Profile

I am a proficient, competent and highly motivated Team Leader with 12 years experience in the hard aluminium extrusion industry. My role involves setting and meeting production targets on my allocated shift. I also maintain a hands on approach, whilst helping to achieve excellence through meeting Health and Safety Standards, achieving production KPI's and exceeding customer expectations through provision of a quality product.

Career History

1994 - Present Alcan, Pechiney Aviatube Ltd, Lillyhall, Workington.

My most recent career has been with Pechiney Aviatube Ltd in Workington. The plant produces safety-critical extruded aluminium products and throughout my employment I have worked in various roles, manufacturing both structural aircraft wing components and industrial bar products. Over the 12 years with the Company I have been trained in various skills to allow me to work flexibly within the department, and have had experience of working on various shift patterns throughout this time. I have been involved in various continuous improvement projects including 5s housekeeping initiative and autonomous maintenance through TPM's.

1997 - Present Team Leader (Extrusion Department)

In this role, my key responsibilities include hands-on management of the production throughput of the 2750 (tonne) press and the Tania press (5,000 tonne), heat treatment furnaces and final saw operations. The shift is monitored on various key performance indicators, and I am responsible for shift safety, production throughput and product quality. To achieve the shift KPI's, I am responsible for labour resource management, shift production planning for next 24 hours, discipline on shift, training shift personnel on extrusion techniques and maintaining the shift skills matrix. In addition, I have to work out utilisation of equipment, verify all log sheets that are completed and report and manage any employee downtime.

1995 - 1997 Team Leader (Foundry Department)

Key Achievement: From being appointed Team Leader on the shift, overall scrap was reduced and productivity increased.

Again this was a hands-on Team Leader role on continuous shift operation. I was responsible for managing operation of the casting process, the furnace, the induction furnace operation, homogenisation process and aspects of metallurgical analysis in the Quantometer office. Similar to my current role, I had the additional responsibility of man-management and supervision, with a requirement to training new employees on all aspects of the foundry process.

1994 - 1996 Team Leader (Extrusion Department)

Key responsibilities: As my current role, identified above.

1987 - 1994 Hayton Builders, Solway Industrial Estate, Maryport

Painter and Decorator

Key responsibilities: Working on Commercial and Domestic Contracts

Qualifications and Training

LakesCollege, Workington

▪ ILM Level 3 Introductory Certificate in First Line Management March 2004

▪ OCR Computer Literacy and Information Technology Stage I March 2004

▪ Training the Trainer Course June 2002

▪ NEBS Management Introductory Award at Certificate Level June 1997

In-house Training

▪ Micrometer Measurement Course 14 February 2006

▪ EHS First Line Manager Course 25 & 26 January 2006

▪ EHS Hot Work and Working at Heights 17 January 2006

▪ Spill Containment and Countermeasures 1 December 2005

▪ Team Leader Safety Auditor Training 3 November 2005

▪ Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) Kaizen Training 27 January 2003

▪ Safe Working with Oxy-Fuel Gas Cutting Equipment 23 May 2001

▪ Fire Extinguisher Training 2 February 2000

▪ Risk Assessment Training 6 & 7 October 1998

Mobile Equipment Training

▪ Overhead Crane 13 July 2005

▪ Manual Handling and Risk Assessment Training 6 July 2005

▪ Industrial Counterbalance Fork Lift Truck 13 April 2005

▪ Sideloader Assessment and Test 12 June 2003

▪ Agricultural Tractor Training Course 29 August 2001

Education

1982 - 1987 Southfield School, Workington

Licence: Full UK Licence