I have been at Pro2Pro since 1st July 2025. My job involves project management at all levels, teamwork, enhance efficiency and productivity through identifying and optimizing processes and procedures to become more efficient, client communications, creating detailed documentation of processes and reports, research and development, stock control along with overseeing and being responsible for the FDM 3D printers.
In this employment I have or will be working closely with all departments, gaining experience in them all that is very valuable to me, these departments include:
A key aspect of my work is data collection and control from each department to keep an accurate and up to date register of all ongoing jobs and their progress. I am responsible for numerous additional duties not listed here for brevity.
My passion is 3D printing and product design, I got my first 3D printer for my 15th birthday and have never looked back since. I love being able to think of anything and have the ability to design and create this from nothing. Since I got my first 3D printer I have been designing my own 3D models using various CAD software. Many of these designs I particularly like I publish online for people to 3D print them themselves for free. These files have over 8,000 total downloads across 3 different platforms, this number is growing each day which I am very proud of.
My first 3D printer was my Creality Ender 3 Pro. Although a 3D printer cannot get any more basic then this it opened the door for me to modify and improve it greatly. Among the various and extensive list of improvements to this printer I have designed and created an entirely new one of one direct drive hot end. This has increased the speed I can print at and also the quality of parts I am creating.
I have since gained three 3D printers and have just acquired my fourth. My first two 3D printers have become obsolete with age as technology has advanced. I have plans to use my newest Elegoo Centauri Carbon to aid me in designing and building my own 3D printer from scratch. I will be reusing as many parts from my oldest 3D printers as possible.
I currently use Fusion primarily for my CAD but have also used software such as Spinfire and Autodesk Inventor. I plan on expanding my skills into software such as Solidworks and Powershell.
Although I only begun 3D printing at the age of 15, I have always been fascinated with building and creating things. I’ve been told that as a child, I would always take anything I could get my hands on apart and then reassemble it with some sort of improvement added to it.
3D printing isn’t my only fascination, I also love to create different electronic circuits and creations in my spare time. This has proved to be very useful and fits in extremely well with 3D printing. That is because it allows me to implement electronics into my various designs such as my final NEA course work for my A-levels.
In this project I made a filament dryer and storage device that will continuously measure and regulate the internal environment to create the optimal environment for the 3D material. This is important as these materials are often subject to surface defects and the degrading of the materials properties such as strength. To do this I used a Raspberrry Pi Pico microcontroller along with a DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor, a fan to circulate the air, a heating element and many more components. As you can see in the picture above I have always loved electronics and the possibilities it creates.
I recently completed my A-levels at Shrewsbury Colleges Group in Product Design, Electronics and Computer science achieving final grades of AAC respectively. I have now moved on to studying Maths A-level at the NEC to further extend my knowledge and give me a better foundation to build my career on. This is an accelerated course meaning I will complete it in less than a year whilst simultaneously working 30 hours a week at Pro2Pro to gain relevant work experience.
Recently I won award in a college wide event called ‘The Show’ for my Product design final NEA project. In this project I designed, planned, and manufactured a fully functioning prototype of a filament dryer aimed at FDM 3D Printers that will store the 3D printers material in a autonomously regulated environment keeping the material in the ideal conditions for the highest quality finish and functional properties on the 3D printed parts.
My goal is to begin a degree apprenticeship in 2026 where I can get not only the qualifications I want but more importantly the experience and knowledge that can only be gained from working hands on.