New appointments have been made by Reading Buses following a restructure of their engineering supervisory team which works behind the scenes to support Reading’s award winning 24/7 local bus services.
The company, which was a very early member of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) flagship Earned Recognition scheme, aims to maintain vehicles well above the minimum legal requirements – benefitting the people of Reading and beyond with better maintained buses.
As part of the scheme, Reading Buses has been voluntarily sharing all its maintenance records with the agency for several years.
To help lead the new team, Scott Honey, 56, has been promoted to the new role of Workshop Manager.
Scott, 56, who lives in Tilehurst, has been an engineering service controller with Reading Buses for 39 years.
In his new role Scott will assist on implementing standards, processes and planning.
The company have also introduced three new positions of Workshop Supervisor to run the workshop which sits behind the scenes supporting Reading’s bus network, and will check/monitor all maintenance activity.
Jordan Hicks, 30, who also lives in Tilehurst and has been employed by Reading Buses for 11 years, Richie Barlow, 39, who lives in Kintbury and has been with Reading Buses for two years and Andy Gordon, 40, who lives in Reading and has been with the bus operator for 23 years, have all been promoted to the position of Workshop Supervisor.
Jordan, currently a master technician who originally started as an apprentice with Reading Buses, and Richie, currently an engineer at Thames Valley Buses, will run the day shift between them seven days a week.
Andy, one of the current engineers in Reading, will perform a similar role with the late shift five days a week.
Reading Buses say the restructuring of the engineering supervisory team is designed to provide more clarity around roles and responsibilities. The aim is to generate effective teamwork and ultimately improved fleet availability and reliability.
Said Tom Ranson, Reading Buses Chief Engineer: “It is a pleasure to announce the restructure and promotion of Scott and some of the team at Reading Buses.
“Scott will lead the department, along with a yet to be appointed Engineering Manager to raise our standards even higher than they already are.
“We pride ourselves on being the best in the business, but you can only stay ahead of the pack by evolving.
“This is what we hope to achieve with these changes to make sure the people of Reading get the best buses and therefore the best experience they can when travelling with us.”