Rolls-Royce

- Led transformation from a low-performing Scrum team to a highly collaborative, performing team using Kanban.
- Product Owner and Agile Coach of two Software teams developing a Data Platform for the business, initially focusing on maximising engine availability which has currently saved over £9 million for the customer. Created roadmaps and led stakeholder reviews to maintain alignment across teams.
- Coached the team to use a Minimum Viable Product approach in line with the Lean Startup methodology. This resulted in delivering a bespoke software solution in 4 months which saves £70k/year and reduces the manufacturing time of a component by 12%.
- Supporting the wider business adopt a more agile approach to product development, facilitating workshops, writing strategy documents and coaching teams in their transformation.
- Qualified Professional Scrum Master and trained SAFe Practitioner.

Agile Delivery Lead

- Technically lead three component teams through New Product Introduction - developing the component method of manufacture and managing the technical risk.
- Managing the programme management for those components, updating project plans (P6), technical risk burndown using PFMEAs and being accountable for delivery of the production technical packages.
- Specialised in Design for Manufacture - balancing the Design ideals against realistic Manufacturing considerations to meet delivery commitments.
- Responsible for building the team. Hiring, performance management, personal development and coaching.
- Built a culture of continuous improvement, hosting retrospectives to reflect and learn from mistakes before the components went into production. Applied Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles such as value stream mapping and statistical process control to reduce waste and variation within our manufacturing methods, improving quality and delivery.

Manufacturing Engineering Technical Lead

- Responsible for managing the existing components through manufacture including managing non-conformance and reworks to maintain Design intent.
- Co-ordinated and led major design improvements with stress, thermal and materials engineers as we re-introduced components into manufacture. Reduced non-conformance by over 50% through these improvements.
- Managed operations stakeholders as the primary contact for Engineering as we balanced the risk of progressing with manufacture vs performing detailed analysis on defects. Strong communicator.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Attained.

Mechanical Design Engineer

Blueprint Leadership Academy

- Coached clients of Small-Medium Enterprises on Transformational Change and business development. Specialised in getting the leaders to empower their teams to achieve ambitious outcomes.
- Focused on setting meaningful goals, using OKRs and aligning the team to collaborate together to achieve them. Supported the planning and execution of these goals through workshops and coaching.
- Devised a goal-setting planner, now available on Amazon.co.uk to help others set personal goals and track progress.

Leadership Consultant

BAE Systems

Spent 4 months on placement in Mechanical Engineering Support. This involved producing solutions to problems with the product. Skills used include; Problem Solving, Engineering Design, Mathematical Analysis and Report Writing.

My second placement on the GDF was in Cost Engineering began in January 2013 and involved working on the bid process for various projects and pricing the labour within the business.

GDF Engineer

Worked as a design engineer as part of the High Integrity Pressure Vessels team within the Nuclear Marine sector. Assisted in the design of a number of components, writing technical reports, working on the design and manufacture of the pressure vessel following ASME codes III and VIII. Techniques used included Design for Assembly/Manufacture, TRIZ and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. SC Security Clearance attained.

Over my time in the Engineering sector, I have witnessed many examples of both good and bad leadership. In 2021, I started working with clients to help improve their leadership, based on empowering team members with effective goal setting, determining where they decide to focus their efforts and developing a framework to support others to get higher performance.

My background, working in some of the best engineering firms in the world, has given me great exposure to "Operational Excellence" - which is what I can work with you to achieve. Operational excellence is the perfect balance of People, Process and Purpose. I have the tools to help you with all three!

People are at the heart of any good business, but you need to get the right ones, develop them and keep them around. I can help you preparing for interviewing new employees, empowering them to love their role and develop them so they can be at their best more often.

Process is often overlooked in leadership, but a great leader understands their outputs and helps their team by removing obstacles so they can deliver. Are your team bogged down or have inconsistent ways of working, with limited tangible results? I am experienced in Agile, Scrum, Lean, Six Sigma, Quality Management Systems and more to help you fix these problems.

Finally, purpose! Tell your team what you need to achieve and let them figure out how to get there. I can help with goal setting, planning for the future and delivering the mission to your team. Without understanding purpose, your team will never be able to reach high performance.

If your organisation is struggling to develop a high performing culture, get in touch and let me help you achieve your goals.

