Lynn Ward Email & Phone Number

Blythe Bridge, England, Gb

Staffordshire

I am a Health Safety; Environment and Quality / business improvement consultant based in Staffordshire.With over 30 years’ experience across a broad spectrum of industries holding a strong focus on manufacturing and engineering including the automotive sector, I have a wealth of knowledge on building operational controls and systems to work alongside your Health Safety / Environmental or Quality Manager.The last 16 years has been directly involved in assessing management systems are compliant with Quality ISO 9001; Environment ISO 14001 and Health & Safety ISO 45001.I have helped companies understand the new requirements of these latest standards and enabled them to transition and continue to maintain and grow the involvement of their employees.I am also employed as an approved subcontractor for UKAS Accredited Certification Bodies for conducting both initial and surveillance visits on their behalf to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001I can also provide bespoke training courses to help your teams understand their needs and expectations.Please give me a call for more information

Chester, United Kingdom

Managed the accreditation requirements for the certification body for both the UK certifications and those in China. Managing a team of auditors and administration to conduct assessments to ISO 9001: 14001: issue certificates and ensure compliance to ISO 17021

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Primarily responsible for conduction on site assessment visits to audit how clients operate management systems in accordance with relevant standards.To add value to our cleints enabling them to raise their standards.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Key Responsibilities o Audit manufacturing sites and study their operations to determine effectiveness or identify necessary improvements for product quality, health and safety requirements and environmental aspects and impactso Technically responsible for all aspects of the Intertek certification function ensuring full compliance with UKAS and MHRA regulationso On-going development of the Intertek system to meet the accreditation standards consistent with the Intertek global operation and other UK Intertek conformity activitiesKey Achievements:o Developed effective reporting to add value to customers for processes & product improvement through KPI management to ensure customers management systems are interactive with continuous business improvement and reduction of cost of non-qualityo Liaise with customers to create a client management quarterly review meetings on the overall development and performance output of the certification audits and further actions required

Feltham

Key Responsibilities:o Work with individual companies to evaluate their operations and feedback the on-going compliance with accreditation standards and identify any potential improvement opportunities in the UK and internationally o Review applicants business operations to determine the operational controls for new areas of work including notified bodies for directiveso Provide training to internal and external delegates to understand the requirements of ISO IEC 17021: 2006

Newark Upon Trent

Key Responsibilities:o Principle Quality Engineer for the Manufacturing process quality controls for the European QMS over 10 siteso European representative sent to Japan to work on a project to develop quality inspections and testing requirements and initiate improvements in operational controls globally Key Achievements:o Introduced a stage gated design & development management process into the European division through the project team from each of the cross functional sites.o Promoted an electronic reporting structure for the gathering and reporting of quality related data analysis such as reject rates, ppm’s; supplier evaluation and ppm’s across the European sites

Uk Wide

Quality Team Leader (Automotive division) May 2001 – September 2001o Recruited a new Quality dept. and re-established the role of quality integral with production and new product developmentOrthotics Quality Engineer October 2000 – May 2001o To modernise production quality controls for right first time, minimise waste and reduce the cost by minimising/eliminating the need for end of line inspection over 4 sites Group Quality Engineer Sept 1998 – October 2000o Overseeing the quality inspection activities in 4 Remploy orthotic an furniture factories ensuring appropriate process controls

Telford, United Kingdom

Key Responsibilitieso Introduce production inspection and testing requirements for a new product, quality control, in the box sorting and investigate non-conforming product for suitable corrective actionso Team Leader for APQP & the Process FMEA for specific introduction of Vauxhall Motors project of bumpers and fuel tanks o Ensure initial inspection and approvals and customer liaison for product approvals and project development o Project Quality Manager in the development of product quality assurance and Supplier In Line sequencing Key Achievements:o Successful ISIR submission and approval from the customer during ramp up to full production.o Development and introduction of lean manufacturing cells for the bumper assembly processes

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Key Responsibilitieso Laboratory technician inspecting & testing; Quality Control inspector and Quality Manager delivering a management system that ensured product quality including design & development processes o Provided training and introduction of quality control requirements into France & American sister companies on QMS’s

Bsc (Hons) Materials & Quality Engineering, Cold Rolling & Light Engineering

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