DAVID SWINDELLS
An experienced forward thinking Manager with a long record of success
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¨ Well developed
Management abilities
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Logical thinker with proven problem solving skills
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Experienced team leader
¨ Up to date IT skills in theory
and hands-on
¨ Rapid understanding of new
technology
¨ Able to communicate with people
from shop floor to CEO level
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DSCS Nov 2003 to present |
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Started my own business as a computer consultant for home and small business users, advising on repairs, training , virus removal network planning and installation , internet connectivity and VPN. Accepted on IOM government small business start-up scheme.
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GLENAQUA June 2003 to Nov 2003 |
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Factory
Manager |
Responsible
for bottled water production facility including recruitment, Health and Safety,
cost control, quality
control, negotiations with suppliers and customers.
Implemented 19 litre filling facility, Ozone water treatment plant and 500ml & 2 litre plastic bottle filling . Planned and executed filtration plant refurbishment. Prepared systems and documentation for planned ISO 9000 certification. Instigated batch control and traceability systems.
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POOIL VAAISH
QUARRY Aug 2002 to June 2003 |
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Production
Manager |
Responsible
for production control at a small quarry 3500 tons per anum
Duties include scheduling, planning, allocation of tasks, customer liaison Health and Safety, projects and future strategy, training evaluation of new techniques.
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DATACENTRE
Oct 2001 to Aug 2002 |
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contract
work |
Projects
Manager
Preparing Drawings for proposed
new Headquarters building and hosting centre.
Project coordinator on conversion of White Hoe unit
into photocopier service centre
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DOMICLIUM
ADVANCED SYSTEMS August 2000 Oct 2001 |
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Project
Manager
Managing
multiple projects for
Preparing
server hosting facility for gaming clients
Health
and Safety responsibility
Planning
and construction of
server hosting centres
Facilities
management on 3 sites
Implementation
of building security and access control
Development
of company intranet
Installation
of Exchange 2000 servers
Development
of purchasing system
Helpdesk
improvements
Resilience
and security improvement of server farms
Cisco
BGP planning and implementation
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BANK OF |
Site Project Manager (3 Month contract)
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Responsible
for conversion of a former manufacturing facility into a 500 seat call centre.
Planning
and managing installation of mezzanine floor, network infrastructure,
structural alterations, electrical infrastructure, heating and ventilation,
canteen facilities.
Total
project costing £1,200,000
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3M HEALTH
CARE |
1984 to 2000
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3M’s
global source of metal implant and instrument design, development, manufacture and
distribution with sales value of over $30 million per annum – 120 employees
Technical Manager
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1989
to 2000 |
Responsible
for Plant, Building, grounds maintenance, Health & Safety, IT strategy and
maintenance of IT equipment, Communications, Canteen, Transport, overall budget
£600,000 per anum, member of Operations Management
Committee determining strategic goals and operational issues
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Responsible
for design and last 6 months construction of £7 million factory and offices
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Moved
plant and equipment from old facility with no production loss
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Designed
and implemented local area network systems and hardware
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Specified
and wrote ISO 9000 and FDA validated LAN applications
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Reduced
minor accident rate by 90% over 10 years by implementing behavioural safety
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Key
responsibility for site achieving 3 British Safety Council 5 Star awards
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Maintained
Plant and equipment with 99.8% uptime
q Recruited and
developed IT and maintenance team
q Training
coordinator since 1989 delivering and sourcing training for the whole workforce
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Began
NVQ process for workforce and 60% now have level 3 certificate
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Specified,
implemented and supported MRP package
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Consultant
during transition of business to new owner
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Responsible
for winding up of Hellaby manufacturing facility
Machine Shop Manager
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1984
to 1989 |
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Specified,
sourced and installed CNC machine shop from scratch
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Programmed all machines for first 3 years
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Recruited all engineering staff (30 people)
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Responsible
for planning and scheduling
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Implemented
changes as turnover grew from 0 to $20million
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Began
changes in safety attitude
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Responsible
for training all engineering staff
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1977 – 1984
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Assistant works engineer
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1977
to 1984 |
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Responsible
for implementation of
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Day
to day running of capstan and automatic lathe section
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Developed
thread milling and turning systems
BRITISH STEEL CORPORATION
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1973 – 1976
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Craft
Apprentice
q Won Machinist
of the Year 1975 competition
q Work
experience in Work Study and Tooling Engineers office
q Study Turning
Milling Welding, Fitting and Elecrtical Engineering
in Apprentice Workshop
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Mechanical
Engineering Degree Develop
NVQ level 5 Operations Management |
1974
– 1977 1999-
2000 |
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City
& Guilds 730 Adult Education Lecturing Novell 3.12
Advanced Admin SHL
System House NT4 Server
Admin CTS British Safety Council
Diploma
in Safety management First aid at Work Manx
Industrial Training Services Counterbalance
fork truck 16th
Edition Electrical regulations |
1989 1992 1999 1992
- 1993 2001 2003 2004 |
Date
of Birth: 19 May 1956
Status: Widowed – 1 Daughter
Driving: Full clean car and
motorcycle license
Nationality: British
Motor cycle racing – road and off
road, guitar
playing, building and collecting, travel, Family,