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Finley Structures has boosted its
management team with three key
appointments as the company goes on a
recruitment drive.
The family steel firm has appointed
Kelly Vasey in a new role as management
accountant, Stuart Baxter as safety, health,
environment and quality (SHEQ) manager
and Alan Bailey as welding inspector.
The fi rm’s joint managing director Julie
Raistrick says they are three crucial roles for
the firm as it looks to take on more staff this
year.
The new arrivals have already boosted
numbers to 71, while Finley Structures are
still looking to take on another quantity
surveyor and a site supervisor.
“It’s an exciting time for the company in
terms of new faces coming in,” she said.
“We’re bringing in a new level of expertise
and experience which we haven’t had before
and it will help to tighten some sides of the
business up and make us more streamlined.
“We’ve had a hugely positive three years
in terms of turnover and now we’re looking to
use that success by building for the future.”
Kelly, 33, is from Shildon and is fullyqualified through the Association of
Finley Structures’ new safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ) manager
Stuart Baxter (right) and welding inspector Alan Bailey.
Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
She worked in practice from 2002–06
and qualified in 2008 whilst at Mech-Tool
Engineering, becoming management
accountant, before holding financial controller
roles with Hertel’s oil and gas division at
Wynyard and Catterick IT services provider
Razorblue before joining Finley Structures.
“The size of the company appealed to me,”
said Kelly. “It’s a very similar sized company
as one of my previous employers, it’s local
and is successful.
“Previous roles have predominantly been
looking at cutting costs and redundancies,
so it’s a nice change to come into a company
that’s doing well.”
Stuart, 47, from Durham, originally trained
in body shop repair but now has several
years’ experience in health and safety roles
with Hashimoto (now Faltec) in Boldon,
De La Rue at Team Valley and SNOP in
Washington.
He said: “This is a new challenge for me
and a good career move.
“I’ve been in manufacturing production
environments for a lot of years, but here they
have the site aspect of the business, which
is something that’s new to me.
“From a safety point of view, it’s a different
environment out on the sites to what I’m
used to, but it’s a good role for me because
it’s stretching me and is giving me a different
level of experience all together.”
Alan, 46, from Shildon, joined the Royal
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME)
from school and served his time as a
metalsmith, spending several years in the
forces before joining Evenwood engineering
as a team leader.
He then spent a number of years as a
welding inspector with a structural steel
company and GT Project Engineering in
Consett before heading to Aycliffe.
“It’s a new position for Finley Structures so
I’m defining the role as it is, which is a great
challenge” said Alan.
“I’m looking forward to implementing my
ideas. I’m a very lean-thinking sort of person
and I like to streamline operations as much
as possible, and I’m already enjoying it very
much.”
To apply for the available jobs at Finley
Structures, call HR manager Pauline
Hadwin on 01325 328120 or send a
CV and covering letter to p.hadwin@
finleystructures.co.uk