Head of Contract Delivery

• Sep 2019 - Present

Operations Manager

• May 2013 - Sep 2019

Chris Morton, Operations ManagerAfter deciding to change his career direction from IT, Chris Morton joined Quicklight in July 2005 to start training as an electrician. After passing all of his qualifications, he took on the role of Team Leader and later became the Area Manager for our North team. Now, Chris is the Operations Manager, responsible for mentoring 13 Team Leaders across the country.Not only is he a manager, he is a team player. Chris enjoys participating in and completing our charity challenges, having previously taken part in the Three Peaks Challenge in 2011, and the London to Brighton cycle ride in June 2013.A family man with a wife and two sons, Chris is a lover of all sports. He particularly enjoys F1 and football as he is a lifelong Sunderland supporter and previous season ticket holder. He is also a qualified goalkeeping coach and has previosuly trained his eldest son Ben from Under 8 through to Under 15 age groups."Quicklight has shown a huge amount of faith in me over the years coming from the IT profession with very limited electrical knowledge. After obtaining my electrical qualifications, it has allowed me to be successful as an engineer and to climb the leadership ladder to my current post of Operations Manager." Show less

Northern Area Manager

• Mar 2010 - May 2013

Responsible for the day-to-day running of approx 20 engineers across the Northern third of the UK including Scotland and Northern Ireland. Reporting to Operational Management, and communicating business direction throughout the team.

Lighting Maintenance Engineer

• Jul 2006 - Mar 2010

Visiting customer sites for routine maintenance across Northern England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Scheduling call outs and return visits as necessary to provide A* service to all customers.

IT Problem Manager

• Apr 2004 - Jul 2006

Reacting to, and co-ordinating the resolution of Severity 1 outages across a 10,000 user network Reacting to, and co-ordinating the resolution of Severity 1 outages across a 10,000 user network