A New Concept for Maintenance
As a Licenced (CAA & FAA) Engineer I have thought of a fairly new idea that if there is enough positive feedback for I will go ahead and start up, first I would like to put it to the floor and let you all decide whether or not it is worth my time to follow up and if you think the service would benefit yourselves.
I am a highly experienced licenced engineer, Uk based and I have worked at various UK companies from Hangar sweeper up to and including Engineering/Maintenance Manager with Transmission and Engine overhaul experience thrown in. I speak directly with and have spoken to many of yourselves in the past and one of the gaps I see is the lack of liason between the owner/operator and the Maintenance company.
In a poacher turned gamekeeper move I would act as the interface betwen yourselves and maintenance , for instance, I am aware of where all the bills have a little slack to reduce them, I know how many hours should be allocated to what jobs, when a repair will suffice instead of replacement and what items removed have a core value, to name but a few .
When you receive your estimate for the work I can handle it from there on in and make sure that it is all a fair process. At the moment I know that sometimes no matter how well the customer services try to put it (and the majority of them also have very little engineering background) the estimates are a baffling, jargon riddled pest but I can very easily open all that up for you.
It would also be possible for me to carry out a pre-inspection review of your machines so you know what to inspect and can "Rate" the inspection that is then subsequently carried out.
The above services I would obviously charge for but again this would be "Fair" and entirely dependant on what types, how many and what cover you need but I'm confident that I would reduce your maintenance bill by far more than the service would cost you.
Anyway, that's the idea let me know how you feel in public or by PM and if the market is there then I'll get on with it.