Tariq Iqbal

9 Frensham Way, Bradford, BD7 4AP. tariq.iqbal@marks-and-spencer.com

Personal Summary

Highly qualified competent and driven manager who has experience of working within blue chip organisations, holding various roles that include design engineer, projects engineer, technical and facilities management. Presently working for a blue chip high street retailer, as a facilities manager.

Employment History

Refrigeration/HVAC Technical Manager, Marks and Spencer(May 2008 – Present)Manage Refrigeration plant and equipment maintenance within high street retail stores. Working with new innovative refrigeration Co2 plant to provide retail trading. Working with service providers and consultants to ensure business meets its environmental targets through refrigerant leak reduction programme. Control and manage consultants and contractors via the field managers. Write technical procedures to carryout planned maintenance for service providers to follow, operate Maintenance routines which match legislation and business requirements. Manage a team of technical auditors to ensure effective service delivery and team of consultant active control engineers to remotely commission and ‘lock-down’ plant settings to ensure and maintain optimum running efficiency.

HVAC Technical Manager, Emerson(Feb. 2007 – May 2008)Manage HVAC plant and equipment within high street retail stores, ensure plant Statutory & Corporate requirements. Control and manage consultants and contractors via the Field Managers. Operate Maintenance routines which match legislation and business requirements. Operate Maintenance routines to manage Assets effectively, Establish audit systems and processes to ensure compliance. Regularly meet with Consultants and contractors to review performance. Develop and apply financial Key Performance Indicators to monitor service delivery from consultants and contractors.

Active Controls Engineer, Emerson(July 2006 – Feb. 2007)Manage Refrigeration plant to ensure system lock down is in place for front end panel parameters and set point checking and control, alarm index and modem configuration checks and general lock down of settings and control of user access/authority. Management of Proving period for new stores, to include all parameter set points and checks of store performance to allow acceptance into FM.

Technical Support Manager, Modine(July 1998 – July 2006)Responsible for after sales customer technical support of package water chillers, close control and comfort model air-conditioning systems. Overall, in charge of technical support department this includes management of external field engineers and internal support engineers on the telephone help lines. Writing technical reports and solving customer after sales issues. Attend site meetings to resolve customer technical issues. Arrange and deliver customer product training. Overseeing all the work carried out by technical support engineers to ensure that the best possible standards are achieved.

Electrical Design Team Leader, Modine(November 1991 – July 1998)Writing controls specifications for air conditioning systems, liaison with external suppliers and internal test engineers to carryout technical approvals of components and systems, liaison with refrigeration engineers to select controls, design electrical circuit diagrams using computer aided design work

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station and produce bills of materials. Overseeing all the work carried out by electrical design engineers to ensure that the best possible standards are achieved.

Electrical Projects Engineer, British Aluminium(October 1989 – October 1991)Responsible for management of projects from tender stage through to final commissioning, hand over and subsequent back up maintenance. Liaison with suppliers and subcontractors regarding supply quality and programming of equipment and subcontract works. Overseeing contract financial controls and approval of payments to suppliers and subcontractors.

Education

Sunderland University(September 1985 – June 1989)BSC Electrical and Electronic Engineering.HND Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Institute Of Managers (Modine)(September 2004 – June 2006)Diploma in Management Studies (DMS)

The diploma was part of structured management learning and links strategic management, leadership and organisational direction. Post-graduation I was able to understand and apply leadership theory to support organisational direction, assess leadership requirements, and plan the development of leadership skills.

Professional Memberships

Member of IEE (Institute of Electrical Engineers)

Chartered Management Institute

Training Courses

Controls - RDM, Trend, Carel, Cylon, Inverter Drives – Eurotherm, Danfoss, IEE and Engineering Services Safety Courses. Refrigeration Parts 1, 2 and 3. Auto Cad. IOSH, CDM.

Hobbies & Interests

I coach local junior football team and play football for a local team in veteran’s league.

References

Available on request.

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