Thomas Walton

Experience

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  Coventry University

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2015

  Independent research including using my initative in order to create and complete tasks relevant to the end goals of the project. I was responsible for writing articles in conference papers and chapters of academic papers as well as creating surveys for external stakeholders to complete As a Student Proctor, I was responsible for providing course content to 1st year undergraduate Aerospace Systems and Aerospace Technology students as part of an assessed exercise. The role required me to perform health and safety checks as well as provide a brief to the students before embarking on a lesson plan designed to teach the students how to fly the university full motion simulators As a Student Advocate, I was in charge of research on an ongoing aerospace project in connection to my Masters project

  • Research Assistant

    Sept 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Student Proctor

    Feb 2014 - Feb 2015

  • Student Advocate

    Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
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  Jaguar Land Rover

  Aug 2015 - Sept 2019

  As Lead Engineer, I was responsible for delivering the towing system to launch. Despite my time in the role being quite short, I was working on the commodity as a CAD engineer since joining the department in Apr '18. During my short tenure as Lead Engineer my responsibilities included; managing suppliers, CAD design, CAD approval, liaising with package stakeholders, creating resolution plans for significant launch critical issues, liaising with finance, fitting instructions, arranging launch critical testing under significantly pressured and tight deadlines, Engineering Sign Off, WERS release. Show less Working in the Vehicle Personalisation department as part of SVO, My principle responsibilities surrounded CAD package and development of side steps and towing working on the majority of the JLR range. Following an office re-structure, I became responsible for CAD support for all accessories for the D7 platform, most prominently the 19MY Defender; towing, side steps, roof rack, Expedition Pack, Ladder, Pannier. Additional roles included managing the workload of the CAD sub-team within the D7 team. Show less

  • Lead Engineer - Towing

    Apr 2019 - Sept 2019

  • CAD Engineer - SVO Vehicle Personalisation

    Apr 2018 - Sept 2019

  • Project Engineer

    Aug 2015 - Mar 2018
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  Metal Aspects Ltd

  Sept 2019 - Jun 2024

  Project Manager

  As a Project Manager, I was responsible for delivering projects from the point of order to completion on a number of construction projects. My specific duties included;EstimatingQuotingSurveyingGA & Production CAD designProgramme time managementPurchasingArranging for delivery and site installationIn addition to this role, as part of the Senior Management team, I also performed the following duties;Site labour management - arranging labour between sites to ensure that the installation of all projects is carried out in the most efficient manner in order to suit the programmes of all live projectsPurchasing - Tendering enquiries for steel orders, profiling, folding, glass, architectural metal components, fixings, galvanizing, powder coating ensuring that as a company we get the most cost and time efficient routes to achieve our delivery.Workshop schedule - organising the workload in the workshop to balance delivery dates for projectsLogistics - organising for Powder coating, galvanising and couriers/haulage to collect for delivery to site Show less

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  Extract Technology Ltd

  Jun 2024 - now

  SBO - Applications Engineer