David Povey

Experience

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  City Dispense

  Oct 2004 - Dec 2012

  Senior Field Service Technician

  Drinks dispense systems installation and maintenance, covering North and West London and Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Providing installation and maintenance for companies including Wells and Young, Mitchell and Butler, Green King, Cryoservice, Air Liquide/Messer and Pepsi.Responsibilities including maintenance and installation work with regular overtime and out of hours on call coverage. Progressing to Senior Technician, responsibilities then including site meetings to arrange future works and co-ordinate with other contractors, supervision of up to eight engineers arranging and quality checking work. Quoting for installation work for new bar dispense systems for beer and soft drinks also including compressed air and mixed gas systems and cleaning systems. Also monitoring of stock levels in stores and engineers vehicles, keeping stock levels at an optimum. Show less

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  Innserve Ltd

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2016

  Field Service Technician

  Installing and maintaining beer and soft drink systems in North Wales and the Midlands, including gas supply and cleaning systems for retail outlets (pubs/clubs/cafeterias etc.); for various companies including Carlsberg/Heineken and Pepsi. Responsibilities included attending site to perform surveys for installation, arranging equipment provision and scheduling, installing new systems, updating old systems and providing ongoing maintenance support with rotational on call coverage.

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  Hoshizaki Lancer Group

  Apr 2017 - Apr 2019

  Field Service Technician

  Beer systems installations and maintenance varying from large sites including Rod Laver Arena, Etihad/Marvel Stadium and the MCG to two tap installs in smaller establishments. Installing and coordinating installations of dispense systems including glycol and ice bank, tank beer, draft stream and flexi draft units, cocktail and wine dispense units, CO2 monitoring systems and Weissbeerger dispense flow monitoring systems.Primarily installations with plenty of service work and on call work, coordinating national service breakdown when on call and liaising with customers and subcontractors to provide response and resolution to maintenance issues. My role has been varied, rewarding and expanded my skill set with particular attention to Australian dispense systems. Show less

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  Asahi Beverages

  May 2019 - now

  The management of all post mix installations for Asahi in the states of Victoria and Tasmania. I'm responsible for a seven figure budget, with interstate scheduling of dispense systems installation, sourcing of equipment and ensuring that departmental goals are met. Achievement of these goals by sourcing effective equipment and competent and reliable contractors as well as transport, liaising on a regular basis with project managers and sales to ensure informed and up to date decisions. Daily requirements include site meetings, surveys, providing quotes for work, managing several contractors, purchasing equipment for installations and providing updates and reports of operations. Putting in place processes to improve quality of delivery, standardizing operations to improve efficiency and improving information capture to assist with delivery and performance. I am also involved with new projects and development and implementation of new systems for drinks dispense. Show less

  • Regional Manager

    Jun 2022 - now

  • State Installation Manager Vic / Tas

    May 2019 - now