ENERGY industry recruitment firm Maris Subsea has taken over a consultancy services division of US company Oceaneering.
The move sees two people added to the team – veteran diver and inspection engineer Tim Chesshire and recruitment specialist Julie Stewart.
Both will be working from its office in Dyce, Aberdeen.
Director Steven Dunbar confirmed about 20 contractors will also come under the management of Maris.
In addition, 12 “key” Oceaneering clients will be provided with dive technical support, company representative and subsea engineers.
Mr Dunbar said the deal was a potential acquisition that ended up becoming a “transfer of services” and Tupe – transfer of undertakings (protection of employment) – agreement due to the “current economic climate”.
He added: “With many major oil and gas operators leaving the basin and new, more agile operators coming in we see it as a great opportunity to help these operators manage the complexities of their dive operations with increased assurance.
“Maris committed to developing a Competence Assurance package five years ago and after significant investment and development the arrival of Tim’s expertise on top of what we had in terms of technology use is what we hope to be the final major component.”
Maris – whose other base is in Elgin – is a subsidiary of industrial services investment company Envoy and Partners, which was spun out from Inverness-headquartered Global Energy Group last year.
