Michael Smith

Experience

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  Bearward Engineering

  Jan 1989 - Sept 2012

  .Thermal Technician. June 2010 – Nov 2012Responsibilities:• Involved in the examination, development and testing of radiators and motors. Responsible for providing engineering support for research activities to ensure that components and equipment meets our customer needs• Making sure all safety precautions are taken. • Carry out tests and recorded results on radiators & in house Generator-sets and systems and recommending improvements. • Carrying out on site risk assessments.• Responsible for the airflow testing of radiators.• Responsible for the wiring of electric motors. • Calculations of airflow & electrical power.• Responsible for the testing of wind tunnel samples.• Fully experienced in the collection of vibration data on gensets and radiators.(using m+p data acquisition)• Fully experienced in onsite thermal testing with gensets and radiators (using Grant data loggers)• Fully experienced with databases & procedures.• Having to scrutinize technical problems and follow corrective procedures to fix the problem and avoid recurrence. • Explaining technical problems to non technical colleagues.• Involved in the design of new product, taking account of cost, and availability of materials, strength and onsite maintenance requirements. • Writing procedures for production and technical training purposes. Achievements:• Involved in new product development of aluminum jacket water & charge circuits by means of testing of new radiators on gensets.• Involved in new product development of new fin types for Jacket water & Charge air radiators. Show less Responsibilities:• I spent approximately 75% of my time in-house and 25% traveling globally.• Giving technical maintenance support to on site activities and ensuring that the correct components and procedures are followed to ensure quality control.• Supervising the smooth operation of onsite maintenance and repairs.• Providing Mechanical Engineering expertise and technical advice to other members of staff.• Having to scrutinize technical problems and follow corrective procedures to fix the problem and avoid recurrence. • Explaining technical problems to non technical colleagues.• Involved in the design of new product, taking account of cost, and availability of materials, strength and onsite maintenance requirements. • Supervising the smooth operation of onsite maintenance and repairs.• Writing procedures for production and technical training purposes.• Soldiering trainer for Bearward employees.• Responsible for coordinating and planning daily repair activities. • Responsible for recording and maintaining site visit records. • Report writing for customers.Achievements:• Key supervisor for all service technicians at bearward and overseas.• Solved major leaking radiators onsite in Yemen and Honduras. • A key client in Brazil was reporting critical failures; I went out and within 1 week rectified all problems, restoring production lines kept running and ensured client faith, resulting in the problem not happening since.• A key client in Honduras was reporting critical failures, I went out and within 2 months diagnosed a design fault and instigated a new design, restoring client faith and resulting in the problem not happening since and saving the company heavy financial loss.• Implemented a new solder training programme’s into manufacturing, resulting in lead times being shortened by 18%, with quality improvements. Show less

  • Thermal Technician

    Jun 2010 - Sept 2012

  • Product support engineer

    Jan 1989 - Jan 2012
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  Multi-Rad

  Mar 2013 - Sept 2015

  Project Engineer

  • Sole Designer of solder dip bath for radiator production. Commission and train staff on a new solder dipping bath for the production of radiator cores for the Genset market.• Generator testing with new radiator designs.• Design and commission Header plate cleaning wash tank.• Help develop the new cuprobraze technology and set out design criteria for radiator cores.• Write procedures for the teardown of radiator cores.• Install & commission new Voss header punch press.• Project leader for the design off a cyclic pulse pressure test rig for validation of radiator prototypes.• Introduce new impellor build line & train staff on assembly of product.• Sole UK customer Manger for new development of products & after sales• Technical sales for UK & overseas customers to include Cummins UK & Mexico.. Show less

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  Physiolab Technologies Ltd

  Feb 2016 - Apr 2016

  Production Engineer

  • Production assembly of Physiolab injury recovery for elite sports personnel.• Electrical Testing using rigel 288 test equipment.• Updating software to CPLD’s • Product validation through electrical testing procedures.• Electrical wiring.

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  HYDROPOOL SPAS (UK) LIMITED

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  Installation & Commissioning Engineer

  Installation & commissioning engineer for Hot tubs & swim spa’sCustomer liaison & training for set-up, monitoring of water quality & chemical analysis.Service & repair of main power packs, pipe work & jets.

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  Addex Group

  Mar 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Mechanical Engineer

    Mar 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Mechanical Engineer

    Mar 2018 - Mar 2020
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  WATERSTREAM LIMITED

  Sept 2020 - now

  R&D Senior Swimming Pool Engineer

  Recognised highly experienced swimming pool engineer, setting out high standards throughout the service team & our valued customer requirements. focusing on Research & development, design, product improvement, fault diagnosis, process / procedures,