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Jerome D'Souza is a Enermech Middle East Trainer/Assessor, he joined Enermech in 2009.
Jerome began his career working in the Oil & Gas industry in the late 1980s working in various positions on Barges, FPSO's, Drilling Platforms, semi submersible's & Jackups to name a few different types of Oil & Gas installations.
During this period, Jerome built a tremendous amount of experience both onshore & offshore, including the training of crane operators for Shell on different projects in Iran, numerous projects in Brazil for Bergerson World Wide and major projects for a number of blue chip oil and gas companies.
Prior to joining EnerMech, Jerome spent 4 years working for Pavitt Energy which was acquired by EnerMech in 2009. Since joining Enermech Jerome has been given the opportunity to grow and enhance his career, he attended training in both Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth, he has also been involved with the Crane Simulator Training at the Drilling Systems base in Bournemouth.
Jerome is a vital asset to the Enermech ME region and is seen as an integral part of the future growth of our business line.
Terry Hunton is one of EnerMech's lifting and scaffolding trainers, currently based in the Aberdeen Training Centre.
Terry began working in the industry in 1976 as a Scaffolder for Stephens and Carter, and continued to work offshore until the late 1990s for various companies in many different locations. Over the years, he gathered a wealth of experience in deck lifting and scaffolding and began to help coach newer members of the offshore crews and developed a real interest in training people.
In the 1990s Terry worked to gain his Trainer/Assessor, Internal Verifier and External Verifier qualifications and began to provide CITB courses in the UK and worldwide, adding further experience, this time in the onshore environment and focussing on scaffolding instruction. However, because of his deck lifting operations experience offshore, Terry was also able to assist clients with a number of other training discipline requirements.
During 2006, Terry joined A1 Safety Training (who were acquired by EnerMech in 2009) as a member of the training flying squad. He worked with many clients, providing a wide range of scaffolding, lifting and health and safety training and assessments worldwide. During this time, Terry enjoyed the flexibility of the work in terms of really providing the client with what they needed:
"I really like to help the up and coming generation and pass on some of the knowledge that was passed to me many moons ago. I like to really get to know our clients because I find that if I can tailor a course for the specific audience – even if it's just specific to their own kit and equipment – the delegates take more interest and are more willing to learn. When I was working in the flying squad there was always a variety as one week I could be on a rig in the North Sea and the next I could be on a drill ship in Angola."
In 2012, Terry was seconded for what was intended to be a short period to EnerMech Aberdeen to provide additional man-power for the increasingly busy training centre. Over the course of a few weeks, Terry became increasingly comfortable with onshore life and then agreed to assist in the Abu Dhabi Training Centre. During this time, Terry's potential became clear and he was offered him a full time placement in Aberdeen.
Since then, Terry has become part of the fittings and fixtures in Aberdeen and has been a key player in familiarising new personnel (both for the training centres and flying squad) with how we deliver our quality training offering:
"Working in the training centres has been great for me although at first I didn't think I would settle into an onshore job full time. I'm involved now with the continual development of course materials, helping the new Trainer/Assessors get up to speed with what's expected of them and I also look after the Aberdeen Training centre in terms of making sure our facilities provide a really good delegate experience."
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Mechanical engineering group EnerMech announced at OTC (Offshore Technology Conference) in Houston that it has invested more than £13 million as it steps up its drive to cement its presence in the US and Mexico.
A recent move to a new 50,000 sq ft workshop, office and storage facility near to Houston’s Energy Corridor has been followed with a £9 million investment in new Process, Pipeline and Umbilical (PPU) equipment and in opening a base at Villahermosa, Mexico.
For the Aberdeen headquartered company, the lure of the Gulf of Mexico and its deepwater projects is strong and the strategic investment is already paying off with confirmation of a number of PPU contracts in 2014 worth up to £6 million.
The headcount stands at 40 but Vince Kouns, president of EnerMech’s US operation, expects that to grow to 120 by the end of 2013 with turnover more than trebling from £4 million to £15 million, and trebling again to £50 million in 2015.
The company has a lengthy connection to Houston through respected hydraulics specialist Norson Power which was acquired in 2010 and Kouns, along with vice president Alan Sweeney is focussed on replicating that success in PPU, cranes and lifting, equipment rental, valves and training services.
He said: “EnerMech is well established and has an excellent reputation in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions and now it’s our turn to show what we can do. The US market is the final piece of the jigsaw and using Houston as our gateway we are doing exactly the same as in those other regions, by making significant investment in infrastructure and experienced personnel, who know the oil and gas industry inside out.
“As a relatively new player in GoM (Gulf of Mexico) the reception has been very encouraging. We have had a warm welcome from a number of people over here who know about EnerMech and our successful track record and have been happy to introduce us to potential clients. The other advantage is the strength of EnerMech’s reputation in the North Sea and Asia Pacific and as a company with a global footprint we have a depth of resource and mobility capabilities which others find difficult to match.”
While the US GoM remains the core market, EnerMech has been quick respond to opportunities south of the border and before the ink was dry on the Villahermosa facility the first Mexican PPU contract was landed, with clients also showing a strong interest in cranes & lifting and valve services.
Vince Kouns added: “We have a strategic advantage in that we operate the youngest fleet of equipment in the market. This means the client benefits from greater fuel and operating efficiencies and the new equipment also offers a reduced footprint offshore which is an important factor.
“The GoM has not fully recovered from Macondo but we are much busier this year and the bid activity is at such a level that 2014 is stacking up to be almost the perfect storm in terms of project work.”
