Recruitment & interviews
Personally recruited and interviewed engineers, including while owning and managing Vacuum Cooling Services.
MARK POSTLETHWAITE / ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP
Engineering expertise.
Leadership experience.
Previous Chief Engineer, engineering foreman and business owner. Multidisciplinary engineering experience, with the practical responsibilities of leading teams, coordinating maintenance and delivering industrial projects.
Mark Postlethwaitemark@mp33.co.uk
- Engineering Manager
- Maintenance Manager
- Engineering Operations Manager
MP33 / WHOLE-SYSTEM PERSPECTIVEFIG. 001
PEOPLE → PLANT → ENGINEERING DELIVERYILLUSTRATIVE SCHEMATIC
20+YEARS OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Chief Engineer.PREVIOUS ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP
EXPLORE THE EXPERIENCE CAREER EXPERIENCE / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Tate & LyleHarvey & BrocklessFedExVacuum Cooling ServicesInvirochoiceVCT
Selected career experience. Organisation names do not imply endorsement.
01 / ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP
Beyond the equipment.
Responsibility for the work.
Previous Chief Engineer, engineering foreman, business ownership and team management responsibilities connect technical depth with the wider running of engineering.
Team leadership & performance
Led ten engineers as Chief Engineer at Invirochoice, managed seven at Vacuum Cooling Services and supervised six at VCT, with direct responsibility for staff performance.
Work allocation & daily schedules
Allocated daily engineering work, arranged schedules and coordinated maintenance and project priorities across multidisciplinary teams.
Budgets & expenditure
Set project budgets and controlled expenditure alongside engineering design, resource planning and delivery responsibilities.
Quotations and contracts. Supplier and customer relationships. Maintenance coordination and industrial project delivery.
The leadership profile & CVTHE NEXT CHAPTER / MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Engineering Manager.
Maintenance & Operations.
Senior technical leadership.
Seeking the right engineering leadership opportunity, particularly a days-based role. Practical judgement, team responsibility and a multidisciplinary technical foundation.
02 / THE TECHNICAL FOUNDATION
Connected disciplines.
Informed engineering decisions.
Electrical, mechanical, refrigeration and automation experience provides the foundation for leading engineering work and understanding the decisions behind it.
Electrical & automation
Industrial fault diagnosis, motors, drives, sensors and established PLC systems. Practical understanding of equipment, symptoms and control behaviour.
Explore controls →Mechanical & process
Pumps, gearboxes, compressors, bearings, alignment, refrigeration and process machinery. Consider the condition and operation of the complete system.
Explore experience →Maintenance & projects
Preventive maintenance, CMMS, root cause investigation, equipment design and industrial project experience, including international work.
Explore reliability →03 / INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY
Practical expertise.
Precisely scoped.
Selected consultancy work alongside the management career focus. Enquiries are considered against availability, competence, insurance, employment obligations and a written scope.
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Electrical & mechanical fault finding
A pre-booked investigation of industrial electrical and mechanical symptoms, grounded in the equipment, operating history and available evidence.
Explore service 02Maintenance reliability assessments
A practical assessment of repeated faults, maintenance history and preventive routines, with prioritised recommendations for the maintenance team.
Explore service 03PLC & automation diagnostics
Careful diagnostic investigation of established control systems, including Omron CQM1H and Mitsubishi FX2N, within demonstrated competence.
Explore service 04Automation & controls consultation
Feasibility, fault investigation and controls consultation grounded in the equipment, interfaces and practical constraints.
Explore serviceIndustrial systems to local technology.
Home Assistant consultancy →Dashboards & integration →Remote troubleshooting →04 / THE ENGINEERING PORTFOLIO
The thinking behind
the technical work.
A foundation for future authorised case studies. These unpublished templates do not claim completed projects or results.
MP33 / STUDY 01UNPUBLISHED TEMPLATE
Industrial diagnostics
Industrial fault investigation
A structure for future authorised work. No completed project or outcome is claimed.
View case-study structure
Challenge
Record the verified problem, operating context and agreed scope.
Equipment
Add the authorised equipment or technology description.
Diagnostic Approach
Explain observations, checks and reasoning; distinguish evidence from hypotheses.
Engineering Considerations
Describe safety, permissions, constraints and change-control decisions.
Solution
Record only the authorised work actually carried out.
Verification
Add the acceptance checks, test conditions and supporting evidence.
Outcome
State verified results and remaining uncertainty; do not invent measurements or savings.
MP33 / STUDY 02UNPUBLISHED TEMPLATE
Automation & controls
Automation & control systems
A structure for future authorised work. No completed project or outcome is claimed.
View case-study structure
Challenge
Record the verified problem, operating context and agreed scope.
Equipment
Add the authorised equipment or technology description.
Diagnostic Approach
Explain observations, checks and reasoning; distinguish evidence from hypotheses.
Engineering Considerations
Describe safety, permissions, constraints and change-control decisions.
Solution
Record only the authorised work actually carried out.
Verification
Add the acceptance checks, test conditions and supporting evidence.
Outcome
State verified results and remaining uncertainty; do not invent measurements or savings.
MP33 / STUDY 03UNPUBLISHED TEMPLATE
Home Assistant & technology
Home Assistant & local technology
A structure for future authorised work. No completed project or outcome is claimed.
View case-study structure
Challenge
Record the verified problem, operating context and agreed scope.
Equipment
Add the authorised equipment or technology description.
Diagnostic Approach
Explain observations, checks and reasoning; distinguish evidence from hypotheses.
Engineering Considerations
Describe safety, permissions, constraints and change-control decisions.
Solution
Record only the authorised work actually carried out.
Verification
Add the acceptance checks, test conditions and supporting evidence.
Outcome
State verified results and remaining uncertainty; do not invent measurements or savings.
05 / THE FILM ROOM
Engineering,
in context.
Space for authorised technical walkthroughs, diagnostic explanations and practical demonstrations, with a clear engineering account of the work.
Explore the video showcase →THE NEXT ENGINEERING CONVERSATION