Swimming Pool Services Who we are Our Team Home > Our Team Share Simon Whittingham Managing Director View profile Simon oversees all company operations. His key duties are business development, building customer relationships and continually improving the company’s offer to ensure we always remain at the forefront of the swimming pool industry. “The foundation of our success is the people that we employ. We have a great team of people at F T Leisure, with a broad range of skills and a culture that just works.” Martin Elvin Operations Director Martin has overall responsibility for the delivery of our major projects. We operate on multiple sites throughout the UK; working closely with his team of Project Managers, Martin has to ensure that every project is adequately managed and resourced to hit critical programme dates. In addition, Martin is the company’s lead commercial diver. Lance Brookes Head of Service View profile The maintenance and refurbishment of existing swimming pool systems is an important part of our business. Lance is responsible for our service operations, which includes cyclical maintenance contracts and any resultant remedial works. He builds long term relationships with our maintained customers and is continually developing new service business opportunities. Mike Whittaker Site Manager F T Leisure operates nationwide, with up to 30 major installation projects happening simultaneously. Mike is one of the industry’s most experienced swimming pool installation engineers; with 25 years+ knowledge, he is best placed to oversee all our installations as Site Manager. He is responsible for ensuring that all these sites are properly resourced and that the installation teams have all the equipment and materials they need to meet the construction programme. Leigh Fairhurst Production Manager Leigh’s key role is the management of our internal fabrication and production department, where materials and components are manufactured for incorporation into all our works. As an experienced fabrication engineer, he has a hands on role in all fabrication procedures and controls the high levels of stock required to ensure efficient site and workshop operations Alex Isherwood Operations Manager Alex has overall responsibility for all aspects of our major projects including long term programming (internal and supply chain), project finances, health and safety, document control and logistics. The construction industry is moving at a fast pace, particularly with digital and cloud based systems for use on site. Alex has made improvements to our own systems to ensure we are keeping up with the changes and to improve the overall efficiency of our project delivery model. Andy Nightingale Commissioning Engineer Andy is our lead commissioning engineer and all round problem solver! Towards the end of a major project, Andy goes to site to make sure that all of the systems have been installed correctly and in accordance with the design. He then commissions and tests all of our systems, including all mechanical components, electrical systems and software controls/interlocks. This is a high pressure job, as we are typically moments away from project completion and there will invariably be challenges to overcome. Andy Murphy Service Manager The maintenance and refurbishment of existing swimming pool systems is an important part of our business. Andy is responsible for all our service operations. Andy has many years experience at the front end of swimming pool installation and servicing; he offers excellent technical support to all our customers. Using his in-depth knowledge of pool plant operation, Andy also delivers all our new build system training. Ashley Bury Assistant Service Manager Ashley is responsible for supporting Andy with all our service operations. His experience in the leisure industry offers our customers the assistance they need for any maintenance queries. Andy Griffiths Assistant Project Engineer Andy offers to support to our Project Engineers. Duties include client liaison, material procurement, health and safety documentation, logistics, programming, co-ordination of material deliveries and resources. David Kay Sales + Estimating Manager View profile Dave manages the sales process for all our major projects. To win a project, we have to prepare a technically accurate submission, compliant with all the employer’s requirements, plus of course a competitive price. Dave studies the industry to ensure that we have the edge over our competitors. Emma Glyn-Jones Personal Assistant to MD View profile Emma is Personal Assistant to Simon Whittingham providing full administrative support with the day to day running of the business. Her main responsibilities are arranging client meetings, dealing with the company’s infrastructure and helping to manage Simon’s team. This includes ensuring HR policies and procedures are adhered to as well as personnel administration. Paul Cole Estimator Paul prepares the prices on all our major projects. With the onset of digital technology, enquiries can include thousands of drawings and specifications, which need to be filtered to find the specific information we need to price a project. Once we have this information, Paul engages with over 100 suppliers, to formulate our final price. Paul will also populate bid documents for review before submission. Fitz Anderson Project Engineer View profile Fitz manages our major projects, from design through to completion. This includes all client liaison, material procurement, health and safety documentation, logistics, programming, co-ordination of material deliveries and resources. Dan Morgan Project Engineer Dan manages our major projects. Duties include client liaison, material procurement, health and safety documentation, logistics, programming, co-ordination of material deliveries and resources. Alex Barnes Design Engineer Alex produces detailed calculations and designs for our water treatment and