Dan Male appointed Director at Weatherite Aluminium Solutions Ltd
Weatherite Aluminium Solutions Ltd, a leading provider of commercial aluminium curtain walling, shopfronts and entrance facades, has promoted Dan Male to Director.
Dan joined the company in 2005 as contracts manager where he managed a team of contract engineers and a nationwide network of installation teams to supply the company’s bespoke shopfronts and roller shutter solutions, primarily to the retail market including Tesco, Wilkinson’s, Coop and Primark. He then progressed to the role of general manager four years ago where he has been responsible for widening the company’s market into other sectors including distribution centres, commercial offices, education and care homes. In his new role he continues to be responsible for all aspects of the business including sales targets, product development, account management and strategy/business development.
As part of his new role as Director, he will join the Weatherite Group Board of Directors, and report to Chairman, John Whitehouse, who started the Group business 47 years ago. Mr Whitehouse, said: “I am delighted to announce that we have promoted Dan Male to the position of Director.
“Dan has worked very hard to get to this position and due to the success of Weatherite Aluminium Solutions over the past couple of years, we feel now is the appropriate time for this promotion.”
Speaking of his new position, Dan said: I am humbled to be granted the opportunity to lead such a great team at Weatherite. I look forward to the challenge and to continue building on the success we’ve achieved over the past few years building and developing the business, which has huge potential for further growth.”
With a reputation for innovation, quality and service, Weatherite Aluminium Solutions Ltd is one of the UK's leading providers of aluminium curtain walling, shopfronts, entrance facades, automatic doors, curtain walling, window systems, security grilles, security hinged steel doors and roller shutters. The company specialises in delivering bespoke solutions to meet the client’s exact requirements.
Weatherite Aluminium Solutions is part of the Weatherite Group of Companies, the UK’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of HVAC and Retail/Entrance solutions.
Weatherite Group promotes Vanessa Embleton to Head of Finance
Vanessa Embleton has been promoted from Group Accountant to Head of Finance/ Company Secretary, following financial director Steve Lander’s retirement.
Vanessa’s role incorporates managerial costing, and in particular analysing and interpreting figures to assist managers and directors in their business objectives. In her role, Vanessa also ensures all regulatory requirements of all statutory bodies are met.
Vanessa started at Weatherite almost 30 years ago in April 1989 where she began her career as Junior Accounts Clerk.
Vanessa, said: “I knew from the start that I had made a good career choice in Weatherite…”
“The company sponsored me to further my qualification in the field of Accountancy. Initially enrolling on the AAT course (Association of Accounting Technicians) and then finally passing my ACCA (Chartered Association of Certified Accountants) in 2003.
“This has given me the opportunity to progress from assistant accountant and then on Steve’s retirement to Head of Finance/Company Secretary.”
Steve Lander, who retired in May, had worked at the company for 34 years. Steve joined the company in 1984 as Group Accountant. Weatherite was a small business at the time and Steve was played a big part of Weatherite’s growth into the medium sized Group of Companies that it is today.
Weatherite raises £1k for West Mids Air Ambulance on colleague's birthday who was tragically killed on May Bank Holiday
West Midlands-based manufacturers, Weatherite Group, raised £1K for West Midlands Air Ambulance yesterday (20th November) as they celebrated the birthday of one of their colleagues who was tragically killed in a hit-and-run on Bank Holiday Monday.
Andy Holdaway, who was killed on North Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands, in his beloved 1950s Dellow MK1, would have turned 63 yesterday. He had worked as Chief Electrical Engineer for Weatherite Air Conditioning Ltd, part of Weatherite Group, for the past 30 years. Andy’s colleagues, many of whom had worked alongside him for decades, paid tribute to him by raising hundreds of pounds for West Midlands Air Ambulance who attended to him before being taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, and who were critical in trying to save his life.
The company also launched an inaugural pork pie competition to remember Andy on his birthday every year. Andy was well-known for his delicious homemade pork pies and colleagues brought in their efforts and competed to win the “Andy’s Pork Pie 2018 winner” trophy. This year’s winner was technical engineer, Andrew Clift.
Andy’s son, Tom Holdaway, and nephew, Tim Whitehouse, who also work at the business, judged the competition. A tombola was held all day and slices of pork pie were sold around the office to add to the Air Ambulance’s worthwhile pot.
Industrial Electrician
To carry out wiring and electrical installation and testing of HVAC units.
· Must be fully qualified, including 17th edition.
· Must have experience in HVAC, ideally in a similar environment
· An inspection & test qualification would be beneficial
Based in shopfloor within Weatherite Air Conditioning Ltd in Oldbury but may include occasional site work so ideally should have driving licence and skillcard.
WEATHERITE SERVICE & MAINTENANCE DELIVERS SMART SOLUTIONS FOR 'LEADING TELECOMS COMPANY’
Weatherite Service & Maintenance has recently completed the installation of a range of Direct Adiabatic Cooling Units for a major telecommunications company.
Featuring direct outside air cooling with adiabatic supplementary cooling, the innovative solution reduces the need for mechanical refrigeration, reducing capital expenditure and significantly lowering running and maintenance costs.
Weatherite's Direct free cooling technology is well established as a proven, highly effective way of cooling data centres, telecommunications exchanges and switchrooms but, the addition of adiabatic technology in the form of Weatherite’s Adtec ‘D’ range of Direct Adiabatic Cooling units means that the exchanges and data centres can be cooled all year round without the need for any supplementary mechanical cooling.
WEATHERITE PASSES CAMBRIDGESHIRE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
Faced with tight deadlines, Weatherite Aluminium Solutions designed, manufactured and installed a new entrance facade for Morrison’s supermarket in St Ives, Cambridgeshire on time and on budget.
The project included the design, manufacture and installation of curtain wall screening and manual swing doors to a sub-let unit, further curtain wall screening with bi-folding doors to a café, five standard curtain wall screens, two first floor windows and a large glazed lobby in curtain walling with two sets of automatic bi-parting doors.
“The project required the use of glass cranes so there were special planning requirements and additional health and safety considerations” explained Dan Male, General Manager of WASL, “ISG Construction chose to work with us because we have a wealth of experience in handling this kind of project and we rewarded their confidence by delivering the project on time”.
One of the UK's leading providers of entrance facades, Weatherite Aluminium Solutions specialise in delivering bespoke solutions, combining quality aluminium shop fronts with automatic doors, curtain walling and an extensive range of security shutters and grilles to produce a fully integrated aesthetically pleasing installations.
Sales Executive
We are currently looking for an enthusiastic, results driven Sales Executive to:
- generate new business opportunities by raising the profile of the business (with emphasis being primarily on external sales activity).
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maximise sales opportunities with the company’s existing client base - ensuring they continue to provide opportunities to quote.
Person specification:
Experience in an external sales role, preferably within the same or similar industry
Preferably Midlands based
Ability to build new and develop existing customer relationships
Proven work experience as a sales representative
Highly motivated and target driven with a proven track record in sales
A positive, confident and determined approach
The capability to flourish in a competitive environment
Excellent communication skills.
A good level of numeracy and computer skills, e.g experience in MS Office
Familiarity with business and client relationship practices along with ability to build productive business relationships, e.g the use of ACT software
A full driving licence is required as the role involves reasonable travel across the United Kingdom and may involve overnight stays
Attractive salary and benefits package.