Michael Alderson

Experience

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  HM Forces

  Jan 2005 - Apr 2010

  Royal Engineer

  Based in Germany as the Regimental Welder as part of 35 Engineer Regiment, 29 AES. I was trained as a Class 1 welder and travelled extensively including a total of 12 months in Iraq. During my time in the army I held many positions within different teams but my most prevalent positions consisted of:• Leading a team of 5 to 15 Army and Iraqi tradesmen in the Iraq workshops, manufacturing or repairing many different items, tools and vehicles on and off-site as well as special projects. • Direct supervisory role overlooking the tradesmen whilst working to ensure Quality Control and Health and Safety regulation compliance. • Client liaison, material requests and ensuring equipment is calibrated.• Producing and adhering to technical drawings to be used in production. • Army apprenticeship in fabrication that developed throughout my service to include welding supervision, design, inspection, weld procedures and Health & Safety. Show less

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  Ferschl Group

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Welder

  ● MIG welding in a fabrication workshop to produce component parts for hydraulic companies. ● Producing articles as part of a production line or one-off items. ● High industrial quality in accordance with customer procedures.

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  QA Weld Tech Ltd

  Aug 2010 - Jul 2016

  QAWT is a £multi-million turnover company with over 30 years’ experience in the Oil & Gas industry. The company specialises welding and subsea engineering - manufacturing various different products including flowspools, flowbends and connectors. QAWT has a worldwide client base because of the specialised manufacturing of products using materials such as Super Duplex, Cr-Mo and Nickel Alloy 625. My duties include but are not limited to:To lead and/or facilitate improvement project teams with goals that are congruent with the long-term business strategy in a proactive approach where possible.Proactive Approach:To identify areas of concern and to propose continual improvement ideas to the management team.Initiate cross-department teams to ensure sufficient knowledge and experience is available to find an effective improvements that can be sustained.Manage improvement project teams through the continuous improvement process and remove any barriers that may arise.Ensure that improvements are made and suitable control measures are put in place to lock in the improvements.Reactive Approach:Identify NCRs and/or Customer Complaints and work with the customer to resolve issues.Raise internal NCRs and follow the CPAR process of Root Cause Analysis and determining Monitor the corrected processes and consider a further proactive approach.Review the Quality Plans after Contract Review for MPS, PPM, Witness/Hold, and other quality requirements to ensure:-PPMs requirements are identified and held at the appropriate time.MPSs can be requested from suppliers and the approval process monitored and expedited.Carry our internal audits in-line ISO 9001 and ISO 18001 as required by the Compliance Manager as well as assisting in external audits where required. Show less QAWT is a £multi-million turnover company with over 30 years’ experience in the Oil & Gas industry. The company specialises welding and subsea engineering - manufacturing various different products including flowspools, flowbends and connectors. QAWT has a worldwide client base because of the specialised manufacturing of products using materials such as Super Duplex, Cr-Mo and Nickel Alloy 625. My duties include but are not limited to:• Inspecting and Accepting Incoming Material Certificates.• Releasing Material that has been deemed suitable for production.• Review and edit supplier Inspection Test and Quality Plans for all manufactured items.• Review SDRL requirements for all manufactured items.• Prepare and obtain approval of Quality and Inspection and Test plans.• Review purchase orders to determine QA/QC requirements.• Lead internal audits in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001.• Interfacing with Clients, Certifying Authorities and Third Parties to ensure QA /QC requirements are being met. Show less Initially taken on as a proofreader of technical documentation and eventually moving on to produce Documentation Packages as part of the Documentation Team as well as controlling the calibration, maintenance of shop floor equipment and other compliance and quality duties. My duties included:• Ensuring work is carried out to the standards and specifications set out in the Purchase Order and Bill of Materials.• Producing technical documentation to submit to the client to certify the manufactured product.• Proofreading certification and information before use or client issue.• Responsible for the maintenance of the Electronic Data Management System.• Assisting the Compliance Manager in maintaining Health and Safety standards.• Organising the re-occurrence and development of employee training.• Organising Calibration and Maintenance for all equipment and machinery within the company. Show less

  • Quality Engineer

    Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  • Quality Control & Materials Engineer

    Jan 2014 - Jun 2016

  • Document Controller

    Aug 2010 - Dec 2013
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  TWI

  Mar 2014 - Dec 2016

  TWI Northumbria Branch Social Secretary
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  Alexander Technologies

  Jul 2016 - Oct 2017

  Senior Quality Engineer
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  Husqvarna Group

  Oct 2017 - Mar 2020

  Quality Specialist
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  Poultry Panels Ltd

  Sept 2018 - now

  Director