filtration systems, water features, rides and luxury spas. The success of our installations starts with an accurate, well considered design that is fully co-ordinated with all the other building trades. Alex has over 25 years experience in this industry; he’s designed some of the highest profile aquatic centres in the UK. Simon Cuthbert Design Engineer Simon produces detailed calculations, designs and Revit models for our full product portfolio, including water treatment and filtration systems, leisure water, moveable floors, booms and disabled access systems. Simon has been instrumental in getting F T Leisure ready for BIM level 2 compliance. He is proficient in Autocad, Revit, Inventor and Solidworks and manages the entire design process, from concept to completion. Josh Hutchinson Revit Technician Josh joined F T Leisure with a wealth of experience in Revit design in the building services industry. He models our project designs, equipment components and manufacturing (CNC) models. He is currently working on our Virtual Reality services, to enable clients to walk around their plantrooms before they are built. Colin Mayor Assistant Production Manager Colin has over 20 years hands on experience in plastic fabrication and manufacturing in several different areas of the engineering sector. As Assistant Production Manager, he supports Leigh with running the day to day management of the fabrication team and ongoing projects overseen by the fabrication department. He also manages the health and safety within the department as well as ongoing and continual training of the fabrication team to improve their skill sets. Sergio Quintino Fabrication Supervisor In his role as Fabrication Supervisor, Sergio is responsible for overseeing the day to day in-house manufacturing processes carried out by a team of 7 engineers, where he assists in the continual training and development of all fabrication staff, ensuring the quality of all products are kept at the highest standards, and ensuring all staff are working safely and efficiently in a fast paced environment. Ian Minshull Logistics Manager Ian controls all our warehouse stock, incoming goods, outgoing goods and the company fleet of vehicles. He co-ordinates all company logistics, which is not easy, considering we have on average 25 new build sites running at any one time, all over the country. Ian also manages all our tooling, both in our production department and across all our site teams. Chris Sherratt Financial Controller Finance is at the heart of any business and it has to run smoothly and efficiently. Whist we love what we do, we are a business and do try to make the most margin possible from our projects. Chris is responsible for all our finance and accounting functions. He has a lot of experience in management accounting, but has also spent a lot of his career in industry, supporting board members on finance strategy. Linda Singleton Senior Administrator On average, FT Leisure carries out 400-500 cyclical maintenance inspections a year and typically 1000 small orders. Linda is responsible for administering this significant workload, whilst offering support to Lance Brookes, Andy Murphy and all our customers. Servicing and maintaining equipment requires accurate and audit-able paperwork trail. Caroline Horsley Senior Administrator A key function in any successful business is sound administrative support and controlled document systems. We have a team of administrators keeping all our paper and electronic records in order; this team is managed by Caroline. In addition, Caroline runs our reception and personnel training programme. Theresa Howard Finance Manager Theresa is responsible for our Sales Ledger. Across all our major projects, she manages the construction interim application procedure, payment notices, sales invoices and most importantly….credit control! On the service side of our business, Theresa produces literally thousand of invoices per annum, distributed to our database of >200 service customers. Denise Walker Accounts Clerk Denise has many years experience within the construction industry, and is responsible for our purchase and subcontractor ledgers. She is also involved with cashflow and also the processing of sales invoices for the maintenance and small orders element of the company. Natalie Scott-Nightingale Administration Assistant Natalie offers administrative support to our project management team. Construction projects require a lot of quality and health and safety documentation, all collaborated on online forums. At the end of each project, Natalie will also collate our system operating and maintenance manuals. Melissa Edmundson Accounts Clerk Melissa supports the finance team by monitoring and matching purchase orders to delivery notes. She works closely with the Project Engineers and Directors to ensure invoices are dealt with efficiently as well as providing assistance with the preparation of information for the management team. Amy Hinchliffe Administration Assistant - Service Amy provides administrative support to our Service department management team and site based service engineers. With over 400 cyclical maintenance contracts and over 1000 small orders a year, the administration is key to ensure we operate efficiently and communicate effectively with our customers. Andrew Sutcliffe Design Engineer Andy produces detailed calculations, designs and Revit models for our water treatment and filtration systems and leisure water systems. Andy has a wealth of experience delivering design projects in the building services industry. He is proficient in Autocad and Revit. Andrew Carter Project Engineer - Electrical Andrew manages the design, procurement, installation and commissioning of our major projects electrical systems. Andrew has a lot of experience both managing projects and physically installing electrical equipment on sites around the country. 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