Aberdeen-based mechanical engineering group EnerMech said yesterday it had landed its biggest contract to date.
The multimillion-pound deal is with Talisman Energy (UK) and involves managing its UK North Sea offshore crane assets.
The value of the work has not been disclosed, but is understood to run to tens of millions of pounds.
As a result, around 50 posts will be created at EnerMech.
The firm added that the contract win would push its total workforce to just under 1,200.
The five-year deal, with two additional one-year options, includes operation, maintenance, engineering and inspection of more than 30 offshore cranes located across Talisman’s 11 UK offshore installations.
The current contract holder is Sparrows.
EnerMech managing director Doug Duguid said he believed the award was the largest contract of its type in the North Sea.
He added: “It is the largest value contract we have been awarded to date and it demonstrates our young business has matured into an organisation which is trusted to deliver wide-ranging engineering and maintenance packages.”
“We have invested £7million in acquiring and transforming Howes Road (EnerMech’s Aberdeen headquarters) into a single site engineering, maintenance and storage hub, capable of fulfilling the largest contracts.
“Just as important has been our policy of recruiting the best engineering talent the industry has to offer. Establishing a base in Bristol, which has a strong engineering heritage, has strengthened our skills pool and is now paying dividends.
“That investment and vision is now bearing fruit and the Talisman award gives us a platform to demonstrate that we have the infrastructure and resources to undertake complex and high-value contracts.”
EnerMech was formed in April 2008 and now has bases around the world.
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