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Andrew Southern

Andrew Southern

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chartered Design Engineer

  • Education

    • Prince2 Registered Practitioner

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      Registered Practitioner Project Management

      Candidate number P2R/922283http://www.apmg-international.com/SCRQuery.aspx

    • Sixsigmaonline.org

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      Six Sigma Yellow Belt Quality Yellow Belt

      An introduction to the Six Sigma Regime.I don't feel this is my proudest achievement but adds to my skillset.http://www.sixsigmaonline.org/six-sigma-certification/six-sigma-certification-wb.html#andhttp://www.6sigmastudy.com/show_pdf.asp?name=6sigmaCertificate_66593YBC.pdf

    • Blue Coat

      1987 - 1994
      7 A-Levels, 1 S-Level, 1 AO-Level, 9 GCSE, Mostly Science & Maths

      Atividades e grupos:Swimming, Ju Jitsu, Further Maths, Chess, Mathematical Games Club Secondary school, usual faire.

    • Royal College of Art

      2000 - 2002
      MA(RCA) DIC Industrial Design Engineering

      Winner of the Ted Power Award,Winner of the EAGB Innovation Award,Winner of the "Selected Works" Scheme,Industrial Design Engineering focuses on Design Methodology, Research and Development, Design for Manufacture and Ergonomics. It was run as a joint course by Imperial and RCA to develop Engineers abilities to work with Product Designers to design beautiful and functional products that are practical and manufacturable.

    • Imperial College London

      1995 - 1999
      BEng(hons) ACGI Mechanical Engineering

      Atividades e grupos:Sponsored Student, Jujitsu, ICU Student Council (Officer), Student Guide, Swimming. Winner of Design Prize.The Mechanical Engineering course focuses on technical work. It is world renowned with a large content of experimental calculation and theory in all common areas of engineering. My studies were sponsored by British Steel Corporation, who also trained me further on work placements held during the major breaks from the degree course.

  • Experience

    • British Steel

      Jan 1994 - Jan 2000
      Section Engineer

      As a Section Engineer, I was in charge of the Entry end of the Cold Mill. I was sent to Japan as part of a cultural exchange. I was one of the fastest appointed Section Engineers after graduation as I had gained useful experience and insight as a Sponsored Student.

    • Dyson

      Jun 2001 - Jan 2001
      Engineer

      I worked on the DC07 Current Support team.

    • Continual Motion Ltd

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2007
      Director

      As Design Engineer I worked on contracts for:Rockwell Automation - Small mass produced and customised mechanisms for safety critical industry.Andrew Ltd - Large volume (60k+ per month) mass produced, high precision electrical and microwave enclosure devices for the Satellite Telecommunications market.Siemens - Custom engineered large scale items of plant for the Steel Industry. Bespoke calculations, 3D Models and Cycle analysis of rotating equipment.Thomas Heatherwick / Zandra Rhoades (Fashion and Textile Museum) - Minimal intrusion animatronics for the inaugural exhibition, I had to design independently moving mannequins to display designer dresses in the best way possible. Exibir menos

    • University of Liverpool

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2009
      Design Engineer & Tutor

      As part of an industrial liaison programme I am responsible for implementing modern design philosophy in traditional manufacturing and engineering companies in the North West. This involves both initial implementation of design work in a new, re-usable format and educating engineers about recent advances in CAD and design. The objective of this was save many man hours for a design office and lead to higher productivity with more products Right First Time.More specific involvements have aided companies designing products such as Medical Dosing Systems to ISO13485 and ISO14969, retrofitted material handling systems on vehicles and commercial fleet, Infra-red remote controls, and GPS personal tracker systems. Key Achievements:o Increased local companies turnover by £5million o Helped create 22 new jobs o Implemented 3D CAD systems in 50+ companieso Created design standards and automation of design process o Used my expert knowledge of SolidWorks and ProE to help local companies Exibir menos

    • Springbow Ltd

      Mar 2009 - Jan 2012
      Director

      Engineering Design Expertise, Full Automation, Proof of Concept work, Investigation, Engineering Consultation.Client companies have included:Philips (Avent) - looking at production issues with difficulties in manufacturing their Breast Pumps and their baby bottle problems.Rotork - Designing valve actuators to keep the company in their market-leading position for the foreseeable future.

    • Rotork Controls

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2012
      Senior Design Engineer

      Design of Next-generation actuators for use in extreme & safety critical environments.Electro-mechanical products which have a world-class reputation, long lifecycle, smart sensors, and world leading force / stroke envelope.Designed for manufacture in UK.

    • Herman Miller

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2019
      Senior Development Engineer

      Design of user-centric premium products.All products must adhere to strict international standards and internal standards.Design for UK Manufacture, our products are high-end and must be efficiently designed. Lead enhancements engineer.

    • Trelleborg Group

      Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
      Lead Engineer

    • Marelo Studios Ltd (UK)

      Jan 2020 - now
      Lead Design Engineer

      Freelance and Contract work

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Fire Safety Awareness

      RoSPA
      Jan 2015