1. Curriculum Vitae:
Michael Andrew Bainbridge
Address: 5 West End Farm Close
South Cave
Brough
East Yorkshire
HU15 2ED
Telephone: Home: 01430 421254 / Mob: 07538 803138
Email: mikeabainbridge@gmail.com
Date of Birth: 21st
June 1961
Driving Licence: Full, own transport
Nationality: British
Profile
 Over 30 years engineering experience in high-volume manufacturing environments, the majority
of which has been in the gas boiler industry. Self-motivated, innovative, a good communicator and
team player.
 Reporting to Board level, am an experienced Project Manager with a track record of delivering to
cost, time and reliability targets. Most recently, project management responsibility from concept to
launch of a highly successful and award-winning range of wall-hung domestic condensing boilers
(to date over 1 million sold). Typical project value has ranged from £500k to £3.5m, with
timescales between 1 and 4 years.
 Provided a driving role in the implementation of innovation through the selection of new materials,
processes and suppliers to reduce costs and improve reliability.
 Substantial experience of product design gained through development of both domestic and
commercial boiler ranges, with regular use of Design FMEA as a key tool to evaluate design
solutions.
 Further skills include technical problem solving, risk management, product cost management and
regular chairing of multidisciplinary project team meetings including the participation of UK,
European and worldwide suppliers.
Employment History
March 1985 to date: R & D Department, Ideal Boilers Limited, National Avenue, Hull
 2013 to date: Programme Manager responsible for domestic wall-hung gas boiler product range.
Duties include the project planning and management of multiple projects, ensuring the effective
utilisation of resources to meet agreed time, cost and specification targets. Management of project
documentation and regular presentation of project Key Performance Indicators to Director level.
Chairing of value analysis and product reliability workshops. Additional responsibilities include
development of the New Product Introduction Process across all business functions and evaluation
of potential new manufacturing technologies.
 1999-2013: Project Manager/Leader of a multidisciplinary team of up to 20 staff with
responsibility for specific projects from concept to launch including the ‘Logic’ range of boilers.

2. Scope of project work included the formulation of the product specification via customer-facing
clinics, determining Design for Manufacture (DFM) criteria and assessment of both internal and
external supplier capabilities.
 1989-1999: Design Engineering Team Leader responsible for the design function within the
project team. The role involved creation of initial design layouts of new domestic boilers through
to final production drawings, using 2D & 3D CAD draughting tools. Duties also included the
preparation of development prototypes, creation of bill of materials and product cost management.
 1987-1989: Development Engineer which involved practical experience of domestic boiler
performance testing to meet British Standard regulatory requirements for combustion, efficiency
and safety.
 1985-1987: Design Engineer initially in the newly-formed Export Department concentrating on the
adaptation of UK products for overseas markets. This was followed by involvement in the design
of UK focussed products.
Sept 1984 to March 1985: Gateway Fabrications, Gilberdyke, East Yorkshire
 Technical Assistant responsible for the design and manual draughting of structural steelwork
fabrications.
Sept 1977 to Sept 1984: Priestman Brothers Limited, Hedon Road, Hull
 Time served 4 year apprenticeship as a Technician Draughtsman (first year conducted on site in
specialised training school; next 3 years practical training across various company departments).
 Gained ‘Apprentice of the Year’ award upon completion of apprenticeship.
 3 years drawing office experience culminating in the position of Trainee Project Engineer.
Education
1974-1977 Hull Grammar School
 GCSEs in Maths, Physics, English Language, English Literature, Geography
1977-1981 Hull College of Higher Education
 ONC and HNC Mechanical Engineering with HNC Endorsements (achieving a distinction in
mathematics)
Professional Training Courses
Various company internal and external training courses/ workshops including:
 MS Project
 PRINCE2 Project Management
 Cultural awareness in project management
 Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
 Problem-solving skills
 Presentation skills
 Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
 Use of SAP
 Quality training
 Understanding Customer requirements
 CADAM 2D and 3D draughting
Referees: Available upon request