Roy Smith ISEP At Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Ltd

Experience

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  IMI Air Conditioning Ltd

  Jul 1990 - Nov 2003

  Reporting to the Technical Director, I was responsible for:• The managing and running of the Quality Department • The introduction of QA Manual to comply with ISO9001• Training of auditors • Auditing and assessment of manufactured products• Management of the Drawing & Design Office • Management and daily running of the CAD system • CAD Training and personal development plans • Generation and maintenance of Drawing Office procedures • Coordination of teams to produce detailed design drawings for new products• Modifications to existing products• Creation and maintenance of bills of materials• Staff appraisalsAchievements:• Additional responsibility accepted for quality managament systems and Goods Inward.• Planned, implemented and rewrote the company’s Quality Manual and replaced procedures with process documents to comply with BS EN ISO 9001:2000. Achieved accreditation in 2001 as per the agreed plan. • Retrained system auditors and introduced a simplified audit schedule system and reports.• Implemented new system to electronically record returns of faulty components supplied to the company. Eliminated double entry. Reduced costs and made information on returned goods more readily available.• Introduced an easily maintained calibration system, including routine maintenance.• Implemented CAD Training and development plans. Show less Reporting to the Deputy Technical Director, I was responsible for:• Management of the Drawing & Design Office • Management and daily running of the CAD system • CAD Training and personal development plans • Generation and maintenance of Drawing Office procedures • Coordination of teams to produce detailed design drawings for new products• Modifications to existing products• Creation and maintenance of bills of materials• Staff appraisals Achievements:• Benchmarked and implemented installation of replacement CAD equipment and software.• Introduced and implemented TQM & CEDAC continuous improvement programmes.• Introduced new products to production on time and as per the approved technical specifications.• Introduced laser printing into the Drawing Office. • Reduced paper usage and costs by £4,500/year. Show less Reporting to the Deputy Technical Director, I was responsible for:• Managing and running the Production Drawing Office. • Management and daily running of the CAD system. • CAD Training and personal development plans. • Coordination of a team to updating existing products. • Creation and maintenance of bills of materials.• Staff appraisalsAchievements:• Implemented new systems to record modifications to products and components. • Reduced the list of outstanding approved modifications from 140 to 10 in 17 months, 7 months ahead of target. Show less

  • Chief Draughtsman

    Oct 1999 - Nov 2003

  • Chief Draughtsman

    Oct 1995 - Oct 1999

  • Senior Production Draughtsman

    May 1994 - Oct 1995

  • Design Draughtsman

    Aug 1992 - May 1994

  • Production Draughtsman

    Jul 1990 - Aug 1992
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  Marstair Ltd (formerly IMI Air Conditioning Ltd)

  Nov 2003 - Apr 2006

  Reporting to the Technical Director, I was responsible for:• Implementation, management and running of the company’s Environmental Management Systems• Identification, evaluation and implementation of system to ensure legal compliance• Identification of waste streams and improvement areas• Identification of Producer Responsibility Requirements, registration and PRNs• Creation and maintenance of an EMS to comply with ISO14001• Liaison with the Environment Agency and other environmental organisations• Training staff, operators and auditors on environmental issues• Managing and running of Quality Management Systems• Development, implementation and maintenance of the QMS to comply with ISO9001• Liaison with the BSI QMS assessor• Training of QMS and product auditors• Auditing and assessment of manufactured products• Controlling the quality of goods into the factory via close liaison with suppliers• Improving component quality and implementing preventive and corrective actions• Component and sample approvals• Control of the customer returns• Maintenance of the company’s calibration systems • Management of the Health and Safety systems, including risk & COSHH assessmentsAchievements:• Achieved BSI Environmental accreditation to ISO14001 within 1 year• Set up a company “Green Team” • Received award from Urban Mines for the Company’s commitment to sustainability• Received award from Envirowise for reducing water usage in support of the ‘Big Splash Campaign’; water usage was reduced by 7%• Received award from Envirowise for best practice in energy efficiency: Gas usage reduced by 43%• Waste streams identified and improvements implemented. Reduced wood wastes by 30%, Cardboard & paper waste 24% and general waste by 12%. Halved Producer Responsibility Obligations and saved 30% on PRN costs. Passed an Environment Agency PRR audit in Dec2005• Introduced PPE monitoring and risk assessment programmes• Member of the Yorkshire Business Network Show less Reporting to the Technical Director, I was responsible for:• The managing and running of Quality systems and supplied components • Controlling the quality of goods into the factory via close contact and liaison with suppliers• Component and sample approvals• Auditing and assessment of manufactured products• Continual assessment of QA Manual & procedures to comply with ISO9001• Development and implementation of process based systems• Training of auditors• Staff appaisalsAchievements:• Introduced a system to reduce bought in component rejects. Reduced the 6 month rolling average from 14000 PPM rejects / month to 200 PPM rejects / month in a year.• Implemented corrective and preventive action programmes internally and externally with suppliers.• Implemented process to handle Customer returns to enable faster feedback responses to customers.• For the first time in the company’s history, achieved “No non-conformances” on BSI Quality audits. Show less

