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Technical Sales Engineers

Position:                     Technical Sales Engineers

Company:                  Hoverdale UK Ltd

Process Section: Bulk Material Processing

Location:                    Nuneaton CV11 6RZ

Hoverdale is a world-class provider of hard metals & wear-resistant products, conveyor belt products and equipment. We keep waste recycling, biofuel, power generation, wastewater treatment, sea aggregates, vinyl, food, mining, tunnelling and glass plants moving, maximising the total cost of ownership of any bulk handling environment. Now in its 50th year, Hoverdale UK Ltd is an expanding business with a friendly team and an excellent working environment. Hoverdale is an essential service provider to critical infrastructure industries.

The Role:

  • Base salary £35,000 + Bonus + Company Car Ford Ranger Wildtrack
  • Unlimited earning potential
  • One hour paid break a day. Morning 15 mins, Lunch 30 mins, afternoon 15 mins
  • Company pension
  • Opportunities exist for further personal and professional career development.

Responsibilities

The Sales Engineer will be responsible for the following:

  • Use the company CRM system to record all activities linked to the sales pipeline.
  • Undertake Technical Surveys after the quotations are submitted, and the customer would like to proceed
  • Co-ordinate/control activities concerned with parts sale support
  • Upselling of upgrades
  • Respond to RFQs RFQ
  • Chasing of quotations to establish the reason for ordering or not ordering
  • Handling customer technical enquiries
  • Develop existing customer relationships
  • Support monitoring & maintaining process structures
  • Undertake customer site visits to encourage sales and reporting on such events
  • Send weekly and monthly sales reports against targets
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date records
  • Liaise with production to ensure that customers’ delivery requirements are achievable
  • Work closely to build relationships with customers.

Skills and Attributes

The ideal candidate for this position will seek to nurture and expand the company’s business relationships. To succeed in this position, the candidate must have a solid technical understanding of the company and its products and a friendly and outgoing personality to build rapport with potential clients.

The candidate must possess the following skills & attributes to be considered for this role:

  • Self-disciplined & motivated high achiever
  • Excellent communicator
  • Work from own initiative, but critical to be a team player
  • Have a “can do” attitude
  • Flexible & adaptable
  • Highly organised and can multitask
  • Takes pride in their work and has a crucial eye for quality & detail
  • Have a solid mechanical aptitude, ideally with a manufacturing apprenticeship or background in fabrication & welding, machining, and site work
  • Is computer literate
  • Experience in using CRM/MRP/ERP stock control systems would be advantageous; however, optional.
  • Can read and understand engineering drawings
  • Clean driving licence.

To be considered for this role, please send your CV and a short cover letter highlighting your suitability for the position to mail@hoverdale.com

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Fabricator / Welder

Position:                     Fabricator / Welder

Company:                  Hoverdale UK Ltd

Process Section:     Bulk Material Processing

Location:                    Nuneaton, CV11 6RZ

Hoverdale is a world-class provider of hard metals & wear-resistant products, conveyor belt products and equipment. We keep waste recycling, biofuel, power generation, wastewater treatment, sea aggregates, vinyl, food, mining, tunnelling and glass plants moving, maximising the total cost of ownership of any bulk handling environment. Now in its 50th year, Hoverdale is an expanding business with a friendly team and an excellent working environment. Hoverdale is an essential service provider to critical infrastructure industries.

The Role:

  • £15.50 per hour (46 hour basic week) Mon-Fri
  • Overtime available with ability to earn between £40,000-£50,000
  • 1 hours paid break a day. Morning 15 mins, Lunch 30 mins, Afternoon 15 mins
  • Company pension

The Fabricator/Welder will be responsible for the following

  • Working from engineering drawings
  • Using material from 2mm-10mm mild steel and stainless steel
  • Flat bar to round tube, fillet joints, butt joints, & lap joints.
  • MIG welding predominately. Advantages if can also TIG & MMA, but not essential
  • Using manual machines for cutting, bending, folding, and pressing.
  • On occasions, may be required to assist on customer sites with fitting teams.
  • Basic hours 46 hours a week. 7-5 Mon-Thurs & Fri 7-1 Additional hours available.

