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