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Kingston Upon Hull, England Metropolitan Area

Kingston Upon Hull, England, United Kingdom

Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

• Overall responsibility for process engineering function within manufacturing engineering• Leading implemention of VR technology into the Manufacturing Engineering toolset

United Kingdom

• Responsible for industrialisation and quality output of new Range Rover closure fit line• Responsible for Body in White process implementation and ramp-up for new model launch• Led OEE improvement project for two robotic production cells – improved from 75% to 90%• Identified cycle time (robot) bottlenecks and implemented fixes to resolve (+14parts/week)

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

• Responsible for new product introduction of the new electric Jaguar XJ (body structure)• Design for Manufacture – ensuring design is fit for mass production working with body engineering team, considering lessons learnt from current models.• Assessment and buyoff of manufacturing facility, processes and tooling• Responsible for launch cost budget, defining manning requirements through to Job1• Prototype build appraisal against key manufacturing criteria using scorecard approach• Production Resource and Quality systems planning

Birmingham, United Kingdom

• Senior Engineer leading a team of six covering: Jaguar Saloon Closure Assembly, Closure Fit, and Trim and Final Operations.• Lead for Tailgate fitment for XF Sportbrake launch: quality uplift and process maturation• Led £1m project to re-tool closure fit line, uplifting quality output and increasing efficiency

Jaguar, Castle Bromwich

• Experienced multiple roles in underbody, closures, launch quality• Extensive problem solving experience, using problem solving tools such as 8D, PPS, DMAIC.