Quality, Health & Safety and Training

HEALTH & SAFETY IS EASY AS ABC

As a commitment to the wellbeing of our employees, Gray & Adams is deeply dedicated to health & safety excellence and as such, requires the contribution of the whole workforce to be truly effective.

Policies + People + Commitment = Safety

Policies and procedures are a fundamental part of building a strong safety culture within the workplace. Gray & Adams is no different in this as we have a wide range of policies and procedures covering how to do a job safely. However, without the rest of the equation above they are just well-intentioned documents.

Along with investing in our facilities, Gray & Adams invest in ensuring the best people join our team. People are the key to our success, and it is our duty to provide a safe working environment by educating our staff on policies and procedures that will allow them to carry out their work safely.

We will never prevent every incident but if we all take the time to think about safety and follow the rules at work the chances are we will all go home to our families in the same condition we came to work in.

By reporting all incidents and any near-miss occurrences we reduce the risk of injuring our colleagues, affecting production, and maintaining the great reputation Gray & Adams already has throughout the industry.

Tony Jones Group HSE manager TRAINING

Training is important to our business as it represents a good opportunity for employees to grow their knowledge base and improve their job skills to provide greater career satisfaction and a more productive workplace. Employees who are well-trained are more likely to produce higher-quality work the first time around, thereby minimizing mistakes.

We use a variety of different training methods:

- On-the-job training

- Instructor-led training

- Product knowledge training

Apprentices are an important part of Gray & Adams as they are the future of the business, if we don’t have apprentices learning from our existing employees where will we be in years to come?

The Head Office team at Gray & Adams operates with around 55 apprentices and recruits 12 - 15 new modern-day apprentices every year in various disciplines. We work closely with NESCOL which our apprentices attend on a day-release basis.

Andrew Cooper Training Manager

Gray & Adams Officially Opens New and Improved Car and Commercial Repairs Centre

As Gray & Adams started its long life as a car body shop repairer in Fraserburgh, the business has always been passionate about ensuring its original roots remain an important part of the business and service offering.

As such, the team at Gray & Adams has been working behind the scenes to update the facilities and equipment for the department and is now delighted to announce that we are open and ready for business.

The previous car body shop was 780 square meters and we have now extended the new facility to 1500 square meters to further enhance our capabilities.

The other equipment that has been added includes two new car paint booths, one commercial paint booth, a chassis straightening jig which can be used on trailers up to 14m long as well as other vehicles, a Hunter four wheel alignment machine and an advanced driver assistance calibration tool.

As well as the additions of the equipment, we have also ensured that we have a knowledgeable team ready to assist our customers. In the body and car repair shop, we currently have a team of 19 as well as an apprentice painter and an apprentice panel beater.

As with all our teams in Gray & Adams, we are fortunate to have a number of long serving members of staff that work with us and they attended the official opening of the car and commercial repair centre. These include Kenny Urquart, who is celebrating 30 years’ service, John Marshall, celebrating 47 years’ service, Peter Gray who is celebrating 50 years after starting with the business in 1973 and finally, Darren Hanton, the current car shop manager who has been with the team 15 years after starting in 2008.

We were also delighted to welcome former employees to see the upgraded facilities, including our ex-car shop manager, Bill May who worked with us from 1962 -2001(39 years’ service) and Derek Watt who worked for Gray & Adams from 1967 -2009 (42 years’ service).

With the official opening of the upgrades, Peter Gray shares, “We are delighted to announce the opening of the new state of the art facility and we are looking forward to welcoming our valued customers from members of the public to our existing commercial contracts. We have long serving members of staff who are ready to put their knowledge and expertise to use and we also have a couple of apprentices within the team whose development will futureproof this side of the business for years to come.”