Rushlift long-timers: Andy Webb (30 years), Keith Smith (25 years) and Mark Duffield (25 years)More than a dozen Rushlift employees recently celebrated long-service achievement awards, racking up 340 years of continuous service.
Carl Whyment, managing director at Rushlift, says: “So many of our loyal and hard-working team members are celebrating very significant work anniversaries this year – several with 40 or 30 years of service, and many more set to reach their 15-, 20- or 25-year milestone. I would like to congratulate and thank each one of them for their dedication, hard work and for the passion with which they have performed their individual roles.
“This collective bank of experience, skills and knowledge, accumulated over so many years, is a very rare and valuable resource for our business – and a resounding endorsement for Rushlift as a great place to work.”
Four of the longest-serving employees are from the 130-strong engineering and technical support team: Andy Webb (30 years), Keith Smith (25 years) and Mark Duffield (25 years) are all highly experienced and dedicated forklift field service engineers. Technical manager, Keith Wedgewood (40 years), started out as a service engineer based at Bishop Auckland, when it was the only site, and is now bringing his knowledge and expertise to bear on ensuring that the service operation runs smoothly.
A further six employees are celebrating 20 years of working for Rushlift in 2022: Andy Gazzard, Gary Alderson, Carl Aylett, Peter Hutchings, Mark Pearson and Stephen Winter, with two more, Elaine Dennis and Andrew Patrick, serving 40 years and 30 years, respectively.
In addition, Sarah Conroy and Elaine Tilley will be celebrating 15 years with the company.
Rushlift is a specialist materials handling and airport ground support equipment supplier and service provider. The business supplies and services multiple brands of materials handling equipment and employs a team of over 150 highly skilled engineers operating nationwide from a fleet of networked service vehicles. Rushlift GSE offers the aviation industry a bespoke, single source solution, providing airport ground support equipment for any sized project.