Stephen Thompson Email & Phone Number

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Left to move back to Australia

Perth, Australia

Transferred with SLB to a recent Schlumberger acquisition Peak Well Systems working in the Wireline Segment as a Design for Manufacture Engineer, working on a variety of improvement projects, ranging from facilty upgrades to new machine purchases within CAPEX budgets for both the Perth and Aberdeen (R&D) facility.• DfM support for local sustaining engineering team in Perth and NPD team in Aberdeen.• Review drawings for dimensional accuracy, ease of manufacture and identify cost drivers ahead of time.• Work with Supply Chain team to identify suitable Vendors for parts outside internal capabilities and capacity, visiting their shops and assessing their suitability, followed up with scheduled audits.• Reviewing current machine and tooling capabilities and working within CAPEX budgets to introduce new technologies, managed $1m USD budgets for both Aberdeen and Perth facilities.• Project management on various internal projects to upgrade a dated production facility, working with various contractors to upgrade the compressed air network, new compressor and external waste management system for the sand blasting shop to comply with HSE issues we were previously experiencing.• Lead role on a project to select and install a new Haas VF-5 milling machine to improve our in-house milling capabilities. Overseen the installation process in accordance with local HSE procedures (Lifting plans, HARC, JSA etc..) Also arranged for sale and removal of the old milling machine this replaced.• Co-ordinating the training and installation of Edgecam software to introduce a more robust CAD/CAM system into the Perth facility.• Conducted a feasability study of upgrading the machine shop to introduce DNC linking for the CNC programs, at present working with USB pen drives etc...

