AEMT Conference 2024

Thomas Marks

General Manager , AEMT

General Manager, AEMT

Stephen Phipson

CEO, MAKE UK

Stephen Phipson has been the Chief Executive of Make UK since joining in 2017.

Stephen previously spent 5 years as a senior civil servant holding the position of Head of the Defence and Security Organisation within the Department for International Trade delivering export support to UK defence and security businesses and prior to this Stephen held the position of Director for Security Industry Engagement within the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism at the Home Office.

Before serving in the UK Government Stephen spent 35 years in senior roles in the manufacturing industry including 15 years with Smiths Group plc as President of Smiths Detection where he was awarded a CBE in 2010 for services to the Security industry. Stephen has worked extensively abroad in high technology manufacturing businesses and started his career as an engineering apprentice with the Plessey company.

John Hillis

Employer Partnerships Manager, UniFrog

No bio provided

Paul Korb

Group H&S, Compliance and Sustainability Manager, Rotamec

Paul is responsible for the Groups Health & Safety, compliance and Sustainability, with years of experience and qualifications including a Cert Ed in teaching to match. Paul’s drive and enthusiasm to teaching the next generation of engineers makes him the perfect candidate for the bridge between the colleges and the business. Paul has been awarded and been a finalist for many business awards for training and the apprenticeship schemes within the industry and education sectors. Paul has also played a critical part in helping Rotamec be one of the first engineering business to trial out the T-Level Scheme for Weston College. He has help implement lesson plans and schemes of work to assist apprentices on their learning journey which has been endorsed by Weston College.

Ross Hawkins

Strategic Lead for Engineering, Automotive and Green Skills, Weston College

No bio provided

Tom Blythe

Engineering Apprentice, Rotamec

Thomas started studying at Weston College in 2020 on the BTEC Level 3 Advanced Engineering Diploma course. Upon the completion of his course, he was promoted to a junior engineer role and spent 2 months in the repair and fault diagnostic department. As such was his passion and attitude for the job, he was offered a position in the rewind department where he is enhancing his skills. Whilst upskilling in rewinding he has further completed the AEMT EX course, being one of Rotamec’s youngest engineers to be put forward for the training. Such is his passion for this industry, Tom has helped train work experience, T-Level and apprenticeship students in the business. Tom is a true example of how the apprenticeship scheme has benefited this business and is an inspiration for all future engineers.

Phil McLaughlin

Regional Manager, Acorn Industrial Services

No bio provided

Simon Swallow

Managing Director, Rotary Engineering

No bio provided

Paul Hirst

Director, P.A.R. / Megger

No bio provided

Jim Fowlie

Director, Sensorworks

Jim Fowlie:

– BSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering & VAIII

 

Over 40 years of experience working in a global role covering Applications Engineering, Distribution Development, Training and Reliability Engineering. I have had the privilege to be involved in a wide range of industries such as Mining, Pulp & Paper, Power Stations, Renewables, Steel, Marine, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Food & Beverage. In the last 15 years I have enjoyed responsibility for SKF Certified Programs, developing its requirements, standards, audit protocols, training and operating procedures. During this time, I visited and reviewed the processes and operations of over 150 repair workshops all over the world, and personally undertaken the audit for over fifty of them.

Gary Wilde

Technical Consultant, BPMA

No bio provided

Stephen Phipson

CEO, MAKE UK

Stephen Phipson has been the Chief Executive of Make UK since joining in 2017.

Stephen previously spent 5 years as a senior civil servant holding the position of Head of the Defence and Security Organisation within the Department for International Trade delivering export support to UK defence and security businesses and prior to this Stephen held the position of Director for Security Industry Engagement within the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism at the Home Office.

Before serving in the UK Government Stephen spent 35 years in senior roles in the manufacturing industry including 15 years with Smiths Group plc as President of Smiths Detection where he was awarded a CBE in 2010 for services to the Security industry. Stephen has worked extensively abroad in high technology manufacturing businesses and started his career as an engineering apprentice with the Plessey company.

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Tom Blythe

Engineering Apprentice, Rotamec

Thomas started studying at Weston College in 2020 on the BTEC Level 3 Advanced Engineering Diploma course. Upon the completion of his course, he was promoted to a junior engineer role and spent 2 months in the repair and fault diagnostic department. As such was his passion and attitude for the job, he was offered a position in the rewind department where he is enhancing his skills. Whilst upskilling in rewinding he has further completed the AEMT EX course, being one of Rotamec’s youngest engineers to be put forward for the training. Such is his passion for this industry, Tom has helped train work experience, T-Level and apprenticeship students in the business. Tom is a true example of how the apprenticeship scheme has benefited this business and is an inspiration for all future engineers.

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Jim Fowlie

Director, Sensorworks

Jim Fowlie:

– BSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering & VAIII

 

Over 40 years of experience working in a global role covering Applications Engineering, Distribution Development, Training and Reliability Engineering. I have had the privilege to be involved in a wide range of industries such as Mining, Pulp & Paper, Power Stations, Renewables, Steel, Marine, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Food & Beverage. In the last 15 years I have enjoyed responsibility for SKF Certified Programs, developing its requirements, standards, audit protocols, training and operating procedures. During this time, I visited and reviewed the processes and operations of over 150 repair workshops all over the world, and personally undertaken the audit for over fifty of them.

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Ross Hawkins

Strategic Lead for Engineering, Automotive and Green Skills, Weston College

No bio provided

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John Hillis

Employer Partnerships Manager, UniFrog

No bio provided

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Paul Hirst

Director, P.A.R. / Megger

No bio provided

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Paul Korb

Group H&S, Compliance and Sustainability Manager, Rotamec

Paul is responsible for the Groups Health & Safety, compliance and Sustainability, with years of experience and qualifications including a Cert Ed in teaching to match. Paul’s drive and enthusiasm to teaching the next generation of engineers makes him the perfect candidate for the bridge between the colleges and the business. Paul has been awarded and been a finalist for many business awards for training and the apprenticeship schemes within the industry and education sectors. Paul has also played a critical part in helping Rotamec be one of the first engineering business to trial out the T-Level Scheme for Weston College. He has help implement lesson plans and schemes of work to assist apprentices on their learning journey which has been endorsed by Weston College.

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Thomas Marks

General Manager , AEMT

General Manager, AEMT

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Phil McLaughlin

Regional Manager, Acorn Industrial Services

No bio provided

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Simon Swallow

Managing Director, Rotary Engineering

No bio provided

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Gary Wilde

Technical Consultant, BPMA

No bio provided

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