Toby Roworth
(863) 337-8036 |
toby.roworth@gmail.com
Employment
Merlin Entertainments (LEGOLAND Florida)
Engineering Technician (Rides)
September 2025 – Present
Inspect rides to ensure safe and reliable running. Perform preventative and reactive maintenance on rides. Respond to ride calls to reset, repair, or evacuate rides during park opening.
Merlin Entertainments (Merlin Magic Making)
Systems Analyst
April – September 2025
Specify and prototype software to increase efficiency of LEGO Production. Analyse existing systems to find improvement.
Production Planning Supervisor
April 2023 – March 2025
Supervise stock team managing ~16,000 LEGO SKUs over multiple sites. Plan workload for ~50 productive heads. Create reports & dashboards on stock trends. Code ERP software.
LEGO Model Technical Lead
May 2018 – March 2023
Supervise team of technical designers and builders. Oversee design and production of special effects, model frames, and control systems. Install and commission MINILAND tech.
Technical Designer (Electrical)
November 2016 – May 2018
Design and build animatronics and special effects. Design electronic circuits & PCBs and program microcontrollers. Design, build, and commision control systems including programming & debug of PLCs and HMIs.
Avolites
Product Designer
May 2014 – November 2016
Design lighting consoles & dimmers. Produce artwork for laminate graphics. Prototype UI & design icons. Produce drawings for components and instruct manufacturers.
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