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Stuart Harrison

Stuart Harrison

Lichfield,Staffordshire

Summary

Methodical and enthusiastic professional engineer with proven ability to work independently and collaboratively. Strong adaptability complemented by reliability, creativity, and attention to detail. Committed to delivering high-quality work and fostering continuous personal and professional growth through active listening and learning.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Undercarriage Engineer

Finning (Caterpillar)
Cannock, Staffordshire
10.2022 - 09.2025
  • Assembling and repairing tracks for heavy machinery
  • Access to Finning's "SIS 2.0" database to find required tooling and instructions when needed.
  • Reconditioning track idlers

New Prep Engineer (Temp)

Finning (Caterpillar)
Cannock, Staffordshire
03.2022 - 10.2022
  • Require to prepare new Caterpillar machines for customers.
  • Fitting blades, couplers, buckets, beacons and varied other parts
  • Liaising with contractors and internal departments through verbal and email communication to keep up to date with issues or requirements.
  • Using Caterpillars "Visual Factory" and "SIS 2.0" to find required information such as instructions to complete a job.

Mechanical Maintenance Technician

APC Overnight
Essington/Cannock, Staffordshire
07.2018 - 04.2021
  • Required to sharply attend calls during shift to determine and fix any problems that arise to keep downtime to a minimum.
  • Mechanical based
  • Experience across two of APC sites
  • Working on Automated Sortation machines

Mechanical Fitter

Driver Southall
Burntwood, Staffordshire
05.2013 - 05.2018
  • Required to machine parts on a lathe and a milling machine for checkweighers
  • Building/fabricating checkweighers (Mainly for the food industry)
  • Maintaining, servicing and installing our machines on required sites (I didn't do this part much, sometimes I'd get asked to tag along if needed).

Mig Welder

A Hingley Transport Lt
Brierley Hill, Dudley
06.2011 - 05.2013
  • Required to mig weld parts for lorry trailers using various pre-made jigs
  • Fitting/fabricating the parts to the correct specification
  • Occasional latheing and milling

Education

Pearson BTEC Lvl 3 Subsidiary Diploma - Engineering

In comm training services Ltd
09.2014 - 09.2016

City & Guilds: Lvl 2 Cert - Engineering - Manufacturing Tech

In comm training services Ltd
09.2013 - 09.2014

Lvl 3 NVQ Ext Diploma - Mechanical Manufacture Engineering

In comm training services Ltd
09.2014 - 09.2016

Lvl 2 NVQ Diploma - Performing Engineering Operations

In comm training services Ltd
09.2013 - 09.2014

8 GCSE's - A to C (Including Maths, Science and English)

Chase Terrace Tech College
09.2005 - 09.2010

Skills

  • Great on my own initiative
  • Team player
  • Good house keeping
  • Very methodical and creative
  • Detail oriented
  • Enthusiastic
  • Good listener
  • Always willing to learn
  • Extremely reliable
  • Sociable and very easy to get on with

Affiliations

  • Once did a charity boxing match
  • Once did a charity skydive
  • Love cats, walks and anything activity wise
  • Always repair my own car from professional instructions such as a Haynes Manual
  • Investing
  • Home gym
  • Running and hiking

Timeline

Undercarriage Engineer

Finning (Caterpillar)
10.2022 - 09.2025

New Prep Engineer (Temp)

Finning (Caterpillar)
03.2022 - 10.2022

Mechanical Maintenance Technician

APC Overnight
07.2018 - 04.2021

Pearson BTEC Lvl 3 Subsidiary Diploma - Engineering

In comm training services Ltd
09.2014 - 09.2016

Lvl 3 NVQ Ext Diploma - Mechanical Manufacture Engineering

In comm training services Ltd
09.2014 - 09.2016

City & Guilds: Lvl 2 Cert - Engineering - Manufacturing Tech

In comm training services Ltd
09.2013 - 09.2014

Lvl 2 NVQ Diploma - Performing Engineering Operations

In comm training services Ltd
09.2013 - 09.2014

Mechanical Fitter

Driver Southall
05.2013 - 05.2018

Mig Welder

A Hingley Transport Lt
06.2011 - 05.2013

8 GCSE's - A to C (Including Maths, Science and English)

Chase Terrace Tech College
09.2005 - 09.2010
Stuart Harrison