Lee Kennewell - 00421 910 927 487, Mechanical Design Engineer / Project Engineer Work Required

About

I am looking for a new contract opportunity as a Mechanical Design Engineer / Project Engineer, as my current challenge is coming to a successful end. Currently, I am reaching the end of a long-term contract, working as a Project Engineer – please see my CV for further details. During this role I have successfully designed many components that make up a small electric vehicle that shall be soon put into production and managed the technical aspects of the project. Throughout my career as project and as a mechanical design engineer, I have contributed towards the success of companies, by designing new and improved technologies for their product range. I exercise a calculated and methodical approach to my work. I am self-motivated and also enjoy working as part of a team. My skills and experience, I believe, are a good match for this role. I have a genuine passion for engineering and I would be good member of your team. Please take a moment to read my CV. I am keen to have a discussion with you so we may move forward. Yours faithfully Lee Kennewell Tel: +421 910 927 487 email:

leekennewell@hotmail.co.uk

Experience

Loewe - Electric Vehicles

Aug 2022 – Present

Slovakia

Mechanical Design & Project Engineer (contract)

Loewe is a manufacturer of electrical equipment, who created a new side to their business, designing small electric vehicles. My responsibilities were from conception to competition of the entire project and included: • Concept design and evaluation of the mechanical and structural components of vehicle. • Creating 3D solid, surface models & manufacturing drawings. Extensive use of GD&T. Official drawing checker. • Writing component and assembly specifications to define parameters for Quality and external suppliers. • DFMEAs of the assemblies that made up the vehicle to determine functional/failure analysis. • Risk assessments to assess necessary safety requirements for the end user and vehicle. • Establishing approved suppliers for prototype parts and production tooling, and managing orders. • Test rig design and the writing test plans for the validation of the vehicle. • Regulation and standards management: Determining from a legal standpoint, relevant safety and performance criteria that was expected from a legal stand-point, for various global regions.

Ocado Technology Ltd

May 2018 – May 2021

Welwyn Garden City, London

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (contract)

Ocado Ltd design high efficiency goods-storing & retrieval systems, for the food industry. Technologies consisted of robotics & automated conveyor systems that function within a structural framework. Duties include: • Designed assembly jigs for robot assembly and producing drawing documentation to support manufacture. • Redesigning parts for a new robot for performance enhancement & cost reduction that involved machined parts, injection molded components and server motors. • Development of a conveyor system that takes goods from a robot to the delivery driver. Technology used were rollers, profile extrusions and sensors. • Producing 3D models & manufacturing drawings to BS8888, for the above projects. Extensive use of GD&T & tolerance stack-up analysis.

Andron Handling – Material Handling Equipment

Jan 2017 – Oct 2017

Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Mechanical Design Engineer (contract)

Andron Handling design & manufacture bespoke material handling equipment for the automotive industry, typically comprising of welded structural members, machined components & pneumatic technology. Duties included: • Creating conceptual designs to explore & demonstrate methods of lifting various automotive parts in accordance with a customer specification. • Calculating loads to verify a design & for load-bearing parts using hand–written calculations. • Producing solid models & detailing, assembly, weldment & manufacturing drawings to BS8888, that represented the final design.

YASA Motors – Automotive Electric Motors

Mar 2016 – Nov 2016

Buckingham, UK

Mechanical Design Engineer (contract)

YASA Motors design high performance electric (axial flux) motors for the automotive & power generation industry. Duties included were: • Designing the housing, rotor, & various injection moulded parts for a high performance electric motor and generator that would operate in a new hybrid super-car. • FEA analyses to verify if parts that made up the motor could satisfy the design, e.g stress, deflection, thermal cycling. • Creating designs for jigs & fixtures to allow for efficient assembly for when the motor enters production. • Drawing documentation & modelling of parts to BS8888. Extensive use of GD&T & tolerance stack-up analysis.

