Our Team
Our team specialises in sustainable solutions, carbon neutral design and zero waste operation.
The Engineer IQ team offer a wide range of skills and experience with a wealth of knowledge within the Dairy, Food and Beverage
Industry. We are ready to help with Continuous Improvement initiatives and new projects.
Andrew Lyons
Andrew is a global expert in Dairy design, production and Capex planning.
Having graduated as a Chemical Engineer in 1989 he has been active within
the Food Process industries all his working life.
Andrew started his own consultancy in 2008 and has worked for Arla UK and
Denmark, Robert Wiseman Dairies, Muller and Yeo valley in the UK and
Tipperary Co-op in Ireland. Andrew has a rare blend of innovation for
greenfield Dairy sites as well as an appreciation of legacy technologies and the
ability to get the best out of established systems.
His specialist expertise are waste minimisation, energy management and
optimisation, driving process improvement and operational excellence and
the application of novel technologies to new and legacy processes.
Andrew enjoys playing tennis and cycling when his hectic schedule permits.
Richard Pettifor
Richard is a Chemical Engineer by training and has worked as a
process engineer and project manager on a wide variety of food
related projects since 1988.
His experience covers cheese, yogurt, flavoured milks, milk powders,
ready meals, brewery & beverage systems, juice processing & infant
formula production.
With a strong schedule management discipline and contracting skills
Richard ensures a focus on our client’s objectives.
In his spare time Richard enjoys being outdoors - walking, running,
cycling and swimming - the further the better.
Bill Kirkland
Bill is our Automation specialist. In recent years his focus has been on
digitalisation and factory integration projects.
He has spent most of his working life in the Dairy, Food & Beverage Industry
and has held global management positions with APV and later Invensys and
SPX Flow.
His work with Global Brand Leaders has delivered process plants of
exceptional performance meeting or exceeding world class metrics.
Bill is a reluctant gardener who enjoys solving puzzles and if the weather
is fine a round of golf.
Paul Tempest
Paul has over 10 years independant consulting experience and 19 years
in senior management positions with APV (now SPX Flow), the global
equipment manufacturer and contractor to the food industry.
A graduate in chemical engineering and with a background in process
development in the food industry. Paul is also a qualified Six Sigma Black
Belt specialising in process improvement techniques and has used these
skills to deliver significant performance improvement across a wide range
of food production processes as well as wider business functions such as
supply chain, operations, sales and customer service activities.
Rob Komen
Rob began his career at Van den Burgh cheese systems in Ireland.
He specialises in CAD and is responsible for developing complex
P&ID’s, Equipment layouts and 3D models to support the
development of pre-fabricated skidded processes and site based
construction.
Rob has worked for APV, Tetra Pak, Moody and ZMG Consulting in
his long career in the Dairy, Food & Beverage Industry.
Rob enjoys track racing cars and has a part share in a track racing
team where he is the lead driver.
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Graham Light
Graham is a Chartered Engineer with a degree in Physics and
Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the Unversity of Liverpool.
He has spent the majority of his working life in the Food & Beverage Industry
working for end users - Unilever & Bulmers and Systems suppliers - APV,
Trend & SPX Flow.
More recently Graham has been responsible for managing the Electrical
design & build of large Greenfield projects for Fresh & Powdered
milk products.
This included the design of Control & MCC panels, Safety Systems, Field
cabling & Network infrastructure design & supervision of the installation.
Graham is a Certified Machinery Safety Expert -
Phil Ritson
Phil has a unique blend of technical, scientific & engineering experience
combined with project & business management and commercial skills
acquired over several global leadership roles including bid management
of complex capital projects for the Food & Beverage Industry.
Phil has a track record for delivering sustainable growth and outstanding
performance across multiple industry sectors which include operations,
manufacturing & engineering.
Phil is a keen golfer and enjoys running, cycling and reading in his spare
time.
Gary White
Gary is a Process Engineer specialising in Food & Beverage applications. He
began his career with Alfa Laval in the UK moving to APV (now SPX Flow) in
North America later moving to New Zealand and Denmark before returning
to the UK.
Gary’s skills extend from conceptual design, through to engineered solutions,
installation, commissioning and project management.
His wide experience in liquid processing, CIP, mixing, separation, evaporation
and drying coupled with his knowledge of industry standards and regulations
make a Gary a highly valued member of our team.
In his spare time Gary enjoys motorcyling and travel.
