Engineering & Enterprise In The Humber

Engineering Enterprise Enterprise IN THE HUMBER

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Business Editor David Laister on the skills situation HE work is coming, the infrastructure is building, now is the time to ensure we have the skills base in place to ensure WE benefit from the economic gains northern Lincolnshire and the wider area is winning.

A buzz around the Energy Estuary, the re-christened Humber gateway that plays a crucial role in a quarter of the UK’s power supply, is unabated. Siemens, together with Associated British Ports, is building Green Port Hull; Able Marine Energy Park at North Killingholme finally has clearance, with ground works progressing; and

half of Britain’s additional offshore wind farms coming on stream this year, have been constructed out of Grimsby, where they will be operated from too.

This is one industry that will undoubtedly transform opportunities in an area, a huge upturn at pace on a patch that has found itself accustomed to a slow, often painful, decline.

Talk, plans, aspiration, it is all becoming a reality, with a 10,000 jobs boost the icing on the region’s cake.

It has come at a vital time, with the initial wind farms off the

Business editor David Laister is pictured here on the site of the Humber Enterprise Zone where £15 million of funding is paving the way for the Able Marine Energy Park.He is talking to the then Local Growth Minister Penny Mordaunt who is now minister for the armed forces and MP Martin Vickers.

The multi-million development will transform the South Killingholme site and play a vital role in the Humber becoming a world-class centre for renewable energy.

Lincolnshire coast emerging as the recession hit, keeping optimism afloat, then the success for these projects attracting more and more.

Alongside the fish in Grimsby sits blue chips, major corporate names that have chosen this area to locate for hard business reasons. The first port on a sailing corridor that finds itself at the centre of an ambition for the southern North Sea that harbours 4,000 turbines, the knowledge and expertise behind it, and the supply chain to deliver.

But this is just one element. The ports, difficult to separate due to the nature of the cargoes, remain the number one by tonnage in Britain. The last results, for 2013, showed the port handled 62.6 million tonnes of cargo last year, up 4 per cent from 60.1 million in 2012. The ‘Northern Powerhouse’ already has its front door.’

A major project away from energy was Grimsby River Terminal, a £26 million investment in the future of the Humber as a car-handling centre, maximising the Europefacing nature of the estuary in a tie-up with ABP, and Volkswagen Group.

While the future of Scunthorpe Steel Works remains unclear, with the potential sale to American Gary Klesch and a stand-alone vision both on the table as Tata Steel looks to divest the long products division, it is widely regarded as one of the most competitive and cost-efficient plants in the west, ensuring the rail and construction industries have absolute confidence in the latest, greatest, materials.

Highly skilled individuals lead innovation, quality and resilience when it comes to this vital industry.

The legacy it has left in engineering, together with the

The Viking Odessa docked at the Grimsby River Terminal. Picture taken by David Lee Photography.

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INTRODUCTION

The Green Port Hull project has been in the making for around four years and is the product of a huge team effort between many national and local political, business and community parties and many people within Siemens in the UK, Denmark and Germany, and Associated British Ports (ABP).

Prime Minister David Cameron visited Alexandra Dock in east Hull to talk to Siemens and ABP executives about the forthcoming Green Port Hull wind turbine factory. David Cameron with Siemens CEO Dr. Michael Suess. This was in 2014.

fishing industry in Grimsby, is another huge platform on which to build, as engineering – and the allied skills – form much of the basis of what is evolving.

Another legacy is the fish processing sector, a hugely important employer that has been retained when so many trawlers weren’t. Grimsby handles nearly 80 per cent of the UK-consumed seafood, with two of the biggest brands in the adrenaline-packed world of shopper-facing fast moving consumer goods, firmly established.

Jobs are by no means confined to the operations either, where technology plays an increasing

The future of the Tata steel works remains unclear with its possible sale – however it is regarded as one of the most efficient plants in the west. Pictured here is the Plate Mill, which has a major Siemens order for wind towers.

role, but commercial buying, sales, marketing, finance and a plethora of management roles.

If there are any doubts about the town’s role in this global trade, there is proof in the hosting of World Seafood Congress in September, and the town’s presence at the likes of North Atlantic Seafood Forum and the annual Brussels event.

Humberside Airport, itself heavily involved in the energy industry, linking the North Sea’s oil and gas heartlands by fixed wing craft, while helicopters take workers offshore, is now looking at wind operations and maintenance support, as such installations go

further off the coastline. It will also welcome British Aerospace’s training arm to its expanding facilities in what is another major coup for the area.

With Humber University Technical College emerging in Scunthorpe, and the transformational securing of wind training organisation AIS at Stallingborough’s beacon facility Catch, the ducks are being lined up, and the likes of Grimsby Institute and North Lindsey College are there too. The former is leading a push for a Logistics Institute, an area of skill that is vital to so much of what is mentioned above. Great things are expected in 2015 and beyond, not least the

location of a national offshore wind college. Much of this is led, in part, by Humber Local Enterprise Partnership, where the value of skills has been clear from the outset.

It is critical now we take a step further down the education ladder and underline exactly what is on offer here to schoolchildren, well before they make choices that can change their career paths forever. Industry must engage with education to make sure this happens, and dilute the continuing prevailing myth that you must pack your bags at 18 and head for university for a chance of a livelihood they crave.

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taking people from the emerging industries into the schools to explain their roles, and the route to it.

“We are getting a good reaction, people are saying ‘this is what we want,’ and it is aspirational for the local area,” she said.

UILDING a future around opportunities emerging tomorrow, begins in the classrooms of the borough’s schools today.

North East Lincolnshire Council’s vision for a stronger community via a stronger economy invests a lot in ensuring that the youngest residents can one day become the employees of the companies attracted to the area, as geography becomes an asset rather than an obstacle.

Offshore wind, ports and food are the key sectors behind the anticipated near 9,000 net jobs envisaged in the next 17 years, and work is underway across the board to maximise access and opportunities.

Angela Blake was appointed into the role of director of economy and growth at North East Lincolnshire

Council earlier this year.

She said: “There are good things happening.

The economic strategy is in development, the framework has been signed off by Cabinet, and sitting alongside that will be a skills strategy and the driver for that is the work done for the Local Plan. We are expecting 8,800 new jobs in the period up to 2032.

Predominantly those jobs will be in renewables and the food sector, and we are still doing more indepth analysis on where these jobs are going to be.

“I do know, when you look at the area, that around the Humber there isn’t the development land available like there is here in North East and North Lincolnshire. We have a massive offer, and a massive opportunity with the ports and with the employment

land, and with offshore wind operations and maintenance, that is a long term future for the area, and the food industry is still very, very strong, with the opportunity to grow.

