Fairfax Plant Hire Ltd has an aim to be your first choice for tool hire and plant hire. They are an independent business based in Hemingbrough and Selby, close to the motorway network (M62, M18, M1, and A1M) and major Yorkshire cities. And in the process of open another site in Leeds and another in Selby.Fairfax Plant Hire offer one of the largest ranges of Operated and Self Drive Plant in the North of England, we can supply all major Yorkshire cities and Construction sites throughout North, South, East and West Yorkshire.We always offer our best service at competitive prices.We have unrivalled expertise in meeting our customer's demands. • Group Engineering Manager who is responsible for 5 apprentices, 6 mobile fitters, 3 supervisors, 20 workshop fitters and 4 yard operators.• Also responsible for the MOT, Service, repairs, insurance and running day to day of over 35 cars, 18 vans, 22 Trucks and 3 trailers. • Responsible for onsite and offsite Health and Safety for all maintenance repair work carried out on plant machinery.• Responsible for all training of fitters, operators and stores personnel. • Introduced 7 new fitters vans and racking out to a cost of £82500.• Introduced 2 new Volvo 44t HGV and stickering and attachments to a cost of £243000• Introduced 5 new vans for deliveries and collections with stickers and attachments to a cost £124000.• Introduces 3 new 7.5t Lorries and stickering up for collections and deliveries at a cost of £92000.• Contract negotiations with major suppliers on new machine plant from Volvo, Kubota, Case and CAT.• Writing up and pushing towards ISO 9001 and 18001, looking to achieve the standard in mid 2017.• Creating training packages for class room lessons on hydraulics, electrical fault finding on 12 and 24v, basic mechanical skills and welding/fabrication.• Responsible for all LEV, LOLER, PSSR, COSHH, HASAW, PUWER, MSDS, COSHH, Permit to Work Systems.

Lytag Ltd has been supplying Lytag® LWA for over 40 years and has sold in excess of 16 million tonnes of material.Manufactured within the European Union in accordance with EN 13055, the standard for lightweight aggregates, Lytag® LWA is widely available within the UK & Europe. Supplies to other parts of the globe can easily be arranged Due to its particular and varied attributes, Lytag® LWA is extremely versatile and can be used for a wide range of applications.The new factory is situated on Drax Power Station as we use the Pulverised Fly Ash (PFA) from there boilers to make our product.Reporting directly to the Factory Manager, responsible for maintaining the factory, projects, energy saving, planned maintenance and statutory inspections along with deputy factory manager status.Job Role and Achievements:• Part of a team that installed a 12 million pound state of the art Lytag Factory from the foundations to running 600t a day.• Design and implement a new TPM system, writing all the TPMS for the new plant including mechanical, electrical and statutory inspections.• Permit to Work, Risk Assessment and Method Statement authorising signatory, Safety auditor and trainer. • Manage and lead process improvement projects and repairs• Drax Power Station approved access permit person for all Drax permit to work• Design and create a permit to work system, implement it and train it out.• Drax Power Station Approved Access Permit person for all Drax permit to work• Drax Mobile Crane Authorised person• Energy saving and cost analysis on existing processes for improvements• Mechanical and electrical breakdowns, fault finding and installation• Engineer support providing second line support to the Shift teams for mechanical and electrical breakdowns in a fast paced 24/7/365 environment, as technical asset owner of all site equipment associated with the Lytag process including, LNG systems, gas fired systems, pneumatic, mechanical, electrical and PLC.

Utilities and Mechanical Engineer Guardian Industries UK Ltd Guardian is the largest float glass producing company in the UK, a global business with a turnover of over $5 bn. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, responsible for maintaining the factory, projects and energy savingJob Role and Achievements:• Design and implemented a preventative and maintenance program within the engineering department which in turn has reduced equipment losses.• Contractor organisation, reviews and negotiations with cost savings of £350K• Responsible for all LEV, LOLER, PSSR, COSHH, HASAW, PUWER, MSDS, Permit to Work Systems. Involved in Hazop studies, SIL assessments.• Responsible for maintaining and reviewing Natural gas, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, LPG, Fire Protection and Sulphur dioxide systems making sure they all upto date with regulations• Manage and lead process improvement projects and repairs• Energy saving and cost analysis on existing processes for improvements• Part of a team that installed and get operational a £32 million pound Magnatronic Splutter Coater.• Installation of £140K oil free compressed air system for coater project• Installation 2 of 700m3 VAB Capari pumps and variable speed drives cost of £60K• Designed and manufactured an air knife blower system to remove defects from the glass surface which gave a saving of £120K• Manufacture and install a new dust extraction hood for the furnace raw materials feed, this has prolonged the furnace life.

Maintenance Supervisor Guardian Industries UK LtdGuardian is the largest float glass producing company in the UK, a global business with a turnover of over $5 bn. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, responsible for 2 direct reports and a team of 12 operators and 2 leadmen. Job Role and Achievements:• Direct responsible for TPM scheduling, issuing new and updating originals• Responsible for emergency breakdowns and planned maintenance• Organising and implementing safety procedures and training them out• Instrumental in the Permit to Work system, MSDS and Risk assessments for the engineering department.

Maintenance Operator / Leadman Guardian Industries UK LtdGuardian is the largest float glass producing company in the UK, a global business with a turnover of over $5 bn. Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, responsible for a team of 6 operators, 2 electrical and 4 mechanical disciplined. Job Role and Achievements:• Quick response to breakdowns• Vast knowledge of the process and equipment used• Excellent skills with all work shop equipment and machinery• Competent welder and fabricator with many projects• Welding is upto code standard.• Can operate in harsh warm environments• Good communication skills and leadership.

M.S.O Multi Skilled Operator (Engineer) LinPac Rigid PlasticsLINPAC today is an international market leader with annual revenues of EUR 1.3 billion (£1.1 billion). Comprising four core divisions, they offer tailored packaging and supply chain products and services worldwide. Our 7,000 employees are based at 77 locations across 29 countries on four continents.Job Role and Achievements:• Maintain plastic thermoforming and injection moulding machines.• Maintain plastic extruding machines• Carry out quick and effective tool changes on 3 different types of thermoforming and injection mould machines.• Created a COSHH manual and register and filing system• Part of a team that installed a state of the art extrusion machine with pneumatic blending system• Created, introduced and trained out to the operators the correct way to run the extrusion plant with questions and answers and test at the end of the training period.

Trainee Product Development Engineer Van Leer PlanstonaVan Leer's is one of the leading companies in consumer and industries packaging business, technological leadership and to further expand both the consumer and the industrial packaging business. Van Leer, the most global industrial-and-consumer packaging company in the world, meets the packaging needs of its customers, wherever these needs may be. Job Role and Achievements:• Created and implemented a departmental COSHH system.• Developing with a New Zealand company an ultrasonic sealing machine.• Developing a continuous belt vacuum forming system for multiple moulds.• Job roles included mechanical fitting, tooling repairs and tooling designing.• Was responsible for 2 factory operator