Oliver Tizard

TEAM LEAD

Skills Overview

Oliver balances creativity with practicality when it comes to finding engineering solutions. As someone who thrives in a team environment, you can trust him to engage in your team and produce an outcome that reflects your unique requirements. This is shown in a 8+ year track record the Defence, Food, Materials Handling, Construction, and Marine industries.

• DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE – Oliver spent the first years of his career between the design office and the workshop floor, working with high-tech automation machinery and gaining a practical, hands-on foundation for design. He benefitted greatly from following jobs through from concept to completion, often being involved in the testing and commissioning stage — whether testing automated handling equipment, assembling electronics into soldier-worn training kit, or riveting panels together in the aerospace industry. Oliver bakes in real-world manufacturing practice from the start, saving you money and making sure stuff works.

• PROJECT ENGINEERING & COLLABORATION – Oliver is currently managing a plant upgrade at NZ’s largest LPG bottle facility, working to an open-ended brief of increasing capacity from the outset while automating operations in an explosive-risk environment. He is experienced in working closely with different departments and disciplines to align on a common goal and navigates complex regulatory environments and procedures such as those found in defence, oil and gas, and aerospace with confidence. Oliver will proactively manage your budgets and timelines, identify issues early, and provide business-conscious engineering solutions.

• MECHANICAL ANALYSIS – Oliver has completed analysis across the aerospace, structural, heavy machinery and marine industries, on 250+ cubic meter tanks, mounting systems for aerospace flight parts, large frames and aluminum hanging balconies. Familiar with NX (Nastran), SolidWorks, Inventor and other structural packages. He takes a common-sense approach, and whether it’s a quick sanity check or a fully documented structural report, Oliver can give you the confidence you need while working to a tight timeline.

• PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT – Oliver will take your unique requirements into consideration, whether it’s handling challenging materials, plant/ operator safety or environmental abuse. He takes a creative but well-grounded approach and works across different disciplines to drive projects to completion. His experience spans injection-molded plastics for electronic devices, aerospace flight parts, machine design on automated handling systems, heavy screw conveyors and processing equipment, and hanging modular balcony design.

Project Experience