DAB Engineering Company Limited

1996 - Present

DAB Specialise in the design and manufacture of valves and actuators for the fire protection industry.

Quality Manager

2012 - Present

Production Supervisor

1996 - 2012

I joined DAB to take over some responsibilities of the retiring Production Director. My previous experience in a production environment enabled me to streamline some of the production techniques thus reducing lead-times and wastage. Most of this was due to the development of new tooling and jigs that enabled the products to be manufactured much more quickly without sacrificing quality.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for day to day running of the company’s IT infrastructure, including software, hardware and local area network.
• Responsible for design and maintenance of the company website.
• Responsible for calculating prices of all manufactured products and sub components.
• Quality Representative.
• Day to day liaison with customers.
• Chief Draughtsman using AutoCAD 2D and manual Drawing Board.
• Responsible for writing and maintaining all work instructions and procedures required for the day-to-day running of the workshop.
• Design and manufacture of jigs and tooling required for the manufacture of products.
• Responsible for day-to-day running of the machine shop and its staff.
• Maintenance of all machinery.
• Setting and programming of CNC machinery

Quality Manager at AF Haynes (Engineers) Ltd.

1987 - February 1996

I started at AF Haynes as an apprentice engineer. Over the years I was introduced to all aspects of the workshop and was eventually appointed supervisor of the ‘short run’ section of the workshop. In this role I was responsible for 2 staff. Shortly afterwards, in addition to my daily responsibilities I was appointed as quality manager. In this role I was responsible for introducing the procedures required to attain BS5750.