Components within the production machines often need replacing due to wear and tear and the maintenance engineers ensure that the tooling for the vast range of BigHead fasteners is kept precise and efficient. BigHead is known for its production of specialist and bespoke fasteners that support customers with particular applications, and these components also have to be machined and fitted by the maintenance engineers.
Bower’s journey with BigHead began during a temporary stint in production as a sixth-form leaver before leaving to study for a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portsmouth.
Bower (pictured) said: “The practical experience I had gained was really useful once I began to study. It meant that I had already seen how the theories of mechanical engineering might be applied in the real world.”
On leaving University, Bower applied to BigHead for a permanent role and was taken on in production.
Bower continued: “Then when a position in engineering became available, I knew that was where I wanted to be. I’d like to learn more about the design and development side of engineering and I feel privileged to be working amongst such revered and experienced engineers.”
