darren thornton

director of engineering

About

Highly experienced Engineering Director with site and operational experience and responsibilities of companies profiling £60m revenue, £2m intercompany, profitability 3-33% and annual growth 15-20%. Primary site contact and senior member of the business acting as interim Operational Director, Quality Director and Value Stream Manager, as part of high, medium and specialist manufacturing environments within Commercial, Industrial, Aerospace, Defence and Life Science business sectors. Senior lead and owner of all Tier 1 customer escalations and business risks; adhering and developing methods of work/ processes to the Business Managements systems defined by BS EN 9001:2016, ISO 9001:2015. Management of personnel and consultants within UK, Denmark, Germany, US, Vietnam, Philippines and China. Owner of the development purchasing and implementation of Capital Expenditure budget (£3m).

Country

united kingdom

City

taunton

Industry

defense & space

Skill

engineering, product development, product design, manufacturing, fmea, mechanical engineering, design for manufacturing, engineering management, lean manufacturing, six sigma, finite element analysis, management, hydraulic systems, pro engineer, project management, manufacturing engineering, root cause analysis, sheet metal, design engineering, unigraphics, ptc creo, continuous improvement, ansys, systems engineering, design of experiments, gd, machining, geometric dimensioning, leadership, microsoft office, process improvement, cross functional team leadership, 5s, kaizen, cad, iso 9001, nebosh, aerospace, tolerance analysis, materials science, commissioning, ci, copq, user acceptance testing, test strategy, performance testing