Gary Stitt

Facilities manager and field technician

Talent

18 Hollocombe Road, West Derby, Liverpool L120RWMember since October 4, 2026

Team Management and technical team supervisionCustomer and vendor relationship buildingResource management, sourcing, procurement, and distributionCrypto custodian HRH for intra and inter site TCE cardsStructure cabling, CAT 5e, CAT 6, fibre for LAN and WAN systemsCable testing, terminating, and splicingMaintaining RF networks, Cisco switches and routersInstallation, maintenance and decommission of Vsat Network DLOSInstallation, maintenance and decommission of voice, Data, and radio coms in a sUPS battery management, generator maintenance and managementCommunicating with customers/contractors/vendors from 37 different countries andTroubleshooting of printers, PCs, Server Hardware, UPS, network connections, VOIInstallation, Testing, Maintenance & Commissioning of Video Conferencing EquipmeInstallation, commissioning and operation of secure voice, data and radio communCertified Operation of mobile tactical satellite (Vsat)experience CCTV and Wireless Installation, experienceAudio Visual, RF and Satellite Installation experienceCisco, Dell & HP (3com) Hardware ExperienceInstallation, Configuration and Maintenance of Various Software ExperienceMilitary System EngineerHM ForcesSoldering ExperienceFull, UK Drivers licence

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I am a highly motivated and experienced facilities manager and field technician. Having gained over 15 years of experienced working on the NATO Resolute Support mission. This has involved managing technical teams, SLAs, working under pressure, and dealing with customers & vendor interactions with IT, telecoms, UPS batteries, UPS generators, satcom and other supporting services.

Prior to this I served with HM Forces as a Royal Engineers, and the combined experiences have allowed me to understand the importance that individually we bring together to form a strong working team. SC UKSV valid until 2033 Held

Experience

Contractor Delivery Engineer - LEONARDO -UK - UK locations nationwide Ports of entry Maritime and Airports

(2023-05 - 2023-11)

Working on the upgrade to the cyclamen electronics system on behalf of the Home Office.

Decommissioning old electronics and install, commission and testing of the new equipment husbandry.

Facilities Management & Maintenance; Senior Field Technician; Field Service Engineer - THALES – ISAF and Resolute Support Mission (NATO)

(2007-09 - 2021-06)

Started as a Field Service Engineer working with the UPS, Switches, routers, telephony, satcom, PC installations, incident management for user PCs, telephones, and other IT services provided by IT. I was promoted to take on the role of Senior Field Technician. This is the supervisor role of managing the team of Technicians on the site to deliver all of the aforementioned IT services that are delivered to the customer.

As the site grew in size, the supervisor role was split into two new roles, with my experience from HM Forces as a Royal Engineer, I took on the site Facilities Management and maintenance role.

Facilities Management & Maintenance: Taking on this role as the site grew in size and complexity, I had the responsibilities of managing the area distribution nodes which are security rooms hosting local routers, switches, telephony, Battery UPS, diesel generator UPS and environmental control systems. Additionally, the physical server hardware that was racked within the primary and secondary data centres. Reporting any failures in equipment to the support teams, who then in turn arrange for the
Senior Field Technician: After progressing to the Senior Field Technician, I took on the team supervisor role for the field service engineers, which involved managing the SLA and all of the facilities on the site, training & assessing new hires and managing workloads for the team. This involved arranging the telephony, networking and computer builds for several large combined joint operations centres. Including the installation of video call systems, TV walls, audio/visual equipment, connecting
Field Service Engineer: Upon joining the project, I was a field service engineer in a small team delivering IT services to the customer. This included the build, configuration and installation of computers for the user, troubleshooting and diagnosing computer hardware and software issues, proactive, and reactive maintenance of hardware equipment. I was the focal point, from senior Thales managers, in creating a standard working practice for all other Field Service Engineers to work towards. This

Senior Non Commissioned Officer SSGT–; Military Systems Engineer - HM Armed Forces - Corps of Royal Engineers

(1983-04 - 2005-12)

A Telecommunications Systems Engineer/Manager responsible for Maintenance, Operation and Construction of VHF, UHF & HF Radio Equipment and Ancillaries. Duties also included Installation, commissioning and operation of secure voice, data and radio communications. Operation of mobile tactical satellite (Vsat).

Resource

Management including procurement, acquisition and distribution of stores for the upgrading of military copper and RF networks. Supervised and instructed junior engineers on the installation, fault-finding and construction of antennas and the subsequent maintenance and documentation of these networks. Supervised and quality assessed the work of contractors providing external telecommunication infrastructure systems.

I have Co-ordinated and evaluated junior management career progress and their respective professional career development. Worked on my own and worked part of team covering a worldwide area.