An experienced Senior Materials Engineer and Technical Lead, I have 8 years' achievement improving performance and reliability at leading Motor Sport, Automotive and Aerospace manufacturers including Mercedes High Performance Powertrains, JaguarLandRover and AgustaWestland.I bring exemplary leadership as well as technical skills, forming close working relationships with cross-functional teams of materials scientists, designers, engineers and technicians and effectively guiding them to deliver technically complex production projects. Typical projects I lead, where I play a key role in aligning materials with processes, include casting houses and forging suppliers (for the Mercedes F1 Engines) and electrical machines and batteries (at JLR).With strong communication and collaboration skills, I mentor teams through solving problems and lead material failure investigations through to resolution and detailed reporting. I possess extensive Technical Specialist knowledge across a broad range of specialist (motorsport and aerospace) and commodity metallic alloys as well as engineering polymers. I also have broad laboratory R&D experience, from metallographic preparation and Microscopy (optical and SEM) to extensive fractography and mechanical test procedures.My Key Skills include Team & Project Leadership, Materials Selection, Design & Engineering, Manufacturing Processes, Testing, Investigations, Analysis, Quality Control, Manufacturing Standards Compliance, Technical Report Writing & Presentation, Communication, R&D, Metallic Alloys, High Volume Aluminiums, Titanium Alloys, MMCs, Copper, Steels, Polymers, Ceramics, Windows 10, Microsoft Office, MS Project, CAD/Basic Autocad.