To that end, announcements earlier this year about opening up development zones around the western entrance to Grimsby, at Stallingborough and Great Coates, are core priorities.

“We are bringing the South Humber Infrastructure Investment Programme forward that is predominantly where jobs are going to be, with the employment land we have got on the South Humber Bank. We need to get that aspiration for local people, but we don’t want to raise that aspiration then not deliver.

“The main thing for us is getting that infrastructure right, so that people come here, and want to come here.”

Angela Blake, director of economy and growth at North East Lincolnshire Council

We want everything going up together. There is great opportunity going for this area and we have got to grasp it and take it forward, and we are doing everything we can as a local authority to mobilise that and chase that investment.”

Regional Growth Funds have been used extensively to ready an area.

There was the £34 million grant pot, administered by the council for the whole of the Humber area, with 648 new jobs created and 71 companies invested in this borough alone.

Engineering and construction apprenticeship schemes have

brought forward more than 120 new posts, with a wage-subsidy scheme helping bring forward a further 331 new jobs.

A light goods vehicle (LGV) driver training programme has been celebrated nationally, with all 40 candidates passing through securing jobs.

“We had the Department for Work and Pensions in last week saying how successful it was – everyone who has been through it got a job,” said Mrs Blake.

It has been taken on Humber-wide after being piloted in the area, and is not the first.

There is a lull at the moment as funding pots move from RGF to the next European programme with the first call for bids expected next month.

Demand and understanding is channelled through the authority’s Development and Growth Board, which has an employment and skills group cutting across the individual sectors, led by Glenn Sibbick.

Mrs Blake said: “The skills strategy needs to focus on how we make sure the local labour force is ready to take advantage of these opportunities that are coming.

“A big push at the moment is to link with schools and to influence the career path. We are trying to get really up to date experience in front of the students.”

A ‘working lunch’ pilot is running,

“Getting schools on board to work with us is important. We have three working very closely with us, that’s good but it is not enough. We are getting that employer engagement as well.”

There is a feeling connections are strong with big business, but there is a need to embrace by far the larger proportion, the small and medium sized operators.

“This is a big part of the makeup of business in North East Lincolnshire, and I don’t think we are fully tapping into that. “We need to make sure we have broad engagement, and there are strong voices around to be heard,” she said.

The local authority owns the beacon training centre at Stallingborough operated by HCF Catch, and it is something of a feather in the cap when it comes to infrastructure. Only last month a deal with Advanced Industrial Solutions (AIS) was secured to train 15,000 people a year on site, with a 30m mock tower.

“We have had the announcement on AIS. That’s a real positive. The opportunities at Catch are endless, to have that centre of excellence for renewable industry and the chemical industry will be massive for us.

“The main thing for us is getting that infrastructure right, so that people come here, and want to come here.”

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NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE

ORTH Lincolnshire Council is looking forward to seeing the shoots shining through from the seeds sown in the past 12 months.

We are just over six months on from an incredible week in the local authority’s history, when more than £1 billion of investments were secured.

Key elements were Able Marine Energy Park at North Killingholme as well as the arrival of BAE Systems’ Training Academy at Humberside Airport.

The former has helped Scunthorpe win the University Technical College bid – 600 student places and 200 job – with the latter creating 60 apprenticeships yearon-year.

Councillor Liz Redfern, recently re-elected as leader of North Lincolnshire Council, said: “We have achieved a great deal in the last year or so and continue to go from strength to strength. From helping support businesses to attracting major investment in the area – in particular to Scunthorpe with the new University Technical College, Lincolnshire Lakes development, and the recently opened Trent Valley Retail Park, bringing back M&S to Scunthorpe, along with, for the first time, Debenhams and many other retailers. The key to everything is creating wealth and job creation.

By attracting big names, we are helping create fantastic opportunities for many people. New

businesses investing and relocating to our area brings job creation, an increase in spending and a thriving local economy.

“Over the last two years, the council has taken on 100 apprentices, providing a fantastic opportunity. The vast majority of them have gone on to secure employment either with the council or other organisations. We will continue with our apprenticeship programme to ensure we give as many people as possible the chance to gain valuable workplace experience.

“It is not every day you can say that the council has helped secure over £1bn worth of investment to North Lincolnshire, helping create over 8,000 jobs. But that

Steel Signing Ceremony held at the RJ Mitchell Training Academy which is being built at Humberside Airport.

The Leader of North Lincolnshire Council Coun Liz Redfern signs the steel structure watched by David Ashton from BAE systems and representatives from the council and BAE Resource Group.

Marcus Walker, assistant director of regeneration for North Lincolnshire Council.

is exactly what’s happened. In the space of just one week, four major projects were given the go-ahead – Able Marine Energy Park at North Killingholme, phase one of the Lincolnshire Lakes development, the new Training Academy at Humberside Airport, and a new luxury hotel, also to be built at Humberside Airport.

“With unemployment continuing to fall locally, we are about to witness unprecedented levels of investment in North Lincolnshire and we must embrace it for all it’s worth.”

The £5 million BAE Systems Training Academy is a joint project between BAE Systems, the council, Resource Group and Humberside Airport.

Of UTC, Mrs Redfern added: “The council supports its development to ensure young people can access a unique opportunity to gain the skills needed to have careers in engineering and renewables.”

Marcus Walker, assistant director for regeneration at North Lincolnshire Council, said: “Now we are at a once in a lifetime opportunity, everything is beginning to complete and come together.

“We have Immingham, the biggest

port, the biggest offshore wind energy opportunity, 30 per cent of the refinery sector and a £6 billion chemical sector.

“There is a growing offshore wind farm programme, worth £100 billion, It is the biggest engineering project in the UK, bigger than the railways, telephone, oil and gas, and it is coming, very clearly, in the Humber. This is being played out on our doorstep.”

“Dogger Bank is the size of North Yorkshire, Hornsea spans the distance between Hull and Liverpool. We have the big space in the right place, the last undeveloped deep water estuary in the UK. Industry needs to cluster and industry needs industry logic if it is going to drive down cost. The only place they can do that is the Humber. We are ideally located for once.

“We have been talking about a vision, it is now a reality, and it will be ready for 2018,” he said referring to Able Marine Energy Park.

“It is a £450 million direct investment, £1 billion in total, it will create 4,100 jobs, as my Dad would say, “proper jobs” and a further 9,000 in the rest of the region,” said Mr Walker. “It doesn’t get any bigger. It is going to create a renaissance in manufacturing, which is already 32 per cent of the local jobs compared to the national average of 10 per cent. We have the biggest enterprise zone in the country. The airport can help drive this forward, we are already looking at creating new routes to make links even stronger. This is really, really big stuff – I compare this to Nissan in the North East. When you look at London Thames Gateway, this is 70 per cent bigger. Nothing bigger than this is going on in the country. We are a hidden secret and we need to break that.”

