Tony Smith

Experience

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  Hatfull Brothers Architectural Joinery

  Mar 1996 - Apr 1999

  Wood Machinist

  Lead machinist, working from Technical drawings for bespoke furniture, shop fronts, Windows, Doors internal & External working with all hardwoods & softwoods.

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  Finnforest

  Nov 2001 - Jun 2009

  Production line team leader

  Safety of production line team members, products produced in a safe, correct quality, to specified time scales. responsible for developing a culture within line team that embraced Continuous Improvement philosophies.

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  Metsä Wood

  Sept 2009 - Jan 2019

  Responsible of overall leadership and improvement of business production line performance, with the use of lean tools and stakeholder involvement. Primary focus improve and sustain safety, identify and implement improvement projects with the use of data that see OEE factors increase 5% per year. Training workshops with operational staff in the use of improvement tools to engrain improvement processes within a large operational facility. mentoring shift managers to use stringent Lean tool use across all process improvement activities. Implementation of TPM across 11 production lines and engineering department. increase cost awareness to operational staff, and improved workplace organisation using visual factory techniques has seen an improvement in production line output by 30% within a three month period within one manufacturing cell, and improved further production cells output by 10% with the use of FMEA,TPM, Root Cause analysis, cause and effect. Implementation of daily performance reviews with the use of SQDCL boards with the key factor of Team / Team Leader involvement and development to present daily outputs of their production cell on all OEE factors to key stakeholders that is fostering a culture of rapid change projects that arise from daily production board walks. Show less Overall development of new production line as well as training and development of production line staff to ensure that all company safety, Quality & Production Targets were met. another key factor was the development of a contiuous improvment culture was developed and sustained by the introduction and continued use of lean tools. Implmentation of line meetings with line Operators to develop teams overall understanding and implimentation of lean tools, along with production lines performance. Show less

  • Manufacturing Improvement Leader

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2019

  • Production Shift Manager

    Jun 2011 - Jan 2015

  • Production Line Manager

    Sept 2009 - Jun 2011
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  SB Components International Limited

  Jul 2019 - Jul 2020

  Workshop Manager (Commercial Bodies Division)

  Overall responsibility of commercial bodies division, key responsibilities that involved but not limited to end-to-end production ensuring all, processing and manufacturing operations are on-time, within budget, in full and to customers specifications. Control of all costs associated to Labour, Parts, additional hours worked. Practical hands-on leader, forward thinking thrives on driving performance in the right direction and championing both operations and customer service to ensure all builds are completed: On time and in full. Mentoring of two production supervisors, in:• Safety reporting, • Absence recording in line with company policies, • Lean manufacturing tools & techniques to improve overall safety, build quality, productivity and continuous improvement within the division, • Working closely with Drawing office to standardise drawings for multiple builds for key customers, and clear concise drawings for specific customer requirements. • Building of strong collaborative relationships within the commercial bodies division along with Sales, Purchasing, Finance and all other manufacturing divisions within the business. Show less

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  Witham Timber

  Oct 2020 - Sept 2022

  Yard & Production Manager

  Introduce and manage a lean manufacturing structure and quality systems throughout the business • Applying Lean methodologies and data analysis to focus on improved production, standardised working, • Workplace organisation, visual management.• Mentoring Supervisory teams• Introduce Quality controls to improve right first time manufacturing & order picking. stock control processes

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  LYNX Engineers Ltd

  Oct 2022 - now

  Fabrication Team Leader