PROFILE

A BTEC HNC qualified Mechanical Engineer with 18 years experience working on Military Light and Heavy goods vehicles, at shop floor and managerial levels. An experienced manager, used to working in difficult conditions and within fixed time constraints to ensure efficient job completion. Approachable with good communication and interpersonal skills.

KEY SKILLS

• Problem solver, logical thinker and with a high degree of attention to detail, whilst providing solutions to engineering problems.
• Health and Safety, Total Quality, COSHH, Engineering Hygiene and Risk Assessment policy implementation within the working environment.
• Team leadership: good motivator able to get the most out of any team.
• Fleet maintenance: responsible for roadworthiness inspections, service programming and updating of vehicle documentation.
• Qualified to serve on multi trade discipline equipment inspection teams.
• Inspects all vehicle types or associated mechanical equipment, utilising necessary technical documentation, producing comprehensive reports on repair work required.
• Proven communicator using Microsoft Word and Excel, producing reports and spreadsheets.

CAREER HISTORY

1988 - Present HM Forces Worldwide

2003 - Present Manager Paderborn, Germany

Responsible for the programming of servicing and maintenance of a fleet of 20 heavy armoured personnel carriers, as manager of a 12 man team of tradesmen, of varying trade disciplines.

• Deployed to Iraq on a six month tour where new and diverse equipments had to be learned and maintained to a high standard in extremely arduous conditions.
• Worked with people of diverse cultures improving communications including civilian liaison.
• Headed a team who recovered 150 armoured vehicles from Iraq after 12 months in the desert, under tight time restraints, and limited resources.
• Responsible for all department work rotas, training junior tradesmen and writing of their appraisals.
• Instructs, supervises and inspects the work of junior tradesmen, controls human resources within time and budgetary constraints, maintains personnel and technical progress.

2000 - 2003 Senior instructor Newcastle, UK

Accountable for an Artillery Battery of Rocket Launchers and heavy support equipment. At the same time responsible for the training of Territorial Army vehicle mechanics and technicians in the vehicle disciplines.

• Conducts Health and Safety induction training of all new employees.
• Controls the trade training and career development of 20 tradesmen, of various trade groups.

1996 - 2000 Senior Team Leader Catterick, UK

Whilst based in Catterick carried out 3 operational tours of the former Yugoslavia, carrying out equipment support on every piece of equipment the army had at the time.

• Liaising with various military units on repair times and quality of repair.
• Co-ordinating mechanics of various disciplines to carry out repair work.
• Engaging with locally employed civilians to carry out repair work.
• Undertook charity work at the weekends to help the local community rebuild itself after a terrible war.

TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

BTEC Higher National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering 2002

Engineering Technician, Society of Operational Engineers 2005

Associate Member Institute of Road Transport Engineers 2005

OCR level 2 Certificate for IT users (Clait Plus) 2004

European Computer Driving Licence 2003

City and Guilds Motor Vehicle Mechanic Craft Studies part 2 1993

City and Guilds Motor Vehicle Mechanic Studies part 3 1993

PERSONAL DETAILS

Driving Licence: Full clean licence including C+E