Engineering manager responsible for leading material cost reduction initiatives within the EP Retail engineering team. I have led a team that has delivered significant material cost reduction through both product source changes and product design changes and supported the purchasing organisation with supplier negotiation projects. Using techniques such as cost modelling, linear pricing, benchmarking, value analysis and value engineering my team are responsible to identify the opportunity and business case creation for material cost reduction projects as well as developing and managing the plans for execution of the projects. I have been responsible for developing the expertise and skills of the team using tools such as the Caterpillar clean sheet tool and aPriori software to develop the cost modelling and analysis capabilities of the team.

Engineering manager of a team of engineers responsible for design, development and validation of diesel genset packages for various market segments and customer requirements. Responsible for translating customer requirements into technical specifications, developing product from concept to production release including validation and approval.

I led a team of engineers responsible for the introduction of a new range of generator sets for the global market. The team were responsible for the design, development and release to volume production of a range of gensets in the 350-700kVA output range. The objective of the new product was to increase customer value and reduce product cost through product simplification and the application of Lean principles. I was responsible to manage a team of mechanical and electrical design engineers to ensure customer requirements and product cost targets were achieved per the program timeline.

Engineering supervisor of a team of engineers responsible for product engineering, process engineering and quality engineering in the facility. I led the project team that executed the move to a purpose-built generator set production facility within the existing Caterpillar site. I had responsibility for managing the capital expenditure on machinery and equipment, defining the layout of the new facility, overseeing the installation of machinery and equipment and executing the move to the new facility.

Team leader responsible for a team of technical experts involved in the design and validation of cooling systems for generating sets. The team supported new product introduction programs through developing specifications and designing new cooling system products and completion of the validation and approval for the products. I was responsible for technical leadership within the team and providing the technical elements of the supplier selection process in collaboration with the heat transfer global purchasing team. I was responsible for developing the expertise of the engineers in the team. I was responsible for working with our suppliers and the Caterpillar validation team to develop improved cooling system validation processes.

Design and development engineer for diesel generator set packages. I started with FG Wilson / Caterpillar as a graduate engineer in the R&D department. From 1994 to 2003 I held various positions within the design and development team progressing from graduate engineer to engineer.