Senior Build Technician - Drumgrange Defence - Chertsey, Surrey
(2025-07 - 2026-01)
Worked on various types of products mainly for the MOD & BAE
- JIRA software for all product tracking and logging
- QA Inspection to IPC certification standards
- Box build unit assembly
- Surface mount hand placements & rework
- Conventional through hole
- Bonding with adhesives
- Wire and harnessing box builds
- Working to stigmatic technical data packs with full instructions from clients
- Following health & safety precautions
- Maintain 5S principals and carry out daily checks
- Final Inspection on own work before final quality audit
Demand Planner - McLaren Applied - Woking, Surrey
(2023-06)
- Managing, organising, and solving production-related problems
- Monitoring inventory levels
- Providing production status updates to management
- Facilitating the timely delivery of products to customers
- Developing production schedules
- Ensuring optimal performance of the working space
- Managing the information flow during production
- Managing the scheduling and timeliness of the production process
- Ensuring the company meets all deadlines
- Managing material and equipment availability
- Scheduling production
- Monitoring the production process for problems
- Developing daily or weekly production schedules
- Preparing status and performance reports
- Resolving production issues
- Material Requirements Planning Software (MRP), Sage
Senior Build Technician - McLaren Applied - Woking, Surrey
(2018-07 - 2023-06)
Worked on various types of products mainly for the FIA, Motorsport products for automotive
- Aegis software for all products
- Surface mount hand placements & rework
- Conventional through hole
- Bonding with adhesives
- Some wiring & wire modifications
- Working to stigmatic technical data packs with full instructions from clients
- Following health & safety precautions
- Maintain 5S principals and carry out daily checks
- Final Inspection on own work before final quality audit
- PCB depanelizing
- Trident PCB machine cleaner
- Cycle ovens for durability of different temperature
- Unit servicing and repairs
- Certified IPC-A-610D/ J-STD-001, certificate renewal every 2 years
SMT Reworker and Assembler - Phoenix Systems - Fareham
(2017-06 - 2018-01)
- Surface mount hand placements
- Conventional through hole
- Surface mount repairs
- Bonding with adhesives
- Some wiring & wire modifications
- Working to stigmatic technical data packs with full instructions from clients
- Following health & safety precautions
- Maintain 5S principals and carry out daily checks
- Final Inspection on own work before final quality audit
- Machine operating on a PCB depanelizer
- Certified IPC-A-610D/ J-STD-001, certificate awarded and valid for 2 years
Defense / Aerospace Operator - STS Defence - Portsmouth
(2014-03 - 2017-06)
- Nadcap AC7120 merit approved products
- Surface mount assemblies
- Surface mount hand placements
- Conventional through hole
- Surface mount repairs
- Bonding with adhesives
- Wiring
- Working to stigmatic technical data packs with full instructions from clients
- Following health & safety precautions
- Maintain 5S principals and carry out daily checks
- Final Inspection on own work before final quality audit
- Testing of products
- Machine operating on a PCB depanelizer
- Certified IPC-A-610D/ J-STD-001, certificate awarded and valid for 2 years
Travel Consultant / Assisting Manager - Intermundial Travel Agency - Oakdene Johannesburg, South Africa
(2009-01 - 2013-12)
A family run Travel Company with a good client base which had been operating for over 10 years. My daily tasks were to assist the manager and director with daily tasks such as promoting and marketing the business, dealing with customer queries and complaints, providing advice about visas or passports, maintaining statistical and financial records, meeting profit or sales targets, and preparing promotional materials and displays.
- Ticketing, meet and greet services for touring, container shipping, passenger services
- Data capturing for sales at the end of the month
- Selling packages for both international and local travel
- Visa applications and permits
- Translations
- Insurance
- Assisting clients with pensions for Portugal and South Africa
- Immigrated back to the South Africa to support my mother through her illness
Offline surface mount machine SMT Inspector / Rewo - TT Electronics - Rogerstone Newport, South Wales
(2006-01 - 2008-11)
TT Electronics is a global contract electronics manufacturer that specializes in low volume, high mix solutions for original equipment manufactures in the aerospace, defense, medical, industrial, and rail transportation industries.
- Surface mount repairs
- Faults finding
- Pad and track repair
- Working to stigmatic drawings
- Some wiring & wire modifications
- Working to stigmatic technical data packs with full instructions from clients
- Following health & safety precautions
- Maintain 5S principals and carry out daily checks
- Final Inspection on own work before final quality audit
- PCB depanelizing
- Trident PCB machine cleaner
- Cycle ovens for durability of different temperature
- Unit servicing and repairs
- AOI Inspection
- Last stage audit checks ready for chemical wash stage
- Certified IPC-A-610D/ J-STD-001, certificate renewal every 2 years
