Simon Boyd

Experience

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  Robert Bernard & Son Ltd

  Aug 2006 - Sept 2009

  E-commerce and Marketing

  Summer 2009 Monitored a PPC (Pay-Per-Click) and Affiliate Marketing campaign for an e-commerce business. Liaison with a digital marketing agency, helping to ensure return on investment.Summer 2008 Further development of e-commerce websites to increase online sales. Replaced existing dated serial networking systems to the latest standards.Summer 2007 Set up and administered an Affiliate Marketing scheme for the company website whilst sustaining a competitive Pay-Per-Click online advertising programme. Assisted in designing the company's new website.Summer 2006 Photographed new products and entered data for the company website. Show less

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  Corus

  Aug 2009 - Sept 2009

  Corus Rail Infrastructure Services

  As part of a 2 month internship, designed Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) for specific rail projects, including the design of a section of the North London Line in preparation for the 2012 Olympics. Created programs in Excel for solving problems and producing necessary data.

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  Rolls-Royce

  Sept 2010 - Jun 2023

  Responsible for the Systems and Safety department’s involvement in a Strategic Capability programme and supporting Innovation and Future Project work packages. This role has also included the management of the Nuclear Training team and a Fluid System design team.This role has involved overseeing aspects of the Full Concept Definition stage of a nuclear platform concept development, shaping/implementing the business’ nuclear training strategy and running several key strategic capability projects. Show less Led a project team with the objective of easing manufacture and improving quality in the factory by implementing changes to design definitions, processes and standards. I was also the team leader for a Process Excellence Leadership Academy (PELA) project, using lean leadership tools and behaviours to improve operational performance for a problematic assembly.Led a manufacturing easement activity which updated several reactor component design definitions and drawings, resulting in demonstrable improvements to component delivery times and cost of non-quality. Also led a multi-disciplinary team through an 8D quality investigation of a complex component to successful resolution, reducing defects per unit by up to 75%.Initiated and led a cross-functional team tasked with reducing nugatory cleanliness verification of supply chain components through updates to design definitions. Show less PerformanceThree-month international attachment in Montreal, Canada. Acted as the steady state performance engineer for the RB211-GT Surge Margin Enhancement development engine.Turbine Blade FacilityWorked within the Continuous Process Improvement team in an advanced manufacturing facility. Developed enhanced methods to EDM film cooling holes into turbine blades.Compressor Stress TeamImprovements to methods documentation for compressor component stress analyses. Completed a root cause analysis investigation to understand FE meshing discrepancies.Vibration EngineeringVerified and validated new dynamic blade tip clearance analysis software. Used this software to then analyse Trent XWB Fan tip clearance data.Graduate Design & MakeCompleted training in CAD, Workshop Skills and Project Management. Led a graduate team in designing and building a novel method for gas turbine Blisk repair.Flight Test & Certification Produced certification documents and project managed the completion of reports for Trent 1000 package B certification. Specified hardware and planned a flight test. Show less

  • Whole Plant Engineering Group Lead - Futures

    Apr 2020 - Jun 2023

  • Reactor Mounting Structure Section Lead

    Mar 2018 - Apr 2020

  • Principal Producibility Engineer

    Sept 2016 - Mar 2018

  • Pipe Stress Technical Lead

    Dec 2013 - Aug 2016

  • Gas Turbine Vibration Engineer

    May 2012 - Dec 2013

  • Rolls-Royce Graduate Scheme

    Sept 2010 - May 2012
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  UK Civil Service

  Jun 2023 - now

  Production Engineering Manager