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Hawke’S Bay, New Zealand

Providing innovative design solutions using Autodesk InventorHeavy industrial environment for delivering quality radiata products to international marketsSustainably focused companySheetmetal, steel structures, robotics, finishing lines. material handling

Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Designing full turnkey packhouse line concepts for a wide range of commodities and customers, primarily drawing in Autocad 2D.Developing packhouse equipment layouts within customers sheds including site measures, equipment selection, drawing and liaising with customersProviding concept and detailed design for large scale projects, including project costing.Liaising with a wide range of customers and providing fruit sorting solutions within the horticulture industry.Compiling and providing technical information internally and externally.Working within the global high-tech engineering team to achieve project goals.

Gisborne & Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

- Designing steel products for manufacture to customer requiremetns using Solidworks and AutoCAD- Designing a wide range of products including large truck tipper bins, forestry machinery and other sheet metal products for various industries including agriculture, food processing and forestry.- Liaising with customers regarding design, manufacturing capabilities and production scheduling.- Bringing customer concepts into detailed manufacturing drawing for in-house manufacture on profile cutters, laser cutters and folders, and for external manufacture.

Gisborne & Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Designing new & modifying existing hydralada platforms for manufacture to customer requirements using Solidworks R14 & Geomagic. Stress analysis (FEA) using solidworks R14 on critical areas of the platforms.Process improvement of the factories and managing the drawing database.Developing documentation procedures for design control. Developing Bill of Materials (BOM) for manufacture, detailed drawings, etc

Auckland, New Zealand

Managing large scale product and process improvements with a focus on hot water cylinders and boiling water unit manufacturing linesProjects include the introduction of a 9 station cylinder foaming carousel,Managing project costs including obtaining specifications, sourcing quotes, consolidating and analysing financial information and reportingRole requires regular liaising with designers, suppliers, managers, production team leaders, operators etcSolidworks the prefered CAD tool used when designing

Auckland, New Zealand

Varied Product design role -designing predominantly plastic and sheetmetal parts for world class appliances to be sold in global marketsProjects mainly on Smartdrive washer and Smartload dryer Seconded to Ohio(USA) factory to manage production line relocationRoot cause analysis Failure Mode & Effects AnalysisMultiple Environment Over Stress testing(MEOST)Tool Design knowledgeDetailed production dwgs of partsProcess improvement projectsincluding Airflow tester which doubled line capacity(150 to 300)Bill of Materials changesWarranty & Costout projects (up to $2mill saving)Project planningResearch & Development on future washing and drying productsJoint research projects with universities

Auckland

Responsible for ensuring refrigerators achieved Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS)3D CAD modelling of plastic and sheetmetal components using Pro EngineerProvided robust design solutions to design challengesResponsible for projects from concept right through to production release.Warranty and costout projects on refrigerators, half a million dollars in savings on some projects

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng) Canterbury, Mechanical Engineering

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