Meet our team:
Maintenance Operative, Rod Weaver
Maintenance operative, Rod, specialises in building maintenance and is a popular figure with Estate tenants.
Maintenance operative, Rod, specialises in building maintenance. He’s certainly an expert in Estate maintenance, having worked here for 22 years! When we speak to tenants around the Estate, Rod is always mentioned as a benefit to working here – he is always ready with a cheerful hello to everyone that passes. You may have spoken to Rod recently, but we’re pretty sure there are still some things about him you may not yet know. We found out more about the man behind building maintenance…
My role involves…
A bit of everything! I look after building maintenance, working alongside my fellow maintenance operative, Paul, and apprentice, Jack. Looking after Estate maintenance involves anything from ongoing project work (such as the renovation of Keeper’s Cottage) to emergency requests for fixing broken toilets!
A typical day includes…
We’re currently renovating Keepers Cottage, a privately rented property in West Hardwick owned by the Nostell Estate. So today, I’ve gone from plastering a wall at the cottage to returning to the business park to pick up our tenants’ rubbish. Most days are a mixture of long-term maintenance projects with regular weekly and monthly maintenance and ad-hoc jobs and emergencies.
I’ve worked here for…
22 years! I’m local to the area, and I’ve always enjoyed the fact that no two days are the same. My work is very varied, and I love working outside.
When I’m not working, I enjoy…
Walking. I love taking off to the Moors, Lake District and the Dales.
If I won the lottery, I would…
Buy a place in the country, probably up in the Dales. No definite location in mind, I just like it all.
I last went on holiday to…
Scarborough. I was there just a few weeks ago. I’ve been going to Scarborough for years, but this time it was to take younger family members to see the Peasholm Park gunship battle (anyone who went to Scarborough as a child will know what I mean). It’s still exactly the same! There is a lot about Scarborough that hasn’t changed, but that’s part of its appeal.
People don’t know this about me, but…
I’m a retired skydiver and held a full international license for many years. I did 287 dives in total, but the first time I did a freefall was probably the best (and scariest!). I trained in Bridlington and then dived a lot in Doncaster, but I’ve done it all over the world, as far afield as Spain.
More recently, for my 60th birthday, I flew in a spitfire. The pilot was an RAF test pilot and demonstrated diving down to ‘attack’ a train and performed a loop the loop and other acrobatics.
My superpower would be…
It goes without saying, really…FLYING!
My favourite food is…
Chips, roasts and sage and onion stuffing
My favourite drink is…
Theakstons Old Peculiar
My star sign is…
Taurus
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