Promoted to Manufacturing Engineer as a reflection of successful completion of my HNC with Distinction. Pall UK is now Cytiva, this is not a change of company!My responsibilities have increased to include leading teams in PSP and Kaizen events, and I now support a wide range of events being held by others. I offer guidance and tutelage to less senior members of staff.

Part time CAD lecturer for HNC(level 4) mature students, teaching the Advanced CAD course. My first class of 10 all achieved a grade suitable to pass.

Taken on as engineer under Kris Langmead. OVer 7 years experience, worked up to sole engineer on site as Kris moved upwards. Oversaw introduction ofnew products, customer visits, design and design adjustment to suit process. Gained deep knowledge of aluminium investment casting.Took on the overseeing and control o f8 heat treatment ovens, which were run in accordance with AMS2750 Iss. E. On first year of this, Audit from NADCAP highlighted the fewest NC's of any heat treatment audit. Worked on Automation of process, developing strong IT skills, particularly in Excel and Macro coding,reducing a 3-hour report process to just 2 minutes.Worked in problem solving and design of efficient moulding trees - reduced shrinkace cavitation in products and shell inclusion defects through strategic feed positioning and orientation. Improved yields by reducing the waste metal content of products in proportion to the weight of useable parts.Responsible for the chemical titration of chemical etching dip tanks used to expose defects prior to penetrant flaw detection.Assisted Quality in the reading and interpretation of specifications to ensure compliance. Consider myself fluent in reading and interpreting technical paperwork because of this experience.Designed basic dies for the creation of wax routing trees for assembly of product, using Solidworks.