Burton Taylor
Strabane
Summary
Innovative engineer with 13 years of design experience and 7 years in material handling. Proficient in Solidworks, Solid Edge and Creo, with a strong focus on mechanical design and customer relationships. Demonstrated success in leading teams to meet project deadlines while enhancing operational efficiency and reducing costs. Skilled in analytical problem-solving and process improvement, with extensive experience in material handling, while creating lasting customer connections.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Design Engineer
CDE Group
11.2024 - Current
- Using Solid Edge, Team Centre PDM and IFS
- Working with large site layouts to connect plant items with water pipe work, and safety compliant walkways and handrails.
- Created 3D models, assemblies, and drawings to support design projects.
- Maintained open communication with internal stakeholders regarding project status updates.
- Reviewed customer specifications and provided feedback on design feasibility.
Senior Design Engineer
Hurst Engineering
07.2024 - 09.2024
- Streamlined design flow by implementing automation and templates within Creo Parametric and Windchill.
- Designed walkways and infrastructure around large static recycling equipment.
- Developed Hurst-owned products, reducing costing and increasing company image.
- Enhanced process flow from quotation to realization to improve efficiency.
- Implemented data collection strategies to enhance PDM system for reusing existing designs.
- Managed responsibilities until RFL role was no longer funded due to business folding.
- Maintained open communication with internal stakeholders regarding project status updates.
- Reviewed engineering change orders and implemented changes according to customer needs.
- Reviewed customer specifications and provided feedback on design feasibility.
- Collaborated with suppliers to select materials that meet cost, performance, and reliability goals.
- Managed multiple concurrent projects from concept through production launch stages.
- Trained personnel on proper use of equipment used in the design process.
- Ensured compliance with safety regulations for all products designed.
- Resolved complex design issues through creative problem solving techniques.
Senior Design Engineer
McCloskey Environmental
01.2022 - 07.2024
- Worked with the business development team to align customer vision with new products to have a further reach and gain new markets.
- Maintained open communication with internal stakeholders regarding project status updates. working with customer with help realize true product potential and forge new relationships and maintain existing ones
- Resolved complex design issues through creative problem solving techniques.
- Assisted in troubleshooting problems related to product design during manufacturing processes.
- Reviewed customer specifications and provided feedback on design feasibility.
- Generated reports outlining progress throughout the product development cycle.
- Designed and launched new range of European trommels, managing project from concept to production.
- Collaborated with team to uphold McCloskey standards throughout development process.
- Ensured adherence to budget while maintaining profit margins set by management.
- Conducted market research and communicated customer insights to align project with market demands.
- Made critical project performance decisions while keeping senior management updated.
- Arranged site visits for key customers and coordinated participation in McCloskey Dealer Days.
- Demonstrated machines on-site, addressing customer inquiries regarding product features.
Engineering Manager
Omega Crushing & Screening
01.2020 - 12.2022
- Recruited additional engineers to reduce workload.
- Reported directly to company directors on project status and team performance.
- Dedicated 50% of time to mechanical design using SolidWorks, from concept to assembly drawings.
- Designed projects with a focus on cost efficiency and minimal steel usage.
- Managed team of four design engineers and one production engineer effectively.
- Prepared budgets for each project and monitored expenditures to stay within financial limits.
- Analyzed customer feedback data to identify areas needing improvement in products or services.
- Developed and implemented engineering processes that improved project efficiency by 20%.
- Provided technical guidance to junior engineers, ensuring all designs met safety regulations.
- Conducted regular performance reviews with employees, providing feedback and suggestions for improvement.
- Created detailed reports for senior management on the status of projects and deadlines.
- Participated in trade shows as a representative of the company's engineering department.
- Ensured compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures related to engineering operations.
- Established relationships with vendors to obtain materials at cost-effective prices.
- Maintained comprehensive records of engineering activities, including test results, design specifications, changes made during development process.
- Generated concept designs, collaborated with customers to gain feedback and directed entire design process.
- Reviewed contractors' schedules and submission of shop drawings and samples.
- Spearheaded exclusive client design-build project for business.
- Advocated for customer-centric engineering approaches, leading to an increase in customer satisfaction ratings for product designs.
- Led the resolution of complex engineering problems, applying advanced technical knowledge and analytical skills to ensure timely and cost-effective solutions.
- Enhanced project management tools and processes, resulting in an improvement in project tracking accuracy and team communication.
