SPONSORS OF EAST ANGLIA FEATURE CHRIS EDENS JOINS ODE MANAGEMENT TEAM
Offshore Design Engineering Limited (ODE) Great Yarmouth, who provide project management, engineering and operations support services to the energy industry, have announced the appointment of Chris Edens as Senior Projects Manager.
CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT Mr Edens will work alongside Engineering Manager Chris Fairhurst to focus on the continued development of the engineering services that ODE provides from its Great Yarmouth base to the offshore oil, gas and renewable industries.
EXPERIENCE
A Chartered Process Engineer, Mr Edens has a breadth of technical, operational, project, HSE and management experience, gained working with both major and independent oil & gas companies and the industry regulator.
He joins ODE from the HSE where he held the position of process safety specialist, responsible for conducting offshore inspections and investigations across the UKCS. Prior to that he worked with Perenco UK for 7 years in a variety of project and operational roles, latterly as project superintendent he was responsible for the safe and efficient delivery of on and offshore projects and brownfield modifications in the Southern North Sea.
Chris Edens
OFFSHORE ENGINEERING FOCUS Paul Chilvers, Regional Director at ODE Great Yarmouth, said: “Chris’ extensive knowledge and technical expertise, will make an excellent and complimentary addition to the company, as we seek to strengthen our capabilities in the area
of offshore engineering projects. Chris is already well known to ODE and I am confident that he will prove to be a very important member of my management team. Chris will take on a range of key responsibilities that will ensure that our engineering projects continue to be delivered effectively and efficiently. His previous experience make him a perfect fit for matching our requirements to provide high quality, yet fit for purpose, solutions to our current and future clients.”
AN EXCITING AND INTERESTING MOVE Mr Edens said: “ODE has a reputation for delivering robust engineering solutions to the offshore industry, making this an exciting and interesting move for me. It is a respected company both locally and internationally and I will look forward to actively increasing the high standards and services that ODE already achieves.”
Offshore Design Engineering
www.ode-ltd.co.uk
HYDRAULIC BOLTING SOLUTIONS
Great Yarmouth is the major location for the offshore energy sector in England with an experienced and well established supply chain. The oil and gas sector has traditionally been a big user of hydraulic bolting equipment. Now so is the burgeoning wind energy sector.
Few suppliers of this equipment, the majority based in the North of England, have tended to move north to Aberdeen when it has come to expanding operations – Until now that is.
GEE-FORCE HYDRAULICS Gee-Force Hydraulics, the Lancashire- based specialist provider of hydraulic torque wrench and flange spreading/ alignment equipment established premises on the Gapton Hall Industrial Estate in Great Yarmouth in May 2012, holding a wide range of hire stocks and equipment spares to service their energy sector clients.
SPX BOLTING SYSTEMS The company is a distributor for SPX Bolting Systems whose equipment they both hire and sell. They also hire and sell flange spreading and alignment equipment
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www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
by Equalizer International and sell a wide range of other hydraulic tools and equipment by SPX Power Team.
Regional Sales Manager Nick Thomson, who runs Gee-Force’s Great Yarmouth operation explained: “We already serviced a number of Great Yarmouth clients from our Lancashire HQ but the more we spoke to local businesses the consistent message we received was that the one way we really would differentiate ourselves from the competition was by actually being here on the ground. So that’s what we did. And the response since we opened has been very positive indeed. We have rapidly expanded the overall hire stock offering to keep up with demand and envisage more of the same for 2013.”
PERSONAL TOUCH
Company MD Graeme Cook started the company in 2004 said: “We are a relatively small company compared to some of our competitors but we are growing quickly and enjoy a close relationship with supportive manufacturers. That said, we’re fleet of foot and our size means that our customers benefit from a
personalised relationship. Good customer service has always been at the heart of what we try to do.
“By placing ourselves right at the heart of the East of England’s energy sector, we are well positioned to literally react quicker and more efficiently to the needs of England’s major energy hub.”
Gee-Force Hydraulics
www.gee-force.co.uk
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