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Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland

Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland

Company Profile: Manufacturers and exporters of chewing gum base and encapsulated sweetener, used in many chewing gum brands including Dentyne, Trident and Stimarol. The plant is ATEX rated and GMP/BRC/ISO9000 certified.Key Achievements+ Successfully led capital investment and continuous improvement projects including the design, planning, and implementation phases. These included: --- €50k project to replace a raw material melting unit, the improved design of the… Show more Company Profile: Manufacturers and exporters of chewing gum base and encapsulated sweetener, used in many chewing gum brands including Dentyne, Trident and Stimarol. The plant is ATEX rated and GMP/BRC/ISO9000 certified.Key Achievements+ Successfully led capital investment and continuous improvement projects including the design, planning, and implementation phases. These included: --- €50k project to replace a raw material melting unit, the improved design of the replacement unit eliminated downtime, reducing it from 3% down to 0%. Managed all contractors for the installation ensuring method statements and risk assessments were in place. --- €30k project to install a vacuum unit to transfer raw material to the process from 1000kg sacks instead of 25kg bags. This reduced the loading time by 49%, enabling the rate of production to be increased by 8% with the same manpower. Designed and communicated all changes to SOP's. + Implemented changes to process control and monitoring software during projects, and used RS View and RS Batch to monitor and trend process variables during production when solving issues and looking at areas for process optimisation. + Developed in-house plant capability tools that enabled bottlenecks in the process to be identified, and ingredient addition times and rates to be monitored allowing plant performance to be accurately measured. + resolved issues within the plant using 8D Problem Solving, acted as both a facilitator and a member of problem solving teams. Issues included an incomplete shipment, product defects and granulator blockages in the sweetener production line. + Monitored electrical energy usage within the plant, establishing a base load, highlighting sources of high consumption and developing a high level plan to better align energy use to production. + Supported the company's in-house Lean 6Sigma Black Belt on implementation of lean 6sigma initiatives within the plant. Show less

Hamilton, New Zealand

Company Profile: The company works as consultants to industry, measuring, analysing and interpreting energy usage profiles to identify and recommend process improvement opportunities.Key Achievements+ Performed compressed air system, leak surveys and energy audits in diverse industries that resulted in efficiency improvements, reductions in downtime, and annual savings of up to 25% for clients.+ Development of ultrasonic detection program for bearing condition monitoring in VSD… Show more Company Profile: The company works as consultants to industry, measuring, analysing and interpreting energy usage profiles to identify and recommend process improvement opportunities.Key Achievements+ Performed compressed air system, leak surveys and energy audits in diverse industries that resulted in efficiency improvements, reductions in downtime, and annual savings of up to 25% for clients.+ Development of ultrasonic detection program for bearing condition monitoring in VSD compressors.+ Modelled guide vanes using SolidWorks 2009 leading to improved airflow through heat exchangers in industrial air heaters in a number of dairy plants, improving efficiency by around 10% and reducing downtime and costs.+ Designed, modelled and built a scale model of an industrial spray drier used to better understand the airflow characteristics to improve process controllability and efficiency.+ Published and presented a paper at the Australian Acoustical Conference, Acoustics 2008 - Acoustics and Sustainability, in Geelong Australia. Wolstencroft, H., and Neale, J. (2008). Characterisation of Compressed Air Gas Leaks using Airborne Ultrasound. Show less

Inverness, United Kingdom

Company Profile: Largest end to end postal service in the UK.Key Achievements+ Managed up to 100 staff in sorting office regularly handling 70,000 items of mail in a 2 hour period to meet the final despatch to other offices around the UK.+ Led national change projects to improve the efficiency of the mail sorting office. These included:---Optimising the office layout to reduce double handling of mail and improve the flow of mail through the office.--- Managed the… Show more Company Profile: Largest end to end postal service in the UK.Key Achievements+ Managed up to 100 staff in sorting office regularly handling 70,000 items of mail in a 2 hour period to meet the final despatch to other offices around the UK.+ Led national change projects to improve the efficiency of the mail sorting office. These included:---Optimising the office layout to reduce double handling of mail and improve the flow of mail through the office.--- Managed the installation of new equipment.---Communicated changes to staff and management and organised training for staff.+ Planned Christmas staffing levels for the Mail Centre.---Organised temporary staffing hours.---Aligned staffing to predicted mail volumes and arrival patterns. Mail volumes increased by over 100% on peak days. Show less

Me, Mechanical Engineering

Obtained 1st Class Honours. Research Thesis Titled " Ultrasonic Air Leak Detection: An investigation to improve the accuracy of leak rate.

Beng (Hons), Energy & Environmental Engineering

Obtained 2:2 Accredited by the Institute of Engineering and Technology Final Year Project - Development of a method of measuring flow.

Hnd, Mechanical Engineering