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Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

• Joined Wuxi Align-Tech to co-ordinate, set up and manage all aspects of a new business venture for the already established Wuxi company. The expansion was a company move into the contract manufacturing of RF Microwave.
• Interviewing and subsequent hiring of the technical support team
• Supply Chain Approval (AVL) and subsequent management
• Preparation and approval of all RFQ’s for our current and expanding customer base
• Resource/Capacity/Delivery Planning
• Interface/Point of contact for customer base

Shanghai City, China

• Review the current status of EH&S and 5S implementation and construct a plan to improve the overall awareness and effectiveness of EH&S activities.
• Mentor Quality Manager/Engineers, offer suggestions and improvements for implementation, build appropriate teams and train, assist the teams accordingly to drive change to fruition.
• Working together with operations, instill a 5S discipline/methodolgy, implement regular audits/assessments, and drive change with regard to the facility… Show more Review the current status of EH&S and 5S.
• Working together with operations, instill a 5S discipline/methodolgy, implement regular audits/assessments, and drive change with regard to the facility, prioritizing the manufacturing production areas then roll out.
• Review risk assessment management, and create a more robust process for ensuring that they are carried out timely and with the correct focus.
• Liase and benchmark with Smiths Microwave EH&S staff with reference to overall company requirements and instill the relevant processes and controls in the Shanghai facility, ensuring full compliance accordingly.

Cixi

• Responsible for continuous support to the overall expansion and establishment of the Phase Motion Control manufacturing operation in China. Development, creation, training, implementation and ongoing monitoring of.
• Engineering Change Management: Procedure created developed and implemented… Show more Responsible for continuous support to the overall expansion and establishment of the Phase Motion Control manufacturing operation in.
• Engineering Change Management: Procedure created developed and implemented accordingly.
• Material Review Board: Procedure created, developed and implemented accordingly.
• Supplier Approval Process: Procedure created, developed and implemented accordingly.
• PFMEA and Quality Control Plans: Training Conducted and processes implemented.

• Responsible for the technology transfer of radio frequency microwave components for the wireless telecommunications market from the UK design team through to pre-series ramp up, leading to volume production in China.
• Product Design: Key member of the UK product design team assisting with the design development against product target costs.
• Liaise with design team on a daily basis to ensure all new designs are verified and compliant to specific customer requirements.
• Ensuring development costs are comprehensive with due consideration to development risks.
• Providing full technical support through training, pre-production and volume production ramp up in the Shanghai manufacturing facility.
• Introduce and manage process/product Improvement programs aimed at improving process/product efficiency.

• Responsible for liaising with all concerned in order to maximise the quality of all manufacturing areas and resultant products.
• Lead and support improvement programs aimed at improving product quality and reliability.
• Ensure product qualification needs are fully documented and understood.
• Create and implement quality plans..
• Responsible for creating and implementing/managing product qualification programs and their completion/conclusion.
• Liase with suppliers and… Show more

Dundee, United Kingdom

• Responsible for co-ordinating and managing all activities associated with the Quality Management System
• Internal Quality Audit Manager, responsible for a team of Internal Auditors.
• Integral team member for Management Review meetings, responsible for the collation and preparation of required data for reporting.
• Responsible for co-ordinating and managing the customer complaints system and all associated activities, including the Customer Quality Improvement Team and Quality… Show more
• Responsible for co-ordinating and managing the customer complaints system and all associated activities, including the Customer Quality Improvement Team and Quality Improvement Group.
• Root cause analysis and resultant corrective/preventive action reports and follow up.

Dundee, United Kingdom

• Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship
• Successfully completed a period of training and resulting promotion to the position of Quality Engineer ultimately responsible for all manufacturing operations, associated data collection and processing for statistical.
• Liaison with… Show more
• Liaison with suppliers and customers regarding all quality related issues.
• Manage supplier and customer audits.
• Integral engineering team member ensuring all requirements, targets and schedules were satisfied to levels specified by the customer. Show less