  • Compliance Manager

    Sept 2004 - Apr 2006

  • Chief Draughtsman

    Nov 2003 - Sept 2004
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  SHEQ Management Systems Ltd

  Apr 2006 - Nov 2006

  Consultant Director

  • Started up a new business venture• Was a breifly a Business Advisor with MCCR & Associates

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  Park House Healthcare Limited

  Nov 2006 - Jul 2016

  Reporting to the Operations Director, I am responsible for managing the Quality & Environmental Management Systems to meet the requirements of ISO9001, ISO13485 and ISO140012016:• Article published in the Daily Mail newspaper on 31st March.• The Company won the Fleet Environmental Award at the Fleet World Honours Awards 2015:• Participated in IEMA's 'Career change of choice'​ case study• General waste reduced by over 25%• Card & paper waste reduced by over 14% 2014:• The Company won the Energy Saving Trust's Fleet Hero Award for Eco Driving • Trained company vehicle drivers in fuel efficient driving• Fleet fuel usage reduce by a further and MPG improved by over 10% • The fleet travelled over 2 million miles in 2014, 200,000 more miles than in 2013, but used just 380 litre more fuel.• Implemented more reduced packaging on imported product, waste segregation and re-use programmes, resulting in: • 53.7% reduction in General waste from 87.7 Tonnes to 40.6 Tonnes • 18.3% reduction in card & paper waste from 38.25 Tonnes to 31.26 Tonnes • 14.1% reduction in metalwork waste from 14.51 Tonnes to 12.47 Tonnes • Arranged and implement our first Green Week internal in recognition of the UN World Environment Day on 5th June. The week concentrated on training staff on the issues associated with global warming 2013:• The Company won The Environment, Health & Social Care Business of the Year Award 2013 at the Bradford Means Business Awards• Trained company vehicle drivers in fuel efficient driving• Fuel usage reduced by 6.4% per vehicle• Implemented reduced packaging on imported product, waste segregation and re-use programmes, resulting in: • 28.3% reduction in card & paper waste • 16% increase in polythene recycling • 2.1 Tonnes of polystyrene diverted from general waste • Reduced Electricity, Gas and Water usage at HQ, by 7.9%, 4.1% and 9.3% respectively Show less Reporting to the Procurement Director, I was responsible for: • The managing and running of the Operations, Purchasing and Logistics Teams • The managing and running of the QMS to meet the ISO9001 standardAcheivements:• Implemented new processes to segregate and reduce wastes within the Operations Department• Introduced monthly Team briefings• Introduced KPIs for delivery performance• Introduced sickness reduction scheme; as a result substantion reduced sickness levels of the Operations Team staff by over 90% Show less

  • Quality & Environmental Manager

    Aug 2009 - Jul 2016

  • Operations Manager

    Apr 2007 - Aug 2009

  • Quality Assurance Manager

    Nov 2006 - Apr 2007
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  Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Ltd

  Aug 2016 - now

  Quality Assurance & Environmental Manager

  Reporting to the Operations Director, I am responsible for managing the Quality & Environmental Management Systems to meet the requirements of ISO9001, ISO13485, ISO14001 and SA80002016• DDH won the Fuel Efficient Driving Award at the Energy Saving Trust's Fleet Hero Awards2017• Implemented an SA8000 compliant Labour Standards Assurance System within our ISO Management systems.2018• DDH were included as a case study in the Government's 'Road to zero strategy' document.• DDH were 'Highly Commended' in the 'Eco-Driving' category at the Energy Saving Trust's Fleet Hero Awards• DDH implemented Group ISO9001 & ISO14001 management systems manual for DDH, DDS and SOS.2019• Lead the DDS team to implement an ISO13485 complaint Quality Management System.2020• In a difficult year of lockdown, added responsibility for managing the DDH fleet on 200+ vehicles. Show less