Simon Griffiths

Overall responsibility for all engineering aspects of the OffHighway business • Successfully managed Divisional capex ensuring timely delivery and performance of key equipment • Introduced systems to monitor & control productivity improvements & drove through savings • Approval, monitoring & sign-off control of major divisional design & development projects • Developed engineering systems approach with customers, resulting in additional turn-over. • Managed customer Technology Days (new product presen

Lead team successful in obtaining £1.7m DTI funding for collaborative R&D programme “ARTISMO” • Created co-ordinated global engineering capability from 5 individual business units • Researched, identified, and introduced a common global CAD system (Pro/Engineer), and a common Finite Element Analysis (FEA) system (Abaqus) for all businesses. • Drove up test equipment utilisation from <20% to >85% over a period of 12 months • Drove delivery of design cost reduction & productivity programmes

Headed team awarded with business for T5 chassis frame. • Recruited project team of 30, and set up process for recruitment of 280 shop floor employees. • Responsible for capital equipment & tooling, including automated assembly line, unique hydroforming line, robotic handling & welding, material handling equipment. • Introduced product into volume manufacture on time to budget.