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Manage the day to day activities of a modern toolroom consisting of 6 people working on presetting of tooling for CNC machines offline in a controlled environment.• Manage the tooling budget inline with the company objectives whilst maintaining adequate stock to run the shop effectively.• Implemented a tool vending solution to reduce the amount of traffic on the shop and keep the operators in their immediate work areas reducing NVA time.• Liase with external Vendors to introduce and trial new tooling on the market to improve our efficiency, ease of manufacture and increase profits.• Current Project is to implement Zoller software for both our tool management and pre-setting of tools working alongside our CNC programming department to provide a more robust system of measuring, setting and managing our tooling with exact precision. • Manage our purchasing and inventory on stock, upon taking over this position and effectively managing our tooling purchases and vendors used I have saved in excess of £20k over a 3 month period on what would have been a tooling spend in excess of £50k. This was done by reviewing the logisitcs and re-order points configured in a dated system which had not been reviewed to align with vending units purchased nor was there any forward thinking done on projected workload in the shop and tooling up accordingly. Previously stock was purchased on historical data with no review on demand.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Manage the design of processes using Lean concepts including standardized work instructions, line balancing, layout and work sequence (routing) optimization, training development matrix, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen/5S workouts, pull processes, cell design and quick changeover/batch-size optimization• Project Lead on several Design for Cost projects using Apriori software and was assigned team mentor role to implement and evaluate the usage of the software for both concept design and costing in our Belfast homeplant.• Manage manufacturing risks on new products to minimize or eliminate them using DfMEA and PfMEA principles.• Direct the engineering team on a wide range of manufacturability concepts and materials during the design phase to define and eliminate manufacturing risks to ensure the manufacturability of new designs including both New Product Development and Rapid Response• Coordinate with Production or Manufacturing Manager for PLMP manufacturing sign off;• Manage support with manufacturing expertise for drawings to help ensure consistency between component requirements and manufacturing capability• Manage the Design for Manufacturability responsibilities while managing the transition of new products to the appropriate integration or production center for ENP and pilot series builds;• Manage manufacturability issues to ensure that established product quality and product yield levels are met at the start of production by Manufacturing (FPY)(RTY)• Direct investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation for product quality and product yield issues during product launch.• Produce Design books and Best practice guidelines for Engineers and Designers to work from in order to maintain stardards across our business functions.• Team Leader role in various Improvement projects as part of the companies Hoshin iniatitives.• Mentor role to junior Engineers and Designers.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Co-ordination and Supervision of Machine shop and Toolroom activities on a day to day basis, to meet Production schedules and Business needs.• Management and Development of the personnel within those departments (direct and indirect reports), to ensure success of business needs.• Direct and Assist Foremen and department support personnel as applicable, to ensure overall business objectives are met.• Attend regular Production Meetings to report and update on Production and Delivery performance to pre-determined workshop schedules. (worklists, k-lists, priorities etc..)• Monitor Product Quality performance in Scrap and Rework, ie. working with wider production team in identifying root cause through 5Y including daily in process reviews at source, to bring about corrective actions and to prevent recurrence.• Audit and implement 5S activities across the shop to ensure the areas are kept tidy and organised.• Introduced and helped develop efficiency monitoring software - Visual Machineshop, which provided the ability in real time to monitor machine production effiencies• Assist in Personnel management processes, ie. in Recruitment, Discipline, Motivation, Training and Development, and interfacing with TU Representatives on day to day routine mattersReportees : 4 Foremen / 1 x ME / 1 x Apprentice Instructor and 92 workshop personnel on 3 x shifts system; includes Employee Direct, Indirect and Apprentice departments.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Project Lead to oversee the purchase and implementation of 5 new machine centres into the plant creating manufacturing work cells by product type. Project budget approx. $10m USD (5+1 axis Anayak Milling centre 11m bed, Mazak STNX500 Slant bed lathe, 5 axis Mazak Integrex Mill/Turn centres E500 & E670 and a Weiler E90 6m bed lathe, working within Capex budgets set by the CAR's.• Responsible for arranging programmer training, operator training, and liaising with our tooling supplier to ensure all associated tools and measuring equipment are on-hand for going live. • Responsible for the design and continuous improvement of processes using Lean concepts; o standardized work instructionso line balancingo layout & work sequence (routing) optimizationo training development matrixo Value Stream Mappingo Kaizen/5S workoutso 5Y route cause analysis on non-conformanceso Cell design and quick change over/batch size optimization.• Lead role in production team in designing and continuously improving manufacturing process to improve yield time, cycle time and productivity• Implement engineering specifications into processes and provides shop feedback to capture lessons learnt for existing and future designs• Create, implement and monitor KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) and metrics on manufacturing process capability and product quality.• Responsible for establishing and improving manufacturing process cost.• Responsible for assisting in investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions tied to manufacturing process quality.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Create CNC program’s for Milling machine centres, 5 & 7 axis. CAD/CAM software - EdgeCam• Tape prove outs and establish set-up and Production times, Create Master routings on MRP system.• Tool Kit generation, Jig , Tool and Fixture Design.• Liase with Production Operators on Manufacturing Processes/Problems.• Consult with Engineering on Design Reviews offering advice on design for manufacture.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Producing piece part ,assembly and concept drawings for Completion Equipment and Intelligent Completions for both the North Sea and International Oilfield Markets in Autocad R14 and Pro-Engineer (Solid modelling).• Designing Equipment such as; HSP Packers, Stingers, Sliding Sleeves, Gauge Carriers, PBR’s, Expansion Joints, Gaslift Mandrels, Gaslift Valves, Chemical Injection Mandrels, Hydraulic Landing Nipples and Subsurface Safety Valves along with other auxillary equipment such as; Kickover Tools, Lock-out Tools, Running and Pulling Tools.• Creating Technical Documentation and Bills of Materials on E-Matrix to accompany these.• Providing Technical Support to the Field Engineers in the Districts (Field Operations).• Take lead on Projects, marking up drawings/data for other Drafters and checking these drawings once completed for errors and Technical content. • Perform Calculations on newly designed Equipment to determine Yield Stress of the Material, Tensile Strength, Burst and Collapse Pressure it can withstand in relation to the Well Conditions.• Holding Design Reviews for newly Designed equipment and creating Design Packets containing all the associated information required to create the new Design. ie. Calculations, Correspondences, Bills of Material, Test Results, Operating Manuals etc.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Producing Complex Components on a centre lathe from Engineering Drawings.• Working a Shift Pattern of 2 weeks days and 2 weeks nights.• Using relevant measuring equipment to keep within tolerances and finishes specified.• Working to closely monitored time frames in a fast moving production environment.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Throughout my apprenticeship I was trained on a wide range of machinery used in the Mechanical Engineering Industry, such as; conventional center lathes, conventional horizontal/vertical milling machines, free hand/cylindrical/surface precision grinding machines, heat treatment processes, QA Inspection processes, Assembly processes which involved Building Equipment, Functional Testing, High Pressure Testing and working with Hydraulics. I also spent time working within a Calibration Dept, calibrating measuring Equipment and Threading Gauges and maintaining records for these.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Postgraduate Diploma, Engineering/Industrial Management

Manufacturing Systems Work Based Learning 1&2, Quality Improvement, Entrepreneurship, Research Methodology, Computer Aided Engineering.

Higher National Certificate, Manufacturing Engineering, Merit