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LACKROW Engineering is currently enjoying a hugely successful period which has given year on year growth for the last five years.

2014 was its biggest year to date in terms of turnover with £16m+, with 2015 looking to provide another bumper year in excess of £18m.

This success has been achieved through diversification from their historic achievements in the global food industry, although their commitment and focus in this arena is unrelenting.

“We have continued our growth in the food sector with high quality products and service being delivered to the major players in the industry,” said Barry Taylor,

commercial director.

“We have recently been awarded a £1m+ order from one of the UK’s largest cereal producers and have a fantastic pipeline for the rest of the year in the snack sector so we haven’t lost our focus on our roots.”

Blackrow has built its structure/ capacity and capabilities over recent times to provide a unique offering to both the local petrochemical industry but also the emerging energy sector with recent success with manufacturing orders for two global players in Oil & Gas and Power Generation.

Mr Taylor added: “The last five years have provided a step change in the outlook for the business.

“We are now working with

multinational market leaders in Power Generation and Renewable Energy, providing not only repeat business for both UK and International projects but also continual learning which supports our growth.

“Thanks to the owners and a lot of hard work from all of our people, the business genuinely is a different prospect now, with market leading fabrication facilities including 30m span 20T overhead cranes and capacity to boot.

“The business has had to evolve its excellent skill base by mapping those against quality systems and processes which our target markets require, the result being that not only now are we growing our business on strategic markets, but

also our core offering in the food industry is getting stronger with it.”

Over recent times, the business has heavily invested in its skills with additional divisions of the business being established to enable the provision of genuine, “under one roof” turnkey engineering services, but now the focus is on its structure.

“Our clients, both old and new recognise our competencies but we are now recognising that we need to underpin that with a structure that allows our business to flourish,” Mr Taylor added.

“Our latest period of investment is on our IT Infrastructure, our Quality System, new and additional equipment for our workshop facilities to reduce our outsourcing

budget and a management information system that allows effective decision making on an operational and strategic platform.”

This investment will undoubtedly strengthen Blackrow’s offer as it moves into the next phase of its growth.

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SKILLS success story from the very start, Stallingborough’s Catch facility is rapidly closing in on a decade of operations.

From ECITB apprenticeships, through to competency level checks and specialist courses, the site that is modelled on an authentic industrial process plant has surpassed even the most confident of expectations.

It is currently on its fourth significant expansion, and will soon welcome the first of 15,000 wind energy engineers.

Yet in spring 2005 it was little more than building site.

Appointed later that year, Clive Rounce was the first general manager for the plant, opened by Sir Digby Jones.

‘The ‘Savile Row’ of the UK chemicals industry’ now has its tailor-made training plant’ was how it was welcomed, and holding the tape measure was a proud Mr Rounce.

He served for nearly eight years, before returning to the private sector with one of the centre’s biggest users, Cofely Fabricom GDF Suez.

Mr Rounce arrived as a chartered chemical engineer and former employee of Courtaulds and Acordis.

He recalled: “It has come on immensely, and perhaps exceeded even our most optimistic expectations from the very beginning.

“I got involved early on because I thought it was a great idea, it was authentic, with backing from industry. Once up and running it quickly saw expansion, we went from phase one to phase two then phase three, and now there is more and I am delighted to see that.

“One of the key aspects was the unique aspect, the industrial environment. When I met the team in the early days and heard they were looking at bringing the industry aspect and industry

flavour, and that’s what I liked. It was an attractive proposition. It was about the physical environment and the scale. It is also about the culture and operating processes. I thought that was the part I could really replicate, having worked in industry I was well versed in the expectations and standards.

“It was a clear step up from school and college into that industrial environment.”

A total of £7 million was invested, with double that now spent on the site, as the workshop space and operating building was mirrored to boost capacity.

The most recent addition is the development of the original stack to a 30m wind turbine training tower, complete with climbing and rescue platform with 12 stations incorporating vertical fall-arrest safety systems, a mock nacelle and three technical engineering areas.

The simulated facilities will be used to recreate realistic training scenarios which prepare individuals

Good times ahead, Clive Rounce pictured in front of the new Catch Development Site at Stallingborough back in 2006 when he was appointed as the General Manager for Catch.

Left to right: Charlie Guthrie from AIS, Katie Hedges from CATCH, Dave Bowyer from AIS, Emma Toulson, Humber LEP and Chris Duffill from North East Lincolnshire Council take a tour of AIS’s state-of-the-art offshore training village on North Tyneside to see what the facilities in Immingham will eventually look like.

“Catch is something that adds to the competitive advantage of the region.” for the hazards of working on a wind turbine.

“I still think Catch is something that adds to the competitive advantage of the region,” said Mr Rounce as it gears up to welcome Advanced Industrial Solutions of North Shields.

“As a local company we put through one of the largest cohorts of apprentices, so I am now benefiting as a customer.”

Further proposals include the development of a survival pool and innovation and training hub in the next financial year.

Chris Bowlas now chairs HCF Catch, the organisation brought together in recent years.

Addressing last week’s annual dinner, he said: “During the past year, HCF Catch has put almost 650 people through various skills programmes at the facility with the vast majority going on to find permanent jobs.

“Under the Regional Growth Fund, almost 150 job seekers and young people from the region have been trained in mechanical engineering

and work experience programmes, far exceeding employment targets.

“Most recently, and something of which I am very proud, AIS announced a multi-million pound training investment at HCF Catch.

This centre of excellence for the wind industry will create up to 30 jobs. It will also establish the area and the Catch facility as a global hub for renewables skills.

“This state of the art facility will train more than 15,000, yes 15,000 delegates annually for the wind sector. This sector alone is predicted to create over 70,000 jobs in the UK in the next decade.

“Our thanks go to AIS and the North East Lincolnshire Council for its faith in the region and the facility.”

On announcing the commitment, Dave Bowyer, director of training and education at AIS, said: “North East Lincolnshire and the wider Humber sub-region is widely acknowledged as being at the heart of the fast-growing offshore wind industry so Stallingborough was our first choice when deciding where to locate our new multi-million pound renewable energy training village.”

Katie Hedges, interim chief executive at HCF Catch, said: “We are delighted to attract such significant investment to Catch. It is 10 years since we launched the facility and this major investment is testament to our growing importance in the preparation of tomorrow’s workforce. AIS is a proven company with an international reputation for excellence – it’s great to have them here.”

