Mark Sheridan EngTech MIMechE

Experience

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  Royal Air Force (RAF)

  Sept 2003 - Sept 2015

  Carrying out routine maintenance, diagnostic and rectification of faults and providing out of hours callout service for a varied fleet of Airfield Vehicles.• NVQ Assessor – carrying out on the job training, providing one to one mentoring and coaching of junior personnel and work experience placements.• Experienced in diagnosing and rectifying faults with electrical, fuel, injection and ignition systems of vehicles.• Specialist trained to rectify complex hydraulic faults on aircraft loading equipment. • Accident assessment inspections and estimating costs of parts and labour.• Maintenance controller, planning and organising maintenance and rectification of a large fleet of vehicles, maintaining operational effectiveness. Liaising with internal departments and external agencies for recalls, modifications and mandatory inspections. Updating live maintenance tracker and maintain records.• Diagnosing and rectifying faults with pneumatic systems, including compressors.• Experienced with Hydrostatic Transmissions and Nitrogen Accumulators, Manual and Automatic Transmissions, 2WD, 4WD, 6WD and 4 wheel steering configurations Show less

  • Vehicle Technician / Maintenance Controller

    Aug 2014 - Sept 2015

  • General Technician Mechanical

    Oct 2011 - Jul 2014

  • Mechanical Transport/Ground Support Technician

    Sept 2003 - Oct 2011
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  JETS Accademy

  Sept 2013 - Jun 2014

  NVQ Assessor

  Training to become an NVQ Assessor, duties include assessing, mentoring and advising students of Performing Engineering Operations Level 2. This role allowed me to develop more supervision and management skills, as well as completing my own course.

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  Crossroads Truck & Bus Ltd

  Jul 2015 - Nov 2015

  HGV Technician

  Carrying out routine servicing to meet strict timescales, using diagnostic computers. Repairing both mechanical and electrical faults and preparing vehicles for MOT, and carrying out MOT defects. Carrying out warranty and accident damage repairs. Using specialist tools like mig welder to repair and oxyacetylene for heat to remove parts and loosen bolts.Carrying out full roller brake test of rigid, Arctic, and drawbar vehicles and trailers. Collecting and delivering vehicles for service and MOT, from customers locations. Providing quick response breakdown service. Show less

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  STILL Materials Handling Ltd UK

  Nov 2015 - Sept 2018

  Field Service Engineer
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  Caljan Rite-Hite

  Sept 2018 - Oct 2019

  Maintenance Engineer

  • Carry out service and rectification of equipment on customer sites in a safe, professional and cost effective manner, maintaining documentation of all works carried out in line with Health and Safety and Quality procedures• Delivering first class customer service at all times and building customer relationships • Managing own daily schedule to maximise efficiency while maintaining availability for breakdown cover• Working to high targets, KPI’s and strict deadlines whilst maintaining operational requirements of customers.• Regional representative on the Employee Forum at HQ contributing ideas to improve the business as a whole.• SME and Legally authorised to service and repair Pyroban Explosion Protection Forklift Trucks• Accurately identifying parts, placing the order, sometimes with external agencies and updating customers of timescales• Providing competitive quotations for damages and work required not covered by service plans, liaising directly with customers to gain purchase order numbers to progress with repairs and referring leads to the Sales team. Show less

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  Alfons Haar Ltd

  Oct 2019 - Aug 2021

  - Providing Technical Support to Customers in the UK and Ireland, Assisting colleagues throughout Europe with technical enquires. - Carrying out calibration of Fuel Tankers alongside Trading Standards and Commissioning Tankers after delivery to the customer. - Carry out Technical Training on the operation of Alfons Haar Systems. - Diagnose and Repair complex faults that require specialist assistance from Alfons Haar.- Writing software for each individual truck build, updating software and altering calibration settings for different products. - Liaising with external agents to keep customer trucks operational.- Sales of specialist parts.- Produce Risk Assessments and Method Statements Show less

  • Senior Service Engineer

    May 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Service Support Engineer

    Oct 2019 - May 2021
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  TÜV SÜD

  Aug 2021 - now

  Technical Advisor

  Responsible for ensuring machinery is compliant to the Machinery Directive and conforms to the correct standards. Services provided by TÜV SÜD are UKCA/UKNI marking, CE marking, CE audit, PUWER assessment, In-situ EMC Testing and Functional Safety Evaluation and Verification.