Dale is a highly flexible engineer who learns quickly. He is at home in a multi-disciplinary team environment. Industrious and independent, with good attention to detail, Dale enjoys a challenge. His previous position at Cavotec MoorMaster, saw him involved in structural design, calculations, and FEA for a number of new designs and updates to existing machines, along with designing hydraulic services and components.
I enjoy engineering due to the varied, challenging and rewarding work I get to do. I love tackling and solving new problems, and learning and developing my skills along the way. I am particularly experienced in product design, design for manufacture and assembly, sheet metal and fabrication design, and FE analysis including detailed fatigue analysis. I have set up new production lines, project managed new product development, and led the mechanical design of a world-first product. In addition to this I am strongly interested in automation, renewable energy and associated technologies, advanced manufacturing, materials engineering, and composites.
- Collaboration / team work
- Communication
- Flexible
- Innovative / creative thinking
- Interpersonal skills
- Listening
- Logical thinking
- Motivated
- Problem solving
- Reliable
- Ideation
- Concept development
- Industrial design
- Design
- Analysis
- Engineering calculations
- Validation
- Project engineering
- Product development
- Supplier selection
- ANSYS
- Enterprise PDM
- Inventor
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Office suite
- SOLIDWORKS
- Automation
- Composites
- Heavy industry
- Marine
- Product
Project Experience
CAVOTEC MOORMASTER
MM200E15 Product Development
Design and engineering for a number of new MoorMaster units (market-leading automated mooring machines), including the MM200E15 pictured. Structural design, calculations and FEA, design, and specification of hydraulic services and components.
CAVOTEC MOORMASTER
MMWPT Product Development
Leading mechanical design for a world-first automated wireless charging system. Concept creation and validation, structural design and FEA, working with hydraulic and controls teams and collaboration with international partners .
CAVOTEC INET
2500+ Product Development and Project Management
Project management and leading mechanical design for a new 400Hz compact converter for the airport industry. Involved design of a sheet metal electrical enclosure focusing on design for assembly, assembly line layout and prototype build.
KITCHEN MODELLING, DESIGN & RENDERS
Turning engineering skills to a new area, this personal project involved taking a rough concept layout and creating a detailed model and set of realistic renders, allowing the client to realise their ideal kitchen.