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COFELY FABRICOM

OFELY FABRICOM is helping to shape the future by providing process consultancy, engineering and design, project management and construction expertise and capability across all industry sectors including Oil, Gas and Power, Chemical and Renewables.

With 40 years’ success in project delivery, our strength is largely down to the experience and the commitment of our employees. We can offer professional services, resources and tools to assist in any phase of project development. Our aim is to be our Clients ‘Partner of Choice’ when it comes to the provision of Engineering Solutions.

OUR CORE SERVICES INCLUDE:

• Process Safety Consultancy • Plant Investigation and Feasibility Studies • Front End Engineering Design (FEED) • Detailed Design and Engineering Solutions • 3D Laser Scanning and Modelling • EPC/EPCm • Project Management • Construction • Plant Installation • Maintenance and Turnaround • Heat Exchangers Design and Build

INTELLIGENT 3D SOFTWARE

Cofely Fabricom Engineering Solutions has invested in intelligent 3D design software and laser scanning capability, fully integrated with software packages such as SmartPlant and AutoPlant.

The 3D software can produce: • Scans covering a 120m radius • A 3D Point Cloud accurate to 3mm • A photo 3D overlay The benefits are: • Reduces the need for scaffolding access • Allows accurate 3D modelling to be processed from the Point Cloud • Produces accurate “as built” drawings for areas where none are currently available Claire Felipes, Senior Project Manager commented: “We are currently delivering a project to engineer, design, procure and install a high pressure steam main which has heavily utilised the 3D scanning technology with an estimated 4 month reduction in the overall duration compared to conventional design techniques.”

MAJOR PROJECT AWARDS

Martyn Whiteley, Operations Director announced: “We currently have a strong, developing portfolio of major projects being delivered from our flagship office on Europarc following our relocation from Brigg last June.

A verification of an existing FEED study, part of a multi million pound chemical plant expansion project, followed by detailed engineering design and procurement across all disciplines and subsequent construction management will be completed during 2015/16. Simon Lewis our Process Engineering Manager will lead the engineering delivery of these projects. This is a major step forward for the business in the EPC/EPCm arena, now directed by Mark Wingate, and is in line with our strategy and objectives.

Regarding our process safety consultancy, we are currently providing an independent professional process safety review and assessment of an on-shore gas processing plant in Kazakhstan.

This project will encompass aspects of process, mechanical, instrumentation and electrical engineering and will be delivered by our engineering consultancy team.

We are also providing extensive turnaround support for one of our major oil and gas framework clients which involves multi discipline engineering team capabilities and turnkey project delivery.

Our clients’ requirements to continuously improve their

operational and business performance are aligned with Cofely Fabricom’s “Partner of Choice” objectives to provide mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships.

We also continue to support a number of customers by developing innovative solutions to improve plant performance and optimisation for example by embedding engineers to work directly alongside the client’s operational team.

LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR Cofely Fabricom has been awarded two long-term framework agreements for the Provision of Mechanical and General Electrical Services and Major Works and Repairs for two major offshore wind farms operating off the Lincolnshire Coast. With operations based out of Grimsby Dock supported by an onshore planning and logistics team and offshore mechanical and electrical technicians.

Our team will work collaboratively with the clients day to day operations group providing the ongoing service requirements for both the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farms, general repairs and support on major projects.

Pictured L to R: Mark Wingate, EPC/EPCm Director, Simon Lewis, Process Engineering Manager and Martyn Whiteley, Operations Director

Head Office: Origin Three, Origin Way, Europarc, Great Grimsby, DN37 9TZ Telephone: +44 (0)1469 576411 Email: enquiries@fabricom-gdfsuez.co.uk Web: www.fabricom-gdfsuez.co.uk

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COMPANY with a mission to be the number one provider of integrated engineering services in the Humber area is aiming to continue its long-term development and growth both within and outside the region.

On Line Design and Engineering was established in 1982 to provide engineering support to Humber bank businesses. The company was established around its Engineering Design Consultancy but other companies in the Group are: Grimsby based Anglia Engineering Solutions Limited, a Fabrication Engineering and Machining company, providing installed solutions, the engineering companies and clients alike are supported by personnel supplied by the Group recruitment specialist companies On Line People and On Loan Recruitment. With over 680 personnel working for its client base, this makes the On Line Group one of the largest independent and best kept secrets in the Humber Region.

Since then, it has worked with clients including Phillips 66, TATA Steel, TOTAL, Centrica, BP, BOC, Perenco and Cristal.

The Immingham-based Engineering Design Consultancy has four locations throughout the Humber, two offices in the town, one in Hull and is supported by its engineering arm Anglia Engineering Solutions based in Grimsby.

Managing director Brendan Conlan said: “We specialise in brownfield engineering, and offer the complete solution to our clients through, process, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation design.

“We will manage the complete project lifecycle on behalf of our clients and we are currently supporting many clients throughout the Humber region and in the Southern North Sea, helping our clients deliver energy and products for the “UK PLC”.

“We are proud to say that we have invested in the training of our personnel and developed a team of functional safety engineers. They

support all requirements of IEC 61508/61511 and also support our process and technical safety engineers.

“As a business, we have always provided site surveying, however we have invested in the equipment that will allow us to react to customers requirements and deliver a full site surveying service including 3D imaging.”

Mr Conlan said the outlook for the future was positive, with markets picking up.

He said: “2014 was a tough year for many supply chain companies as economic climate was affected by wider market conditions.

“Looking forward, the business continues to benefit from improving

“I ask people to review the Humber’s Energy Estuary Map to look at how unique this region is – it is a place that people can be proud of.”

Brendan Conlan

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ON LINE GROUP markets and solid sales and operations performance.

And he said the upcoming opportunities in renewables in the Humber, coupled with potential for growth outside the region, were two more reasons to be positive.

He said: “It’s an exciting time for the Humber region with the announcements that Siemens and the Able Marine Energy Park have been given the green light.

“But actually, there is already a good representation in the region with the commissioning of the recent Westermost Rough and Humber Gateway.

“At On Line, we are looking to how we can support the industry and

the region through this growth into a maturing business.

“Outside the Humber, we are developing our current client relationships into the wider UK. “In these times, we wish to capitalise on the low oil price to showcase the technical talent that we have in the Humber region.”

On Line is supported by its other group companies On Line People and Anglia Engineering Solutions through a portfolio of engineering design and service provision.

Among the services provided by On Line are process safety and engineering, piping and vessel design, structural and civil design, stress analysis and engineering and

site surveys.

The company also works in functional safety, process control, instrumentation design, electrical design and project management.

It provides services to the petrochemical, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, food, steel and power sectors.

Mr Conlan said he also felt it was important to help the next generation of engineers.

