Winston Cox

Experience

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  Fairclough Civil Engineering

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1988

  Engineers Assistant/Labourer
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  McFadden Civil Engineering

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1992

  Gas Service Layer
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  Hawarden Slate Factory

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1993

  Line Worker (Temporary)
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  HM Forces

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2005

  • Completed an HND and BSc in Electronic Systems Engineering. • Responsible for the repair and maintenance of wire guided anti-armour weapon system.• Managed the daily administration for a team of 50 Technicians. • Completed basic and advanced Electronic Principles and General Engineering course. • Maintained and repaired mains powered equipment and armoured military vehicles.

  • Electronics Artificer Training

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  • Electronics Technician

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  • Electronics Technician Retraining

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

  • Vehicle Electrician

    Jan 1994 - Jan 2001
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  HM Forces

  Oct 2005 - May 2015

  Managed large workshop and multi-skilled team of 45 senior engineers and 3rd party contractors and provided expert advice, medical/general engineering and equipment support to meet the needs of operational colleagues at training hospital within large Medical Brigade HQ and across Army medical units worldwide, in compliance with stringent Health, Safety and Quality standards. • Consistently achieved high pass rates for Engineering QA Inspections in line with ISO 9001:2008.• Significantly increased equipment availability using LEAN principles• Lead Engineer for Containerised Computer Tomography System (CCTS).• Played key role in steering groups as Medical Engineer SME, • Led multiple projects to establish, equip maintain/repair equipment required by operational field hospitals worldwide• Oversaw and authorised payment for work of 10 sub-contractors• Developed medical protocol policy and process training for Equipment Care Inspection Teams.• Planned OEM training for up to 49 Medical Engineers per year.• Coordinated user equipment fundamental training for 1200 medical staff per year.• Developed 12 colleagues into SMEs for Electro-medical equipment. Show less Led teams of up to 4 Engineers within dedicated military training hospital and maintained over 750 items of medical equipment, ensuring a minimum of 85% availability for operational use, whilst also assisting with maintenance of 3 other hospitals and 5 smaller satellite clinics across the UK.• Promoted to Head of Engineering Cadre due to drive and determination for quality service.• Significantly improved equipment availability and reduced costs • Consistently achieved high audit results for Health & Safety, Infection Control and Quality Assurance Show less Managed technical support across the Tri-Services (Army/Navy/RAF) for all new and legacy optical and laser equipment and provided advice on technical requirements and processes.• Saved £1m+ by providing expert technical direction for procurement of commercial equipment.• Resolved multiple technical, state of repair, accountability issues at MoD warehouses across the UK.• Reduced costs by £100k per annum by screening equipment returning from operations before releasing to contractor and incurring extra inspection charges.• Reviewed real time MTBF data and reduced costs by approx. £1m Show less

  • Senior Clinical Engineering Manager, Landforces

    Apr 2013 - May 2015

  • Clinical Engineering Manager, UK

    Apr 2009 - Apr 2013

  • Technical Support/Integrated Logistic Support

    Apr 2007 - Apr 2009

  • Senior Technical Manager - Optronics Company

    Oct 2005 - Apr 2007
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  Snowdon Mountain Railway

  Oct 2015 - Mar 2017

  Railway Maintenance Manager
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  CelticSMR Ltd

  Mar 2017 - Jun 2019

  Technical Manager/Service Engineer

  Management of the Poulton Workshop and the Engineering Team.

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  BSI

  Jul 2019 - Oct 2019

  Client Manager Medical Devices EMEA at BSI
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  CelticSMR Ltd

  Dec 2019 - Jul 2020

  Field Services Engineer
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  MIS HEALTHCARE LIMITED

  Jul 2020 - now

  • Senior Field Service Engineer

    Nov 2022 - now

  • Field Services Engineer

    Jul 2020 - Jan 2023