Meet the Team Part Two
We’re happy to hear that you enjoyed Meet the Team Part One (if you haven’t read it yet, find it here).
Putting a face to a name is always good and finding out a little bit more about the people you speak to on the phone and online is even better! Read Meet the Team Part Two to find out some more (sometimes) surprising facts about the rest of the Atlantis team:
Saskia Storey – Business Development Manager and creator of excellent cakes
1. What is your favourite part of your job?
Interacting with our customers is what I enjoy most. I enjoy dealing with our current customers, some of whom I speak to every day, and also dealing with the new ones that come on board. Every day is different, it’s always interesting and we are kept busy looking after all the enquiries. Our team culture is fun. Good communication is what keeps us all connected, whichever branch anyone is located at that day.
2. What do you like to do in your spare time?
I’m a gin and a chocolate lover 🙂 I love shopping and have recently (during lockdown) started to get into baking and creating cakes too.
3. How long have you worked for Atlantis?
One and a half years.
4. What is Atlantis best at?
Outstanding service – from the point of enquiry all the way through to the end user receiving their tank. I often get feedback from customers who have had their expectations exceeded (especially feedback about our drivers who deliver on our own vehicles) and quite a number of them have kindly gone on to leave a positive Google review on our page.
Peter Czuffer – Logistics and would-be helicopter pilot
1. What is your favourite work task?
Seeing satisfied customers.
2. What is the most frustrating or tricky thing about working in logistics?
Things always change at the last minute.
3. If you could have dinner with three people, living or dead, who would they be and why?
My mum, my friend and my auntie because I miss them.
4. If you didn’t work for Atlantis, what would be your dream job?
Flying a helicopter.
Kieran Mytton – Sales Director, drummer and barbecue enthusiast
1. Who is the most likely Atlantis Tanks team member to burn the BBQ and why?
Riley, because he always leaves the cooking to others, haha!
2. If you didn’t work for Atlantis Tanks, what would you be doing?
If Atlantis didn’t exist, I guess I would still be involved in a sales role, as sales is what I’m passionate about and something that motivates me. Saying this, I am also passionate about design, so architecture would also be an interesting occupation.
3. What is your greatest work achievement?
Securing one order just shy of £1m, which is the biggest single order Atlantis has received to date. Aside from this, seeing the business grow year on year and seeing the team’s input towards this growth gives me and everyone else a great sense of achievement.
4. Who do you consider the greatest ever drummer and which drummers inspire you most?
Keith Carlock is an all-time favourite, having played drums for Toto and many other groups & artists, it’s fair to say – he can play the drums. But I have many favourites and appreciate all drumming styles.
Phil Gaskin – Durham Depot Manager, clubland fan and hobnobber with the stars
1. What is the proudest moment of your career?
One of the proudest moments is when I was nominated for an award in my previous job and I was down to the last 5 out of 1500 people. Unfortunately, I did not win but was proud to get that far.
2. Please write a short paragraph about your background and how you came to be the Durham Depot Manager.
I am a time served plumber and became a site manager in construction at the age of 29 in a local authority. In my last job, I worked for one of the dragons from Dragon’s Den (the TV program). I was not really looking for a new job when I saw the advert for my job with Atlantis, but it had my name all over it… and the rest is history.
3. Who is your favourite band/solo artist and why?
I have a passion for 80s pop music and clubland music – the two could not be more different from each other. I have been to many clubland events over the past few years and even my children are fans of this music now.
4. What are your hobbies or pastimes?
My hobbies are my dogs. I have 3 at the moment, a mother and daughter jackawawa, and my son’s jack russell as he is away in the Royal Navy.
Peter Smith – Logistics and saving up for a BMW E30 M3
1. What would be your dream car and will you ever get one?
BMW E30 M3 Never say never!
2. What is your favourite thing about your job?
Travelling around our beautiful countryside and meeting new people.
3. If you could solve one world problem, what would that be and why?
I would stop the worldwide mass destruction of wildlife habitats. I just think it’s so sad what we are doing to our planet.
4. What was your proudest moment at work?
I haven’t really had one.
John Goodenough – Ely Depot Manager, bricklaying expert and homebrewer
1. What makes a good bricklayer?
Many qualities make up a good bricklayer. Here’s just a few: pride in your work, being willing to either work in a team or on your own, enjoying outdoor, physical work, being willing to learn from others and take on new ideas and methods.
2.What’s the best thing about working for Atlantis Tanks?
Personally, I enjoy the mix of my roles, which is operations and sales. Every new day is different.
3. Tell us one thing that none of the Atlantis team knows about you?
The Atlantis team don’t know that I used to brew a nice ale at home. This is something I need to get going again!
Ben Wilson – Logistics and Top Gear mechanic
1. What does it take to be a really good mechanic?
You have to have passion for what you do and find enjoyment from accomplishing the job.
2. What’s the most unusual or difficult mechanical problem you’ve ever solved/fixed?
The most unusual mechanical problem I’ve fixed was a Volvo that was in an accident whilst I was in Kazakhstan filming for Top Gear. We used parts from a Lada and lots of “bush ingenuity” to repair it!
3. What are your hobbies or pastimes?
My hobbies and pastimes are spending time with my children and I also have an industrial unit where I build modified quad-bikes.
4. What’s the best thing and the most frustrating thing about logistics?
The best thing about logistics is when everything goes according to plan the most frustrating is when things go wrong or there are delays.
