About

Savvas Kountouris is a Principal Manufacturing Engineer with over 7 years of experience in manufacturing. He is known for his relentless drive to have a broad impact rather than just deliver results. Savvas is a Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt and has demonstrated a multitude of achievements in minimising costs and effort and in maximising profit and performance. Savvas possesses key skills in manufacturing processes/systems/methods development and management, continuous improvement, project management and planning, problem-solving, attention to detail, time management, communication, and being a team player. He is proficient in Minitab, SAP (ERP), Teamcenter (PLM), SIMATIC IT (MES), Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Pro/ENGINEER, Autodesk ALIAS Automotive, C++, Matlab, HTML, Visual Basic, and Photoshop. His expertise lies in production/manufacturing processes optimisation, production line optimisation, production facilities/systems development & management, lean manufacturing, KPIs, 5S, production networks & queue simulation, production/manufacturing technologies, good manufacturing practices (GMP), product engineering & development, product lifecycle management (PLM), logistics, supply chain planning & optimisation, computer-aided design (CAD) & mechanical design, computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), quality control (ISO 9001), workplace ergonomics-safety-hygiene, systems’ reliability-maintenance-replacement, robotic facilities study & design, project management & planning, human resources management, material demand programming, strategic planning, operations research, budgeting, costing, financial engineering & administration. Currently, Savvas is working with Rolls-Royce as a Principal Manufacturing Engineer - Continuous Improvement. He is leading improvements for EJ200 Combustor (Eurofighter Typhoon) as Part Owner, driving product Right First Time and Zero Defects as accredited Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt, and collaborating with Design Engineering to make Engineering Definitions fit-to-manufacture. In the past, Savvas has worked with Rolls-Royce as an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Continuous Improvement and as a Manufacturing Engineer - Continuous Improvement. He has led improvements for Trent XWB-84 Combustor (Airbus A350) as Part Owner, promoted Lean Manufacturing as an accredited Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt, raised, contained, investigated, and resolved product integrity issues, developed and governed Technical Packages which define methods of manufacture, and provided technical support to Operations to aid production flow and deliveries