Our Team

The team at JFC Pumps have decades of experience in the fast paced concrete pumping industry. We hire the best and most experienced people, along with our in-house training to ensure that our work is done right, on time, on budget and to the strictest safety standards.

Tim Johnstone

Managing Director and owner of JFC Pumps as a Joint venture with Firth Concrete since forming it in 12/2006.
Strong background in the Construction Industry since 1977.
An experienced operator of all vehicles in the fleet.
Site Safety – Advanced Passport holder.
On the board for NZ Concrete Contractors.

Neil Davidson

Our Operations Manager, our point of difference, Neil will manage client expectations with our fleet, organise site visits and coordinate our boys and pumps through our day-to-day workload. Neil has decades of experience from the Tyre industry managing a major company and fits into the concrete industry seamlessly. As we put in, living the dream working with Tim to keep the business, the team and keeping everyone on a safety-first philosophy.

Neil is also JFC ‘s Safety Manager, keeping on top of best work practises and promoting safe work sites for our team and clients alike.

Michael Hollinshead

Mike started pumping concrete in 1995 in England and has vast experience on big pours. Mike came to NZ in 2014 and has been involved in many large projects all over the South Island. He operates or Flagship 38m Sermac P219 and is our Pump Foreman.

Reynante (Rey) Sanchez

Concrete Pump Operator since 01/2001, employed by JFC Pumps since 06/2016.
Strong background in Concrete Industry since 2001
Site Safety – Building Construction Passport holder.

Shane Flattery-Donahue

12 years’ experience Concrete Pump operator mainly on our two smaller pumps.
Construction Site Safe Holder.
Keen Cricketer and sportsman.

Corey Kirkus

This is a new start for Corey having been pumping for 5 years. He was previously a drain-layer before getting the pumping bug.

Shay Smith

Shay Smith is our Kaiapoi based Pumpie that services the North Canterbury area and lives locally at Leithfield, having a feel for the Rural Areas. Shay started on Pumps in 2014 operating a large 29m KKK then moving on to Piston Pumps with JFC Pumps. He is currently operating one of our 27m Sermac Piston Pumps, and also signed off on our 18m KKK squeeze pump along with training on our Large 38m Sermac.

Bencio Padang

Bencio Padang (Ben) has been with us since 2017. We trained him from the ground up and currently drives our 31m and 38m pumps but has spent plenty of time on our 27m Sermacs.

Ben is one of our more experienced operators and is regularly requested. Top bloke always has a smile, not much fazes Ben.

Damian Gray

Damian is an experienced operator joining us from Auckland, Damian also spent time operating Hiab’s with his brother and brings his Can Do attitude to the team.

Rhys McGregor

Rhys McGregor is our new young gun. At 20yrs old, Rhys is gaining his class 2 licence after 1 year of training on all of our pumps. He will be sitting his Class 4 in 4 months and getting out there living the dream!

The Team