For the last two years Yellow Admiral, the specialist marine employment agency based on the Essex coast, has sponsored the Guinness Bar at Seawork.
This has coincided with, and hopefully been partially responsible for, a dramatic change in Yellow Admiral’s performance within the industry. Initially the company was built up around providing staff to the leisure marine sector, but with the global financial crisis this side of the business temporarily went into decline, particularly in Europe. Despite this slump in the design, development and build of leisure craft and superyachts the commercial side of Yellow Admiral’s practice, in particular the offshore renewables business, has expanded dramatically and continues to do so today.
Yellow Admiral now works with clients who are involved in the full project life cycle of the offshore renewable energy sector and they have had a very successful 12 months. This year they have increased the number of vacancies that they are helping their clients fill by 250% and the number of quality people they have placed is very encouraging. With demand predicted to increase for staff with skills in marine, mechanical and electrical engineering, marine geophysics, offshore construction and marine support expertise, they are confident that Yellow Admiral will continue to expand its operations.
Paul Miall, who manages the commercial side of Yellow Admiral’s business , commented that “the real challenge this coming year is to help address the serious skills shortages in the renewables sector. With our wide ranging contacts across other engineering sectors we are confident that we can help existing and new clients achieve their staffing objectives. Our participation in Seawork is key to this as it is now established as THE meeting place for everyone involved in the commercial and renewables sectors”.
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Offshore WIND staff, May 16, 2012; Image: yellowadmiral