Dan Webb

Principal Project Lead (SMR Programme)

Derbyshire County Council

COVID Tester at various Mass Community Test Sites across Derbyshire

COVID Tester

- Senior Leadership with responsibility for Materials Engineering - Supply Chain department comprising: Engineering Managers, Materials Engineers (Application Engineers, Surface Engineering, Technical Surveillance Metallurgists and Special Process Engineers) and six Managed Service Provider (MSP) Contractors, plus 12 Materials Engineers in RR Bangalore, India
- Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) Strategies
- Business Continuity Planning
- Operational and Strategic Governance of UK Materials Science Degree Apprenticeships

Chief of Materials Engineering (Supply Chain)

- Design Engineering representative embedded with Civil Aerospace Raw Materials & Special Process Purchasing Organisation responsible for delivering Digital and Technology improvements with Suppliers; Interfacing with Suppliers and facilitating Supplier Technology, Roadmapping and Benchmarking events; Digital Sprint / Focus Group events; Supplier Product Safety Training

Engineering Commodity Lead

Materials & Engineering collaboration lead for Raw Materials & Special Process (Purchase) Supply Chain - Strategic & Operational.
- Responsible for leading Supplier performance and progress reviews via Integrated Supplier Scorecard (ISS) & Supplier Engagement Plans (SEP); Supplier Product Safety Training; Zero Defects training and maturity assessments; technical support to Delivery and Quality issues, root cause investigations (8D), etc

Chief of Supply Chain Collaboration

UK Civil Large Engines (Critical Rotating Parts)
- Engineering Line Manager / Resource Manager responsible for 21 RR employees + 2 Contractors 
- Technically accountable for delivering Materials Engineering support to Rotatives (Discs, Drums, Coverplates, Mainline Shafts) Supply Chain commodities from R&T -> Design/New Part Introduction (NPI) -> Manufacture -> Development/Certification -> In-Service / Fleet Support
- Process Excellence Leadership Academy (PELA) trained and project management of the Materials Engineering Producibility Activity through Lean Improvements Workshops, Kaizen Events and “Go-Look-See” activities to reduce waste, time and cost
- Materials Engineering LiveWell Chair, successfully delivered Bronze LiveWell Accreditation

Engineering Manager - Materials Critical Rotating Parts (Civil Aerospace)

UK Civil Large Engines
Materials Application Engineer (Manufacture, Development and In-Service Support)
- Mainly focussed on Nickel disc superalloys
- Failure investigation support to Qantas Trent900 IP Turbine Disc Burst (“QF32”) event
- Global working with Materials teams based in Germany, USA, Singapore, India and ITP (Spain)
- Applied Research collaborations with Materials University Technology Partnerships (UTPs), such as Birmingham, Manchester and Swansea 
- Inertia Friction Welding (full-scale) validation activities

Principal Technologist Materials - Critical Rotating Parts (Civil Aerospace)

UK Civil Large & Small Medium Engines
- performing multiple failure investigations and condition assessments on a variety of components and engines (development and fleet)
- (12-month Secondment) Technical Project Management, supplier sourcing and budget control (€1.3m) for transition of capability from the UK to a new Mechanical Test Operations Centre (MTOC) in Germany
- Health & Safety Lead (Risk Assessor, COSHH Assessor, PUWER, IOSH Managing Safely)

Principal Technologist - Failure Investigation (Civil Aerospace)

Test Team of 8 Test Engineers/Technicians
-Metallics & Non-metallic
-Static & Dynamic testing
-Planning, co-ordinating, delivery and validation of new technologies and test capabilities, including Supervisory and Team Leader responsibilities

Section Leader - Materials Test (Civil Aerospace)

Team Leader for ISO/IEC 17025 UKAS accredited Mechanical Behaviour Laboratory (MBL) & Strain Measurement team (2 technicians)
- static and dynamic testing (standard and non-standard), in air and aqueous environments

Team Leader - Strain Measurement & Materials Test (Naval Marine / Submarines)

In-Service Support to Submarines
- Various technical roles involving on-site (“in-situ”) and laboratory-based metallurgical and corrosion investigations on reactor plant materials and components
- PCN Level II Penetrant Practitioner

Site Support Metallurgist (Submarines)

Rolls-Royce & Associates Ltd Site Office @ Vickers Shipbuilding Engineering Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
- Performing Mechanical Installation surveys and component checks on the Nuclear Steam Raising Plant (NSRP) as a Design Authority Representative during Vanguard-Class Boat build
- Technical Oversight for NSRP Welder & Weld Qualification Approvals
- Qualified Radiography Interpreter & Liquid Penetrant Practitioner (both NDT PCN Level II)

Mechanical Installation Engineer (Submarines)

NEI International Combustion Ltd (Rolls-Royce Industrial Power Group)
- Broad-Based and Advanced industrial training followed by various business placements (Heavy Fabrication / Large Pressure Vessel Industry – Civil Energy/ Civil Nuclear) covering: Design; Manufacture; Quality and Finance, including a final end point attachment with the Product Support Department (Nuclear Submarines).

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