- Conducted comprehensive risk assessments for engineering projects, implementing mitigation strategies that reduced project risks.
- Supervised engineering and maintenance staff and facilitated hiring, training and personal development.
- Recommended design modifications to eliminate machine and system malfunctions.
- Developed and executed strategic plans for the engineering department, aligning with overall company objectives and driving technological advancements.
- Spent 20% of time troubleshooting and fitting machines designed by the team.
- Presented updates on production timelines and team KPIs to company directors.
Senior Design Engineer
Omega Crushing & Screening
10.2019 - 01.2020
- Solely responsible for all design work.
- Reporting to company directors.
- Responsible for nesting all in-house fabrication work.
- Designing and producing full drawing packs for machines.
- Design of a new wheeled jaw mobile crusher.
- This project required an old design that was not working well and costing above budget. Completely re-designed the machine to reduced cost to make a profile on each unit, weight reduced, and on-board power option added.
- This project was done by me on my own as the companies only engineer.
- Product now in the market and doing well, out performing many other similar products.
- Design of a new tracked jaw crusher.
- Designing a new crusher with on-board power.
- Taking the performance of the wheeled machine, we wanted to get a tracked crusher to the market.
- Ensuring the machine was under 30ton and within the transport dimensions.
- Full hydraulic functions designed.
- Full electric driven crusher. Machine is about to go out for testing.
- Design screening decks as replacements for exciting customers.
- On site to measure and discuss requirements with customers.
- Design and product BOM’s.
- Get approval from customers/making changes before proceeding to production.
Design Engineer
Donnell and Ellis Engineering
10.2017 - 10.2019
- RFL – offered role with Omega for £9k pay increase.
- Sole design engineer- After I left, I was replaced with 3 design engineers.
- Approx 80% of my time was spent designing on Solidworks and producing drawing packs, Bom’s and costings.
- 10% was spent with customers and marketing the machine. Producing marketing material on photoshop and editing videos.
- Approx. 10% of my day is on the manufacturing floor, checking out the products we designed and looking for design errors, improvements to be made and liaising with manufacturing to see if any changes can be done to the product to improve productivity.
- Reporting to the company directors.
- Using Solidworks and Solidworks PDM.
- Designed a Hooklift Jaw Crusher.
- Designed to be lifted on and off hooklift trucks for ease of use.
- Studied the standards to ensure the crusher would fit correctly and comply with different counties standards.
- Produced a full pack of drawings to fabricate the machine.
- Testing crusher to ensure performance.
- Travelling to meet customers to ensure the machine met their needs.
- Building a BOM to track costs and steel usage.
- Design of Tracked Jaw crusher.
- Taking the main components of the hooklift crusher and designing a new chassis and suit tracks.
- Stress testing the chassis to ensure it was fit for purpose.
- Building a BOM to track costs and steel usage.
Senior Design Engineer
Nugent Coachworks
04.2016 - 06.2017
- RFL- Invest NI funding for role were removed.
- I reported directly to the Managing Director and the Production manager, managing a team of engineers and organizing design to production and implementing designs at factory level.
- Key Roles:
- Managing a group of design engineers and holding responsibility for the design of lorry bodies to suit many different chassis manufactures trucks.
- Implementing design changes over a range of products to standardize parts and increase productivity.
- Designed a range of new style lorry bodies to incorporate new ways of fabrication from sub-contractors to increase aesthetics and ease of manufacture, along with weight saving.
- Introduction of engineering design principles to ensure that parts are correct going into manufacture.
- Meeting with management to discuss client’s requirements and to ensure that each one is tailored to suit their needs.
- Working in the factory to ensure that new products are fabricated correctly and that required changes can be recorded for future designs.
- Producing drawing packs for production and BOM’s to purchasing under deadlines to ensure that the production schedule continues to be on time.
Production Engineer
Fleming Agri Products Ltd
07.2013 - 04.2016
- RFL- wanted to move to design.
- I report directly to the Managing Director and the Production director and work closely with the factory managers and the Design team within the organization.
- Key Roles:
- Work as part of the Fleming Team to achieve our goal of becoming the most professional and effective manufacture in our market sector.
- Ensuring that all product explosions and flow charts are up to date and accurate.
- Using my skills on 3D modelling package (Solidworks 2015) to improve and design products.
- Ensuring that information flows to the factory floor in a timely, relevant and accurate manner.
