Profile

I’m a keen problem solver and that’s why I work where I am, I enjoy the challenges at work.

Outside of work, I’ve been into rowing since I was 16, its great to have a sport to keep routine and create a mental break. I train most days in the morning either on the bike or at the gym then after work rowing either on the lake or a rowing machine.

At home I like to cook and relax. I enjoy playing the piano, I learnt at a young age and tried to keep it up when away from home. Recently I’ve saved up to buy my own piano.

With friends we like to have some socials, games nights and we like to get away on camping trips together.

For holidays, I occasionally go away. But in recent years I have renovated my house and enjoyed learning new trades.

As an R&D engineer I work on developing new products for our business. This involves working with specific methods to ensure we create robust designs that are suitable for the market. e.g. analysing the voice of the customer, concept design, failure mode and effect analysis, design for manufacture, design of experiments, statistics.

I often get involved with quality issues in production and I am consulted on as the design authority for our products. This means ensuring we are maintaining products that meet the requirements set by ourselves but also by the aerospace and defence industries. The requirements are very strict and are important down to the smallest component to ensure planes are safe.

From the materials side, this is the technology base of our products, we buy many types of polymers and additives and we design the recipe to make the plastics suitable for harsh environments.

I get up at 6am. I commute by bike only about 5km, I stop for a short gym session 7-7:30 then carry on to work. Work has great facilities so I can shower and change at work and start at my desk at 8am.

I get an hour for lunch where I will buy lunch from our canteen then play table tennis at work or go for a walk. Then work from 1-5pm. I work 38 hours a week so often get a half day on Fridays. Occasionally, I will have meetings after work as I work with colleagues in American time zones but I prefer to keep strict to my time. Also I have the flexibility to work from home if I need to, but I often prefer the quick collaboration you get at work. Plus the physical separation of work helps me focus and gets me out to exercise.