1. Curriculum Vitae
Name: Philip Cotton
Address:
71, Rowan Tree Close.
Bryncoch.
Neath.
SA10 7SQ
Personal Profile
I am looking to secure a part time role and utilise my many years of valuable experience and
transferable skills which have been gained through working in the steel industry. I am highly computer
literate and am proficient in using SAP and Microsoft programmes e.g. Outlook, Excel and Word. I am
also able to quickly learn how to use new systems and adapt to new processes. Whilst working on site
up until 2010, I had both hands on and proven Engineering experience and Supervisory experience in
the Engineering Planned Maintenance and Repairs field on site of Plant and Equipment, Cranes,
Pumps, Fans, Shears and various Production Lines and Mills.
Key Skills
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Familiar with SAP Navigation and its Transaction Codes for controlling and confirming
Planned Maintenance Orders, Material Movements MD04 and MD07 for maintaining stores
stock levels and generally searching for data, also raising repair orders and Wire Rope and
Sling Tracking.
• Health and Safety and trained and COSHH experienced.
• Hands on engineering experience, as well as contractor supervision
• Historical NVQ Assessor and Internal Verifier
• Coaching and Development Skills
• Management and Leadership Courses attended
• Clean Driving License held with use of own car.
Career History
Job Title: Spares Engineer/ Material Requirement Planning Controller.
From August 2010 until March 31st 2015
Reason for leaving: Voluntary Redundancy
Employer: TATA Steel
• Working as part of a centralised Spares Engineers Team at the Engineering Stores using
SAP for the control of Min and Max Levels of the stores stock levels and working within
budgets.
• Responsible for communicating and liaising with external engineering companies that
supplied spares and equipment and carried out repairs for us within the TATA departments
• Arranging and holding monthly meetings with external engineering companies to discuss and
monitor their performance.
• Responsible for ordering and replenishing stock levels and equipment for stores, abiding by
budget controls.
• Procurement of spares by evaluation and negotiation of prices.
• Non Contract Owner or first in line contact for an external engineering company, to enable
control of deliveries on time and costs for inputting into SAP.
Tel: 07968044989
Home Phone: 01639 636067
Email: philip-cotton@sky.com

2. • Spares Engineer also assigned to the Central Repair Shops and monitoring our
manufacturing of items and jobs there.
Job Title: Engineering Inspector
April 2003 - 2010
Employer: TATA Steel
• Employed as an Engineering Inspector after passing a series of courses to qualify for the role.
• Became an NVQ Assessor for plant based Apprentices in 1998 and later an Internal Verifier.
• Part of a day Maintenance Team responsible for day to day Inspection and Maintenance duties of
Plant and Equipment, i.e. Production Lines, Cranes, Pumps, Fan Units,
Job Title: Mechanical Team Member
November 2000 - 2003
Employer: TATA Steel SWEB
• Duties as above role
Job Title: Shift Mechanical Team Member (Pickle Line and Temper Mill Team)
1999 - 2000
Employer: TATA Steel
• Team Working Role on Production Lines.
Previous roles
• Temporarily covered my Senior Engineers Role in 2008
• Day to day Maintenance Duties in Cold Mill 1996 - 1999
• Moved Departments due to restructure of manning on site, 1980 - 1996
• Repairing and overhauling Pumps in CES Fitting Shop 1978 -1980
• General fitting and Pressure testing of equipment in CES Boiler Shop 1976 - 1978
• Completed my Apprenticeship as a Fitter and Turner 05/08/1972 to 08 /1976.
Qualifications
• VELOTECH Bicycle Maintenance Gold Award Certificate from Cycle Training Wales July
2015.
• MET Part One certificate passed with, two Credits and a Distinction.
• MET Part Two certificate passed with Credits
• Successfully completed E.M.T.A D32 NVQ qualification in March 1998
• Successfully completed E.M.T.A D34 NVQ Internal Verifier qualification in November 1998
• WJEC 7 CSE's
• WJEC 2 GCE's
Hobbies
I enjoy DIY, walking, playing golf, gardening and repairing bicycles.
I am also a Swansea City season ticket holder