A Hamilton man has powered to an award for his excellent work in driving ahead the electrical automobile revolution south of the border.
Neil Davidson, who now lives in London, received the Motivational Supervisor prize on the annual Dwelling Our Values Awards hosted by UK Energy Networks.
He takes care of a crew of workers throughout Kent and Hertfordshire who deal with clients’ functions to hook up with the native electrical energy networks, which embrace a rising variety of EV charging requests.
Neil left Scotland for England solely intending on a brief keep, however has constructed his profession there with highlights together with engaged on the London 2012 Olympic Video games earlier than becoming a member of UK Energy Networks.
Neil satold Lanarkshire Stay : “I’ve been with the corporate nearly 10 years now.
"Once I left faculty my choices had been additional training or to begin my working life, so I made a decision to tackle an electrical apprenticeship.
“On the time, lots of my buddies in Hamilton had been shifting south to London, so I made the transfer myself working in numerous roles, ultimately as much as building website supervisor.
"I moved to London for what was initially going to be for six months and I’m nonetheless right here 17 years later.
“In 2011 I bought a job with the Organising Committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Video games engaged on the again up electrical methods, and in that function I collaborated rather a lot with UK Energy Networks.
"As soon as the Video games had been over and my contract accomplished, I used to be in a position to make use of that hyperlink to hitch the corporate in December 2012."
He added: “I did discover a few the nominations talked about my horrible Dad jokes, which is attention-grabbing to listen to, as a result of I’m not even a Dad!”
Engineers and workplace workers from UK Energy Networks celebrated best-in-class achievements on the firm’s awards designed to honour worker achievements that align with the corporate’s imaginative and prescient and values.
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