I have recently taken over the shared ownership of the family business, Cross Engineering Swansea Ltd that was established in 1966. This is not an entirely new challenge as I have been involved with Cross Engineering for over 11 years from when the first 4m x 2m Waterjet Cutter was purchased and housed in the new workshop and showroom building.
My new position is complemented by the 35 years in depth experience I have in Construction. This included project management and quantity surveying on a variety of Civil Engineering, Construction, Pipeline, Rail and Building Contracts which have also included Design and Build projects under various Forms of Contract.
In the latter 15 years I had managed various teams to bring contracts, including partnered, to a successful conclusion, achieved via a positive outlook, the establishment of trust, respect and amicable working relationships with Clients and their representatives.
Andrew completed his Engineering apprenticeship at Dowty Rotol in Gloucester in 1983 and then moved back to Swansea where he was brought up, he subsequently worked at a number of local sub contract engineering machine shops before starting his employment at Cross Engineering in July 1988, he spent 2 years on the shop floor before becoming workshop foreman in 1990, He was promoted to works Manager in 2014.
Robert has been with Cross Engineering since July 1989 when he started as an apprentice, he has gained a huge amount of experience in all aspects of machine shop practices over the past 25 years and was promoted to workshop foreman in 2014.
We have a highly skilled workforce of 16 time served toolmakers, machinists and fabricators, with vast amounts of experience through all engineering disciplines and skills, some of our tradesmen have been with the company for over 30 years.
With skilled Engineering labour difficult to find, Cross engineering has began an apprentice training scheme, with 2 apprentices at present and the ambition to employ a new trainee every 2 years we hope to keep our engineering expertise rolling on for years to come.