He said: “As a company, we continue to support many local organisations and are at the forefront of the development of Scunthorpe’s Humber UTC and the Catch Facility at Stallingborough.

“We feel both are very important

Design and draft apprentices, from Online Design and Engineering Ltd, pictured outside Catch in Stallingborough, where they have spent their first year. Louise Arnett, left, Group HR Officer, prepares to welcome Terri-Lee Brewster, Matthew Rispin, Reece Holberry, Kieran Tynan, Jake Burman and Dan Pashby into the world of work.

to helping maintain the next generation of engineering personnel that has established the region.

“The fact that there are so many technically skilled staff either side of the Humber is not recognised or credited by the wider population.

“I ask people to review the Humber’s Energy Estuary Map to look at how unique this region is – it is a place that people can be proud of.”

On Line also takes pride in its safety record and has been recognised by Total at its Lindsey

Oil Refinery for having a fourth consecutive recordable injury-free year.

In addition to this, personnel have completed more than 1.5 million man-hours without a lost-time accident.

Jeff Laird, On Line Design and Engineering Group chairman, said: “The completion of our work at On Line in an efficient and professional manner is extremely important, but it is never so urgent or important that we cannot take time to do it safely.”

On Line House, Pelham Road, Immingham North Lincolnshire, DN40 1AB Staff at On Line Design and Engineering at Immingham are pictured, from left, Duncan Russell, Engineering Director, Louise Arnett, Group HR Officer, Steve Laird, Financial Director, Brendan Conlan, Managing Director and Mark Warburton, Group Director.

Telephone 01469 577695 Facsimile 01469 578216 Email info@oldesigngroup.co.uk www.oldesigngroup.co.uk

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EADING figures from the UK arm of the world’s leading offshore wind business have underlined the wealth of opportunities emerging in the sector.

Dong Energy is investing more than £11 million into Grimsby, as it builds up the operations and maintenance base for its Westermost Rough offshore wind farm.

The 210MW project, just north of the Humber Estuary’s mouth, is going through final works ahead of commissioning and handing over to a 100-strong team in a gleaming new facility on the Royal Dock.

Construction has been overseen from a substantial base on Port of Grimsby East, with Dong just

one of three wind farm operators to have settled in the town, with Centrica blazing the initial trail for Lynn, Inner Dowsing and Lincs, and E.on at a similar point in Humber Gateway’s development just off Spurn Point.

Benj Sykes, is UK manager for Dong Energy, and also co-chairs the Offshore Wind Energy Council, working with Government on cost reduction.

He said: “We are a big player in offshore wind globally and in the UK, we build them, own them, operate and maintain them.

“My job is to make sure wind farms deliver what they need to deliver once we have invested in them. There are 1.5 million homes powered by wind at the moment,

and Westermost Rough adds another 10 per cent to that. It is quite a significant contribution to the UK energy demand. At the moment it is delivering 10 per cent of the UK electricity supply, a big part of the energy mix.

“In order to do this there are a whole range of skills we need, but when it comes to it, electrical or mechanical engineering a such a large part of what we do. We are working with large scale electricity generators at the end of the day.

“There are lots of different ways to get in to the offshore sector, and as an industry in general, whether that is technical or not, we are keen to build capability.

“We are already seeing many jobs in offshore wind being created, and

Westermost Rough Dong Energy Wind Farm.

Benj Sykes, vice president, UK Wind Power and right, Bruce Willox, engineering, procurement & construction director for Westermost Rough.

Westermost Rough Dong Energy Wind Farm.

this is only going to continue, and it is places like Grimsby that will benefit.”

Bruce Willox is engineering, procurement and construction director for Dong Energy, and is looking ahead to the handover, with Rob Sampson already appointed to head up the O&M. Two six-strong technician teams will be in place, as well as a team looking after the high voltage electricity element.

Of the make-up of the team, 90 per cent is from the Humber subregion, with about 50 per cent of them coming from other wind farms in the area, and the balance from a range of backgrounds, from thermal power to agriculture.

The recruitment works by mixing experience, from heavily skilled to raw apprenticeships.

Mr Willox said: “It is an opportunity, and definitely an industry for people to look into.

It is a 25 year lifespan, and definitely interesting. For me, with my background in engineering, anything you do where there is hard work and you see a physically finished product, it does give you a great deal of satisfaction.

“We are a Danish company, but

there are a lot of people working with us now from the locality and all over the UK. With fishing cut back too, when it comes to vessel crews, this is keeping a lot of people employed at sea.

“Operations and maintenance is a long term concern, over 25 years. We are saying it will be over 100 people in operations and maintenance in terms of what we will need, and our preference would be for local people.

“Locality really depends on what you do. If you go into wind and are involved in offshore construction, people are going from job to job, and that could be anywhere in the North Sea or beyond. Operations has more of a likelihood of attracting local people, like fishing and oil and gas. People may be trained up locally and start locally, then stay local, or may go into project work which takes them elsewhere. I have found it very interesting.”

Those in the first tranche of employees working on Westermost Rough will be dealing with the largest installed wind turbines in the world. They stand 177m high from sea level to blade tip, dwarfing Grimsby’s Dock Tower.

INTELECT ENGINEERING LIMITED, one of the Humber region's fastest growing mechanical engineering companies, is helping to set new standards in health and safety at work by signing up to the latest rules from Europe.

The Grimsby-based mechanical engineering company became one of the first of its kind in the country to commit to the new CE Marking of Structural Steelwork regulations.

The new rules, which came into effect on 1 July, last year, are not guidelines but law and any company found operating outside the legislation will be liable for prosecution.

Aimed at reducing the risk of accident and injury to people working on or around steelwork structures, the legislation is being seen as a much-needed wake-up call by many in the construction and engineering industries.

Any company that chooses to ignore the new rules could well be left out in the cold when it comes to future tenders.

Intelect Engineering already operates to its own strict standards as well as those required by the industry and

The three directors of Intelect Engineering, the Grimsby mechanical engineering specialists, are (left to right): Phill Bodsworth, Kevin Stanham and Ray Johnson.

has invested around £70,000 to achieve the new BS EN 1090 under the Construction Products Regulation 2011.

The company's senior design engineer, Martin Heywood, said: "The new regulations apply to any person working on any structure,

ranging from a small farm building to the biggest factory, and we would expect tenders to be offered only to those companies who have subscribed and been successfully audited.

Intelect director, Phill Bodsworth, said: "Achieving the necessary standards

INTELECT – A LOCAL FIRM WITH NATIONAL SUCCESS INTELECT ENGINEERING LIMITED is one of North East Lincolnshire's biggest success stories of recent years.

