Central Diesel Services (CDS) has appointed Nigel Monk to the newly created position of engineering manager.
Monk is well known to many in the heavy transport industry with extensive experience, including in the central North Island and CDS’s prime area in the Bay of Plenty.
With five years’ experience selling Fuso trucks for both Roadlife and Keith Andrews, he then had over eight years with Trucks and Trailers selling Mercedes-Benz.
This fits very well with CDS having the service and parts dealership in Tauranga for Mercedes, Freightliner and Fuso, along with Detroit and Cummins engines, as well as BPW and Jost transport parts.
Monk was originally trained as a mechanical technician, working on specialist custom built vehicles in the UK. After learning the trade, he went on to manage the manufacturing and sales divisions, leading a team to achieve considerable success in their sector.
Having also spent several years running his own businesses, both in the UK and New Zealand, he has a great background of experience and skills to bring to our already strong team.
With Greg Heaslip as the engineering supervisor and Craig Singleton looking after administration, CDS also have a very experienced group of qualified engineers and trades apprentices.
“I am very excited about the potential to grow the engineering department in the future, building upon CDS’s strong track record servicing the needs of the transport industry in the Bay of Plenty,” Monk says.
“We have a great team, excellent location and facilities, along with the necessary skills and experience to meet the demands of a wide range of engineering work.
“Whether that is truck and trailer chassis repair or modifications, new truck fit-outs, trailer refurbishment, COF requirements, damage or accident repair, CDS’s team can handle the lot. CDS also supplies a wide range of transport engineering parts,” he says.
CDS recently relocated its engineering department to a purpose designed facility at 55 Hull Rd, Mount Maunganui, to meet the increasing demand for transport related engineering work.
With large drive-through workshop bays, overhead gantry and huge yard space, CDS also provides easy site access off both Hull Rd and York Avenue. CDS can handle any size job, with a team of engineers experienced with steel, aluminium and stainless.
