Master Black belt charged with changing culture, facilitating internal training programs, K.P.I. gap analysis, Capital Expenditure, Kaizen and Bursts and Hi Exposure Improvement studies. 5 Years in improvement carrying a career in engineering, previously apprentice trained and multi skilled in mechanical, electrical and instrumentation. An empathic teacher, who empowers a change culture, bridging levels of operations and management in a structured and ordered manner.
Why are they a good candidate?
- A range of earned skills from the bottom up which allows me to extract the right data from the sources around me to enact change, find improvements in variation or the source of a problem.
- The use of analytical methods and proactive hands on mindset means I can provide secure evidence to steer project decisions for clear cost and time saving results.
- An insatiable appetite to the finding answers of the unknown. digging deep for information and collaborating with others for problematic answers.
- Master Black Belt
3 greatest professional achievements
- The structural test pre-flight of the HERTI Unmanned Air Vehicle program as Prestwick Airport, from implementation of the test rig, hydraulics and control systems, data acquisition through to defined test report. Program value cost of £250K and timescale of 16 weeks.
- Leading the team from Japan in the Commissioning of the Remote Operated Vehicle in Shimonoseki (Japan) with full power control box, Launch and Recovery system, Vehicle with full robotics and a control cabin. Total cost of system to customer of system £9M and timescale of 3 weeks.
- Directorate level improvement program to increase output of units from 350 to 500 units a year in a defined bottleneck area using a Kaizen and DMAIC improvement methodology. Total measured saving £113K in a single year of scrap alone, margin improvement of 4% on a program worth 13.2M and target build program successfully achieved.
3 most important things about their next role
- An opportunity to step out from under the shackles of a Head of Quality to sit with the senior team.
- To feel I can really make a difference to the maturity of the business to the lean and operational methodology.
- To become involved in site improvement architecture running internal courses to build a team of belts working together to drive operational excellence.