Horizon Platforms Blog

Warrington students learn about careers & job opportunities at Horizon Platforms
by Lucy Normanton, HR Manager

Someone asked me recently why I decided to pursue a career in HR. The answer is easy: I thrive on finding the very best people for the job, nurturing them and providing opportunities for them to develop rewarding careers.

At Horizon Platforms, the choice of career options and opportunities to learn and develop often surprises people. Yes, we’re in the powered access industry, but that doesn’t mean we only recruit engineers and technicians – there’s a lot more to it than that.

At Horizon, our company ethos is to treat others as we wish to be treated; it’s the reason why we put such a premium on providing an excellent, straight-talking and supportive service to all our customers from start to finish. We think customer satisfaction is what you deserve.

On the 3^rd September, I took the opportunity to attend a 2 day Product Training Course at Genie UK in Grantham.  Also in attendance were 3 of my colleagues – Gary Whittaker, Ben Povey, and our new recruit to the Sales Team Toni Corcoran.

It was certainly an interesting couple of days, as I haven’t had much hands-on experience with Genie equipment in the past.  It was useful to see how they differ from other manufacturers, and the vast range that Genie manufacture is incredible – anything from 15ft right up to 135ft!

Horizon Director Rory Duggan was one of a group of 15 who recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The mountain which stands at over 19000’ is Africa’s highest mountain and is in fact the worlds tallest free standing mountain.

As you may well know, Horizon Platforms are no stranger to getting involved in the community, and last week was certainly no exception.  Horizon’s very own Finance Director, Lindsay Tarrant, went back to school to help A-level students at Heckmondwike Grammar School take part in their annual Challenge of Management Conference.