Some other awesome colleagues have been nominated for going the extra mile at work. Thank you to them all for making our lives better at work and for being so dedicated.
Celaine Cave, Trading Co-Ordinator at Rugby, for taking ownership of factoring and trading process, and helping to increase the area by 91% and bringing in over £200k to the business by supplying customers with materials we don’t stock in our Quarries.
Team Wickwar, SW and Wales Asphalt. A special mention to the Wickwar Asphalt Team where we have experienced several quality issues. All members of the team have worked extra hours with enthusiasm when required; notably Pete Horner who helped cover the weekend work in the absence of the contractor who was relocated to Forest Wood to cover another important job. They have also ventured outside of their normal duties to help rectify the potential causes to the quality issue we have recently experiencing.
Ricky Daunton, Multi Skilled Operative, Aggs SW and Wales. Through the course of 2018 and before there have been issues on site with making sure that maintenance and repairs are carried out properly – we were lacking a full-time fitter for a long time and problem equipment was eating in to what resources we did have. During this period and continuing even now, Ricky (who is not employed as a Fitter) has consistently demonstrated a willingness to use his skills developed outside of work in the scrap and banger racing fields to assist in diagnosing and remedying problems with machinery on site. He has shown his commitment to getting equipment working whilst ensuring that he and his colleagues remain safe at work at all times.
Kevin “Reggie” Barber, Supervisor, Freemans Quarry. Over the last eight weeks Freemans Quarry has been without its AQM, Dave Evans, as he has been recovering from knee replacement surgery. This absence coincided with the Safety Savvy roll out which the QM, Sam Shepherd, has been involved in. Given these challenging circumstances, it has fallen to Reggie, who is an appointed 8.1.D, to take the helm on site one or two (occasionally more) days per week. He has demonstrated his ability to maintain a safe and efficient working environment, ensuring that he does the right thing even when the pressure is on.