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Ellis Davies Celebrates Regional IMechE Award Nomination

Ellis Davies recently attended the IMechE Merseyside & North Wales Region Annual Dinner, held at the Crowne Plaza in Chester, after being shortlisted for the Most Improved Apprentice Award 2026.

Being selected as one of just five apprentices nominated for the regional award is a fantastic achievement and a real reflection of the hard work, commitment and progress Ellis has made throughout his apprenticeship with Pilkington.

Ellis has continued to go from strength to strength since the very beginning of his apprenticeship. Having been named Apprentice of the Year in his first year, he has continued to impress year after year, consistently developing his skills, building his experience and making the most of every opportunity along the way.

Although Ellis didn’t take home the award on the evening, reaching the regional shortlist is another fantastic milestone and something he should be incredibly proud of.

Now working towards his HND, Ellis continues to build on everything he has achieved so far as he takes the next steps in his apprenticeship journey.

Everyone at Waterside would like to congratulate Ellis on his nomination and recognise the dedication and effort he has shown throughout his time with us.

Well done, Ellis! It’s been fantastic to see how far you’ve come, and we look forward to seeing what you achieve next.

Testimonial

Vanderlande are proud to be partnered with Waterside Training as our principle training provider in the Northwest to deliver technical training to our teams, especially the Mechanical Maintenance VRQ L2 programme.

The mixture of technical knowledge and practical elements which our delegates have received over the course of the year combined to make a fulfilling experience. The course was engaging with many opportunities to participate and lots of relatable examples that we were able to bring back to site. This was found after a full site tour by the Waterside team to expertly devise the best course to deliver our teams with knowledge of the process and equipment on site.

We have now trained at least half of the Engineering Support Operatives across our four shifts with all the teams and site reaping the rewards in maintenance completion and system performance through the continued support given and putting into practice the skills they learnt. The tutorship given is professional with tailored delivery to the differing knowledge of the attendees on each course, which ultimately shows how diverse the styles of teaching are at Waterside Training.

This has set our Engineering Support Operatives on an Engineering and Technical pathway to offer hands on support for our teams of Service Technicians to deliver planned and reactive maintenance across the largest warehouse in both Vanderlande’s and Asda’s UK portfolio.

We look forward to upskilling our single trade Service Technicians in the near future with expertly tailored courses to have a truly Multi-Skilled Engineering team at our disposal.

— Josh McCormack, Service Operations Manager, Vanderlande