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Meet our newly formed Maintenance and Facilities Team at Emplas Window Systems. Lead by James Turner, our maintenance team comprises of Dave, Dan, Cory and Jack - who ensure our manufacturing site is expertly maintained and factory machines are working 24/7 to meet production demand. Dan and Dave have worked at Emplas for almost 6 years between them and are both 15 months into a Level 3 Maintenance Apprenticeship. Jack started the same course in November 2021 and is already excelling in his role. Cory joined us externally in November and adds a wealth of experience. The team are currently supporting building improvements to our site which include a new visitor area, meeting rooms and improved colleague welfare facilities.
Our new SHEQ Team Add together some internal promotions, lots of funded external training, a fantastic external recruit and you get our new SHEQ team. Along with Kevin, our Quality Control Manager, who himself has been at Emplas in numerous roles for over 20 years, Micky, Alex and John look after all things Safety, Health, Environment and Quality here at Emplas. Micky has worked with us for almost 2½ years (having worked within the industry for 21 years) and after spending time supporting our production recruitment and new starter training, is now changing his career to focus on Health and Safety as our EHS Manager and has started an external NEBOSH course. In less than 7 months of joining the production team, John has been promoted to Quality Coordinator utilising all the practical skills and experience gained in the factory to advise team leaders and his colleagues on ensuring the very best quality product. Finally, Alex joined the team in September and coordinates the Health, Safety and Environment agenda for Emplas. Alex has a wealth of H&S knowledge to add to the team!
Emplas Group’s Graham Bawden, who works for T&K Home Improvements, the retail part of Emplas, has become the very first apprentice to complete the new Fenestration Installer Apprenticeship Standard with GFTS Ltd. Well done Graham, it's a great achievement!
Well done to our Customer Services Manager, Clodagh Driscoll, who's been nominated in the G-Awards 2021 Unsung Hero Category. She joined us as a new business and sales assistant in 2008, working her way up through the ranks to become Customer Services Manager in June 2020!
Your career at Emplas We’re proud of our talented people in the Transport team. Emily originally joined us as a Transport Coordinator and with training and support was more than ready for progression when we had a Transport Manager vacancy in March 2021. Since Emily started in role the Transport team have had fantastic feedback from customers and to add to that success, Emily has also recently passed her external CPC training and exam. We’ve also seen promotion in the team with James, who after being with Emplas for over 3 years, was promoted to Lead Diver in March 2021 to ensure our team of permanent drivers are fully supported so we can deliver the very best to our customers.
Today is "cycle to work day" and this week Emplas Window Systems launched a Cycle to Work scheme along with Instant Discounts and Motorsave with our partners Caboodle Technology - Salary Extras. This offers a range of ways for colleagues to save money and supports their physical and mental wellbeing.
With temperatures still in their mid-30s, we've being do our best to help our team cool off. We really appreciate everyone's effort in keeping things moving and getting product on the road! Thanks to the entire team. We'll never complain about rain again!
Italy beat England on penalties last night but it's still the home of great pizza! To celebrate the achievement of #GarethSouthgate's heroes and to show we have no hard feelings, this lunchtime we laid on pizzas for our manufacturing and customer services teams! World Cup 2022?
The Emplas Window Systems 2020 Apprenticeship Program is underway with recruitment in full swing with the help of Starting Off and GFTS Ltd. and 3 new apprentices already recruited. We are looking for enthusiastic and keen to learn, Apprentices to join us in Transport, Purchasing, Order Processing or Fenestration Fabrication. Please share with anyone who might be interested in starting a rewarding career with lots of opportunities for progression. For more details search for Emplas on the gov.uk
