David Shackleton

Background

About David Shackleton

With over 16 years’ experience as an Electromechanical Engineer the last few years have seen me move into a managerial role ensuring electrical, environmental and legal compliance. Current responsibilities include managing a maintenance team ensuring individuals competency on electrical equipment, high voltage, PSSR and live working. Prior to this I worked as an engineer on AC and DC electrical systems including; battery backup, standby generation, UPS, HVAC, compressed air systems, fire flood and gas detection and refrigeration. Qualified as an Authorising Engineer HV I manage a multitude of sites including issuing of authorities and permits, managing preventative maintenance and repairs and assessment of Authorised Person HV. Qualified to NEBOSH environmental standards I ensure that maintenance teams are working effectively to prevent environmental incidents. Where incidents occur I investigate these to identify route cause, arrange clean up and neutralisation and prevent further occurrences More recently I have been enabling apprentices to transition from trainee to engineer. This has been done through practical and written based competency reviews. There is also a good opportunity for coaching but above all the health and safety of the individual is the main driver. I believe my strength lies with getting the best out of people by being personal but objective. I am always excited to learn new skills and enjoy being challenged Dave