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Washington, England, United Kingdom

Morpeth, England, United Kingdom

• Designed and configured productions lines reducing wasted time, while minimum costs, using lean principle such as the seven wastes.
• Responded to machine breakdowns and performed maintenance, implementing intelligent fault finding and solutions focusing on minimize downtimes.
• Replacing aging sew production line with modern technologies. Delivering training to operators and maintenance.
• Lead Kaizen events responding to quality issues ensuring customers are satisfied.
• Responsible for creating supporting documents: PFMEA, control plans, risk assessments, PCI, SOP and safe launch plans.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

• Lead project to reduce changeover times by improving storage of 800+ tooling jaws using lean principles. Successfully completed project 1 month early, reducing tool picking time from approximately 15 minutes to 5.
• Produced training documents and delivered training factory wide to operators, engineers and maintenance technicians.
• Planned and lead Kaizen events, with operators, to organize, catalogue and sort all tooling jaws.
• Communicated effectively to upper management and stakeholders throughout project.
• Gained knowledge of vertical storage systems, through independent learning. Used knowledge to design and implement efficient storage methods.