The company has continued to grow with the appointment of Jonathan Hodgson as Senior Consultant Engineer; joining us in May, he has brought with him a wealth of experience which has complimented our multi-talented team. We continue to look for the stars of the engineering world, so get in touch if you’re looking for a new challenge.

In April we welcomed two little female additions to the Randle family – CEO Ally McMahon became a dad for the first time and Consultant Engineer Joe Harris said hello to a new daughter, a sister for his 3-year-old son.

July saw the launch of our Summer Step Challenge. The team set out to virtually walk 2350 miles from our offices in Warwick to the Volvo headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden via many of the major European car marques over 8 weeks. This was also an opportunity to fundraise for Operation Manager, Sarah Hookey’s son Lincoln who needed SDR surgery at Alder Hey Hospital. As a group, we smashed it, covering 2776 miles in total and raising £1,120 and counting.

Over the year we have also enjoyed some social get togethers and activities including regular visits to the new Bike Trials on Newbold Comyn and an after-work burger night at the Black Pug in Warwick.

Lunchtime walk and talks have also been an enjoyable feature of our weekly routine. The annual Christmas meal saw us head off to the Royal Pug in Leamington Spa to enjoy a lovely 3 course festive feast, a quiz and much laughter and jollity.

This year also saw our founder Steve Randle hand over CEO duties to Ally McMahon. This will allow Steve more time to use his exceptional engineering skills on project work and outside business interests. He will remain as company chairman. Senior Consultant Engineer, Peter Benzie, became Engineering Manager, Jan Snape was appointed Integration & Development Manager and Consultant Engineer, David Wellbeloved, was rewarded with a promotion to Senior Consultant Engineer

Looking ahead to 2024 – it is our 30^th anniversary, so we are planning a calendar of events to celebrate – look out for our posts in the new year.

We hope you have a happy and healthy 2024!

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We asked him to write about his time with Randle and the knowledge he had gained from it:

My Work Experience

‘A recent survey showed two thirds of employers look for graduates with relevant work experience because it helps them prepare for work and develop general business awareness. Importantly, one third of employers felt that applicants did not have a satisfactory level of knowledge about their chosen career or job.’ – UCAS website

Despite how nervous I was starting my work experience, everyone on the Randle team was very friendly. They made sure I understood both what I was doing and how my work would be used to help new employees better understand the physics concepts that they would be using on a daily basis. I felt like my work would make a real contribution to the company and everyone there, whilst still not feeling like I was pressured to complete any task or being rushed for a deadline.

During my 2 weeks at Randle, I always felt like I had creative control over the projects I was engaged in, whilst always being able to ask for help if I didn’t understand what I should do. The team collaborated to give me projects to work on that were relevant to my interest in Computer Science despite it not being Randle’s main focus.  I worked on developing my excel skills, using VBA coding to create animations in excel, exploring new software using Python to create models, and creating a guide to use the new touch screen display.

This experience has been useful to me as it has shown me how my academic studies can be used in the workplace as I was especially pleased to see my knowledge of complex numbers from maths come in handy when working with real world simulations. I was able to talk about the tasks I was doing to make sure they were within my capabilities whilst still challenging my skills as everyone was very understanding if I found it too difficult.

 I was very impressed with how the team focused on giving me a greater understanding of many different elements of work as they went out of their way to teach me both the engineering theory that they use as well as the business skills needed in creating deals with customers and planning how to deliver their models. This has helped me gain a better understanding of the direction I want to go in my career and what areas of Computer Science I enjoy the most.

My time working with Randle has far exceeded my expectations of work experience as I have gained valuable knowledge to guide my future career choices instead of being put on tea making duty as some of my friends have been doing.

Peter Benzie, Senior Consultant Engineer, mentored William and said the following:

‘It has been a pleasure to host William for his work experience. William exceeded our expectations and was able to complete the tasks that he was given to a very high standard. Williams ability to pick up the tasks and then work independently was very impressive.  The work that William has completed will be integrated into our tools and adds an excellent visual dimension to what we had before.”

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Jonathan joins the senior consultancy team at Randle bringing a wealth of experience gleaned from over 20 years at Ricardo UK, most recently as Chief Designer. He is a transmission specialist with the capability to cover & lead all stages of the design process from concept to completion. He was the main designer of the transmission for the Formula Nippon FN09 and the Jaguar C-X75, hybrid-electric, 2-seat, protype. He has worked collaboratively with clients from all over the world from engineer to team principal to owner. Jonathan’s outstanding talents will complement the skills and expertise of the existing Randle team allowing them to provide an unrivalled and specialised service to their growing client base.

Commenting on his new role Jonathan said: “Randle’s depth of experience combined with their rigorous, first-principles approach positions them perfectly to take on a wide range of projects. I’m thrilled to be joining Randle at such an exciting time.”

Dominic Simpson CTO, said: “Randle Engineering is delighted to announce our continued growth and development with Jonathan’s appointment; he brings considerable transmissions expertise to the company, both from motorsport, road car, defence and aerospace sectors.  It was a logical, complementary appointment to strengthen our consultancy diversity and sector agnostic engineering service capabilities.  Jonathan’s appointment will help us to explore new opportunities and add to the knowledge sharing within the team and for our customers”.

Randle provides cutting edge design and simulation services to a range of sectors adding value to customer projects globally. The company works across all sectors from Automotive to Medical. It is the application of first principles to the engineering that allows the team to work in any sector, on any problem that requires holistic, solid engineering to solve it. Historically biased towards ground vehicles, successful projects now cover the defence, aerospace, construction, agricultural, robotics & medical sectors as well. If you’d like further information in relation to Randle Engineering’s specialisms and services, please contact the team at our Warwick HQ on 01926 623 200.

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