John A.

Experience

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  Ifor Williams Trailers Ltd

  Sept 2005 - Oct 2009

  Production Engineer

  • Responsible for engineering implementation of Syteline ERP system. Created BOMs from drawings and routings in conjunction withproduction supervisors, created data files for import and tested results in planning and MRP modules.• Project managed selection and implementation of Jetcam autonesting software, leading to material cost savings of £100k per annum, with return on investment in less than 6 months.• Wrote and implemented standard operation procedures across 13 mixed model production lines• From video of operators working, recorded detailed element times for assembly operations, then used these in line balancingactivities to improve output and reduce operators. Overall 10% reduction in operators for same level of output.• Attended training courses and wrote standard operating procedures for setting, maintenance and operation of press-brakes and profiling machines. Set up training matrices to enable team leaders to monitor training needs in the department.• Continuous improvement activities including writing of standard operating procedures, line balance activities and introduction of product improvements to production area.• Collation and interpretation of KPI and NRFT data, updating QCD board and identifying key priorities in weekly production meeting• Improvements in incoming goods quality through root cause investigation and working with suppliers to improve processes• Liaison between customer care, distributors, customers, Operations manager and Business development manager to ensurecomplaints dealt with quickly and cost effectively. Interpretation of customer care data to provide meaningful measures of outgoing quality.• Training of new processes to shift leaders, team leaders and production operatives.• Implemented TPM system for production tooling, working with spares suppliers to reduce lead times on spares and therefore stockholding on site. Show less

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  ATG Access Ltd

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Production Engineer

  • After UK acquisition of American company, re-drew existing drawings in AutoCAD, created BOMs and routings, and set upmanufacturing and sales system in Emerge-Priority ERP system. Provided training and support to US operators through Skype.• Created BOMs and routings for new parts in UK operation.• Gave engineering/manufacturing support to designers in DFMA.• Worked as part of the process improvement team to approve and implement manufacturing changes.

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  North West Precision Ltd

  Mar 2011 - Mar 2014

  Continuous Improvement Engineer

  • Prepare weekly management reports for directors• Analysis of production, sales and other data for reporting and generation of KPI charts.• Statistical analysis of production data for early stages of Statistical process control (SPC) using Minitab• Worked with quality manager to solve quality issues though PFMEA, 8D, SPC etc.• Write Standard operating procedures for key processes• Worked in a small team to gain ISO14001 accreditation for the company• Prepare first article inspection reports (FAIR)• Prepare BOMs and Routings for manufactured parts.• Create process sketches in AutoCAD• Project managed, prepared data and trained users in Factorymaster ERP system with SFDC. System was live in only 5 monthswith little extra resource. Company now benefits from massively increased visibility of stock, WIP and costs. Show less

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  NWP Engineering Ltd

  Mar 2014 - Jul 2014

  Production Manager

  • Project to initially set up and train users in the use of Factorymaster system, then using the system to manage production scheduling.• Management of a team of 3 team leaders / 20 CNC operators.• Working with engineering team to define engineering requirements and ensure production was performed in most efficient way.• Assisted the quality manager in creating the quality management system to implement AS9100

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  Access Group - Factorymaster

  Aug 2014 - Dec 2016

  ERP Consultant

  • Project management of new implementations from sale, through scoping, configuration and training to go live.• Run kick off meeting/presentation with project sponsors (usually company directors/board) to define and set the scene for theproject.• Provide consultancy on use and configuration of software as well as suggesting changes to business practices that could result inimprovements/ move towards a leaner approach.• Review sessions for existing customers, looking at existing processes and suggesting best practice to improve.• Extensive use of SQL and Crystal reporting to allow analysis of data.• Work from home role (most time spent on customer sites), so mainly self-directed planning of work and time.• Gained extensive new skills in understanding Crystal reports, SQL and several ERP/MRP products. Show less

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  Exactaform Cutting Tools Ltd

  Jan 2017 - Oct 2020

  Production Engineer / Projects

  • Initial set up of operations team, creating processes, raw material and toolholder purchasing, prioritising, progress chasing. • Process improvements to support company growth –KPIs, reject analysis, root cause analysis, standard operating procedures • Introduction of data capture to allow analysis of tool cycle times and employee performance.• Implementation of scheduling system to improve OTD and manning predictions – This involved time study of operators to gather cycle times.• Setup of standardised costing for stock costing and quotation purposes. Show less

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  The Access Group

  Mar 2021 - now

  Work as QA engineer across 2 teams of developers- Perform manual testing duties on rapidly growing SAAS product- Design, create and execute manual test scripts- Perform basic automation testing with Selenium WebDriver (C#) - building a framework for full automated testing on deploy-API testing using Postman and Swagger and by generating and reviewing JSON/XML against third party documentation.-Using SSMS to interrogate SQL databases and verify data-Debugging in Visual studio-Involved in scoping, planning and release review meetings as well as daily scrums Show less

  • Senior Software QA Engineer

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Software QA Engineer

    Mar 2021 - Apr 2024