Z-Tech are delighted to win the Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Flowmeter Framework, a 3 year framework verifying over 100 meters across Wales.
Jamie Chamberlain, Water Networks Business Unit Manager said: “Yet another great framework win for the verification teams, adding to the verification customer lists of: Scottish Water, Thames Water, Anglian Water, Cambridge Water, Sutton and East Surrey, Southern Water and Kelda Water.
I envy the teams that get to deliver this contract, they will get to see some spectacular scenery!”
Apprentice training – what ‘great’ really looks like!
Uniper’s Engineering Academy had a fantastic turnout for the cross-industry apprenticeship delivery event, sponsored by Z-Tech.
More than 45 people from various industries and three different water regions came together to see how the power industry delivers apprenticeship training at the Uniper Engineering Academy, Ratcliffe-on-Soar.
The event highlighted the recent introduction of the new apprenticeship levy, explained in detail by Louise Barlow of the Education & Skills funding Agency (ESFA). This was followed by a tour of the Academy’s training facilities which include electrical, control & instrumentation and mechanical workshops, a live 11kV high voltage training network and power station simulators for operators to practice on.
Jon Marks, Z-Tech’s Labour Business Unit Manager said: “Z-Tech have a number of apprentices at Uniper’s Engineering Academy as we believe that the facilities are some of the very best in the country.
“We helped to organise this event as my area of the business supplies Z-Tech technicians for water and power companies to supplement their staffing levels and there is a national shortage of instrumentation and control technicians.
“We need to support our ‘home grown’ talent and have done this in a number of ways, from becoming a Technical Partner for the Peterborough UTC, through to helping to train lecturers on current technologies.”
Congratulations to Z-Tech’s James Pike
He recently won two apprenticeship awards from Hartford Regional College Awards Night.
James, one of Z-Tech’s recently qualified Electrical Apprentices, showed exceptional work ethic amongst his peers to be awarded ‘Electrical Apprentice of the Year’, and ‘Work Based Apprentice of the Year’ – the only apprentice on the night to be awarded a Double Award!
James said: “I was as surprised as anyone to get the double. I’m really glad all the hard work paid off in the end, with particular thanks to the support from Z-Tech and my tutor Fred, we worked hard to the end.
Now I’m qualified, I’m looking forward to working with Z-Tech and helping our customers with Electrical install work.”
Green Fleet of the Year
Z-Tech were delighted to receive a ‘Highly Commended’ at the prestigious Fleet News Awards, hosted at the Grosvenor House hotel, London.
The awards are now in their 29th year and represent the pinnacle of fleet achievement.
Michael Swinhoe, Z-Tech’s CEO said: “We’ve come a long way with fleet since our first Energy Saving Trust review in 2009: implementing all their recommendations and beating our carbon reduction targets in 2013. It’s now about reducing fleet emissions, particularly Nitrogen Dioxide in the capital and our cities – it’s killing people and we have a duty of care to be part of the solution.”
