METRO ROD BOLTON AND BLACKBURN

Originally purchasing the Metro Rod franchise and setting up in Bury in 2009, Mike has over 20 years drainage and plumbing experience

Mike oversees and is responsible for all aspects of the business, his main aim is” to offer a first-class drainage service across Wigan and surrounding areas to both businesses and home owners”

As co-owner since 2009, Matt is part of the operational team but specialises in technical assistance to our engineers and clients. Matt hold his class 2 licence enabling him to operate our tanker, part of his role is managing the tanker service we offer including management of septic tanks, cess pits and large-scale drainage works. Matt also managers all larger scale quotes / tenders from the office from start to finish.

Jo is a franchisee and started in the business 7 years ago. Jo has worked in a sales orientated role for 16 years and brings this experience to Metro Rod. Jo’s main role is to grow the sales and increase profit for the franchise through sales & marketing – managing the marketing team, tendering for work, meeting with potential and current customers and networking.

Lewis joined 2 years ago from a retail management background so the drainage industry is new to him. Lewis has family who work for Metro Rod already and decided it was a career he wanted to pursue, starting on a fast track program, he aims to be a fully operational Drainage Engineer by April. In his spare time Lewis coaches a under 16s football team who are extremely successful.

Darren has recently been promoted to Operations Manager and is an immediate point of call for clients, support centre and engineers. Darren has 18 years drainage and civils experience and previously worked for some of our major competitors however has worked for us for nearly 5 years.
Darren has recently introduced a civils team and fleet to the team which is already proving to be a massive success and is hoping to bring a second one in by the end of 2021.

Jamie has worked for Metro Rod for 5 years but prior to this worked within groundworks and civils therefore bringing much experience to his role particularly with excavations.

Jamie has got a fantastic attitude towards his role and is a great team player. He strives to offer the best customer service and receives positive customer feedback frequently. Jamie is always positive and is a great attribute to our team.

Julie ensures we have clean and tidy offices and are always fit to audit.

Leanne supports directors with all admin-based duties, her role includes payroll, bookkeeping, accounts and supporting with all aspects of HR. Leanne manages our cash flow through managing sales, invoices and chasing any outstanding payments.

Nikki supports the team in growing our business through networking across the Lancashire area, contacting local businesses and introducing our services and building relationships with key decision makers.

Nikki looks after many of our accounts including all our pre planned maintenance customers, ensuring they receive a quality, good value for money service.

Jordan is a young multi skilled drainage engineer with 6 years’ experience in the drainage industry alongside studying plumbing at college. Jordan started as a reactive engineer mainly dealing with emergency drainage call outs, however has recently developed into an excellent CCTV surveyor working with our I touch & crawler systems.

Callum has joined us with over 7 years drainage experience alongside experience in civils, ground working and sewer work. Callum loves how different each day is always visiting different clients with varying issues and prides himself on resolving the problem the first time round. Callum’s strengths are drain repairs such as lining and patching and he is hoping he can build on his experience of this with us.

Dave has over 2 years drainage experience, he has most experience in HPWJ and basic plumbing. His least favourite part of the job is digging but his favourite is HPWJ and plumbing. He has settled into the team well working along side Sean.

Lewis joined the team 2 years ago, he previously worked as a drainage engineer with another company. He is excited to further his career with us – he enjoys learning new skills as he says you learn something new everyday in drainage! Lewis is currently a trainee but should be out on his own in the next couple of months.

Kate has been with us over 5 years and looks after all our online marketing. Her role involves updating the website and all social media platforms, with the main mission of increasing the number of leads through our website.

Jade started with Metro Rod working alongside our operations manager in the daily running of our franchise. She has more recently taken on the role of Scheduler, booking in jobs, dealing with customers and planning works for the team of 13 engineers. Jades rule includes providing a high level of customer service whilst meeting clients SLA’s.

Aron has been with us 12 months and is fresh into the drainage industry. His brother Lewis works for us and after hearing about Metrorod and the role he decided to apply.
Aron is excited to be working for what he would class as the best drainage company in the UK

Dan has joined us from a Mechanical back ground and is already loving the diversity of the job. Since starting Dan has been working alongside our tanker driver on larger scale drainage works, he has recently been promoted to a Drainage Engineer after starting with us a Trainee Engineer.

Matt has joined us for a new challenge and totally different working environment, he previously worked in groundworks and is enjoying his new role as trainee engineer. He loves spending time with his family and cant wait to see what the future holds!

Scott previously worked for Steve Caunce on mainly reactive plumbing working all over the country. He chose Metro Rod because he says we are a well respected company and he wanted to be part of that because he feels Metro Rod is somewhere he can excel his career. He aims to push himself as far as he can go in the industry. Outside of work he enjoys to play football!

Keegan has recently joined us having previously been a roofer and cladder, his hobbies are going to the gym and playing football. He is enjoying getting to know everyone and learning new things as this is a completely different role for him, he has recently been promoted to a Drainage Engineer after starting with us a Trainee Engineer.

Nathan is a new team member recently started with us having worked as an Argos DHL home delivery assistant. His hobbies are football and going out with his family, he is enjoying working with the more experienced engineers and learning new things.

Pete has recently come back to work at Metro Rod after having a short break in his career, he is the longest standing member of staff at Metro Rod and was in fact already part of the team before the Yates family bought the franchise. He cant wait to get stuck in where he left off putting his great experience to the job!

Danny has recently started with us after having a background in the military for 11 years this will be a new start and big change for him. He will be carrying out all his pump training with us and soon be on the road!

Rob is one of our newest members of the team, he has 4 years experience in the drainage industry previously working for one of our competitors. Rob has friends who work for us and is excited to start a new challenge. His hobbies are Rugby and Fishing and he is looking forward to getting to know the rest of the team.

Jordan has joined our civils team from a role within ground working. Jordan is really enjoying being part of the team saying “It’s the best place he’s ever worked”.

Joining us recently from a career in house removals, Graeme is already fitting in well. Graeme loves being busy and enjoys a different challenge each day.

Lee is an experienced engineer joining our team, lee loves the reactive side of our busy and being busy each day.