Michael Wade Email Address

Group Engineering Manager

Teconnex - Designer and manufacturer of V-Clamps, Pressed Clamps and Joint Technologist solutions.

A Engineering and Maintenance Leader who has gained vast experience through progression within a Maintenance, Engineering and Manufacturing Environment. Excellent Project Management experience and cross functional team leadership skills. Passionate about Continuous improvement an engineer who enjoys work, is hands on, approachable making an excellent trainer, sharer of knowledge and a natural mentor. Significant Achievements •Developed a Maintenance strategy to move from a reactive maintenance culture to a planned preventive and predictive structure. Year on year improvements seen in safety, productivity, quality and cost as a result. •Trained in Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing techniques a key person in the sites 12 year Continuous Improvement journey. Led Kaizen events on 5S, Standard Work and TPM. 90% OEE achieved in a number of factory areas. •Championed successful apprentice scheme at Kodak Leeds. •Through industry recommendations, consulted to other companies in Lean Manufacturing specifically given training & coaching on TPM to 40+ internal and external employees. •Key Engineer in a sites World Class Health & Safety performance through best practices in Maintenance and Engineering and thorough root cause investigation and actions. •Lead Production Engineer project managing a £1 million refurbishment project of Kodak’s High-speed sheeting and slitting line. Full 2 year project lifecycle involvement from design, build, commission and handover achieving world class performance results. Headline 25% speed increase and 80% reduction in maintenance changeovers. •Responsibility for maintenance repairs and overhaul budgets including contracts and facilities maintenance. 3 year 10% year on year reductions achieved.