Joe Greaves is an experienced Electrical Engineer with over 10 years experience working in the mining industry. He holds qualifications including an HNC/HND in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. His career includes roles as a Class 1 Electrical Craftsman, Infrastructure/Face Electrician, Heading Electrician, and Face Electrician. He has experience installing, maintaining, and repairing electrical equipment while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance. He is seeking a new challenging opportunity to make use of his skills and continue developing professionally.

1. Joe Greaves
36 Stratton Road, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. S44 6DR.
Telephone: 07979 606482 (Mobile); Home: 01246 822040
Email: joe934@btinternet.com
Professional Profile
A resourceful, hardworking and dedicated Electrical Engineer, with over ten year’s engineering expertise in
the mining industry. High Voltage authorised and trained with the ability to demonstrate excellent leadership
and knowledge of health and safety guidelines. Able to work effectively independently and as part of a
productive team, demonstrating the motivation and multi- tasking abilities required to achieve demanding
deadlines.
Objective
I am currently looking for a new and challenging opportunity, one which will make best use of existing skills
and qualifications whilst enabling further personal and professional development.
Career Summary
2003 – Date Class 1 Electrical Craftsman, UK Coal, Thoresby Colliery
• Personally tasked with the installation, maintenance and repair of electrical equipment.
• Successfully achieving time served apprenticeship and progression to HND qualification with
responsibility for the examination and signing off of equipment on the PM scheme.
• Safely operating electrical plant equipment in accordance with Health and Safety procedures, methods
of work, risk assessments, Planned Job Instruction Sheets and the Permit to Work procedures.
• Complying with company’s requirements by following instructions and accurately documenting
activities, carrying out specified testing to improve the process yield and quality.
• Complying with company’s policies, safety and environmental requirements to ensure equipment
performance and process continuity are maintained.
• Demonstrating effective problem solving through using experience and diagnostic skills to identify
equipment and process problems and identify modes of failure, deviations or root causes.
• Ensuring accurate documentation through completing records accurately and in a timely manner
ensuring compliance with policies, laws and regulations, collaborating with various teams and experts.
• Playing a pivotal role in improvement projects by assisting with the installation and upgrading of
equipment as well as with the development of operating procedures together with a team of six including
a mechanical and a deputy supervisor.
• Working within safety guidelines including operating and maintaining the plant in accordance with the
H&S department, reporting of incidents and participating in root cause investigations of
countermeasures to prevent recurrence.
• Utilising information technology through using process control system and business systems to support
administrative tasks and reacting in a timely manner to changes by using various techniques.
• Developing training plans, sharing specialist skills and information gained through experience to others,
coaching and mentoring colleagues and receiving the same from superior technicians.
Key Achievements
• Directly contributing to improving productivity through the maintenance of machines.
• Installation projects for production, development and infrastructure areas of the company.
2014 – 2015 Infrastructure/Face Electrician (Production)
• Conveyor and infrastructure electrician responsible for the safe installation, commissioning and
systematic inspection, examination, testing and maintaining of the equipment including PLCs and PLC
controlled equipment, plant and machinery.
• Production electrician
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2. Career summary continued…………………………………………………………………………………………….
2010 – 2014 Heading Electrician (Tunnelling)
• Managing engineering activities ensuring that all equipment is safely installed and commissioned and
then systematically inspecting, examining, testing and maintaining ensuring that an acceptable quality
levels are maintained and quality documentation is filled in accurately, effective team co-operation, with
a requirement to work overtime and shifts as and when required
• Supporting and developing the health, safety and environmental culture, supporting the site in delivering
the requirements of its stakeholders and delivering world class engineering standards and perform
2008 – 2010 Face Electrician (Coal Production)
• Ensuring that an acceptable quality levels are maintained and quality documentation is filled in
accurately, effective team co-operation, with a requirement to work overtime and shifts as and when
required
• Recording exact time against relevant jobs, assisting in the identification of future training needs and
identifying and reporting of any noticeable defects to equip maintenance
2004 – 2008 Mining Electrical Craftsman Apprenticeship
Professional Development
 Safety courses approved by IOSH
 HV Test Equipment trained
 Permit to Work system authorised including isolation for self and others.
Education and Qualifications
HNC/HND
NVQ 2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Distinction (2013)
Mining Operations (2010)
Class 1 HSE Electricians Certificate (2009)
Advanced Electrical Craftsman (Mining) (2008)
NVQ Level 3
BTEC
Engineering Maintenance Electrical (2006)
Engineering (2006)
NVQ Level 2
Level 2
Performing Engineering Operations (2005)
Key Skills Application of Number and Key Skills IT (2005)
NVQ Level 4 AAT Accounting Technician (2002)
3 A Levels
8 GCSEs
Including Mathematics (2000)
Including English and Mathematics at Grade A – C (1998)
Personal Details
IT Proficiency: Microsoft Office Suite
Driving Licence:
Interests include:
Full/Clean
Family, Football, Fishing and Horseracing
References are available on request
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