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Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Immingham

Ainscough is the only national crane hire company within the UK offering the largest lifting services. Within my role, I work as part of a highly trained team, for which I am highly skilled in operating a variety of assets in a safety critical role.

Germany

Essential planning and execution of maintenance strategies based on cost effectiveness and availability of manpower and assets.Carrying out scheduled preventive maintenance consisting of service, repairing, replacement and overhauling components on a large variety of mechanical assets on a set scheduled basis. Inspecting tradesman’s output work to ensure all standards are maintained to an excellent level and also exceeding the customer’s expectations on a regular basis.Maintenance of IT systems and records to ensure that the information available to asset managers is accurate and up to date, allowing them to plan asset availability for future needs.Mentor, Coach and leader to junior tradesmen in mechanical and electrical repair techniques in a number of engineering disciplines, ensuring they are fully conversant meet Class 2 mechanic standard when deemed competent, achieving a 100% success and pass rate with every junior tradesman taught.Ensuring all team members comply with all current legislative regulations relating to workshop procedures Safety Health Environment (SHE) and cautions of substances hazardous to health (COSHH) Implementation of programs and trade training days to uphold competences and ensure trade fade didn’t occur. Supervision of a team of eight tradesmen including discipline and appraisal reporting

Germany

Supervision of a team of mechanics including work prioritisation, discipline and appraisal reporting. Monitored the team’s performance to ensure that all Health and Safety Regulations, maintenance and good engineering hygiene were kept to a very high standard. Offering knowledge and assistance to meet production targets. Deployed to Afghanistan as 2i/c of a four man specialist equipment repair section, who are subject matter experts in the largest equipment the British army have. Key member in the Inspections department who inspected and classified all the squadron’s mechanical assets, deeming them safe and to the European set standard of roadworthiness. Fire appliance inspection leader ensuring all were well maintained, inspected and complied with current fire regulations Carry out annual Fire lessons/practises and check operation of fire alarms weekly Ensuring that all technical publications were up to date and my team had a full understanding of how to use them. Maintenance and update of the localised IT & ES MIS system Ensuring that my team had the capability to carry out personal development within the allowed time frames and constraints.

Grimsby

Harvest Products 2019 - PresentMechanical and electrical Engineer Harvest Products is a family run business providing a supply chain to most major retailers throughout the United Kingdom, meeting high demands and strict targets in a timely fashion.My role involves being part of a small professional engineering team offering engineering solutions to make sure full efficiency of all machinery within Harvest products, PPM, servicing, factory maintenance and upkeep ensuring reliability of equipment to meet deadlines and orders. My main responsibilities include:• Working to company procedures, protocols and working to a safe system of work.• Preventive maintenance on all machinery ensuring maximum efficiency and reliability. • Offering input and advice on all projects to improve, update equipment for reliability and higher demand. • Servicing and repair of machinery to ensure reliability and longevity of equipment. • Maintenance, repair and upkeep of Harvest products site to keep up a professional image and happy working environment. • Respond to regular audit reports and ensure any issues are resolve in a timely manner. • Cost effective purchasing of parts, machinery and modifications.• Raising Purchase orders and updating spreadsheets.• Raising maintenance and fault reports. • Mechanical and electrical fault finding. • Calibration of 3 types of multi head weighers and check weighers.• Following mechanical and electrical schematics. • Fabrication and welding mild and stainless steel.• Maintaining, fault finding and servicing form fill machines, flow wrappers, metal detectors, check weighers, depositors, de nesters, multi head tray sealing machines, conveyors, bucket conveyors, dresser, augers, AC units, press machines, Adpak and Sontex heat shrink wrapping machines and chillers.

Northern Ireland

Shared responsibility for repairing and maintaining the whole of the light vehicle fleet for task force Helmand in a small but mobile team, in a high hazard environment Troubleshooting, problem solving and maintaining an ageing fleet with what limited resources but utilising excellent adaptability to overcome problems. Management of an in-house ‘Tuck Shop’ whilst on operations ensuring that the morale of the troops was maintained to a high standard and also raising money for charity. This was recognised by the senior leadership with a strong recommendation in my annual appraisal. Ensuring all maintenance needs of the customer were met by having a no nonsense approach and often working above and beyond what was expected.

Catterick

I was employed as a class 3 mechanic with basic mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical ability showing a tremendous willingness and ability to learn. Continued professional training to gain Class 2 status, most of which was completed in a high hazard environment in Iraq on operations and within 9 months of joining the unit and before expectations, gaining praise from the line management. Involvement in the improvement of production performance and support operational requirements. Working as part of a team and also independently, even as an inexperienced tradesman Maintenance and upkeep of all Technical publications ensuring they were maintained to the highest of standards.

City & Guilds, Engineering Installation, Commissioning And Maintenance, Level 3

Opito, Stage 1 And 2 Crane Operator, Opito Stage 1 And 2

Opito, Bosiet,Foet, Mist, Huet, Hlo, Hse And First Aid, Opito

National Vocational Qualification, Engineering Maintenance (Mechanical), Level 3

City & Guilds, Key Skills In Working With Others, Level 2

National Vocational Qualification, Performing Engineering Operations (Engineering Practices), Level 2

Cpcs, Tower Crane And Luffing Jib, Pedestrian Tower Crane, Truck Mounted Crane And Crawler Crane, Cpcs

City & Guilds, Key Skills In Improving Own Learning And Performance, Level 2

City & Guilds, Key Skills In Application Of Number, Level 2

General National Vocational Qualification, Business, Gnvq