John Davidson

Operations Manager in the coated factory over business unit 2, Managing a team of approximately 90 people including shift managers ,OTL,s , charge hands and general operators. with the following responsibilities

• Enforced adherence to health and safety regulations within premises.
• Quality checked products to safeguard customer health and safety.
• Streamlined production processes to enhance efficiency.
• Optimised inventory control with accurate forecasting.
• Coordinated cross-functional teams for smooth workflow.
• Delegated tasks efficiently to promote team productivity.
• Reduced waste generation by promoting recycling initiatives.
• Boosted team morale via recognition and reward systems.
• Developed production plans covering schedules, quality goals and labour requirements.
• Set clear targets and established successful controls to control expenditure.

• In my role as engineering co-ordinator for the RTE factory and facilities which involved managing a maintenance team of around 30 Engineers with various skills (electrical, mechanical and refrigeration) for all process areas and site services to ensure the continued development of the maintenance function and provide a pro-active professional service on site
• Delegate and prioritise work duties among site team and contractors
• Manage and develop maintenance strategies for new and existing site services
• Carry out failure analysis of plant and equipment
• Ensure all PMS schedules are completed on time and to an agreed KPI score
• Progress and enhance H&S legislative compliance relating to all projects
• Ensure full Environmental compliance
• Ensure all work on site is covered by a relevant Permit/Permit control
• Drive energy reduction projects
• Responsible for all refrigeration/utilities on site
• Manage projects
• Completion of building infrastructure technical issues
• Appraisals and develop training requirements of team
• Weekly wages
• To ensure all company policy and procedures are complied with
• Minimise downtime
• Responsible for budget control
• To make sure the factory runs to full capacity with minimum downtime
• To insure maintenance is carried out in a safe and efficient manner

• Part time lecturer in refrigeration one night per week
• This was teaching both written (charts, system design, heat loads, H&S etc) and practical (Design and build small systems, charging etc)
• It also covered electrics, drawings, fault finding, superheats, controllers etc

• I worked within the plant department looking after site services which included the following:
• REFRIGERATION: 15 SYSTEMS (Freon R22, Ammonia NH3, R407C, R404A, Ammonia secondary systems) covering breaking downs, compressor rebuilds, installing evaps, condensers, pipe work etc, fault finding, leak testing, charging, pms
• COMPRESSED AIR: general pms, blow downs, lubrication systems, filters, dryers, pipe work (stainless, galvanised, and plastic)
• STEAM: looking after 2 boilers (Danstoker TDC11 7000kg/hour), replacing pipe work, steam traps, heat exchangers, oil tanks etc
• THERMAL OIL SYSTEMS: Looking after 7 thermal oil boilers running oil at 280c, fault finding, overhauling pumps, level controls, pipe work, and overtemp alarm systems
• EFFLUENT PLANT: looking after a daf unit running high volumes of effluent to 6ph, fat separator, rota sieves, scrappers, tanks, pipe work and faultfinding
• HVAC: Office blocks, general factory, looking after different filtration systems (g4, f9, hepa etc)
• WATER SYSTEMS: Plate heat exchangers, nitrate plants, water softeners, Boiler feed water, site compliance to L8, chilled water systems, hot water systems, pipe work (Copper, black iron stainless)

• I started in miltown meats in general maintenance, this involved keeping all the machinery running and putting in place a pms schedule to minimize downtime as most of the work was intervention beef which meant the product had to be out within preset time scales
• This work covered: General fitting (welding-tig and ark, turning, rebuilds etc), Electrical (fault finding, changing components, reading drawings etc), Refrigeration (charging, leak testing etc), Plumbing, Pms on all equipment, Dealing with outside contractors etc

• I started in Evron foods as an apprentice maintenance electrician then after about six months I was told that to be kept on I would have to move over to facilities specialising in refrigeration
• Over the next year I spent most of my time fitting out the new factory with new ovens, machinery, refrigeration etc
• This was very helpful as I gained a lot of knowledge over various areas

• Apprentice electrician, btec electronics