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Ansty Park, Coventry

Coventry, United Kingdom

Project Manager engaged on research projects funded by UK Government & the European Commission.

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Responsible for the project management of multiple projects each being made up either of a consortium of client companies including manufacturers, universities and industry associations or sponsored by one company (single client projects). Each project has a value of up to €2,000,000 and a timescale of up to 3 years. The Senior Project Manager works with a small team of technologists who undertake research internally; the role also encompasses the management of the project consortium normally dealing with either the Technical Director or the Managing Director of the companies involved. Key duties include:• Give advice to the consortium members on manufacturing feasibility, constraints and the technical barriers that must be overcome in order to ensure that projects are focused on a feasible quality & cost considerate manufacturing processes.• Creation of project plans, collaboration and consortium agreements and technical documentation at project start.• Chair management & technical meetings of each consortium at intervals of maximum 3 months.• Make key decisions to ensure that the project will be delivered on time, to budget, in full.• Ensure all project deliverables are met on time and technical reports are consistent with the requirement of the deliverable.• Manage the expectations of all the partner companies within each consortium.• Control the budget of each project and make recommendations for the virement of funds when required.• Report to the Scientific Officer or Monitoring Officer of the funding body at regular intervals.• Control the internal resources assigned to each project, set weekly objectives and monitor progress.• Report to Pera senior management on a monthly basis regarding project status, internal budget spend and external spend of each of the clients.• Visit to client sites as necessary to monitor progress, address issues and ensure that all partners remain fully engaged in the project.

Leicestershire

Working as a contractor to the company the principle duties were to liaise with the Manufacturing and Quality Managers in order to identify potential improvements to existing processes (quality, cost & process target driven). Create process layouts for new secondary processes giving due consideration to workflow balance, product quality and the required production targets. Take responsibility for the implementation of tooling and production trials for such processes and help when and where required with equipment and layout improvements.

Market Harborough, Leicestershire

Responsible for the company’s portfolio of projects for the following customers: Toyota, Jaguar, TPCA, Kautex-Unipart and Visteon. Ownership of new projects from cradle to grave ensuring that all critical milestones are met, on time, in full, to budget with zero PPM, zero DPM.Work closely with Customers at all levels to ensure all project criteria is met and identify opportunities for improvement, value engineering, cost-downs, design changes. Negotiate tooling costs and piece price, identify new business opportunities and negotiate lead-times.

Corby, Northamptonshire

Reporting to the Production Manager, recruited to analyse the efficiency of all areas of the manufacturing processes and identify opportunities for improvement. Plan, manage and implement improvements and compile data for use on other kaizen activities.

Market Harborough

Reporting to the Sales Manager, responsible for identifying new business opportunities, providing quotations and technical assistance to new and existing customers and liaison with the design dept to ensure robust tool designs that meet customer expectations. Introduced two new customers to the business. Developed a strong working relationship with core customers. Provided technical support to customer base, which was previously missing from the dept.

Market Harborough, Leicestershire

Reporting to the Manufacturing Director responsible for identifying and implementing improvements to production processes, managing the manufacture of new tooling and breakdown of plant and equipment. Responsible for all Health and Safety issues within the site. Designed the layout of the new factory. Project managed the transfer and set-up of equipment to the new site. Managed the Toolroom and Maintenance Departments (total 9 people). Managed and implemented the change from sulphur based lubricants to synthetic lubricants, which resulted in a substantial cost saving for the business.

Leicester, United Kingdom

New role created on the set-up of a production cell dedicated to the manufacture of Wing Fasteners. Designed layout of cell to facilitate kanban production methodologies. Responsible for one Maintenance Technician and one Toolmaker. Implemented Statistical Process Control techniques within the production cell improving Cp and Cpk levels from 1.2 to 4.8 on average. Introduced platten lathes to the cell reducing the amount of separate machining operations for the commodity from five to three.

Leicester, United Kingdom

Based in the Central Planning Office, responsible for identifying the most cost effective method of manufacture for new tooling and route planning through the shopfloor from raw material to finished component. Responsible for the design and ordering of new tooling for new products. Fully trained in the use of Micro-cad, Auto-cad and Auto-cad LT.

Leicester, United Kingdom

Setting and Operating Continuous Forging Machinery for the production of Fasteners from special alloy’s used in aerospace. Achieved Setter ‘A’ status within 3 months of starting job. Carried out a study of efficiency of forging techniques as part of a course in Supervisory Management. Presented results to the company who implemented the cost benefits through their Central Planning Dept.

Leicester, United Kingdom

One of a team of three Maintenance Electricians responsible for all maintenance of electrical plant and equipment maintenance within the business. Job role included: Panel wiring and refurbishment of plant and machinery. Breakdowns. Installation of electrical circuits for new offices and production cells.

Leicester, United Kingdom

Served a four year City & Guilds Apprenticeship including one year off the job training at Leicester Engineering Training Group gaining experience of all aspects of Engineering (Turning, Milling, Grinding, Technical Design, Fitting and Electrical Maintenance.