Heather Ewing

My role as Deputy Manager has enabled me to coach and mentor new employees on company policies and procedures as well as taking charge of the updating and changing of policies to ensure they are in line with current local and national guidance. My role has also seen me being part of the recruitment process interviewing potential job candidate and made hiring recommendations to the area manager.

I have helped to oversee the daily operations of the nursery, managing staff and inventory and took on day to day administration tasks and duties required including H.R responsibilities within the nursery from staff personnel records to disciplinary procedures.

I maintained a hands-on knowledge of job roles and stepped in where necessary.

My role seen me helping to conduct monthly meetings to drive successful forward plans and enabled me to liaise and communicate between managers and employees effectively to deal with concerns and expectations with all parties involved. This allowed me to maintain frequent interactions with senior management to measure goal achievements and determine areas for improvement.

I scheduled equipment maintenance, cleaning and repairs and ordered new equipment and resources when required.

I learned a range of skills working within the factory setting. I worked in a range of departments which involved building goods for Faslane Naval Base, dealing with packing of products and also acting as a quality control officer ensuring products where of a high standard before shipping to customers. I worked on team projects and also solo projects within my job role within Turnkey.