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Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DETAILS
David Semple CEng MIMechE
11 Iona Path
Blantyre
Glasgow
G72 9RW
Scotland
Nationality;- British
Marital Status;- Married
Home Tel No;- 01698 827050
Mobile Tel No;- 07968 047 467
Email:- david.semple@blueyonder.co.uk
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Present Position;- General Manager, Main Tool Company Ltd part of the AMS Group
Practical Background;- Time served engineer in a sub contract precision engineering
environment, manufacturing precision component parts for the Oil & Gas, Aerospace,
Marine and Food Industries. I have vast experience in CNC machining, as well as an
extensive background in Jig & Fixture, Press Tool and Special Purpose Machine Design. I
have also worked as a Project Engineer responsible for Key Customer accounts.
Academic Background;-
MSc, Mechanical Engineering (Design).
BEng(Hons), Mechanical Engineering with Electronic Systems.
Responsibilities;- As the General Manager of Main Tool I am responsible for the day to
day running of the company. In peak times the company has employed over 50 people,
with an annual turnover of £5 million. I report directly to Stephen Hoggan Managing
Director at AMS in Coatbridge.
Personal Input;-
I started running the company in 2011 and had a vision of how we needed to change the
service we offered our customers. At that time Main Tool had only single function
dedicated machine tools. To offer our increasing Oil & Gas customer’s a more cost
effective and quicker, turn around machining service, I restructured the company to
have dedicated customer serving project engineers and also setup a department of two
manufacturing engineers responsible for programming all the CNC machine tools offline
using Mastercam computer aided manufacturing software. These engineers were also
responsible for continuous job improvement. I also introduced three large capacity “C-
Axis” mill turn Samsung lathes which helped us manufacture parts in less operations,
therefore more efficient, which helped us reduce cost and delivery times to our
customers. Customer relationship management is a key part of my job, I regularly visit
our customers to source new business, and to also make sure they are happy with the
service that we are providing them. By working closely with our customer’s we aim to
meet and exceed their expectations.
While working with Aker Solutions I managed to setup a frame agreement with them for
8 key component parts, which means that when these components are required at any
of their plants in the world, we as the single source supplier, supply to them at an
agreed price and delivery. The value of this contract is worth £0.5 to £1 million a year.
In 2011, I brought Halliburton on board as a new customer, and got Main Tool onto
their approved vendor’s list, and in 2013 Main Tool did £1 million pounds worth of
business with Halliburton in Arbroath.
My extensive machine shop management and theoretical knowledge have made me
highly qualified to take the company into the 21st century.

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Main Tool Co Ltd, Old Edinburgh Road, Bellshill, ML4 3HL
Aug 1992 to Present Day
Dec 2016;- Advanced Manufacturing Solutions (AMS) purchased Main Tool Co Ltd and I
was given the role of General Manager responsible for the day to day running
of the company, I report directly to Stephen Hoggan Managing Director at
AMS in Coatbridge.
Mar 2011;- Promoted to Managing Director where I am responsible for the running of
the company.
Jul 2009;- After company restructure, I worked as Project Manager, where I was
responsible for looking after Key Customers, dealing with their RFQ’s, buying
in raw material and planning jobs on to our production control system
(Redthorn, Aventa).
Aug 1998;- Promoted to Design/Technical Manager where I am in charge of a team
which works on the design of Jigs/ Fixtures, Press tools, Special purpose
machines and automated systems using Autodesk Inventor Professional 3D
design software.
Aug 1995;- I moved into the design office where I designed Jigs/ Fixtures and Press tools
using AutoCAD.
Aug 1994;- Main Tool Co moved into the Press Tool market. To compete in this market
place they required a wire erosion facility. I was selected to implement this
new technology within the company. I was responsible for training up two
operators to programme & operate both 310 & 510 Charmilles wire erosion
machines. Appointed to charge hand status during this period.
Jan 1993;- Promoted to CNC Programmer
Aug 1992;- Initially employed as CNC operator on Kitamura bridge centre 8 VMC.
Jig Borers (Scotland) Ltd, Bothwell Road, Hamilton, ML3 ODY
Aug 1982 to July 1992
In August 1990 I was promoted to CNC shop floor manager, where I was responsible for
running the CNC machine shop. I was responsible for programming the CNC machines
using Applicon Compact II programming language then latterly implementing the new
PEPS CNC programming system.
Started as an apprentice toolmaker in 1982.
EDUCATION
Glasgow Caledonian University
MSc, Mechanical Engineering (Design) Sept 2008 to May 2011
BEng(Hons), Mechanical Engineering with Electronic Systems. Sept 2004 to May 2008
Motherwell College
HNC in CADD (Computer Aided Drafting & Design). Sept 1996 to May 1997
NEBS Management Introductory Award at Certificate Level. Mar 1996
Bell College
HNC Module Computer Aided Manufacture. Sept 1986 to May 1987
HNC in Mechanical & Production Engineering. Sept 1984 to May 1986

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CAD/CAM TRAINING
CAD
Autodesk Inventor
AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop V6, V5, V4
AutoCAD R12, R13, R14, 2000
CAM
Mastercam X2
Peps
Applicon Compact II
TRAINING
Lean Master class at Teknek Ltd. May 2007
Festo Didactic
Training Introduction to Mechatronics
Aug 2003
SMC Training
Basic Pneumatics. Mar 2000
Electro-Pneumatics. Jun 2000
SMC Training
Introduction to PLC Programming. Sep 2000
Windows Operating Systems;-
98, NT4, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7
Windows Software;-
Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc
INTERESTS / HOBBIES
Golf, member at Bothwell Castle Golf Club
Football
DIY Enthusiast
REFERENCES
Mr Andrew McMillan BEng (Hons)
Lemac
Manufacturing Manager
Hospital Road
Haddington
East Lothian
Scotland
EH4 13PD
Mobile Tel No;- 07557644838
Email:- Andrew.McMillan@lemac.com