Martin Kidman is Safety Manager for Southern & Western Europe, at SICK.

But, he's much more than mr. safety, he has a great sense of humour and an infectious outlook on life. From humble beginnings in Liverpool, wanting to become a musical superstar, Martin became a compliance engineer in 1999 and then a research associate at the University of Liverpool, writing a Ph.D. thesis entitled “Chromatic Monitoring of Sulphurhexaflouride using Mass Spectrometry”.

Alongside his role at SICK, Martin is a member of the standards committee at the BSI, council member at BARA and a certified safety trainer at SGS-TÜV Saar.

Come and meet Engineers Insight: MENE 2024, Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 28th November - https://forms.reg.buzz/mene-2024/?affiliate=04bd0a6ef7ccbc924ecd93ecc71ff1283f4b3eaf9486ce654a71bfea8557820a

Martin Kidman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-kidman/

Tom Flude - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-flude-engineersinsight/

Engineers Insight TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@engineersinsight

Through The Eye TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@through.the.eye

Huge thank you to this episode's sponsor - InterAct: https://interact-hub.org/

InterAct is a Made Smarter Innovation and ESRC funded network that provides free, people-centric insights to support manufacturing businesses interested in innovating with digital technology.

Alan Norbury is the Chief Technologist at Siemens Digital Industries. He's worked at Siemens since he was an apprentice, some 47 years ago. He's held 11 positions over the years, and in them gained invaluable experience. I was extremely lucky to spend an hour with him at the 2024 EMCON show, in Sunderland, UK. As you can hear, we filmed this one in front of an audience at an exhibition, hence the background noise!

What's Engineers Insight?

Engineers Insight is a free mobile app, built for engineers in the UK & Ireland, that collates the latest products, manuals, brochures, videos, send enquiries, apply for jobs and build out product inventories for your machine. We’re already working with Siemens, KUKA, SMC, Cognex, Omron, Beckhoff, and 40 more global brands to get their products to market. In the new year we’ll be launching a central training calendar, where an engineer could buy seats on multi-vendors courses, in one place.

To download, search "Engineer Insight" in the app stores and download for free.

Connect with us:

Alan Norbury - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alannorbury/

Thomas Flude - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-flude-engineersinsight/

Huge thank you to our sponsor Beckhoff Automation! To find out what they do you can click here - https://www.beckhoff.co.uk/?mtm_campaign=Engineers%20Insight&mtm_kwd=podcast%20link

This is the most open, personal and emotional episode we've filmed to date. Ariel let's us in to her life, how she's dealt with trauma, recreated a version of herself and has used her love of writing to become a published author.

To purchase Ariel's book, you can find it here on WHSmith: https://www.whsmith.co.uk/Product/Ariel-Marie/Now-Never-or-at-the-very-last-second/13143430

Ariel Wynne - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariel-wynn-42890a19b/

Tom Flude - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-flude-engineersinsight/

Huge thank you to our sponsor Beckhoff Automation! To find out what they do you can click here - https://www.beckhoff.co.uk/?mtm_campa...

Fiona is Sector Engagement Manager at Enginuity, championing young people and supporting better engagement between employers and the next generation of industry. You'll see pretty quickly that Fiona has a real passion for young people, diversity and inclusion and ensuring every young person gets an opportunity to flourish.

If you're looking to visit exhibitions this year and want to meet Engineers Insight, we'll be at: EMCON 12th September, North East England. We'll be recording a live episode with Siemens CTO Alan Norbury! - https://emcon.show/visitor-registrati...

Advanced Engineering 30th & 31st October, NEC Birmingham - https://register.visitcloud.com/surve...

Fiona McGarry - / fiona-mcgarry

Tom Flude - / thomas-flude-engineersinsight

30 years in industry, an obsession to learn and a long list of funny stories. It took Mark a minute to remember I'm a 90's kid, not 70's like him! 😂

Huge thank you to our sponsor Beckhoff Automation! To find out what they do you can click here - https://www.beckhoff.co.uk/?mtm_campaign=Engineers%20Insight&mtm_kwd=podcast%20link

If you're looking to visit exhibitions this year and want to meet Engineers Insight, we'll be at: EMCON 12th September, North East England. We'll be recording a live episode with Siemens CTO Alan Norbury! - https://emcon.show/visitor-registration-24/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=emcon2024

Advanced Engineering 30th & 31st October, NEC Birmingham - https://register.visitcloud.com/survey/1bhar47sob6s9?actioncode=NTWO000268WTU&partner-contact=0dsfc0u8f2c34&partner-invite=1n5amwgyy3lp7

Tom Flude - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-flude-engineersinsight/

Jacqui Hanbury started as the first female apprentice at Phillips UK, moved through sales positions befor spending 22 years at Festo UK & Ireland.

After holding multiple marketing positions she eventually became the Strategy Manager for North West Europe. Throughout her career Jacqui became an expert in the art of communication.

Leading her to found The Pathway Communication Company, where she coaches business leaders and runs training courses on leadership, culture and strategic management, worldwide.

Andrea Wilson is a force to be reckoned with. You might have seen her on your newsfeeds, campaigning for a Champion for Manufacturing.

But, do you really know her? In this episode, we look at what makes her such a strong, resilient, often loud voice in industry.

Behind the exterior, she's a warm, caring leader, always looking for the best in those around her.

If you're a leader, there's a lesson here in humility, empathy, and determination.

Meet the wonderful Angela Lawlor - Managing Director of Marvelous Manufacturing. Angela visits schools to promote manufacturing, teach kids about how their everyday items are made, and how important manufacturing is to all of us.

A HUGE thank you to our Podcast sponsors for supporting this episode - Beckhoff Automation UK. Since its inception in 1980, Beckhoff Automation has been at the forefront of innovation in PC-based control technology. To find out more and discover the Beckhoff range click here: https://www.beckhoff.com/en-gb/ If you're looking for events to visit this year here are some key dates: Automation UK - 18th & 19th June at The CBS, Coventry: https://automation-uk-2024.reg.buzz/?exhibitor-inviter=3ae011ac-0d4c-11ef-b345-000000000000&badge-type=80e12614-bb67-11ee-9ea8-000000000000×tamp=1748960564&signature=MWEyYzQxYzVlYTkyYjcyZjQwOGM1MDFkOGFhNjlhOTBjYmU5MjAzNw%3D%3D

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