Simon Edge

Technical Manager

United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Columbus McKinnon (2 yrs 10 mos)
    • Technical Manager
      Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    • Design and Manufacturing Engineer
      Sep 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs

  • Mathematics Teacher at Bishop Heber High School
    Sep 2021 - Aug 2023 · 2 yrs

  • Business Improvement Manager at Saica Group
    Sep 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Mechanical Project Engineer at Kimberly-Clark
    May 2017 - Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Mechanical Engineer in a production process improvement team.

  • Manufacturing Engineer at Henrob Corporation - Part of the Atlas Copco Group
    Jul 2013 - Jun 2017 · 4 yrs

    • Continuous improvement – working tirelessly to improve operational process, reduce scrap product, improve quality and improve usability of machinery to reduce changeover times. • Managing large scale projects to improve throughput, and improve customer quality • Designing new tooling to improve machine speeds, therefore improving OEE • Introduction of Lean manufacturing • Training of machine operators and creating SOPs • User of CAD software to modify and create new designs • Development and implementation of new machinery to have the ability to manufacture new products • Assisting quality to create FMEA, and control plans and assuring we work to automotive standards • Analysis of downtime data in order to reduce breakdowns, changeover times, and improve process flows • Communication with suppliers and OEM to ensure high standards are met and kept throughout, whilst ensuring changes to products are communicated correctly to customers