Example Candidates

Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement specialist holding a BEng (hons) in manufacturing systems, engineering and management and a Six Sigma Black Belt. Proven track record of achievement including instigating savings of £5m in an 18 month period through the management and roll-out of a continuous improvement program using process mapping, Kaizen and 6 Sigma techniques. Other achievements include reducing engineering down time by 205, leading and facilitating over 20 kaizen events all resulting in reduced waste improved lead time and better performance, and the reorganisation of production layout saving 20% worth of space. Currently looking for a fresh challenge within a manufacturing environment and available at fairly short notice…

• Highly skilled and experienced toolmaker with over 30 years of experience in the manufacturing industry
• Has worked across a range of sectors including, aerospace, automotive, and plastics.
• Used to working to tight tolerances in highly regulated industries.
• Comfortable working with a wide range of machinery which includes milling, grinding, turning, lathes and jig borers.

Experienced toolmaker with a HNC and ONC in manufacturing & production engineering. Proven track record of success and experience gained in the automotive (tier 1), food and packaging sectors. Working to tight deadlines and with no supervision the candidate has manufactured jigs and fixtures for production use, as well as liaising with a development department in Europe for testing of new products. Experience of working with milling, turning, grinding and erosion machinery.

• Time-served toolmaker / CNC miller, turner with more than 15 years of experience in the industry.
• Knowledge has been gained across the automotive (tier 1), plastics and high-specification metals sectors.
• Familiar with Fanuc, Mazatrol, Heidenhain controls with experience working from both 2D and 3D drawings

Experienced design engineer with a BTEC HNC in general engineering and 6 Years’ experience producing complex 3d designs using AutoDesk Inventor. The candidate has knowledge of designing special purpose machinery and is used to working in conjunction with both electronic design and software develop teams in order to finish final product. They are currently available immediately due to redundancy…

• Experienced electronics design and software development professional with an MSc in electronic product design.
• Skilled in the design of both hardware and software with a proven track record in designing technical solutions to meet customer requirements.
• Experienced in the design of both digital and analogue circuits utilising through hole and surface mount technology with knowledge of PCB layout and EMC design.
• The candidate has also developed embedded software using embedded ‘C’ and has also gained windows software development experience using Visual Basic, C++, VBA and .Net Framework

Experienced senior manufacturing professional with a HNC in mechanical engineering and experience within the automotive and heavy industrial sector. Has managed teams of up to 55 people in total and has used a number of modern continuous improvement tools and techniques such as 5S & Kaizen. A key achievement obtained using these methods was an increase in the manufacturing volume by 50% by changing and standardising processes. Has experience of both ISO9001 and TS16949 quality management systems and has done some auditing to both these systems internally.

Degree qualified planning professional currently undertaking a senior production planner role within a role that is a division of a large global blue chip company. Keen to move on to find a new challenge due to a large amount of the workload being moved to a different site overseas. Degree qualified in the field of business economics and has a good amount of experience with MRP systems including SAP (Super user status) within current role. Achievement wise has successfully planned a move taking several manufacturing centres in to one central hub and created a 48.5% increase in customer on time order completion.

• Experienced and ambitious senior engineering professional with 17 years of experience in manufacturing.
• Has worked within a global blue chip electronics manufacturing environment prior to moving into managerial roles within the food manufacturing sector.
• HNC qualified in mechanical engineering and currently completing a degree in this field on a part-time basis.
• Responsible for a team of 12 and has implemented PPM systems (non-computerised) within their last 2 companies.
• Good focus on continuous improvement utilising tools such as SMED, 5S and TPM

Design engineer with an MSc in advanced product design and graphic communication and a BA (Hons) in product design. 3D design experience using SolidEdge mainly and also SolidWorks with some Catia to a lesser extent in his current position. Experience of designing medical devices and also products to assist the visually impaired. Good understanding and appreciation of plastic injection mould processes and currently available immediately following redundancy from his previous role due to the closure of the office.