Continuous Improvement role specialising in the area of Lean and Business Improvement; driving change strategy and deploying Lean initiatives within Systemix Clients. Drove Lean Program Delivery Projects in the utilities sector based at Melbourne Water and also in the Oil & Gas sector as well as the public transport sector co-facilitating workshops to enhance stake holder engagement, organisational effectiveness and foster a culture of business improvement throughout the organisation. Other… Show more Continuous Improvement role specialising in the area of Lean and Business Improvement; driving change strategy and deploying Lean initiatives within Systemix Clients. Drove Lean Program Delivery Projects in the utilities sector based at Melbourne Water and also in the Oil & Gas sector as well as the public transport sector co-facilitating workshops to enhance stake holder engagement, organisational effectiveness and foster a culture of business improvement throughout the organisation. Other recent engagements include: PTV Route 96 - Lesson learnt Project, Metro Operations Leadership Safety Forum, Esso KMR Project, Rail Transformation Consortium (RTC).Key Achievements in this role: Developed a toolkit consisting of 8 Lean tools specific to the Water industry utilizing Lean as a key lever for driving efficiency with the Major Program Delivery unit. Also, designed and developed a Lean Improvement Project rollout program which involved applying key Lean techniques to eliminate waste in the process & increase awareness of Lean throughout the business. Show less

Reporting to the Head of UK Purchasing, responsibilities include managing the portfolio of Forklift trucks and Pallets (£5M+ spend across the division) - Proactively identifying, reporting & managing constraints within the end-to-end Supply Chain and impact on Customer Service levels, negotiating long term contracts with suppliers to achieve cost savings, generating weekly and monthly sales invoices & reports tracking progress to reflect category spend and usage across the whole of the UK… Show more Reporting to the Head of UK Purchasing, responsibilities include managing the portfolio of Forklift trucks and Pallets (£5M+ spend across the division) - Proactively identifying, reporting & managing constraints within the end-to-end Supply Chain and impact on Customer Service levels, negotiating long term contracts with suppliers to achieve cost savings, generating weekly and monthly sales invoices & reports tracking progress to reflect category spend and usage across the whole of the UK division. Show less

Duties included inspecting precision machined components and assemblies to drawings, liaising with production team leaders and quality engineers alike on a regular basis to highlight production issues and encourage a continuous improvement ethos across the plant to improve the quality of the final product to meet the customers’ needs. Overall accountability for the first off inspection across a diverse range of products used in the aerospace sector for Rolls-Royce, Airbus & Westland… Show more Duties included inspecting precision machined components and assemblies to drawings, liaising with production team leaders and quality engineers alike on a regular basis to highlight production issues and encourage a continuous improvement ethos across the plant to improve the quality of the final product to meet the customers’ needs. Overall accountability for the first off inspection across a diverse range of products used in the aerospace sector for Rolls-Royce, Airbus & Westland Helicopters. Show less

Based at the Darlington Engine Plant for an year, duties included working with Operations Managers by carrying out Team Leaders responsibilities to ensure the efficient day to day running of the shop floor ensuring the throughput rate and other KPI’s were met- excellent learning curve enabling to enhance people skills. Second rotation based in Operations Quality – duties as a Quality Engineer included undertaking quality control activities to ensure quality parts were available on the line… Show more Based at the Darlington Engine Plant for an year, duties included working with Operations Managers by carrying out Team Leaders responsibilities to ensure the efficient day to day running of the shop floor ensuring the throughput rate and other KPI’s were met- excellent learning curve enabling to enhance people skills. Second rotation based in Operations Quality – duties as a Quality Engineer included undertaking quality control activities to ensure quality parts were available on the line, managing the vendor defective process by liaising with suppliers, identifying root cause & establishing a long term fix and therefore improving on Supplier Quality.Also, active team member of a cross functional Six Sigma Project Team striving to reduce OEM defects and therefore improving customer quality & operating efficiency throughout the plant. Show less

One year placement based in manufacturing engineering within wing assembly involved working alongside manufacturing engineers and process team leaders to implement lean production principles by devising a visual management system and work packages to ensure improved productivity and efficiency. Setting SOI’s for different stages and helping to devise a Visual Management system to track workflow.