Engineering and manufacturing company Tharsus is leading its innovation by employing two new members of staff who will be tasked with moulding its future success.
The two new recruits will be scrutinising all manufacturing and business processes to see where the company can improve its efficiency and quality as it moves from its metal working history into its new focus on high-tech design and manufacture of complex electro-mechanical products.
Anthony Lister, 45 and originally from Wallsend, previously worked on restoring classic Aston Martin models. He has now joined Tharsus as development and manufacturing engineer tasked with improving manufacturing processes.
Phil Hunter, 37 and originally from Washington, has joined Tharsus in an office-based role as manufacturing manager. Hunter has also previously worked in the automotive industry, as well as spending time in Norway working in the renewable energy industry with wind turbines.
Tharsus managing director Brian Palmer said: "It's great to have both Phil and Anthony join the team here at our Blyth site. They both share our vision to grow our reputation in high tech engineering and manufacturing solutions, which is even more possible with their ability to think outside the box.
"Having both gained experience in the automotive industries, they are familiar with a structured processes in manufacturing. I saw they had their own ideas on how things should be done here at Tharsus as our offering has changed and developed in recent years, so have invited them to break the mould and start afresh with our plant processes.
"Tharsus is unlike any other engineering and manufacturing company as we offer a complete solution including design, engineering, integration, manufacture, delivery and maintenance. Normally a client would have to seek a different company for each of these offerings.
"As a result, we need to have the latest thinking on processes that suit our needs to run from idea through to finished product."
Lister's role as development and manufacturing engineer involves developing prototypes and seeing products right through to the manufacturing stages. At Tharsus he works to refine these processes so that the development and assembly is carried out as efficiently as possible and to the highest quality.
Anthony said: "I have always really enjoyed my career but I saw a move to Tharsus as an opportunity to get involved in shaping the production processes at a level not available to me before.
"Aside from my new responsibilities it is a really positive environment to work in, being surrounded by people who all share the same vision for a longstanding company entering a new era, and take great pride in their jobs.
"It gives me pride to see a concept through from when it was just a drawing to the finished article and know that I have contributed to creating it."
As Phil Hunter is part of the senior management team his role oversees all manufacturing, ensuring that planning is executed to schedule and improving specific teams within the company.
Phil said: "As soon as I met with Brian Palmer I could see his attitude toward the future manufacturing industry was centred around Tharsus being highly innovative in the way products are created.
"Tharsus is very different to anywhere I have worked before and it is great to be a part of a company that feels as though it is leading the way in the future of manufacturing.
"I was brought in to join the new senior management team which has been put in place to help the company expand healthily.
"My favourite part of my job is the diversity it brings. Tharsus has the ability to work with clients from a wide variety of fields from clean tech to automotive and many other exciting sectors."
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