The candidate must possess the following skills & attributes to be considered for this role.

  • Be able to work from own initiative, but critical to be a team player
  • Have a “can do” attitude
  • Overcome manufacturing challenges
  • Flexible & adaptable
  • Takes pride in their work and has a keen eye for quality & detail
  • Previous experience of welding or fabrication experience
  • Ideally C&G fabrication & welding apprenticeship, but not essential
  • Must be proficient in MIG welding in steel & stainless steel.

To be considered for this role, please send your CV and a short cover letter highlighting your suitability for the position to mail@hoverdale.com

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CNC Milling Machine Setter/Operator

Position:                     CNC Milling Machine Setter/Operator

Company:                  Hoverdale UK Ltd

Process Section:      Bulk Material Processing

Location:                    Nuneaton, CV11 6RZ

Hoverdale is a world-class provider of hard metals & wear-resistant products, conveyor belt products and equipment. We keep waste recycling, biofuel, power generation, wastewater treatment, sea aggregates, vinyl, food, mining, tunnelling and glass plants moving, maximising the total cost of ownership of any bulk handling environment. Now in its 50th year, Hoverdale is an expanding business with a friendly team and an excellent working environment. Hoverdale is an essential service provider to critical infrastructure industries.

The Role:

  • £15.50 per hour 46-hour basic week Mon-Fri
  • Overtime available with the ability to earn between £40,000-£50,000
  • 1 hour paid break a day. Morning 15 mins, Lunch 30 mins, afternoon 15 mins
  • Company pension

The CNC Miller Setter/Operator will be responsible for the following:

  • Working from engineering drawings
  • The ability to be able use a clock to datum a part
  • Operating CNC milling machines
  • Loading & unloading of parts
  • Changing and maintain cutting tips
  • Quality inspection of parts using verniers and gauges
  • Basic hours are 46 hours a week. 7-5 Mon-Thurs & Fri 7-1 (Additional hours available).

The candidate must possess the following skills and attributes to be considered for this role:

  • Be able to work from own initiative, but critical to be a team player
  • Have a “can do” attitude
  • Be able to overcome manufacturing challenges
  • Be flexible and adaptable
  • Take pride in their work and have a keen eye for quality and detail
  • Previous experience in welding or fabrication
  • Ideally, C&G 4-year apprenticeship, but not essential
  • Must be proficient in the ability to use clocks and datum work prices.

To be considered for this role, please send your CV and a short cover letter highlighting your suitability for the position to mail@hoverdale.com

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Stores Person

Position:                     Stores Person

Company:                  Hoverdale UK Ltd

Process Section:      Bulk Material Processing

Location:                    Nuneaton, CV11 6RZ

Hoverdale is a world-class provider of hard metals & wear-resistant products, conveyor belt products and equipment. We keep waste recycling, biofuel, power generation, wastewater treatment, sea aggregates, vinyl, food, mining, tunnelling and glass plants moving, maximising the total cost of ownership of any bulk handling environment. Now in its 50th year, Hoverdale is an expanding business with a friendly team and an excellent working environment. Hoverdale is an essential service provider to critical infrastructure industries.

The Role:

  • £12.50 per hour, 46-hour basic week Mon-Fri
  • Overtime available
  • 1 hours paid break a day. Morning 15 mins, Lunch 30 mins, afternoon 15 mins
  • Company pension

The Stores Person will be responsible for the following:

  • Loading & unloading of parcels from transport
  • GRN goods into the company’s stock systems
  • Booking out goods from the company’s stock system
  • Assembling and packing of parts in preparation for shipping to our customers
  • Auditing and maintaining stores
  • Producing reports from the IT systems
  • Goods Inwards of parts from suppliers to check quality and quality
  • Basic hours 46 hours a week. 7-5 Mon-Thurs & Fri 7-1 (Additional hours available).

