Colin Reader Email & Phone Number

Peterborough, England, United Kingdom

• Produce quotations for one off and multiple pieces of equipment as well as full schemes, both small and large.• Write specifications.• Place orders on manufacturers, fabricators and installers. • Check service drawings.• Check manufacturer’s fabrication drawings.• Consolidate deliveries to a central warehouse for forward delivery when required.• Co-ordinate installation of one off pieces of equipment and schemes.• Write and issue Risk Assessments and Method Statements when required.• Produce and issue “hand over” documents with all relevant information.• Build a library of operating and maintenance manuals.

Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

• Oversee the day to day running of the service engineers.• Manage weekend and bank holiday “On Call” rota for engineers.• Ensure all parts ordered are correct prior to re-attendance to site to fit.• Support engineers with technical information when required.• Identify and source non-standard spare parts.• Manage all van and in house spares stock.• Prepare prices and presentation material for service contract proposals.• Order all equipment for one off sales and projects and track through to delivery and installation.• Ensure labour availability for project installation in conjunction with on-going service work and organising sub-contract labour when required.• Prepare handover document for presentation to the customer at the end of a project installation.• Write and present Risk Assessments and Method Statements as required.• During my time at Prestige I took the company forward to achieving CHAS (Contractors Health And Safety).• Liaise with Health & Safety Consultant to ensure the Company continue to conform to current regulations.• Carry out Weekly “Fire Alarm Tests” and arrange six monthly “Fire Escape Exercises” and record the findings accordingly.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

I supervised a team of six men and women to ensure that equipment and materials were always readily available for use by the Biomedical team. This included making sure that the equipment was always in tip top condition and full working order. I was responsible for the production and instigation of testing and cleaning regimes throughout the facility as well as Legionella testing and recording protocols.

Running a team of eight service engineers for non domestic catering, bakery and refrigeration equipment to the food service industry.Taking service calls by telephone, email and fax then allocate to the relevant skilled engineer on a prioritized basis.Prepare quotations for repairs and parts as necessary.Order parts as required from various/alternative sources to ensure value for money then arrange for the repair to be completed.Keep the Health & Safety documents for ‘Chas’ and ‘SafeContractor’ up to date.Writing risk assessments and method statements or organising more in depth RAMS as required.Order parts for van and workshop stock.Order equipment for the sales department and arrange for delivery and installation.Prepare quotations for installations, alterations, pre-planned maintenance agreements and one off service contracts.Arrange details for all out going parcels and goods receive all incoming items.Organize servicing of engineers vans when required.

Education record

Tec Cerificate In Mechanical And Production Engineering

'O' Level, Design Technology, Metalwork And Art & Design