Nikon Metrology - X-ray Machine Design

Sep 2015 – Mar 2016

Thame, UK

Project Engineer (contract)

Nikon Metrology design high specification x-ray machines that are assembled & tested in-house. Duties included: • Designed an electro-mechanical assembly, allowing test specimens to be accurately located inside an x-ray machine. Technologies used were gear-motor selection, bearings, drive shafts, linear guides, sensors & sheet metal. • Writing calculations & using FEA studies to verify if the electro-mechanical assembly met the specification. • Project management from conception to completion, e.g holding departmental design & cost reviews; creating & updating schedules; technical report writing; requesting quotations for parts required & managing orders.

Hartridge Ltd – Injector & Pump Test Equipment Design

Oct 2011 – Aug 2015

Buckingham, UK

Mechanical Design Engineer (contract)

Hartridge design special purpose machinery that tests the functionality of diesel injectors & pumps. Some of my duties included: • Designed a series of clamping & assembly jigs, to provide correct set-up of diesel injectors & pumps, so they maybe tested for the U.S Military. • Improving the functionality & the cost reduction of a bespoke diesel particulate cleaning filter machine. This was a unique product & was prototyped using mechanical components, pneumatic technology, & sheet metal. • Designed an auxiliary product, for customers with existing test benches that would increase the machine's rotational speed, such that high-speed pumps could be tested. • Developed a series of clamping & set-up rigs to aid allow correct assembly of a new, state of the art diesel injector.

Verderg Connectors – Oil & Gas Equipment Design

Mar 2009 – Oct 2011

Surrey, UK

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (contract)

Verderg Connectors design a range of subsea connection equipment for the oil & gas industry. They are also developing a thermal insulation proposal for subsea equipment. Some of my duties included:  Creating manufacturing drawings for subsea pipeline connection devices that allowed ROVs to connect/disconnect to subsea pipelines. Technology used was welded steel & hydraulics.  Conceptual design of a subsea device that would allow a ROV (remote operated vehicle) to deploy optical cables onto the seabed. This metal structure would support & deploy the optical cables by hydraulic actuation.  Established solutions for the manufacture & application of thermal insulation for subsea pipelines, to improve oil extraction. Material studies & manufacturing feasibility studies were used to verify possible concepts to arrive at a solution. A material & manufacturing process was later validated successfully.

MSCM Ltd – Oil & Gas Equipment Design

Jun 2008 – Feb 2009

Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Mechanical Design Engineer (contract)

MSCM Ltd design subsea hydraulic coupling & valve products used by the oil & gas industry. Typical duties included:  Designing and assisted towards the build of a unique, ROV operated, sub-sea gas regulator assembly, used to control down-hole pressure during the installation of a new subsea (“tree”) structures.  Creating component & assembly drawings to BS8888, for the company’s main products (high pressure subsea “fly-to-place” hydraulic couplings).  Responsible for creating and managing the BoMs for designed assemblies.

Wartsila - Automotive & Marine Bearing & Seal Design

Sep 2001 – Mar 2008

Slough, Berkhshire

Project Engineer (permanent)

Wartsila (formally Railko Ltd) design & manufacture high performance composite & plastic injection molded bearings, for the automotive industry & seals for the marine industry. Typical duties included:  Writing calculations, performing material selection studies & FMEA analyses, to design a variety of bearing solutions that would satisfy a customer’s specification.  Creating component & assembly drawings for automotive & marine applications. Automotive projects were typically injection molded plastics; marine projects were large composites, installed inside structural metal work. Below are examples of some unique automotive bearing PPAPs I have managed: - A high performance, cost-saving, plastic top mount bearing assembly, for Mercedes. - An anti-squeak, plastic steering column bearing & seal arrangement, for Land Rover. • Project Management: Having to qualify all design & manufacturing activities & assign time frames. Calculating costs for injection molded parts. Responsible for holding regular inter-departmental meetings & liaising with the customer. • Frequently travelled to shipyards abroad, as a Service & Quality Engineer, working along-side production teams who would install/replace large composite bearings that operate along a vessel’s propeller shaft. Note – Further roles prior to the above have been omitted due to CV conciseness, however, these can be discussed in detail, if required.

Education

Chiltern University (part of Brunel University)

Jul 1996 – Aug 1999

BEng (Hons) Degree: Grade: 2.1, Product Design & Manufacture

Lee Kennewell - 00421 910 927 487

Mechanical Design Engineer / Project Engineer Work Required

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