Paul Bremner

Paul Bremner

Material Development Technician

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Project / Product Manager

  • Education

    • Gifford High School

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    • Brunel University

      2004 - 2008
      BEng (Hons) Polymer Science and Engineering

      CEng \ Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (2003)

  • Experience

    • Raychem

      Jan 1993 - Jan 1997
      Material Development Technician
    • Autotype International

      Jul 1997 - Nov 2000
      Product Development Technologist

      Recruited and promoted within a team of multi-skilled Chemists and Engineers, to create novel coatings and protective film products, for new industrial equipment applications.Formulated material compounds, and analysed the performance impact of different additives and material loadings. Re-engineered existing material coatings to reduce production scrap and improve product robustness. Planned, organised and implemented major test programs to evaluate new products. Sought out and forged innovative development alliances with new machinery suppliers. Created new product application manuals, training for customers and presented quarterly project updates to senior management Show less

    • Schneider Electric

      Nov 2000 - Dec 2004
      Manufacturing Engineer

      Global supplier of class leading electrical distribution and power control equipmentAppointed on previous experience of materials and process development, to improve the productivity and efficiency of the Swindon plant’s moulding and electrical product assembly operations.Responsibe for designing and implementing new assembly line layouts. Approved tooling, materials and equipment selection. Worked with design and quality to ensure all new products were designed for manufacture. Optimising new injection moulding and assembly processes. Costed products and maintained systems and procedures used to support the manufacture of over 1500 products. Established, motivated and managed several continuous improvement teams, to encourage new ideas, promote change and eliminate non value added activities. Show less

    • Tyco Electronics

      May 2005 - Jul 2010
      Product Manager

      Recruited initially as a Product Specialist to strengthen the product engineering interface with operations, and to improve delivery lead times on custom cables. Promoted to Product Manager in 2006, to increase the sales and profitability of Military and Commercial Cable products.Responsible for Identifying and promoting niche business opportunities for light weight electrical cables. Planning and developing product strategies to increase new market penetration and expansion. Estimating product demand, setting pricing policies and establishing the support infrastructure required to sustain a £7 million turnover business. Spearheading new product introductions, managing product life cycle and manufacturing transfers to low cost countries. Show less

    • P C Cox

      Jul 2010 - Apr 2016
      Technical Product Manager
    • SULZER (UK) LIMITED

      Apr 2016 - Mar 2020
      Project Manager
    • Astra Engineering

      Mar 2020 - Oct 2021
      Project Manager

      Managed the development and introduction of high quality production tooling to produce specialist moulded parts and products, for a wide range of industries and customers in South Africa.

    • Amazon Fulfillment Centre

      Nov 2021 - now
      Continuous Improvement Specialist

      Data capture, analysis, and change implimentation, to improve site producitivty, efficiency, and associate H&S

  • Licenses & Certifications