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Owen Paterson

Owen Paterson

plymouth,Devon

Summary

I am a dedicated and reliable Plumber, I pride myself on my strong work ethic and a get up and go mindset. I'm a glass half full kind of person always looking to learn new skills to better myself I have a keen eye for detail and following procedure, I enjoy being challenged mentally as well as physically.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Plumbing and heating engineer

New Build south west & renewable
Plymouth, Devon
2025.03 - Current

Installing plumbing and heating systems in new build properties across south west, managing process from first fix to second fix and completion.

Installing bathrooms, Wet rooms and full heating systems including Air source heat pumps as well as Gas boilers.

Conducted customer care work, including emergency call outs to fix leaks and fault find various issues.

Plumbing and heating engineer

Hodge Electrical & Mechanical
Plymouth, Devon
2023.04 - 2025.03

Whilst at Hodge E&M I carried out work on both domestic & commercial properties. This involved customer care based work, as well as Installation of all Underfloor heating at the company. This ranged from 3 Zone up to 12 Zone Properties exceeding a value of £1.25 million.

I had to have a very keen eye for detail as I was working on the properties at the stage of no walls, so everything had to be marked with extremely accurate calculations in correspondence with the architectural drawings.

Plumber's mate

Boiler Energy
Plymouth, Devon
2021.11 - 2023.03

Working directly along side a Gas Engineer carrying out repair and warranty work for Vaillant as an approved agent.

Performed Fault Finding on heating systems and wide range of boilers to pinpoint faulty components and executed repairs.

Conducted gas landlord safety checks, boiler servicing, and installations on domestic and commercial properties.

Apprentice plumber

M&T Plumbing and Heating
Saltash, Cornwall
2020.11 - 2021.10

Working at M&T I shadowed two very experienced Plumbing and heating engineers working closely with them enabling my plumbing career to really take traction as I was "Thrown in the deep end" being given my own plots to work in from first fix through to second fix liaising with other trades and ordering my materials needed for the various work.

Plumbing apprentice

L&D Group
Plymouth, Devon
2018.08 - 2020.10

Starting my plumbing career by shadowing experienced plumbers to gain practical skills and plumbing techniques.

Education

Diploma of Higher Education - Plumbing and Heating

City College Plymouth
Plymouth
2016.09 - 2018.07

Diploma of Higher Education - Gamekeeping & Wildlife management

Sparsholt College
Winchester, Hampshire
2015.09 - 2017.07

Diploma of Higher Education - Gamekeeping and Countryside management

Duchy College
Callington, Cornwall
2014.09 - 2015.07

GCSEs - Maths English Sciences + Additional Science

Plymstock School
Plymouth
2009.09 - 2014.07

GCSEs - Geography, Design and technology, German

Plymstock School
Plymouth
2009.09 - 2014.07

Skills

  • Punctuality and reliability
  • Honest and Hardworking
  • Good Communicator
  • Organised and tidy
  • Work well under pressure to meet deadlines
  • Team and independent work
  • Problem solving and Fault Finding
  • Ability to read and understand drawings
  • Attention to detail
  • Health and safety
  • Motivated

Timeline

Plumbing and heating engineer

New Build south west & renewable
2025.03 - Current

Plumbing and heating engineer

Hodge Electrical & Mechanical
2023.04 - 2025.03

Plumber's mate

Boiler Energy
2021.11 - 2023.03

Apprentice plumber

M&T Plumbing and Heating
2020.11 - 2021.10

Plumbing apprentice

L&D Group
2018.08 - 2020.10

Diploma of Higher Education - Plumbing and Heating

City College Plymouth
2016.09 - 2018.07

Diploma of Higher Education - Gamekeeping & Wildlife management

Sparsholt College
2015.09 - 2017.07

Diploma of Higher Education - Gamekeeping and Countryside management

Duchy College
2014.09 - 2015.07

GCSEs - Maths English Sciences + Additional Science

Plymstock School
2009.09 - 2014.07

GCSEs - Geography, Design and technology, German

Plymstock School
2009.09 - 2014.07
Owen Paterson