Geraldine Irwin

Geraldine Irwin

Site Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Trainee Manufacturing Engineer at Thales Air Defence Ltd.

  • Education

    • University of Ulster

      2009 - 2013
      Bachelor's Degree Construction Engineering and Management First
  • Experience

    • Whitemountain Quarries

      Aug 2011 - Jul 2013
      Site Engineer

      Supervise numerous sites including labour and solve any unexpected issues that arise competently. Ensure all material used and work performed are per specifications. Redesigning project using AutoCAD to indicate issues with original design and new proposed design. Levelling and surveying site including setting out onsite. Measure for materials, quotations and valuations as per plans and drawings.Determine location of all services and infrastructural installations. Communicate with all service providers when required including local authority to ensure compliance with local construction regulations.Monitor all financial aspects of the sites effectively always ensuring a profit is made. Carry out tender procedures for all sub contract work compiling correct job specs and details. Planning and programming each day resourcefully, working to meet targets and deadlines. Use Sharepoint and other software to complete everyday tasks and upload required documents to intranet. Monitor payment and completion certificates for projects and upload on server. Request for retention release when required and review and update regularly.Create Health&Safety documents for each scheme and carry out inductions on site and weekly site inspections. Manage quality control and health and safety matters onsite. Arrange progress meetings with clients and sub-contractors Show less

    • Marlborough Engineering

      Sept 2013 - Feb 2015
      Production Assistant

      Process all customer orders onto ERP system and add to capacity plan including direct aerospace parts, projects, consignment orders, assemblies and general purchase orders. Manage all revisions of purchase orders and control all live information.Communicate with customers on a weekly basis including acknowledgement of order, status update, any issues or queries associated with the order and ECD. Create parts on ERP Software Javelin and plan the method of manufacture for part(s) and assemblies including routings, proposed duration of operations based on drawings, eprs, contract review and quotations. Determine bill of materials to be used to manufacture each part. Check material stock and issue planning sheet and drawing package to shop floor for manufacturing process to begin or to purchasing for material to be ordered.Update Kanban spreadsheet and prepare planning sheets in batches to ensure safety stock levels are maintained. Review and track all live orders on regularly basis and raise any issues to the production manager. Assist in rescheduling planning to minimize lateness. General housekeeping duties to ensure all planning sheets are up to date; all operators book onto each operation correctly and troubleshoot all issues during and after manufacturing process. Amend route cards and system to suit current capacity on shop floor. Review all scrap/reject parts on Javelin. Issue parts to scrap, rework or reprocess each rejection to allow process to continue. Add corrective actions to system implemented by quality.Develop current software and train staff to establish a more efficient system for continuous improvement. Assist with the creation of delivery dockets and invoices to customers and providing P.O.D to customers. Generate reports for managers and quality using Crystal reports. Review and manage works order report and OTIF regularly. Show less

    • Thales Air Defence Ltd.

      Mar 2015 - now
      Trainee Manufacturing Engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Cost Engineering

      Oct 2015
    • Witness Simulation Modelling Course

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      Jul 2015