David Hughes Mchem Mrsc Email & Phone Number

Llanelli, GB

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

• Promoted to Senior Shift Process Engineer in January 2023, where I manage a team of three other Shift Process Engineers.
• Oversee production of GaAs, InP and GaN epitaxial wafers using MOCVD processes.
• Utilise statistical process control to achieve production targets.
• Review characterisation data to confirm output is deliverable and to client specification and expectation.
• Provide final review of products and subsequently authorize release of the product to the customer.
• Present production and SPC data to the wider team during daily meetings.

Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom

• Fully assigned as Chemistry Manager to assist the decommissioning and demolition of a large metal refinery in Acton, London, for a large multinational client.
• Created and managed the permit to work system.
• Analysed and validated all decommissioned waste and assigned them to a waste stream before organising their collection from site.
• Performed several cross-functional tasks which required the coordination of several departments to achieve a collective goal.
• Performed a “lead by example” approach to safety and delivered several team and site wide toolbox talks and risk assessments.
• Using Microsoft Excel and Access, I designed and managed the final database needed for final permit surrender of the site.

Swansea, United Kingdom

• Facilitate meetings with core study teams and clients to ensure that PRA is meeting client expectations.
• Prepare and maintain project tracking tools as well as project specific documents such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Role requires strong communication and ICT skills.
• Have gained significant commercial awareness.
• Have had strong exposure to a clinical environment.
• Thrived in a result-driven environment and have had to work to strict deadlines to provide high quality deliverables to clients.

3rd year Degree modules:Advanced Organic Chemistry - 2:1Advanced Inorganic Chemistry - 1st Advanced Physical Chemistry - 2:14th year project - Photocatalytic Degradation of Lignin Model Compounds

Llanelli

Part of the European team and had to travel from my host site for several meetings throughout the year.Based in the Operations Department where my primary role was to design spreadsheets and forms to assist Operators. As such, my job required me to work alongside Operators for a substantial portion of my placement year. Gained significant experience in.

Master'S Degree, Chemistry, Higher Second Class Honours (2:1)

Frontiers in Ligand Design and Coordination Chemistry - 2:1 Bio-imaging Applications of Coordination Chemistry - 2:1 Advanced Materials.

A Levels, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, History (As), A-C

Chemistry - A Maths (Pure and Mechanics) - B Physics - C History (AS) - A

Gcse, 11 A*-A

Activities and Societies: Deputy Head Boy and Prefect Maths - A* English Language - A English Literature - A Welsh - A Chemistry - A*.