Joe Buckley

CEng MIMechE | Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Ultra PCS

Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

About

Manufacturing Engineering Manager - leading a team of Manufacturing Engineers to support operations and deliver strategic goals. Volunteer Woodland Advocate at The Woodland Trust - working to safeguard our ancient trees from destruction. Newcastle University Graduate, Mechanical with Biomedical Engineering MEng. CEng IMechE

Experience

  • Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Ultra PCS
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Volunteer Woodland Advocate at The Woodland Trust
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Corin Group (Full-time · 5 yrs 6 mos)
    • Engineering Process & Project Manager
      Feb 2024 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr

      Successfully managed the integration of two production engineering teams into one, managing a team of 9 with 7 direct reports. Fostered a culture of transparency and accountability, leading to enhanced team collaboration and a measurable improvement in project delivery efficiency. Consistently delivered multiple high-impact production and process engineering projects on time, meeting the expectations of various stakeholders through effective planning, resource allocation, and communication across cross-functional teams.

    • Senior Process Engineer
      Aug 2021 - Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Led a multi-disciplinary team of 15 engineers on a £700k project, revolutionizing the polishing process for femoral components. This project delivered annual savings of £180k and created 4 FTE positions while insourcing saved an additional £200k per annum. Used Six-Sigma methodologies to investigate and scope an improvement project for a tibial tray product. I managed a multi-disciplinary team in the implementation of centrifugal high energy finishing to save the company £136k per annum and create 2 FTE positions. Two direct reports who I trained the fundamentals of Lean Six Sigma.

    • Quality Engineer
      Aug 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Engineering Trainee at Burmar Fabrications
    Mar 2015 - Jul 2019 · 4 yrs 5 mos

  • Peer Mentor at Newcastle University
    Sep 2018 - Jun 2019 · 10 mos