Anglian Archtectural design, manufacture, and install a variety of glazing and cladding solutions including curtain walling and structural glazing working closely with architects and main contractors.Key achievementsImproving effectively paper based drawing issue control stored in excel to include rules for number allocation, sorting and search facilities and hyperlinks to enable other member of staff to view and print drawings when required.Other roles includeCreating in internal workshop and customer technical drawings on AutoCAD and maintaining drawing issue registerInputting items into production management system to produce workshop instruction and bill of materialsFull technical support to manufacturing and sales

Aspen Windows supply PVCu windows and doors to the trade and also are major commercial contractors supplying and installing PVCu and Aluminium windows, doors, and curtain wallingKey achievementsDesign Engineer on several large commercial Curtain Wall projects in both PVCu/Steel and aluminum; customers include Berkeley Homes, Kidbrooke (Value £1.4m; , Full pre and post sales support including liaising with architects, site managers, and installation engineers, site visits, and overseeing fabrication in our factory, production of technical drawings for customer approval, fabrication and installationTroubleshooting large supply and installation projects including Barratt Homes, Woking (£1.2m), Ardmore, Wandsworth (£680k), and Berkeley Homes, Stanmore (£600k).Technical manager for the project team designing and implementing new aluminum window and door production line alongside existing PVCu production including full technical support. Completed and up and running in 3 months.Full feasibility study including costs for replacement of the existing production management system (Windowmaker) Other roles includeCreating in house and customer technical drawings on AutoCAD and have created and maintained drawing registerMaintaining and updating production management system (Windowmaker)Full technical support to manufacturing, trade and commercial sales, and trade and commercial customers

Trading as Zenith Staybrite, BHI manufactured PVCu windows and doors and sold directly to the publicKey achievementsTechnical manager for the implementation of two new profile systems including preparation and support for manufacturing, producing complete technical manuals, and testing new products and hardware for BSI Kitemarks and accreditationsCreated system for storing all test data, including videos electronically, converting MS-DOS data into spreadsheets for further analysis.Other roles includedBeing part of the Helpdesk team assisting installation engineers or dealing with customer queries.Full technical support for manufacturing including assisting QA and QS in maintaining standards for Kitemarks.

Procam Systems supply CAD and management systems to the footwear trade whose customers include Nike, Adidas, Ecco, & TimberlandKey achievementsOversaw customization of standard product for installation in Nike factories in South Korea, including creating and maintaining development timetable, liaising with programmers, Procam staff and Nike representatives, following with installation on time, training and support.Tested CAD system development and worked with programmers in Slovakia employing my 'end user' knowledge and experience to fine tune functionality and ease of use, and ultimately writing the English version of the online help manual.Other roles includedFull technical support to customersPart of the creative 'think tank' and user conferences.

Ecco are a global footwear brand with manufacturing units across Europe and Asia and hi-tech development centre in DenmarkKey achievementsCreated intranet site for standardisation and best practices to ensure standards across all manufacturing units, including launch seminars in several countries. Organised annual user conferences to maintain, update and discuss new ideas.Tested CAD system beta releases and fed back to suppliers, customized for installation across the group including training and support. Created efficiency warning to ensure engineers met company material usage efficiency targets.Other roles includedEngineering on CAD system designer concepts to production ready items to meet company efficiency targets, quality and fit standards, timetable and cost.

Omega Electrical Systems manufactured wiring harnesses for commercial vehicles and machine centres. Customers included Plaxton Coaches, Alexander Buses, London Taxi International, Cincinatti Machine Tools, and Thwaites DumpersKey achievementsLiaising with Cmac, a company converting Peugeot MPVs into Taxis, to develop a wiring system for disabled access .Reorganising and managing drawing register and filing system to ISO9000Other roles includedCreating manufacturing drawings from customer drawings including creating bill of materials, liaising with customer design and engineering departmentsTesting and maintaining quality standards in the manufacturing unitMaintaining materials database

Start-rite Shoes developed and manufactured quality children's shoes specializing in width fittingsKey achievementsDeveloped system for CAD systems to communicate directly with other computerised machinery including CNC milling machine and computer stitching machines, saving several days in tooling for bulk productionCreated online development calendar allowing other departments able to get latest reports to aid production planning.Created online standards and best practices intranet siteMember of small team of key personnel tasked with improving company working practices, efficiency and imageManufactured shoes for Princes William and Harry and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie to exacting fit and standardsOther roles includedManaging development departmentGoing to local schools to ensure fit and function, and maintaining wear trial database

Developed children's shoes from design concept to manufacture and full technical support