TSS Engineering: Four Years in Business Delivers Mega Projects In 2017, a boilermaker and a welder consolidated their experience and formally established Total Steel Solutions (TSS) Engineering. With two colleagues coming on board a short time later, it wasn’t long before TSS Engineering started winning major contracts in the civil infrastructure space. Today, the four directors work with TSS Engineering’s 35 staff members across a 1,800m2 workshop in New South Wales. The company recently completed certification to AS/NZS ISO 3834 Part 2 Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials – a sign of their ongoing commitment to continuous growth.
TSS Engineering was founded on three core principles: respect, complete, and strive. Today, the company’s staff use those underlying principles to guide their work on complex, high value projects. Michael Shim (TSS Engineering’s General Manager) said the company has grown beyond the directors’ expectations over its first four years of operations. “We started small but we’re fast growing and hungry for more. I believe our attitude to provide high class service to client satisfaction has led us to this achievement in a relatively short time.” “We believe diligence has been the key in gaining a good reputation for the company and continuous project involvement. We’ve put lots of effort in our tender submission for client’s interest then focused on successful project delivery. We constantly review our business strategy and review our business model for the company’s direction and future goals,” Shim said. The TSS Engineering Quality, Environment, and Health and Safety Management System (QEHS) underpins the staff’s health and safety objectives. To
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date, the company is yet to experience a workplace injury of any kind. “Whether they are one of our hardworking employees on site, or our office-based staff who ensure our business is running efficiently – everyone is part of the team. Our main focus right from the beginning has been to build up the foundations of the business, which we are still doing. Reputation is first then profit,” Shim said. TSS Engineering initially started developing simple beam structures for retaining walls. However, the company’s burst of success has led to more complex works being contracted and undertaken. Shim explained there is scope for further expansion as the company grows. “While we are yet to land on any specialty areas, we would really like to get involved in the mining sector and water infrastructure. Ideally, we would like to be recognised as a multiplayer that is not just limited to civil infrastructure works.”
