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Ex-RAF Engineer with KestrelQAS Health, Safetyand QualityAssurance
After 22 years’ service as aRoyal Air Force Avionics Engineer,43-year old Scott Keegan from South Derbyshire decided it was time to put aside his uniform and focus on being afull-time father for his growing family.
His years of service saw him on tour in Afghanistan along with several deployments to Cyprus, Poland, Germany and America. He spent over adecade working on the Harrier Jump Jet and even managed to land himself aposition on the Harrier Display team in 2006. This all fulfilled achildhood dream, but it was already in his blood, as his father and brother had both served in the Royal Air Force.
In 2014, he was getting close to receiving apromotion which could have meant moving to Scotland. This was not an ideal situation for his family at that time, and so he decided to leave the
RAF.Since leaving, he has held the positions of lead auditor for amajor compliance organisation and aSHEQ Manager for aroofing contractor before setting up KestrelQASLimited.
with an eye for detail, which made auditing perfect for me. Everybody in the military develops avast tool kit of experience and they must never ever be afraid of using it in their civilian life. Provided you have the financial backing, don’t just think about it, do it.
Youcan get in touch with Scott via the following links:
Website:
kestrelqas.co.uk Twitter: @kestrelqas Linkedin: @scottkeegan Email:
info@kestrelqas.co.uk
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Scott Keegan.
KestrelQASprovides businesses with aone-stop solution for its health, safety and quality assurance needs. In the latter years of his career,Scott focussed heavily on quality assurance, health and safety and continuous improvement. When he started KestrelQAS, his military skill-set was easily transferable.
Being an entrepreneur suited him. “I wanted to have more control over what Idid, when Idid it and who Idid it
for.Idid not want to be tied to ajob with anine-to-five routine. Inow have the flexibility and the freedom.”
Scott approached X-Forces Enterprise (XFE) for support who have helped him with marketing and social networking.
Scott’s advice to others thinking about becoming an entrepreneur?
“Stick to your guns and have the courage and conviction. We carry out our military role for so many years, it becomes second nature. Military service makes us more rounded as people -weare more disciplined and it helped make me who Iamtoday.Ifreely admit that Iamquite picky,meticulous,
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