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Mathew Portass

Wisbech,Cambridgeshire

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience

Work history

Multi Skilled - Area Reliability Engineer

Lamb Weston
05.2024 - 05.2025
  • Accountable for the performance of all assets in my area, KPI target Reliability 97%, currently at 98.13%.
  • Focus on increasing MTBF & Reducing MTTR.
  • Improving ppm content and frequency based on historic data.
  • Daily use of CMMS SAP & SCADA.
  • Improving Area OEE including focus on waste.
  • Working with suppliers & OEM’s on parts, service visits and overhauls.
  • Plan and Manage contractor works on bi-weekly cycle stops and yearly Summer shut down.
  • Support shift Engineers with reactive breakdowns and escalations.
  • Attend weekly RCA meeting focusing on downtime.
  • Working closely with the area production manager & operators fully supporting production with line performance.

Manufacturing Engineer

Bespak Pharmaceutical (CDMO)
03.2021 - 05.2024
  • Company Overview: Kings Lynn
  • Plan and execute projects following agreed protocols.
  • Meet project targets and ensure products meet with customer expectations and operational needs.
  • Experience in URS/DQ, FAT, SAT, & IQ/OQ/PQ Validation protocol.
  • Machinery Installation, modification, upgrades and obsolescence.
  • Regular Quality/Technical & Project meetings with the customer.
  • Writing & updating Procedure’s.
  • Draft & Maintain PPM Guidance & spares lists.
  • Contractor Control, ensure all paperwork is complete and site H&S guidelines are adhered to.
  • Use of SAP DM, Microsoft Projects & CMMS Spidex.
  • Provide Engineering support for technical escalations.
  • Involvement with Continuous Improvements RCA & CAPA.
  • PUWER Assessments.
  • Collate and Report weekly OEE, Analyse worst offending assets and action, assigning owners leading to improving the overall effectiveness including focus on waste, Scrap.
  • Kings Lynn

Lead Engineer

Bakkavor Salads
07.2018 - 03.2021
  • Company Overview: Sutton Bridge
  • Attending meetings and escalate all Engineering Issues.
  • Ensure there is a proactive response to all maintenance and breakdowns on site.
  • Attend Breakdowns and carry out PPM’s.
  • Projects and Continuous Improvements.
  • Contractor control.
  • Working on all site services including steam, lighting, compressed Air, hot & cold water, refrigeration systems.
  • Washers, dryers, multi head weighers, vertical baggers, sealers m/d & c/w. rotary cookers & CQC’s.
  • Daily use of CMMS, Agility.
  • Plan and communicate with all departments any Engineering/Contractor work.
  • Drive to meet KPI targets.
  • Writing maintenance plans and procedures.
  • Sutton Bridge

Multi Skilled Engineer

Bakkavor Salads
03.2003 - 06.2018
  • Company Overview: Sutton Bridge
  • Responding immediately to equipment breakdowns.
  • Working with PLC’s Inverters and HMI’S.
  • Machine alignment (create a spares list and service kit).
  • Projects and continuous improvement.
  • Tig welding and fabrication.
  • Provide maintenance support to production through preventative and reactive action.
  • New Machinery Installation.
  • Machine and Line Moving.
  • Working on all site services.
  • Sutton Bridge

Multi Skilled Engineer

Bakkavor
01.2000 - 01.2003
  • Company Overview: Spalding
  • Provide maintenance support to production through preventative and reactive action, to carry out general maintenance as required.
  • Maintain site services.
  • Tig welding and fabrication.
  • Spalding

Multi Skilled Engineer

Delta Systems Electrical
01.1998 - 01.2000
  • Providing engineering shift cover to various factories in Eastern England.
  • Electrical and mechanical installation.
  • Tig welding and fabrication.
  • Various factory shutdowns.

Maintenance Engineer

Tinsley Foods
01.1996 - 01.1998
  • Provide maintenance support to production through preventative and reactive action, to carry out general maintenance as required.
  • Maintain site services.
  • Tig welding and fabrication.

Maintenance Engineer

Sub-Contractor
01.1994 - 01.1996
  • Various Installation and shutdowns: Peterborough and Corby power stations.
  • Ketton cement.
  • Pedigree Pet Foods Peterborough.
  • Marshalls Aerospace Cambridge Airport.

Apprentice

Princes Foods
01.1989 - 01.1994
  • Company Overview: Long Sutton
  • Work Experience in all departments.
  • Maintaining, repairing & Overhauling machinery.
  • Lathe and milling machine work.
  • Attending Breakdowns.
  • Welding and fabrication.
  • Long Sutton

Timeline

Multi Skilled - Area Reliability Engineer

Lamb Weston
05.2024 - 05.2025

Manufacturing Engineer

Bespak Pharmaceutical (CDMO)
03.2021 - 05.2024

Lead Engineer

Bakkavor Salads
07.2018 - 03.2021

Multi Skilled Engineer

Bakkavor Salads
03.2003 - 06.2018

Multi Skilled Engineer

Bakkavor
01.2000 - 01.2003

Multi Skilled Engineer

Delta Systems Electrical
01.1998 - 01.2000

Maintenance Engineer

Tinsley Foods
01.1996 - 01.1998

Maintenance Engineer

Sub-Contractor
01.1994 - 01.1996

Apprentice

Princes Foods
01.1989 - 01.1994

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