Meet the team
Find out more about our team and the talented people who work for Eco.
Jonathan Steward
Managing Director
I have worked in and around the glass industry for the last 30 years and in early 2010 I set up Eco Engineering with my wife Emma, who is our Commercial Director.
In my early years I started as a sheet metal worker fabricating and installing ductwork systems for furnaces and IS Machine cooling.
My work has taken me all over the world installing and removing IS Machines and Lehrs, working directly for glass manufacturers or working for companies who provide services direct to the glass industry. As well as installing and decommissioning equipment I worked for O-I Europe building IS Machines before they moved to Poland.
Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family and anything to do with off-roading!
Emma Steward
Commercial Director
I initially qualified as a Commercial Litigation Lawyer and worked for legal practices in both Hull & Leeds.
I set up Eco Engineering with my husband Jonathan in 2010 and more recently have been juggling running a business full time and managing a 3 year old!
Outside of work, I love spending time with my family, especially my little boy Joe and our two dogs.
Find out more about the engineering team
Our 20 strong team of engineers are at the heart of the business and the majority of them have been working in or alongside the glass manufacturing industry for a number of years. They live and breathe engineering and work hard to find the right solutions for our customers, ensuring downtime and lost production is kept to an absolute minimum.
Nick Archer
Operations Director
Nick heads up the engineering team and is a seasoned pro. If there is an engineering problem, he’ll have a solution.
He also has a bit of a thing for cranes!
Nick Moody
Sales Director
Nick’s background is in asset-based finance having worked in the banking sector for 18 years for Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest and Lombard. In more recent years he was part of a senior leadership team who established and launched a £MM turnover technology services business for a leading FTSE250 bank.
After leaving the financial services sector, he set up on his own working as a business consultant before joining Eco Engineering as their Sales Director.
Outside of work, Nick enjoys spending time with his family and is a season ticket holder at Liverpool.
Michal Polak
Head Engineer
A really talented mechanical engineer who leads our team of engineers. Michal started his career building IS Machines – if you need to know something about an IS Machine, Michal is your man.
Apprentice Training
For the last few years we have been working closely with a number of colleges across the Yorkshire & Humber region, offering job placements to apprentice engineers who are looking for a career in mechanical engineering.
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