Concrete Technologist
Doncaster, United Kingdom
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Douglas Kyle’s Summary
A leader by inspiration of a technical team we became the number one supplier of Ready-Mixed-Concrete in the UK through attention to the exacting technical and innovation requirements of key site based customers in the pre-cast and heavy industries.
Having forged national and international relations with pre-cast concrete and construction companies I have gained a reputation for delivering solutions to very complex engineering, material and production problems and can motivate teams by my enthusiasm, vision and inspiration.
Douglas Kyle’s Specialties:
Concrete mix design using advanced mathamatical modeling;
Product development feeding stage gate methodologies;
Interfacing databases that use SQL, Oracle, SAP and Excel;
Creating VBA and SAP transactions to process factory, test and commercial data;
Creation of stand alone programs in VBA and Excel;
Purchasing;
Very high value technical sales Eg: materials requrements for a dam or power station;
Concrete and material technology expert;
Technical team leading by inspiration;
Douglas Kyle’s Experience
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Concrete Technologist
Self
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2009 — Present (5 months)
Accepting employment, consultancy, interim management, reasearch or business opportunities.
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Technical Manager/Supervisor
Tarmac
(Public Company; Building Materials industry)
April 1995 — August 2009 (14 years 5 months)
Managing the technical aspects of the supply of Ready-mixed-concrete including mix design, quality control, production control,
Construction Industry technical knowlege bank, Product innovation & product development, Technical sales, Specification & Drawing interpretation and proposal, Technical Training & awareness for Sales and operations staff, Managing the supply chain including the specification of up line and down line products, Pre-cast factory production. -
Senior Technician
Tarmac
(Public Company; Building Materials industry)
April 1994 — April 1995 (1 year 1 month)
Assisting the laboratory, field technicians and technical administraror/coordinator in the course of their duties and to provide a technical sales service to the commercial department.
The operation and expert management of the statistical process control systems, such as schewhart charts, polynomial regression analysis and Cusum. The computation of control parameters from trial data and the implementing of process changes. -
Field Technician
Tarmac
(Public Company; Building Materials industry)
April 1988 — March 1993 (5 years )
Field technician, sampling building materials from quarries, production units and construction sites from most parts of the UK.
Experienced in a wide range of construction projects accross the UK
including the Construction of Dams, Power stations, Motorways, Iron & Steel works, Nuclear/Radiation Bunkers, High rise concrete frame & core construction, Shopping centres, College & University structures. -
Laboratory Technician
Tarmac
(Public Company; Building Materials industry)
April 1987 — October 1987 (7 months)
Working unsupervised in a UKAS accredited laboratory, undertaking testing using compression and indirect tensile testing equipment. Also developing the product by performing controlled laboratory trial mixes and investigating the the plastic & hardened properties of Cement Grouts, Ready-mixed-Concrete, Semi-dry Screeds, Flowing screeds, Retarded mortars, Anhydrite screeds, Aggregates, decorative concretes, Recycled Aggregates.
Douglas Kyle’s Education
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Leek Technical College
NVQ Level 3 , A1 Assessor in the field of Laboratory & associated technical activities , 2002 — 2003
Able & qualified to assess candidates with a technical or process skill within the building materials and allied industries.
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Doncaster Technical College
C&GLI , Concrete Technology Part 1 , 1989 — 1990
Passed with Credit
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Doncaster Technical College
C&GLI , Concrete Technology Pt2 , 1989 — 1990
Passed with distinction
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Doncaster Technical College
HNC , Quarrying and Mining Engineering , 1984 — 1985
Quarry Engineering - Distinction
Bituminous Materials Technology - Credit
Management & Administration - Credit
Safety, Health & Legislation - Pass
Quarry Operations - Credit- Activities and Societies:
- Out-door persuits such as skiing, mountaineering, tramping (NZ speak).
Additional Information
Douglas Kyle’s Interests:
Travelling - Destinations have included USA, Hong Kong, New Zealand, France, Spain, Portugal and Greece. Local History (Notts,Derbys & S.Yorks) & Geneology Technology - Avid reader of technology publications
Douglas Kyle’s Groups:
Member of the Institute of Quarrying
Associate member of the Institute of Concrete Technology
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Institute of Quarrying -
Tarmac Alumni -
The Concrete Technologists Association -
The Concrete Society -
Institute of Concrete Technology
Douglas Kyle’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