- Assisting in the continued development of our preproduction system of production flow management through information, communication and technical development.
- Liaise with the design team to record all changes / problems flowing up from the manufacturing process ensuring that all drawings, flow charts and product explosions are undated accordingly.
- Ensuring that all the BOM’s are updated.
- Assisted in the development and implementation of an accurate raw material stock monitoring system.
- Ensuring all activities are carried in compliance with all health and safety regulations.
- Assisting the factory managers in monitor batch times, developing and cataloguing any changes that improve production times and feeding this information through to product costing.
- Critically analyzing current time recovery system, provide recommendations on how we may improve.
- Ensuring that all products are manufactured to the standards required and presented for sale to satisfy market requirements. CE approved.
- Integrate new products into the manufacturing system.
- Developing a more formal quality control system.
- Assisting the design team to ensure that all products are properly CE marked and adhere to all relevant industry standards.
- Assisting the Production Director in the development of our purchasing strategy ensuring systems are updated to include a clear and transparent system of controlling lead times.
- Assisting in the development of our strategy of outsourcing sub-components to achieve lower overall product costs.
- Liaise with our local subcontractors to ensure that all components are manufactured to our standards at the required time.
- Assisting in the integration of robotics in our manufacturing process through cost benefit analysis, jig design and component compatibility.
- Assisting in developing an improved stores and inventory management system.
- Providing technical backup to sales and marketing as and when required including shows and exhibitions.
- Looking at new ways of processing parts, on one machine I changed the design to incorporate Tube Laser, with a 15% reduction on overall cost of the product.
- I changed trailer sides to a bought in parts, with a reduction of £72.00 per trailer.
- One machine had a ram bracket that was hard to manufacture correctly, I redesign the ram, resulting in the machine not needing the complicated brackets.
Engineer
GH Engineering
10.2012 - 07.2013
- Company Overview: Agricultural and Industrial machinery
- I was employed at GH Engineering, which is a small family run engineering business. It employed about 15 personnel at the time. I started there in a part time capacity, due to having one day off from university. I was involved in the making of the products, mostly on the factory floor, from cutting materials, plasma cutting, and welding the main machines and parts.
- Key roles:
- Working on the factory floor manufacturing machinery.
- Welding part, subassemblies and final assembly.
- Starting an inventory control system to ensure that surplus stock was not carried.
- Implementing an ordering system for consumables.
- Working with suppliers ensuring that we were buying the best parts at the lowest cost.
- Designing new products and carrying those designs though to manufacturing.
- Costing products and looking for cost saving.
- Attending trade shows and involved in the sales of machinery.
- Working with customers to ensure that we had the details of bespoke machinery.
- Designing bespoke machinery, for agricultural and industrial purposes.
- Working with the managing director to run the complete engineering side of the business.
- Designing of major products that are still being made and exported.
- Agricultural and Industrial machinery
Education
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Management
University of Ulster
Jordonstown01.2013
A levels - Maths, History and Music
Strabane Grammar School
Strabane01.2009
Tullywhisker Primary School
Castlederg01.2002
Skills
- SolidWorks
- Creo Parametric
- PDM systems
- Project management
- Product design
- Cost analysis
- Customer feedback
- Process improvement
- Team collaboration
- Communication skills
- Design optimization techniques
- Design for manufacturing
- Technical sales expertise
- Sales prospecting
- Customer service
Other Qualifications
- Diploma in Industrial studies (University of Ulster)
- City and Guilds Solidworks CAD modelling (South West regional college, 2012)
- CE Approval course, Queens University, Belfast (2012)
Timeline
Senior Design Engineer
CDE Group
11.2024 - Current
Senior Design Engineer
Hurst Engineering
07.2024 - 09.2024
Senior Design Engineer
McCloskey Environmental
01.2022 - 07.2024
Engineering Manager
Omega Crushing & Screening
01.2020 - 12.2022
Senior Design Engineer
Omega Crushing & Screening
10.2019 - 01.2020
Design Engineer
Donnell and Ellis Engineering
10.2017 - 10.2019
Senior Design Engineer
Nugent Coachworks
04.2016 - 06.2017
Production Engineer
Fleming Agri Products Ltd
07.2013 - 04.2016
Engineer
GH Engineering
10.2012 - 07.2013
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Management
University of Ulster
A levels - Maths, History and Music
Strabane Grammar School
Tullywhisker Primary School
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