering Apprentice to a Warrant Officer Senior Ammunition Technician, then to a Design Change Controller in a global electronic manufacturing company and now I retired in December 2016 as a Product Data Management Engineer with Edwards Vacuum Ltd. Clevedon UK. I am a very diligent, accurate and skilled engineering technical administrator and user of all Microsoft Office software, MRP databases, including SAP. I am extremely methodical and well organised. I have always been proactive, determined and ambitious. I am an excellent communicator able to communicate at all levels from board down to factory floor, including external customers and outsourcing sites worldwide, using all forms of modern media. I have always been competitive, enjoying a challenge and working to tight deadlines, with tenacity. I am not fazed by working under pressure where quick and decisive actions are necessary. A few years I took part in two TV documentaries about my Explosive Ordnance Disposal, terrorist bomb disposal work in Northern Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s The Bomb Hunters (Sky History Channel) Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk (BBC). I now do some public speaking, fund raising for ex-services charities by talking about my anti-terrorist work, by presenting two illustrated talk, Battling the bombers Part 1 & Part 2.I have always enjoyed training, nurturing and developing others in both work and sport as a senior kayaking Instructor for over 30 years specialising in slalom, downriver racing, sea expeditions and wave ski surfing. Being retired I am using my experience to give something back to others through voluntary work as a Mentor with SSAFA the ex-service charity, assisting members of the armed forces cope with the transition to civilian careers. I am a founding member, Trustee and Secretary of Clevedon Men’s Shed, a registered charity community workshop. I also enjoying longer holidays and more family time as well pursuing numerous other hobbies and interests. Currently I am two years into five year course in woodturning, leading to a qualification as a Master Turner.I am an active Freemason MM and Almoner for the my local Tennyson 4947 Lodge.

Listed skills include Engineering, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Testing, and 37 others.