Ian Wells Email & Phone Number

Quenington, England, Gb

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Responsible for the Design, Development and Innovation of the Godwin brand, direct worldwide Technical Support for the product rangeManage the Engineer to Order work through the Quenington factoryEnsure the product meets world wide safety standards and legislation

Houston, Texas, Us

NOV Mixing Technologies: Global Rotating and Static Mixer ManufacturerMain Responsibilities• Manage the Engineering team• Responsible for the department's technical performance in order to achieve sales turnover, delivery on time and profit • Ensure bills of materials are produced and maintained in Teamcenter• Organise the technical support to sales, distributors and service teams based across Europe and Asia.• Review of technical specifications and warranty provisions for major tenders and orders.• Ensure that the technical requirements for all company sales orders are met and brought in on time to meet customer expectation.• Ensure all products comply with relevant EU legislation• Maintain and develop notified body certification of company product ranges to ATEX and Pressure Equipment directives• Maintain the companies quality standard by supporting dispositions of non-conforming parts.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Manufacturer of Centrifugal Slurry Pumps, Knife gate Valves & HydrocyclonesMain Responsibilities:• Managing a team of 21 people based on two sites.• Oversee the technical support of sales and service teams based across Europe and North Africa.• Review of technical specifications and warranty provisions for major tenders.• Ensure all engineering KPI’s are met and Engineering hours are accounted for.• Ensure that the technical requirements for all company sales orders are met and brought in on time to meet customer expectation.• Manage the Design & Development of new and existing products as part of a process of continuous improvement• Manage large projects through a 5 Gate development process.• Ensure all Weir Minerals products comply with relevant EU legislation, as well as ensuring that product safety is maintained to the highest industry standards.• Maintain the companies quality standard by supporting dispositions ofnon-conforming parts.• Support the Engineering Director in managing departmental budgets.•Develop and maintain robust departmental procedures and policies incompliance with ISO 9001.Key Achievements:• Introduced Lean into the Engineering Office, including the value stream mapping of the sales order entry process and the introduction of performance metrics with visible displays in the office.• I have manged the introduction of 2 new pump ranges during my time at Weir Minerals, one of which introduced a new globally patented assembly feature that I was named as one of the inventors.• I was responsible for introducing the certification of a pumps to the ATEX directive within Weir Minerals Europe, this has recently been expanded to include certification of pumps for use underground (group M2).

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Main Responsibilities:•Developing Engineering SystemsKey Achievements:• I automated the production of general arrangement drawings (in multiple languages) for standard pumps using a Microsoft Access runtime database, which is distributed to both engineering and sales staff.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Main Responsibilities:• The design and development of new products or the enhancing existing ones.• Managing Value Engineering projects to improve product design of company products and reduce their costs.• Supporting the operation team with the dispositions of non-conforming parts.• Support Sales teams with technical advice and sites visits when required.Key Achievements:• The design and development of a new pressure relieve system to safely vent pressure build up in a slurry pump when both its suction and discharge flanges are blocked. The pump required a major modification to allow for the inclusion of a spring loaded section of the pump casing to open out when pressure builds up.

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Main Responsibilities:• The design and development of new products or enhancing existing ones.• Assessing Machine designs to the machinery’s Directive.Key Achievements:Major redesign of a 5 tonne Flaking Roll to match existing product range, adding electric drive and increasing output.

Milwaukee, Us

Main Responsibilities:•The design and development of induction equipmentKey Achievements:•The design of a 4 station indexing machine to fuse light filament components in an argon rich environment includes design of pneumatic systems.