Service Manger UK & IRE for ElopakProviding 1st Line Service Support with liquid filling machines within FMCG industries with specialism in Food & Beverage.Management of planned service, service inspections, emergency breakdowns, spare parts, modifications and installations with team of in-house field based engineers across UK & Ireland. Elopak is a system supplier to international customers offering sustainable packaging solutions for liquid food products. Elopak develops, manufactures, sells and maintains complete systems for the packaging of non-carbonated products such as milk, yoghurt, whey, juices, smoothies, wine, water and soups. At the core of Elopak’s business is the Pure-Pak® carton, the world’s first paperboard carton. It is light and recyclable, providing a reduced carbon footprint and less environmental impact. Elopak is continually developing its packaging expertise to match the changing demands for packaged food, breaking new ground at every level including processing standards, food science, logistics, packaging concepts and sustainability.www.elopak.com

UK Service Manger for CSi PalletisingProviding 1st Line Service Support with end of line Layer Palletising & Robotic Palletising systems within FMCG industries with specialism in Food & Beverage.Service inspections, spare parts, modifications and new installation requirements.CSi Industries supplies fully integrated material handling systems and has installations throughout the world. As a turnkey supplier CSi provides a complete package from initial consultancy and design, to production, assembly, delivery, installation and commissioning.Once underway, all projects are supported by experienced project management teams and system engineers. CSi provides all of the relevant services required throughout the entire life cycle of the installation. CSi maintains a strong market position with customers such as producers of fast moving consumer goods, distributors and the packaging industry. We owe this position to the reliability of our products and services, our ability to design bespoke solutions, our innovation and expertise, our passion and drive and our total commitment to customer satisfaction

Started in 1999 as a Project Engineer and have held several roles as my career developed including, Technical Engineering Manager, Service Manger UK, Engineering Manager UK and now my current role as Engineering Service Manager UK & IE • Development of Service network across UK & Ireland utilising engineers from acquisition and sub-contractors – providing training and first hand technical support.• Successful integration / relocation and redevelopment of Engineering Admin systems and Service activities from UK & Ireland offices dealing with change management.• Management of Service Network UK & IE – 10 field based engineers dealing with planned maintenance and breakdowns. Inhouse and Contractors • Management of Engineering Admin function – purchasing, sales, stock control and Service Level Reporting• 2006 Responsible for all UK Engineering aspects within the Food & Beverage Division as Engineering Manager UK for 6 Years • Management of Project Engineering Team, Field Based Service Engineers and Engineering Administrators• Following our company merger and I developed the position of Engineering Consultant / Technical & Service Manager.• Successfully managing and mentoring field based Service Engineers across the UK over a customer base of approximately 1800 sites for PPMs and breakdowns. • Management of 3rd party contractors for Project installation and service work keeping within budget and working reducing costs further.• Project Management of small and large turnkey projects on customer sites ranging from £1K – 2.5M using in-house Project Team and sub contracted resources• Hands-on project involvement on customer sites during New Builds, Extensions and refurbishments of Production Facilities• Provide training of engineers and operatives on Equipment and Systems across customer sites. • Managing and training Internal Technical Support Engineer• Developed technical documentation and sales literature with Marketing department.

My first role from University in a small engineering company dealing with many Food & Beverage factories suppling wash down / hygiene Equipment / systems.Role included :-Introduction of CAD & wide spread use of computersDeveloped many of the products currently availableProject Design & Management Technical support