Edinburgh Boiler Company promotes operations director

Edinburgh-based heating and renewables firm The Edinburgh Boiler Company has promoted Conor Maguire to operations director as it prepares for a period of significant growth.

Conor steps up from his role as installations manager, four years after joining the business as a gas engineer. 

Since then, he has played a key role in the company’s operational development, including supporting its transition into renewables.

He was part of the firm’s first air source heat pump team and led delivery teams operating under the Scottish Government’s Warmworks framework, focused on low-carbon heating and energy efficiency as part of the Heat in Buildings Scotland National Scheme.

Conor said: “This role means a lot and shows me how much I have developed since joining.

“To have come in as a gas engineer and now be at director level is something I’ve very proud of.

“I am very fortunate to be able to learn from the bosses Mark Glasgow and Dougie Bell. 

“I can’t think of any better mentors and am determined to repay their faith.

“When I came here, it was a big change for me as I’d left a mechanical supervisor job with Fife Council. 

“I hadn’t planned to stay for too long – it was going to be more of a stop-gap measure until I found something I really wanted to do – but the more I got to know the team, we all became more like a family and that’s what makes it such a good place to work; there is a real strong bond between us.

“I intend to keep driving everyone forward, maintain the company ethos and ensure it’s the same place I started with four years ago.

“We have some big targets to hit this year and I’ll be doing my best to ensure we reach them.”

Conor’s promotion follows the recent appointment of Rick Bull as sales director and forms part of the company’s wider leadership strengthening as it targets continued growth across Scotland.

Managing director Dougie Bell added: “With the rate of growth we are experiencing, and where we expect to be in 12 months’ time, moving Conor up into the operations role made sense.

“He has grown into the business, is good with the customers and has developed superbly.

“When I stepped up from operations director to managing director two years ago with Mark becoming chairman, we never backfilled the role.

“This now positions us well and allows me more capacity to focus on growing the company and hitting the targets we have set for the coming year and beyond. 

“With Rick Bull now sales director having built up the solar side of the business, I believe we are in a really good place at the moment.”

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