The candidate must possess the following skills and attributes to be considered for this role.

  • Be able to work from own initiative, but critical to be a team player
  • Have a “can do” attitude
  • Be flexible and adaptable
  • Be highly organised with the ability to multitask.
  • Take pride in their work and have a keen eye for quality and detail
  • Have previous experience in stores operations
  • Be computer literate
  • Experience using MRP/ERP stock control systems would be advantageous but not essential.

To be considered for this role, please send your CV and a short cover letter highlighting your suitability for the position to mail@hoverdale.com

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BEN DUCHESNE

Ben is a time serviced field service engineer in the busy waste and recycling sector, who’s career moved into to managing service teams and beyond. Originally beginning his career with a HGV repair and maintenance apprenticeship with IVECO, from there travelling and working in multiple countries moving towards waste processing shredders.

Ben joined the Hoverdale team in September 2024 seeking to apply his extensive knowledge to a new area. His values and ethics fit perfectly within the Hoverdale ethos.

He is happily married to Kristina, with 4 wonderful young children; 14, 11, 8 and 5. We the children he doesn’t get much spare time. He is a family man, who enjoys spending as much time with them as possible.

DAVID BARTER

David is an experienced leader, with a background covering Operations, eCommerce, Finance, Compliance, HR and IT. His career spans Banking, Retail and Engineering, spending the majority of his career working for ALDI as they grew to become 4th largest supermarket in the UK, including seven years on their UK board as Managing Director of IT and eCommerce.

David joined Hoverdale’s Senior Management Team in 2023 to seek a fresh challenge in a completely different industry sector. He has applied his approach to Process Improvement, Efficiency, Customer Service and Teamwork to great effect during Hoverdale’s sustained growth.

Married to Jane, with three adult sons between them, David volunteers on the board of the Nottingham Playhouse theatre as well as his local rugby and football clubs. Any spare time he spends enjoying walks with their Golden Retriever, Buzz, who is also regularly seen in the Hoverdale office.

MATT BEVERLEY

A time served Mechanical engineer Matt’s background includes many high-profile projects within the Automotive Industry: The Rolls Royce Phantom, Rolls Royce Cullinan, Spyker Le-Mans racing teams, Bentley, Aston Martin, and Airbus A380. This history and knowledge of complex manufacturing and engineering projects have been transferred and further developed into the bulk material handling sector. Matt has work in Europe, North America, Indonesia, and China

He joined the bulk solids and bulk handling industry in 2019 as Managing Director of Hoverdale UK Ltd and subsequently completed a Management buyout in July 2020. The business has grown yearly, increased employment, its customer base, and worldwide reputation, and disrupted the market with groundbreaking innovative technology. Since Matt took over Hoverdale, the company has filed four patents for innovation; one was granted in 2023 for a design to improve bulk handling. The success had been driven by delivering tailored solutions to the waste recycling sectors that keep material flowing out and money flowing in.

Awards Include

  • 2024 – Shapa company of the Year
  • 2024- Shapa Innovation in Technology
  • 2024- MHEA Engineer of the year
  • 2021 – MHEA Innovation of the year
  • 2021- IMechE Innovation award

Current Positions Include.

  • Group Chairman Hoverdale UK Ltd
  • President (MHEA) Material Handling Engineers Association
  • Vice Chairman: IMechE Bulk Material Handling Committee
  • Council Member: (SHAPA) Solids Handling & Particle Association
  • Member: Chartered Management Institute

Matt has been happily married to Julie for 22 years and has 4 children, 3 of which are involved within the Hoverdale group of companies. He is an RFU level 2 qualified coach and referee having been in several head coaching roles at various age groups from under 6’s to adults for his local team Nuneaton RFC. He believes in the core values that rugby teaches of Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline, Sportsmanship and try’s to carry this through in his day to day business activities. He is passionate at brining the next generation of young, diverse engineers into the sector through promotion of apprenticeship scheme and further education routes.