Toby Roworth

(863) 337-8036 |
toby.roworth@gmail.com

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Employment


Merlin Entertainments

Production Planning Supervisor

April 2023 – Present

Supervise stock team managing a large inventory of approx. 16,000 SKUs spread over multiple sites. Plan workload for approx. 50 productive heads. Produce reports & dashboards on stock movement, usage, and trends. Create datasets & dashboards to make production and finance data available and understandable. Code custom ERP software to track & plan workload, to produce BOMs from LEGO Model Files, and ease stock take using barcoding & automatic weight entry.

LEGO Model Technical Lead

May 2018 – March 2023

Supervise team of technical designers and builders. Upskill under-performing team of mixed-ability. Oversee design and production of special effects & model frames for new and existing LEGOLAND attractions. Oversee control system design. Install and commission MINILAND tech. Read internal & external standards & guidance, and distil key takeaways for colleagues. Trial Agile/Scrum in production.

Technical Designer (Electrical)

November 2016 – May 2018

Design and build special effects. Design electronic circuits & PCBs and program microcontrollers. Program & debug PLCs and HMIs.


Avolites

Product Designer

May 2014 – November 2016

Design lighting consoles & dimmers. Produce artwork for laminate graphics. Prototype UI & design icons. Instruct third-party manufacturers in console production. Produce manufacturing drawings for components, especially sheet metal.


The UK Firework Company

Firer

November 2013 – November 2019

Set up pyrotechnic articles safely. Wire pyro into electrical firing systems. Fire pyro by hand or electrically. Drive explosives under ADR regulations.


Experience


Supervised tech and inventory teams over the last 7 years, pulling experience from a range of disciplines to improve processes and performance.

Programmed, installed, and commissioned networked and distributed PLC control systems in MINILAND installations worldwide. (OMRON and Beckhoff)

Solved cross-domain problems in electrical controls, mechanical systems, networks, and programming, on-site & remotely, often out-of-hours.

20 years live audio mixing and system design, across a range of digital and analogue mixers.

Stage lighting and rigging, including trade show stands, software testing for Avolites Titan Software, and a working knowledge of DMX, ArtNet

Designed and coded a custom ERP system for LEGO Production, automating production planning, reporting, and stock tasks.


Skills


Industrial control system design, build, troubleshooting

Professional Audio (mixing, system design, composition).

Data analysis in Power BI, Excel, and custom code.

Graphic Design (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).

Programming (PLC / Ladder Logic, Javascript / Typescript, C / C++, some assembly).

CAD (Fusion 360, Inventor, SolidWorks).

Electronic circuit design & troubleshooting.

HxGN (Inventory Control, Work Orders)


Education


BSc Product Design, First-class Honours

Brunel University

Design Process, Electronics & Programming, Graphic Communication, Design for Manufacture, Mechanics