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Bamber Bridge, GB

Chorley, England, United Kingdom

Chorley, England, United Kingdom

FMG RS Accrington

Accident repair centre.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

Blackburn, England, United Kingdom

Leyland, England, United Kingdom

Team Captiain with RAS Accuracy Team working with Waitrose at the RDC Leyland.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

The company builds and supplies Industry leading Diesel Test equipment that is shipped around the globe.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

This was my last venture to manage a small team of skilled technicians maintaining a variety of Preston City Council vehicles with Preston Bus. This is a commercial side of the business and a separate entity to the bus company that I would have liked to see grow and expand to more customers in the future.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

Fulwood, Preston

A proven performance driven manager with a track record for delivering results and innovative solutions aligned to the business requirements, specializing in prestige, volume and fleet operations.Excellent negotiating and influencing skills, with a proven ability to communicate, engage and build strong working relationships with other departments and.

Supervising an expert team of Unimog Specialists (4x4 Truck size Vehicles). Managing new and ongoing projects building / re inventing vehicles to specific customer needs. Some people asked why I took this role having been main dealer based all my career. Simple answer because I saw the job as an opportunity to learn about heavy vehicles and learning new.

Blackpool, United Kingdom

A pivotal role linking the workshop with front of house, also responsible for controlling warranty claims and all internal (sales) work.

Citroen, Seat, Renault). 9 bay workshop including MOT, 7 Technicians and 5 Support staff.

Responsible for a 13 bay workshop with 9 technicians and 6 support staff dealing with Honda and multi franchise vehicles. Budgeting, planning and recruitment.Management of productivity and efficiency, responsible for disciplinary and staff welfare issues

Managed a team of twelve,responsible for the daily control of a well presented BMW service department.

Controlling an efficient prestige workshop and working towards excellent customer satisfaction whilst maintaining a good level of profitability.

Foreman / Quality Controller / Workshop Controller TechnicianDuring this time I have been to BMW Headquarters at Bracknell by invitation, for assessments as a Senior Technician and Master Technician. As a result of this I was re-awarded the qualification of Senior Technician.

Attended 3 training courses whilst with the company, Moved to Halliwell Jones to increase my prospects of advancement.

During this employment 3 technical courses were undertaken in general service, 7 series training and electrics for mechanics.

Promoted to Foreman in 1984 this was my first position that involved Service Reception and customer facing duties.During this time certificates for warranty and electrical courses attended were achieved.

Promoted to this position in 1984, a position that involved Service Reception duties. During this time certificates for warranty and electrical courses attended were achieved.Technician.This role involved diagnosis, repairs and maintenance of vehicles. Also undertaken was the role of mentor for an apprentice.

Apprentice Motor Vehicle Technician with GMP cars originally. During this employment a National Crafts Certificate was obtained at High Ercall. Talbot/Peugeot merged in 1981 when the franchise moved to Henlys.

During this employment a National Crafts Certificate was obtained in Skills at High Ercall. Talbot/Peugeot merged in 1981 when the franchise became Henleys.

Rtitb / National Cradfts Lvm, Motor Vehicle Technology

Started on my mechanical career jour

Motor Vehicle Technician, Automotive

Study for Motor Vehicle Technician qualification. (Modern Apprenticeship).

Gce & Cse Grades, English,Maths,Geography,Woodwork,Art,French

Studied for my O Levels.