Established in January 2011 with an initial workforce of 10, the company is today one of the best known names in the field of mechanical and electrical engineering, working for some of the UK's biggest companies.

Its core business remains with the food manufacturing and processing sector, but Intelect continues to break into new areas where its specific

skills are required.

Director Phill Bodsworth said: "Our main aim from the outset was to establish Intelect Engineering as a major supplier to our long-term contacts in the food industry and that is precisely what we are today. It is likely that this will always be our core business but we will grasp all opportunities to grow our business in other areas, such as the renewables and energy sector which is likely to be hugely important for the Humber region for many years to come."

Part of the Middlesbrough-based Intelect Group, the company occupies the former BT offices and

workshop on Estate Road No. 2 in Grimsby and now employs around 40 people, most of them having previously worked for other local suppliers to the food industry, offering a wealth of skills and experience.

For more information about Intelect Engineering Limited, especially the new Structural Steelwork regulations, please contact us at: Brunel House, Estate Road No. 2, South Humberside Industrial Estate, Grimsby, DN31 2TJ Tel: 01472 344901 Fax: 01472 349202 Email: pb@intelecteng.com www.intelectuk.com

laid down by the new regulations has put our company in a very strong position to compete for contracts as we expect companies will now only invite those suppliers who can

meet the regulations.

"We recently secured a number of new contracts totalling more than £1m on the back of the new accreditation."

“We recently secured a number of new contracts totalling more than £1m on the back of the new accreditation.”

MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT ITS BEST INTELECT ENGINEERING LIMITED

Brunel House, Estate Road No. 2, South Humberside Industrial Estate, Grimsby, DN31 2TJ Tel: 01472 344901 Fax: 01472 349202 Email: pb@intelecteng.com www.intelectuk.com

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EY relationships with businesses and universities and colleges will be vital in ensuring a bright future for engineering students on the South Bank of the Humber.

The new Humber University Technical College (UTC) is on target for a September opening and as part of its preparations, it is being clear of its ability to ensure students make the right connections.

The UTC, with Principal Anne Tyrrell at the helm, will provide 600 places for students aged between 14 and 19 when it opens, in Church Square, Scunthorpe, in September. It will specialise in renewables and engineering, alongside other key subjects.

All students, on completing the course, are guaranteed a job interview with a regional business or a conditional offer of a place at the University of Hull or North Lindsey College. This will ensure the students see a future for themselves in the industry - and critically realise the potential this area has and the careers they could enjoy here.

Such efforts to link these young people to jobs and higher education in the Lincolnshire and Humber area is vital if we are to reverse the famous ‘brain drain’,

which sees so much talent leave and never return.

As well as the 14 to 19-year-old programmes, the college will also have a university centre with more than 1,000 students.

It will offer programmes up to Degree (Honours) Level – the teaching will be on site locally and validated by local universities, including Hull, Lincoln, Sheffield Hallam, Huddersfield and Bishop Grosseteste.

As plans progress well for the opening, the college has selected a number of young embassadors.

Due to start in September, the team of nine teenagers have been chosen to give the students a voice.

At their first meeting recently one of their first jobs was to take ownership of a time capsule, which will be buried at the UTC site at a later date.

One of the group – Josh Beacock, 13, from Riddings, Scunthorpe, is studying at the town’s Melior Community Academy and has expressed an interest in the UTC, where he will begin his course in September. He said he had always been interested in engineering.

“I got chosen with the others out of 130 students,” he said.

“I would like to be either an electrician or a navy engineer.”

Taylur Rice, 14, from Scunthorpe, a pupil at Outwood Academy Brumby, said: “I have always been into engineering and I have always done Lego.

“I have always wanted to start my own business.”

Sonia Allen, project officer at the Humber UTC, said: “The ambassadors will represent students.

“They will be a point of contact for students and someone they can go to on a range of things.

“They will help shape and influence key decisions that will affect students and work with the

school to ensure it runs smoothly and efficiently.”

The UTC partners are Tata Steel, RAF, University of Hull, Clugstons, BAE Systems, Online Design, Smart Winds, Able UK, North Lindsey College, North Lincolnshire Council, Jacobs, Centrica Storage, RES Offshore, Team Humber Marine Alliance, Singleton Birch, Cristal and Outwood Grange Academies Trust.

There are still places left for this year’s Humber UTC intake from September 2015 – for details, visit humberutc.co.uk

An article, first carried in the Scunthorpe Telegraph in March saw the first look inside the new UTC - and with five months to go until completion in August, those responsible for the building spoke of how it was progressing. Pictures taken this week and published here show the rapid pace at which the building is developing.

The work first started on August 4 last year and is planned to be completed with the keys handed over

by August 28, in time for the £9.5-million college’s September opening.

Speaking back in March, project manager Stephen Hornby, said: "At the moment we are on programme for August 28, the contractual completion date.

"It’s a very tight programme, but it’s coming together, things are progressing well.

"In around July time we hope to have started the decorating and the plastering work in the next few weeks.

"The job entails completion – all the computers and kitchens and all the engineering workshops have to be fitted out.

"There will also be external paving and car parking."

At the time of the interview, Clugston Construction were opening the doors for visitors to have a look round, with the purpose of increasing interest in the college among the business community.

Mr Hornby added: “The idea is to get people into construction and with a bit of a link for the UTC. "There is a national campaign to get young people into construction."

The college is governmentfunded and will be project managed by the existing Local Education Partnership.

A total of 17 University Technical Colleges have already opened around the country, with a further 30 planned to be built by 2016.

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HUMBER WORK BOATS

XPERIENCE and new apprenticeship talent is proving the perfect workforce blend for a Humber bank company that continues to grow and develop.

Humber Work Boats Ltd is a family-owned private company which has been trading since 1974 as marine and dredging contractors. The company owns their three and a half acre facility at North Killingholme Haven on the south bank of the River Humber which incorporates spacious office accommodation, a 10,000 sq ft fabrication shop, 250 metres of riverside frontage and extensive yard space.

And it is a fine example of how a loyal workforce has developed and is now looking to the future with investment in young talent.

Incorporated by John and Pat Morton in 1974 after entering into a lease on North Killingholme Haven, Humber Work Boats has sought out professional people who have remained loyal over the years and helped to grow the business.

Turnover has been built steadily from £1.6-million in 1999 to its present level of £6-million and there has been much investment,

which has seen the company develop its services significantly in recent years in local, national and international markets.

But such investment would not have been possible without an experienced, skilled and loyal workforce over the years, and the company is grateful for the substantial contribution made by people such as general foremen Ivan Raithby, Mick Hindle and Andrew Mawer, skippers such as Steve Thurston, Trevor Harrison and Howard Beisly, and the skills of Jon Lee, Stuart Cadman and John Mumford to name but a few.

