Christopher Woods Email & Phone Number

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

• Responsibility for plant equipment training, compliance and standardisation of working procedures within the Engineering Container Division. Duties Include:
• Arrange, design and deliver internal training on STS cranes, Straddle Carriers, MEWP Cat 1B-3B, Forklift Trucks Cat B1-B3
• Deliver both theoretical and practical development for operators
• Coaching and developing to enable operators to be proactively safe in their role
• Co-develop site safety standards and other training materials to support knowledge transfer and improve operating practices
• Report on compliance

Port Sunlight

• Responsibility for the overall lifting equipment training, compliance and standardisation of working procedures. Duties include:
• Arrange, design, deliver and track standardised internal training in all areas on Forklift Cat B1, MEWP Cat 3A-3B, Pedestrian Trucks Cat A1, A2, A4, A5, A6 & A7 across site
• Manage training areas in multiple factories across site with circa 450 employees
• Deliver both theoretical and practical development for operators
• Coaching and developing to enable operators to be proactively safe in their role
• Co-develop site safety standards and other training materials to support knowledge transfer and improve operating practices

Port Sunlight, Unilever.

• Led a team of up to 20 warehouse operatives, allocating their daily activity as well as developing their skill set
• Represented Great Bear and functioned as the contact for both internal & external customers.
• Overseen SAP IM/WMS inventory management
• Conducted accident/incident investigations & 1:1 Counselling, employee/ probationary reviews, return to work interviews, performance management and monthly Audits.
• Managed timekeeping for all staff I was responsible for
• Ensured 5S standards of housekeeping were maintained and workplace health and safety/ hygiene regulations were adhered to

Knowsley

• Shift leader for a 3PL operation based in Knowsley, Merseyside.
• Manage, motivate and work as part of a team.
• Allocate work to all staff that jobholder has responsibility for, in a fair manner.
• Ensure that customer requirements are fulfilled to the highest possible standards at all times.
• Ensure high standards of housekeeping are maintained and workplace health and safety regulations are adhered to.
• Ensure shift reports are completed accurately and on time.

Knowsley

• Reporting to the Warehouse Manager, oversee a team of up to 14 forklift truck operatives and 1 administrator in the day to day running of a finished goods warehouse (350,000 Sq ft) and a busy despatch and goods inward.
• Responsible for creating tasks on Warehouse Management System such as perpetual inventory, quality checks and investigating any stock discrepancies.
• Establish and maintain procedures for stock rotation and supervise quarterly stock takes
• Providing cover for both the forklift truck operatives and warehouse administrator as and when required.
• Flexible to working hours currently on a continental style 3 shift pattern 12 hours per shift.

Knowsley

• Operated injection plastic moulding machinery, working to set hourly targets and responsible for quality.
• Worked on a 3 shift pattern of days, afternoons and nights.