Meet The Experts
TEAM HORTEC
Steve Dunn, Director
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- Steve is an Engineer, having studied at Harper Adams University
- He worked with a range of agricultural machinery before joining Hortec in 2018
- He excels at visualising and planning installations, understanding the technical nature of the machines he is selling, and how they can benefit customers in practice
- When Steve isn’t working he can be found watching Rugby, gardening or finding any excuse to go farming.
Dan Downie, Field Services Manager
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- Dan is the most experienced of our engineers joining Hortec in 2017
- His background as a field service engineer means he is adept at all elements of mechanical and electrical engineering
- His knowledge of our Javo machinery is second to none and he is using that to support our newer engineers
- Downtime for Dan is busy. DIY, Ford Capris, Walking, Trucks, Star Wars and Gaming all getting a look in!
Ray Hayes, Engineer
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- Ray joined us in January 2024
- Previously working in the automotive industry, Ray has a wealth of engineering and electrical knowledge.
- Ray’s can do attitude positive attitude is just brilliant
- When not at work Ray will be DIY’ing or cheering on his beloved Coventry City
Steve Johnston, Engineer
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- Steve joined us in September 2025
- He will work alongside Dan and Ray to support our customers with Servicing and Breakdowns.
- Steve has a solid history of working in engineering support and agriculture and is looking forward to applying that in Horticulture.
- A fan of football, fishing and feeding his team mates!
Cat Dunn, Kate Hewitt and Ruth Bates – The Office
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- Running the office and providing support (and tea) to the engineers to keep them on the go!
OUR CLIENTS SAY
“I just wanted to express my sincere appreciation and thanks for your really quick action to repair our machine last week when we were stranded! Liam did a great job and you do not know what a relief it was to get us back up and running as quickly as you managed, especially at this time of year!”
Rod
Bristol City Council
“I just wanted to say that the lads yesterday really did a great job at solving our pot dispenser problem.
It is working great. Pass my thanks to the Team”
Chris W
Container Manager, David Austin Roses
“Thank you for sending your engineer to service our machine. Liam was very helpful and spoke highly of the team at Hortec”
Neil
Site Manager
“I worked with Dan this week. He’s a credit to your company, thorough and willing to answer every question I asked”
Jason
Customer Maintenance Engineer
“I would like to thank you and your company for the wonderful prompt efficient service. It is a joy to get my machine up and running so quickly”
Steve
Business Owner
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