These experienced and talented members of staff ensure that those who join the business are welcomed into a company that invests in its training and staff loyalty.

HWB has invested in an additional 25 people since 1999 to augment the existing workforce.

Training programmes are a vital part of staff development and the company is developing an apprentice culture to ensure skills are passed on for the future, to the extent where it has engaged with the Maritime and Coastguard

Agency for bespoke apprenticeship training for boatmen.

All of this helps enormously in ensuring the company is able to capitalise on opportunities that come to the Humber – and clearly that includes the burgeoning renewables industry.

With the Humber the scene for the offshore wind farm windfall, Humber Work Boats is keen to play a prominent role in the construction phase on both banks, with Greenport Hull and Able Marine Energy Park quite literally on the doorstep.

David Symon, Managing Director, said: “There is a tremendous amount of optimism in the Humber currently with the proposed Greenport Hull and Able

developments. We have completed infrastructure work already for Dong Energy and Centrica, and the construction phase is definitely where we are at in terms of this new industry. Renewables is once again uniting the North and South Banks, just like a project early in HWB’s history.

“The initial work boat company was hugely successful on the back of the Humber Bridge build,” said Mr Symon. “There was a lot of service work involved, supplying safety boats, transportation of materials and crew as well as more complex marine work.” That window of opportunity is mirrored currently, only HWB now has extensive dredging and marine contracting experience. “It is a

very capital intensive business and it is unusual for a relatively small family company to be able to generate enough capital organically to fund investments needed for expansion to get where we are and keep going. It has got to be recognised that a fleet such as ours deteriorates through age, and you have are constantly looking to balance the destination of investment capital between new and old. It is fascinating the way the business has developed over the years.”

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International and UK Marine and Dredging Contractors Vessel Construction and Repairs

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ABP is the UK’s leading ports operator with 21 ports and other transport related businesses creating a unique national network capable of handling a vast array of cargo.

Around one quarter of the UK’s seaborne trade passes through ABP’s Statutory Harbour Areas. ABP contributes £5.6 billion to the UK economy every year and supports 84,000 jobs. Our current investment programme promises to deliver an extra £1.75 billion for the economy every year.

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Handled over 1.5 million vehicles in 2013.

Generates around one quarter of the UK’s rail freight Has 1.4 million square metres of covered storage Has 1000 hectares of open storage Handled 119m tonnes of cargo in 2013 Owns 5000 hectares of port estate Has 87km of quay

Over the next five years, ABP is investing over £650 million in a wide range of major projects across the group.

ABP HUMBER The Marine Control Centre at the Port of Immingham

FIRST for British apprentices – and it is right here in the Humber region.

Last month Associated British Ports (ABP) launched its search for the next generation of marine apprentices with its new Marine Operations Apprenticeship scheme.

The only one of its kind in the country, it is based around the National Occupational Standards for Port Operations and is designed to give those interested in working in a marine environment the opportunity to learn about shipping and port operations, while working for the UK’s leading port operator.

The scheme was developed by ABP Marine Training Manager Martin Gough in 2012 when he identified a need to bring young people into the industry and train them to a high standard.

“It’s essential that we have robust succession planning in place and part of that process means we need very high-calibre young people coming into the business to ensure it continues to operate to the highest marine standards,” he said.

“The course is designed to give hands-on training in all aspects of our port’s marine operations and offers exciting career opportunities, which can lead to the highest levels within the operational teams that control shipping movements at ABP’s 21 ports.”

The company currently employs 10 marine apprentices, five of which were appointed in 2012 and are now embarking on the Professional Diploma in Shipping and Maritime Studies, a bespoke award created especially for the ABP Marine Operations Apprenticeship. The remaining five recruits were appointed last year and are settling into their new roles.

Thanks to the success of the original Marine Apprenticeship scheme, ABP is also launching a Marine Pilotage Apprenticeship.

Martin Gough continued: “As the supply of experienced mariners wanting to come ashore to train as pilots is decreasing we’ve decided to extend our Marine Operations apprenticeship scheme to create a Marine Pilotage Apprenticeship.

“The Marine Pilotage Apprenticeship will take a total of five years to complete, being an additional two years on top of the first three years of the Marine Operations Apprenticeship.

“The training and authorisation procedures will be consistent with the Marine Pilotage National Occupational Standards, meet the Marine Pilotage parts of the Port Marine Safety Code Guide to Good Practice and they’ll also be consistent with the principles of IMO Resolution A960”.

“The training for the Marine Operations Apprenticeship is

based at the Humber ports however, the entire second year of the apprenticeship is spent at South Tyneside Nautical college to gain an SQA approved Professional Diploma in Shipping & Maritime Studies. The Pilotage apprenticeship scheme will be based in our South Wales ports.

For an application and information pack please call 01472 359181 or visit www.abports.co.uk/Careers/

The four ports of Grimsby, Immingham, Hull and Goole handle more than 65 million tonnes of cargo between them each year.

Grimsby and Immingham form the UK’s busiest trading gateway and move around 54 million tonnes of cargo per annum. £75 million is currently being invested in the biomass handling terminal in Immingham, in a Humber-wide agreement with Drax Power Ltd that has seen £25 million invested in a biomass handling facility in Hull. The Immingham Renewable Fuels Terminal will handle sustainable

Quay foreman Shane Stead, with apprentices (from left) Tom Close, Joe Marshall (on the crane), Dan Lond, and Steve Parry at Port of Immingham. Picture courtesy of David Lee Photography Ltd. Photograph to illustrate new marine apprenticeship scheme.

biomass shipments and will create over 100 permanent jobs once complete. The construction phase has also created 100 employment opportunities.

The Port of Hull handles 10 million tonnes of cargo per annum and is the is the focal point for the development of the UK’s largest offshore wind turbine construction, assembly, and service facility, which will be located on the Port’s Alexandra Dock. This new facility, coupled with a new rotor blade manufacturing base near Paull to the east of the port estate, represents a £310 million investment and will create up to 1000 direct jobs.

The Grimsby River Terminal represents an investment of £26 million and allows large car-carrying ships to berth outside the Port’s lock system. This development confirms the Port’s position as the UK’s leading automotive handling facility.

More than the equivalent of 1million teus (twenty foot equivalent unit) of unitised trade is shipped through ABP Humber ports.

Ro-ro and container traffic represents more than 30 sailings a week to Europe, Scandinavia the Baltic and beyond.

The Humber ports handle more than 70 freight train movements per day.

Goole is situated 50 miles upriver and is the UK’s premier inland port. It handles over two million tonnes of cargo annually.

