richard falkingham

chester, united kingdom

About

A commercially astute Senior Operational and Engineering Leader, with a track record of delivering business improvement through large scale change programmes. Experienced in project management of complex multi million capital investment projects (green and brown field). Lean manufacturing and logistics in the furniture, automotive and construction industries Enjoys coaching and developing teams and thrives in entrepreneurial environments. Passionate about safety to deliver motivation and continuous improvement. Proud to have led a like minded team to a 10 year safety milestone.

Country

united kingdom

City

chester

Industry

building materials

Skill

manufacturing, engineering, continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, manufacturing operations management, manufacturing engineering, change management, product development, autocad, project planning, construction, commissioning, 5s, automotive, process improvement, design for manufacturing, project management, procurement, engineering management, supply chain management, negotiation, strategic planning, operations management, facility management, coaching and mentoring

Experience

chester, united kingdom

group engineering manager

howdens joinery co

2015-2 - 2017-7 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Manufacturing and Logistics strategic engineering and maintenance

site engineering manager

howdens joinery co

2010-9 - 2015-1 · 4 yrs 5 mos

design and engineering manager

tata steel

2010-2 - 2010-10 · 9 mos

* Design and Manufacturing Development of modular housing solutions for the Offsite Construction market. * Working with architects and clients to deliver factory built housing solutions. Hotels (Citizen M) Prison. Military; SLAM JRSLA * Product development. Structural Engineering Fire Engineering. Design for Manufacture. CDM, #MMC

manufacturing manager

corus living solutions

2005-1 - 2010-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

* Member of business leadership team for new start up within the Corus/Tata Group. * Designed and Project Managed new factory build. Developing new product and innovative Manufacturing technology for mass volume manufacturing of housing in the Offsite Construction sector. * Subsequently worked in Manufacturing/ Operations management. Leading team of process managers, maintenance and manufacturing improvement engineers and cnc programmers/industrial designers. * A career highlight.

senior engineer

corus

1997-7 - 2005-1 · 7 yrs 7 mos

* Section Engineer; Process and Maintenance. First tier Automotive steel strip products. * Engineering representative on global Electro Zinc strip coating development group. * NSC Japan Engineering Task team member: leading and facilitating change programme across division. Mentored by Japanese Senior Engineers in WCM maintenance best practice. LEAN and RCM * ImechE mentor for the development of junior engineers.