Safeguard Engineering was established to meet a growing demand for a safety and environmental engineering specialist, that is completely impartial, cost effective and operates with the highest levels of integrity and trust.
Challenge
Our client is responsible for a wide range of maritime engineering activities, from platform acquisition through to in-service support. During the in-service support phases, our client required independent assurance that the standard of work being undertaken met the contracted requirements.
The scope of engineering support required while a vessel is in-service is wide-ranging and depends on several factors, including the type of vessel, its location and the number of contracted organisations. The ships vary in size and complexity from Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats up to 40,000-tonne ocean-going tankers, maintained by several different contractors who carry out maintenance at ports based both around the UK and overseas.
Each contractor has unique processes and procedures, which can vary greatly, and it was essential that the differences were thoroughly understood. The global nature of the contract also required a large pool of competent overseers who were able to travel for extended periods away from the UK and act independently on their own initiative.
To meet client challenges, our solution was to provide a highly competent team of Maritime Overseers, managed through our UK office with a dedicated single point of contact for our client. This comprehensive overview meant that we could swiftly scale support up and down as required to support our client’s changing programme requirements.
All Safeguard Engineering overseers are highly skilled and hold extensive experience in maritime engineering. The team are located strategically across the UK, allowing them to efficiently support specific areas/yards with minimal deployment time, travel and subsistence costs. This high level of mobility ensured that they were able to quickly represent the interests of our client and provide the level of assurance required.
Through this service, our client benefited from a single point of contact to coordinate all aspects of the overseers. The customer enjoyed greater peace of mind with a Maritime Overseer on-site, overseeing vessels through the build process, into service, and during in-service maintenance periods. This ensured that maintenance was completed on schedule and to the required standard while also allowing swift and efficient reactions to emergent work. Our Overseers could quickly assess proposed tasks on-site and advise on their suitability and cost, reducing the risk of costly schedule slips and improving vessel availability to operational commanders.
As a privately owned company, we operate free from external pressures and allegiances, ensuring the integrity of our assurance and providing impartial oversight of contractor activities. The Overseers guarantee engineering and safety standards and provide early indications of schedule risks. Where additional expertise is required, we can reach back into our expert team for dedicated subject matter experts.
Further benefits of our Maritime Overseeing service:
Safeguard Engineering have been a supportive partner and collaborator of UKDocks for a long time. We have a strong working relationship with good communication, which is imperative due to the nature of the client, contract and business environments that we (UKD) work within. The team at Safeguard Engineering deserve many thanks for their continued support.
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