Chris Beare

Background

About Chris Beare

I completed my apprenticeship with Berry Global (formally know as M&H Plastics) in Electrical engineering and worked as part of the electrical department for 10 years, this role included maintaining machines, building machines and modifications to machine, I was also trained in PLC programming. Then I completed training to become multi skilled engineer including hydraulic and pneumatic skills.During my apprenticeship I completed a level 3 NVQ in engineering maintenance, ONC in electrical-electronic engineering, HNC in electrical-electronic engineering and HND in electrical-electronic engineering. I have also completed several other training courses including Pneumatics and Hydraulics Training, Mechanical Skills for Electricians, Siemens PLC training. I was also part of a small team that was sent out to USA to build the Winchester site and get this up and running.In my current role I support a team of 26 engineers, 4 trainees and 2 apprentices.This teams duty is to keep the production machines in operation and in tip top condition to enable effective production outputs. This team is then split into the 5 production areas, we also have 2 project engineers to concentrate on coordinated projects.A massive part of my current position is working out weekly plans, arranging parts for projects and planning works.