Stephen Mapstone
Wychwood, 25 Hodgson Avenue, Shadwell, Leeds LS17 8PH
Telephone: 0113 2937986, Mobile: 0777 5734425
E-mail: steve.mapstone@gmail.com
KEY STRENGTHS
A determined and successful
manager who motivates his team to achieve business objectives.
Practical experience of
introducing change management.
Technical competence of design,
vessels, steelwork and implementing engineering solutions.
Project management and CDM
experience.
Strong I.T knowledge, hands-on
CAD, design and document management.
Personal experience of
successfully implementing Quality systems and auditing.
CAREER HISTORY
|
Contracting
and Engineering Projects |
2001 – to date |
Design, drawing, calculations for a
number of pressure vessel manufacturers and structural fabricators.
|
CIBA,
(Bradford) A
worldwide Water Treatments manufacturer |
1988 – 2001 |
Engineering Design Manager
|
1994 -
2001 |
Responsible for managing 30 Mechanical
and Electrical Design staff, for the cost effective and safe installation of
buildings and chemical plant steelwork.
Plant Design of projects; from
modifications to £25m.
Health & Safety
implementation, Risk assessments and Procurement.
Manage and organised the
Engineering Standards and Procedures ensuring their effective implementation in
all departments.
Pressure Vessel design and
Pressure Systems regulations implementation.
Development of Engineering I.T,
Electronic Documentation and CAD systems.
Drawing Office Manager
|
1988 –
1994 |
Managing Mechanical and Electrical
Process plant design staff and contractors.
Implementation and development of
Computervision/AutoCAD system.
Design of Chemical plant ensuring Construction
Design and Management regulations (CDM) compliance.
Implementation and Training of
Engineering Standards and Procedures.
Substantial experience of
Steelwork design, fabrication and Pressure vessel design.
|
PEABODY
HOLMES Process Plant
Design and Manufacturer |
1983 - 1988 |
Engineering Services Manager
|
|
Managing the Process Drawing
office staff and implementing an Intergraph CAD system.
Key member of the Project, Process
and Control team.
Liaising and negotiating contracts
with customers, suppliers and insurance companies.
Design and fabrication of pressure
vessels, pipework and structural steelwork.
Compiled a suite of computer
programs for Structural and Pressure vessels.
Implementation of a Quality system
and manual to BS5750 part 1.
|
JOHN
WADDINGTON LTD (Leeds) |
1976 – 1983 |
Major packaging and carton printing business.
Engineering Development Manager
|
1978 –
1983 |
Managing Installations and Maintenance
for multi-£m capital investment programmes.
Production at Business forms
division and manufacturing efficiency improvements.
Development Engineer
|
1976 –
1978 |
Printing equipment development, projects
and new installations, supervising cranage.
Design and installation of a high
performance major vacuum system.
|
MARCONI
SPACE AND DEFENCE SYSTEMS (Camberley, Surrey) |
1973 – 1976 |
Senior Mechanical Analysis Engineer
|
|
Design and testing precision
antenna pointing mechanisms for use in orbiting satellites.
Design of a large telescope
positioning mechanism for use on-board the space shuttle.
|
BRITAX
LTD (Byfleet, Surrey) |
1972 – 1973 |
Production Development Engineer
(automotive)
|
|
Development of high volume
manufacturing assembly equipment and car safety systems.
Designed the Dynamic Crash Test
Facility to simulate vehicle impact.
|
A
REYROLLE & CO LTD (Hebburn, Tyne
& Wear) |
1966 – 1972 |
Engineering and Graduate Apprenticeship
|
|
Training in manufacturing, the
drawing office, assembly departments and tool-room.
During this time completed my ONC
and Degree in Mechanical engineering.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Sunderland
Secondary School: Northern Counties
certificate: 1961 -
1965
Hebburn
Technical College: ONC Mechanical
Engineering: 1965
- 1968
Sunderland
Polytechnic: B.Sc. (Hons) Eng 2:1
Mechanical Engineering: 1968
- 1972
Chartered
Engineer. M.I. Mech. Eng:
Chairman of the Plant Design
user-group, of Computervision/PTC Medusa.
RELEVANT TRAINING
Dale
Carnegie Management training:
Leadership, Motivation and Human Relations:
UMIST:
Project Management and Managing Contractors:
AutoCAD 2D/3D,
Intergraph, Computervision
PERSONAL DETAILS
Status: Married
with two daughters
Date of
Birth: 22 August 1949
Driving: Full
clean licence
INTERESTS
Computing: MS Office, Database
applications Visual Basic, and Web-site construction.
Bridge: Playing and directing
events at club and county level,
Music and Walking.