Dave Watson

Experience

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  East Riding of Yorkshire Council

  Nov 2005 - Sept 2007

  Development Services Assistant

  • Deal with householder planning applications using local and national planning policies• Regularly attend customer service centres to provide advice to the general public• Liaise with agents and architects to agree best designs and appropriate use of materials• Work within 8 week planning application deadlines as well as 10 day ‘permitted development’ enquiries• Research historic planning applications• Work as part of a ‘household fast track application’ team

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  Philip Bingham Associates

  Sept 2007 - Feb 2012

  Cad Designer

  • Produce planning and building regulation drawings in line with client requirements for submission and construction purposes• Liaise with client from initial ‘meet and greet’ quotation stage, through planning and building control submission until build completion.• Produce detailed construction drawings and specification for construction works• Provide Planning advice to clients and act as agent on their behalf• Submit and monitor planning applications and liaise with various council departments around the country• Provide job quotations and invoice at stages through the design process• Monitor and organise current and complete projects for the company involving electronic and paper document management• Provide construction drawings from architectural designs provided by client. Show less

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  Attric

  May 2012 - Jun 2013

  Draughtsman

  • Review and update Critical drawings (Engineering Line Diagrams ELD's & Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams P&ID's).• Review client modification work packs for electrical cables and oil/gas pipelines and ensure technical and construction information is correct• Locate and review associated drawings using Electronic Document Management Systems• Amend Electrical, Instrumentation, Piping and Mechanical drawings such as piping isometrics & electrical cable schedules

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  Montracon Limited

  Jun 2013 - Apr 2018

  Design Engineer
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  Paneltex Ltd

  May 2018 - Jun 2019

  Senior Design Engineer

  • Engineer refrigerated articulated trailers, rigid bodies & coldstorage units based on customer/salesman specification & typeapproval regulations• Design composite insulated panels• Create & update Bills of Materials• Review& update specifications based on customer requirements• Value engineer & source new products for designs• Liaise with salesman & customers during design & build• Assist warranty & aftersales department• Provide production support

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  Willerby Ltd

  Jun 2019 - now

  Senior Design Engineer

  Promoted from Design Engineer• Leading a team of structure & furniture designers to deliver new holiday home product ranges to BS standards• Ensuring key targets are met whilst constantly adapting to production schedules changes & customer requirements• Design the structure of single & twin holiday homes• Improve & maintain existing designs, reduce costs & reduce production cycle time• Create new software to enable automation of departmentalprocesses (drawing pack creation & issue software)• Provide creative automation models to streamline designprocesses and reduce errors using iLogic Show less