EnerMech sailing ahead

EngineeringfirmwinscontracttoserviceRoyalNavy’svessels

Oil and gas engineering company EnerMech said yesterday its diversification strategy was paying off after a multimillion-pound contract win from defence giant BAE Systems.

The Aberdeen firm will provide a flexible hose assembly management service (FHAMS) for Royal Navy ships under the seven-year deal, which is estimated to be worth £2.5million.

EnerMech, which employs

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more than 3,000 people globally, said the contract had resulted in a “small number” of new jobs.

The work for BAE Systems, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) covers hose integrity management for more than 60 surface fleet vessels, including frigates, mine-hunters, offshore patrol vessels, and survey and landing craft.

EnerMech has been diversifying into the defence, infrastructure and utilities sectors through strategic acquisitions and organic growth, while also strengthening its track record in oil and gas markets.

Phil Bentley, the company’s regional director for Europe, said: “We have been engaged on earlier MoD contracts but this is the first time we have provided hose integrity management services on such a large scale to the Royal Navy.

“We think our range of integrated services and the genuine alignment of our business lines is a proposition which is of interest to the military and defence sectors, and we are looking forward to demonstrating our capabilities to BAE Systems and the Royal Navy.”

BAE Systems equipment management project manager Paul Boyes said: “EnerMech have a proven track record in the delivery of hose integrity management, and had the capacity and drive to deliver and enhance the hose integrity management service to the Ministry of Defence.”

EnerMech – founded in April 2008 – has operations across 40 locations in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and the Americas.

Having expanded from its oil and gas origins, the firm is also now active in the mining, renewableenergy, liquefied natural gas, power, infrastructure and petrochemicals sectors.

Earlier this year, it clinched a deal to build and instal hydraulic systems for a new £150million polar research ship, the Sir David Attenborough.