Well done to all those who were nominated in March.
Nicola Drabble, Rail Coordinator, Supply Chain. Nicola has shown a huge commitment to improving the mental health and wellbeing of staff locally at Dove Holes and more recently to the wider CEMEX employees.
She started printing off the Action for Happiness Calendars and distributing them amongst her colleagues. This is now a standard item in UK News. Nicola also talks passionately about improving mental health to everyone who asks. As a Mental Health First Aider she has embraced the subject and truly is an advocate.
Steve Haigh, Site Fitter, Stourton Depot & Asphalt plant. Steve had a few days holiday booked to do some decorating at home. Unfortunately, at work we encountered problems on the rail offload whilst discharging Tuesday 4th February’s train, this resulted in the train not being fully discharged and stabled at Stourton. Although the issue on the plant was quite small it did cause significant problems – a whole series of support rollers had come adrift and the conveyor belts were full of Aggregate and would not start. When Steve heard this he came to help – initially, making the plant operable to discharge the remainder of the stabled train and then came in the following day to assist in clearing the Aggregate and replacing the rollers on the conveyor and making sure the plant was operational and safe to use.
Stephen Underwood, Assistant Manager, Bletchley Asphalt plant. Stephen always shows complete commitment to keeping the Asphalt plants available to produce material safely for all our loyal customers. The plant broke down late Friday 6th March with an electrical fault on the elevator that required an electrician to diagnose. Once diagnosed it was looking like the plant would not be available until Monday afternoon at the earliest. Stephen, at home on Friday night, began to investigate getting the spares required for the Saturday. Unfortunately, this never happened but he did find the parts for the Sunday – the plant was repaired safely and made ready to produce on the Monday morning. Via a text message all of our customers were notified that it would be business as usual on Monday.
Working all weekend, the above demonstrates Stephen’s commitment to all our CEMEX standards/values incorporating being the best for customers.
Liz Dixon, Regional Planning Manager – Aggregates & Asphalt. During the first two months of 2020 we have unfortunately had to battle with issues with our vessels, wharfs and most notably the weather. Liz spearheaded the crisis plan with daily ‘red alert’ calls and meticulous planning of our limited available Aggregates to ensure our Readymix business could still function. Liz worked tirelessly, exploring all options e.g. importing Aggregates from other areas or from competitors in this emergency situation.
Chris O’Brien, Maintenance Manager; Richard Endacott, Operations Manager and Joe Jones and Paul Marshall, Relief Managers – South Coast Materials. During a night pour on a 15,000m3 contract our Crawley Readymix plant unfortunately suffered a hydraulic leak. This occurred just after midnight on Tuesday 10th March. Our Relief Plant Managers, Joe and Paul, stopped production and had to deal with the urgent issue of having a mixer full of Concrete which was due to go hard. They contacted Richard and Chris at around 12.30 and Chris managed to source an emergency contractor, Pirtek, who could come to the plant immediately. Most importantly everything was done safely, and the plant was back up and running in a short time, with the customer’s pour being completed. There was also a big clean-up operation due to the oil leak, and the staff on site worked hard to clear this and are a credit to the business.