Matthew Pummell Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

• www.spartanmotorcompany.com.auDesign, development and testing of a light weight, high performance, track focused car.
• Design, 3D CAD modelling and manufacturing supervision of laser cut steel tubular chassis, and a rotisserie chassis assembly and welding jig.
• Hand/Laser measured and 3D CAD modelled a Honda K20 Engine and gearbox around which the space frame tubular chassis and A-arms were designed, and laser cut to fit first time.
• 3D CAD design of CNC machined, water jet cut, sheet metal and die cast components such as suspension uprights, steering arms, modular floor pedal mounting plates, engine mounts and ancillary brackets.
• Design/simulation/testing of suspension geometry (Camber/Caster/Toe/Kingpin Inclination/Roll Centres/Scrub Radius), Damper and Spring Rates.

Sydney, Australia

Inventor/Vault 3D design of concept vehicles and components for specialised emergency vehicles.

Sydney, Australia

• Estimating/Tender submissions for Ox Engineering metal fabrication and 3D Scanning.
• 3D scanning/reverse engineering of items ranging from vehicles to mining equipment and buildings.
• 3D Solidworks design of complex architecture, public sculpture and large scale Fox Studios movie props, from concept drawings and scale models into in-house manufactured deliverables.
• Supervision of Ox Engineering fabrication staff to complete unique architecture and sculpture projects; laser tube/sheet cutting, water jet cutting, CNC routing/milling, sheet metal rolling, bending and welding.

Sydney, Australia

• Engineering lead of X-Functional team to deliver cost savings across the business, through engineering, purchasing, quality, logistics, material handling and production. Delivery of $6million annual savings, through.
• Understanding financial needs of the business to deliver cost savings, manufacturing efficiencies and standardisation.
• Sourced replacement components from alternative suppliers globally, recognising importance of quality, safety and innovation to the brand.
• Worked at international sites, alongside suppliers, establishing excellent working relationships while training them on the product requirements and honing their skills to meet quality standards.
• Offshore supervision and inspection of CNC patterns, open and closed moulds and first sample parts. Visited UK, Chinese and Hong Kong Alexander Dennis (parent company) facilities and suppliers to increase manufacturing.
• Supervised the introduction and installation of Ventura doors and ramps, from Holland, into the Australian bus market and trained as Ventura expert for local market.

Sydney, Australia

• Key engineer in design and development of two new ADR & DDA compliant vehicles; City and School/Charter bus.
• Accelerated the use of 3D Solidworks CAD modelling within the company, which was then heavily used for the first time in the development of the new vehicles.
• Main employee involved in the design, styling and optimisation of all exterior complex surface body panels for the new busses, from early concept stages to mass production.
• Created 3D solid and surface models of complex, compound curved parts, which were then used by external suppliers to CNC cut scale models, patterns, thermoformed plastic and fibreglass moulds, and subsequently produce.
• Design of sheet metal and tubular laser cut parts, incorporating slots/fold out tabs and cuts/notches in tubes, enabling the parts to be easily and accurately bent and assembled by hand.
• Increased manufacturing and production efficiencies, improved build accuracy and optimised the design and weight of components.

Sydney, Australia

• Hands on installation, surveying and critical alignment of plant machinery for a greenfield Colorbond strip paint line, catering to six day week, 12 hour shift construction schedule.
• Initial marking out of machinery locations within the plant from design drawings.
• Surveying of machine foundation concrete/steel pads and structural steel.
• Alignment of machine frames weighing up to 3 tons. Production line length: 200m.
• Critical alignment of steel and rubber rolls, motors, gearboxes, couplings, rails etc.
• Rolls aligned to customer specification of plus/minus 0.008mm per 100mm for both vertical level and horizontal square-ness to the strip centre line.

Port Kembla, Australia

• Bluescope Steelworks No. 5 Blast Furnace Double Shell Project
• On & off-site supervision of hazardous Stellatar application (a German heat resistant, corrosion prevention, steel coating process, completed for the first time in Australia).
• Formulated, wrote and communicated to construction staff; Safe Work Method Statements, Job Safety Analysis and Inspection and Test Plans.
• Completed Quality Assurance checks & documentation whilst assisting with the physical work.
• Maintained and updated weekly the Project Schedule.
• Safety audits of site activities.

Camellia, Sydney, Australia

• Mechanical and Electrical AutoCad Plasterboard plant upgrade drawings.
• Tender and GA drawings for a factory/plant line speed upgrade.
• Designed, costed, produced fabrication drawings, and supervised the installation of process and safety improvements; platforms, stairs and safety guarding complying to Australian Standards.
• Relocation of materials handling equipment; screws, hoppers and weigh feeders to minimise downtime.

University Work experience. Wolfsburg, Germany

• Assessed feasibility of a wheel hub motor driven, electric vehicle. Simulated the vertical dynamics of the vehicle using a half car suspension model in Matlab.
• Liased with internal and external customers.
• Provided a written and oral presentation of research in German.

University Work experience. Munich, Germany

• Validation of quality control systems.
• Data collection and analysis to assess the accuracy of wheel alignment and ride height equipment.

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Mechanical Engineering

Education record