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NORTH LINDSEY COLLEGE

ORTH Lindsey College is the Gateway to Employment for many young people.

The College works with a large number of employers which provide opportunities to students including apprenticeships, work experience and work based projects. Young people have access to a broad range of courses aimed at local employment such as engineering. This September the new Engineering Technology Centre opens and as well as current engineering courses, new level 2 and 3 renewables programmes will be available. The new centre is ďŹ tted out with industry standard equipment including wind turbines.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths skills are vital to our region and the College offers provision up to higher education level. With over 700 students each

year in engineering alone, the College helps prepare young people for a range of jobs with local companies.

North Lindsey College is also the largest local provider of apprenticeships. Apprenticeships are funded for individuals and employers seek new apprentices throughout the year to meet the demands of their business. The College has over 650 apprentices and opportunities arise in electrical, mechanical, structural and technical engineering as well as a broad range of other jobs including manufacturing operations and construction. The College has apprentices with companies such as Tata Steel, Bradbury Security, Youth Engineering Scunthorpe, ongo, Skymark Packaging, GS Kelsey, the NHS and Britcon.

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S a former Principal of John Leggott College, in Scunthorpe the town’s Labour MP Nic Dakin is well placed to look at the skills and training required along the South Humber bank to ensure a strong and proud future for young people.

The town’s MP since 2010 he was re-elected last week with a majority of 3,134 – an increase on last time.

He believes and has faith in an area, which he believes is on the brink of great opportunity.

He has written these words for this supplement: “The developments along the South Humber Bank are an unprecedented opportunity to create long term skilled employment in a new sector – renewable energy. “ Northern Lincolnshire’s response

to this opportunity over the next few years will determine how much local people benefit and how positive the impact will be on our communities.

“I hope that all prospective new businesses take the opportunity to engage with all the fantastic schools, colleges and training providers we have locally. North Lindsey College, in particular, has a good track record in delivering all

Scunthorpe’s MP, Nic Dakin is well placed to talk about youth training and education – as a former Principal of the town’s John Leggott College

Scunthorpe and its surrounding area needs to invest in ensuring we have a highly skilled workforce, sooner rather than later, says the town’s MP.

sorts of training from bespoke courses to apprenticeships.

“But there are many other excellent providers. And organisations like the Admin Centre are ideal incubators for micro businesses to prosper. North Lindsey’s involvement in the University Technical College with the Outwood Academy chain, Hull University and local employers ought to increase the chances of that development being positive for the area. “ It’s important that North Lincolnshire Council and the Humber LEP use their leadership role to bring together the worlds of education and business so that the curriculum available locally expands to reflect the skills needs of the area rather than contracts through increased competition to recruit students. Investment by everyone in high quality Careers Education will result in benefits for all - as will targeted action to tackle skills shortages, particularly in engineering where the age profile of the workforce across a wide variety of employers, including Tata, suggests that we will need more skilled workers sooner rather than later.”

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GRIMSBY INSTITUTE

NDUSTRY demands the highest quality Engineers and the Grimsby Institute’s Engineering Department has some of the most up-to-date training equipment and industry standard facilities in the UK, including being the only college with a real-scale wind turbine demonstrator, which shows the mechanical and electrical principles of generating electricity from the wind’s energy.

Whether you’re interested in Plumbing and Heating, Electrical, Mechanical, Refrigeration, Motor Vehicle or Renewables the Grimsby Institute can help you train for a career in one of the UK’s largest areas for job growth.

The Humber bank is about to become the centre of a major development, the Humber Gateway, a £700m offshore wind turbine development, which will include manufacture, installation, operations and maintenance, that will potentially providing thousands of job opportunities both during its construction and for long-term careers once it’s completed.

Learners train in our Engineering and Renewable Centre which offers them the unique chance of working on real hydraulic rigs, biomass boilers and other industry equipment, which has been installed to ensure when learners ďŹ nish their qualiďŹ cation they are ready for work.

Former learner Mike Smith is one such learner who has beneďŹ ted from training at the Institute’s Engineering department. Mike is now working as a Junior Offshore Engineer for Renewable Energy Systems (RES) after completing a Level 3 Electrical and Electronics Course. Mike explained: “I got a lucky break and didn’t expect to be this successful. If I hadn’t been on the course at the Grimsby Institute then I never would have got past the interview stage with RES.The course gave me an oversight of the industry and is now helping me with my degree.â€?

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Conservative MP for Cleethorpes Martin Vickers, was last week reelected to serve a second term.

The former councillor has a constituency area that covers some of the most valuable land for the future of economic development along the south Humber Bank.

“Armed with the right skills local people will be able to benefit from the continuing investment” Martin Vickers MP

“With more and more job opportunities becoming available in the renewable energy sector it is essential that we make sure that local people have the appropriate training and skills to take advantage of them.

“In recent weeks I have taken the opportunity of speaking to young people at the Grimsby Institute for Further & Higher Education (GIFHE) and at the CATCH training facility in Stallingborough and it’s heartening to hear of

He has been a key player in his support of the development of Able UK’s Marine Energy Park and was delighted when it overcame a number of hurdles to progress.

His work to save the direct express rail line between Cleethorpes and Manchester was also very important

their enthusiasm and optimism about their prospects and the opportunities that are opening up for them.

“We are fortunate that not only GIFHE and CATCH but other institutions are gearing up to ensure local people are able to compete for what, in many cases, are highly-skilled and well-paid jobs. The new University Technical College is under construction in Scunthorpe opening up more courses and increasing capacity.

“With the rapid expansion of installations in the North Sea, the

Martin Vickers praises educational establishments, like the Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education, for its work in giving local people opportunity

for business in our area as its disappearance would have dealt a blow to the economy of North East Lincolnshire.

As he moves to a second Parliamentary term, here are his views on the future of training and enterprise in North and North East Lincolnshire.

The plan for the new Able Marine Energy Park received cross-party support from our local MPs. A recently released impression of the park is shown here, with the Phillips 66 Humber Refinery and Lindsey Oil Refinery seen behind it.

The appointment of Amber Rudd as the new Energy & Climate Change Secretary of State will ensure continuity for the development of green energy, says Martin Vickers.

investment from Siemens and Able UK northern Lincolnshire and the wider Humber region have a bright future. “ The Coalition government made clear its backing for the renewables sector and the incoming Conservative administration will continue its support. The appointment of Amber Rudd as the new Energy and Climate Change Secretary of State will ensure continuity as she was a junior minister in the Department prior to the General Election.

“The Coalition government oversaw over two million new apprenticeships and the new Government has pledged to continue with this.

“I am confident that armed with the right skills local people will be able to benefit from the continuing investment in this industry.”