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James Blair

Edgeware,Christchurch

Summary

Hardworking engineer with 9 years of professional experience working within the engineering industry, seeking the opportunity to further develop my knowledge and understanding of the industry and grow within the right company.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Mechanical Design Engineer

Eaton Ltd Aerospace Sector Civilian and Military, 9 month contract
Titchfield, Fareham United Kingdom
06.2023 - 03.2024
  • Investigated and sentenced non-conforming products via concession/waiver, providing robust technical justifications for decisions
  • Analysed requests for deviations from production permits due to factors such as obsolescence, manufacturing easement, and cost reduction, ensuring compliance with technical standards and customer requirements
  • Regularly present findings to a board of engineers during weekly meetings, engaging in discussions to share insights and collaborate on project developments
  • Create marked up drawing prints to communicate required drawing changes, facilitating the formal drawing change process as part of the company's change control process
  • Raised customer-specific change paperwork detailing deviations and provided technical justifications for acceptance.

Cad Engineer

CPV Ltd- Engineering Pipework Solutions
Southampton, Romsey
02.2021 - 12.2022
  • Working in a team with the production manager, fabrication manager, BIM manager and sales manager to help achieve our goals
  • Being solely in charge of the drawing process within the company, including following procedures to make sure we conform to ISO standards
  • Handing out all drawings internally, making sure they are the correct issue and meet the required drawing standard
  • Using Autodesk Vault system to help manage all drawings
  • Create 3D models, Assemblies and detailed Engineering Drawing for CPV Ltd,(using Autodesk Inventor) which are then given out to the production team to be fabricated
  • Create Bespoke Products for customers
  • Liaising back and forth,making changes to the part or drawing if needed
  • Digitising old company hand drawing and updating to meet new standards
  • Working on individual projects, such as creating an extremely detailed 'drawing typicalls folder' for the team on the production floor, which has all information needed to fabricate the specific part to the exact same standard every time, This folder is at hand for them at all times and is continuously being updated when appropriate.

Junior Development Engineer

P.A Hilton LTD
06.2018 - 10.2020
  • Help create, modify and improve on existing or in-development products
  • Create detailed engineering drawings working to the company's standard, for the subcontractors to be manufactured and turned into a working product
  • Creating bill of materials for the units to ensure that the technicians or sub-contractors are supplied with the correct parts needed to assemble and test the product
  • Create easy to understand build notes for our technicians or sub-contractors, which allows them to efficiently assemble the product
  • Work from ECOs (Engineering Change Order) that have been raised by anyone within the company and creating my own when I find a problem with a product
  • Working to ISO 9001-2013
  • Communicate efficiently and professionally within the company or to our sub-contractors
  • Build and test units according to the build notes, test procedure and user manual to be sent to the customer
  • Use SolidWorks visualise to create photo realistic rendered images of our units for sales to use for marketing or in manuals/ build notes
  • Confidently present designs of new and existing products to for peer review
  • Learn and understand the theory of each of the product that I have been involved in, how it functions and its engineering principles it's supposed to demonstrate
  • Create detailed SolidWorks parts and assemblies that show how a part is created and put together, which can be used in visualise to create photo realistic images
  • Compile and editing manuals to be sent to the end user
  • Use stress calculations to see if the part your making/using will be strong enough for its task
  • Research new and existing materials to see if there is an equivalent lower cost alternative on the market
  • Research possible new vendors/ sub-contractors.

Apprentice in Development Engineering

P.A Hilton LTD
Stockbridge
09.2015 - 06.2018

Education

BTEC level 3 extended Diploma in engineering, Level 3 Machining materials by turning, Level 3 Machining materials by milling, Level 3 Produce drawings using CAD, Level 3 Principles of mechanical manufacturing engineering - mechanical manufacturing engineering

BTEC level 2 in engineering -

Level 2 ICT -

BTEC level 1 in engineering -

5 GCSE'S B-D including Maths and English -

Skills

  • SolidWorks
  • Solidworks visualise
  • Solidworks simulation
  • Solidworks Composer
  • Autodesk Inventor
  • Autodesk Vault
  • Microsoft Office
  • Draftsight
  • Smartvision

Workexamplesandreferences

I'd be delighted to supply references if needed.

Timeline

Mechanical Design Engineer

Eaton Ltd Aerospace Sector Civilian and Military, 9 month contract
06.2023 - 03.2024

Cad Engineer

CPV Ltd- Engineering Pipework Solutions
02.2021 - 12.2022

Junior Development Engineer

P.A Hilton LTD
06.2018 - 10.2020

Apprentice in Development Engineering

P.A Hilton LTD
09.2015 - 06.2018

BTEC level 3 extended Diploma in engineering, Level 3 Machining materials by turning, Level 3 Machining materials by milling, Level 3 Produce drawings using CAD, Level 3 Principles of mechanical manufacturing engineering - mechanical manufacturing engineering

BTEC level 2 in engineering -

Level 2 ICT -

BTEC level 1 in engineering -

5 GCSE'S B-D including Maths and English -

James Blair