Aberdeen-based subsea and marine recruitment specialist etpm is continuing its programme of expansion by adding two new lines to meet the ongoing demand for staff in the global marketplace – and is helping address the issue of shortage of women working in the oil and gas sector by adding two new women to its team.
A new Engineering Division, which will operate alongside the existing Subsea and Marine Divisions, has now been established in response to increasing demands for experienced onshore personnel to support work on some of the North Sea’s most significant Brownfield projects and for personnel to work on local and international Greenfield developments.
The new division has grown from etpm’s offshore recruitment services and will focus on subsea project engineering plus topsides and onshore engineering roles. In addition, a separate Commercial line of the Engineering Division will provide support staff in administration, finance, HR and sales & marketing.
It will be headed up by Sarah Hutcheon, previously Aberdeen branch manager of Morson International recruitment agency, who joins etpm as the new Engineering Manager.
Also in direct response to client demand, etpm’s Subsea Division has added a new dedicated ROV recruitment line to its service and has brought in Kerry Hadden, who already has a wealth of experience in the sector, as specialist ROV recruiter.
The new line will focus on providing experienced personnel at all levels from pilot technicians through to superintendents and inspectors for both observation and work class vehicles operating around the world.
etpm Managing Director Jeff Mountain said the new additions mean that more than 50% of etpm’s recruitment staff are females.
“Recent figures show that while women make up 41% of the UK’s total workforce, that figure drops to just 4% in the oil and gas industry so we are very pleased that we are helping to reverse that trend,” he said. “Sarah joins us in a senior position on our management team to build up the new division and Kerry’s role in developing our new ROV line will be an important part of our company expansion. We also recently promoted recruiter Natasha Ross to a new supervisory role in our Subsea & Renewables Division. In addition, Kate Yuill of Key Communications is a regular addition to our team as our independent communications consultant.”
