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Beatrice
Located approximately 13km from the Caithness coast, close to the oil field in the Moray Firth, Beatrice, once fully operational, will be Scotland's largest offshore wind farm.
Onshore construction began in Moray in May 2016 and offshore construction began in April 2017. The first wind turbine was installed and first power exported in July 2018. Beatrice will be fully operational in 2019, with 84 turbines with a capacity of 588MW of electricity, enough to supply 450,000 UK homes.… Show more

Beatrice
Located approximately 13km from the Caithness coast, close to the oil field in the Moray Firth, Beatrice, once fully operational, will be Scotland's largest offshore wind farm.
Onshore construction began in Moray in May 2016 and offshore construction began in April 2017. The first wind turbine was installed and first power exported in July 2018. Beatrice will be fully operational in 2019, with 84 turbines with a capacity of 588MW of electricity, enough to supply 450,000 UK homes.
Existing client JDR Cable Systems brought Mane on board in mid-2017 to supply cable jointers and testers, fibrotic engineers, health and safety personnel and client representatives for the project. The client knew that Mane has extensive experience in recruiting these niche specialists, and impressive talent reach within the energy sector. In fact, many of the contractors who went on fill these roles had already impressed the client on previous projects.
As well as its work with JDR, Mane is also assisting another long-standing client, DEME Group, with recruitment on the same project, providing support staff, crew and health and safety specialists. DEME has 120 ships in its fleet and Mane contractors are typically requested to move from project to project thanks to the calibre of skills and experience they possess.
There can be challenges in finding talent for the extremely niche and specific roles that projects such as this require - particularly in the current climate when a number of similar projects are working concurrently - however, Mane has never failed to deliver.
High and medium voltage specialists can be particularly hard to source, which has created a climate where professionals with this skillset are increasingly leaving permanent positions to take up contract roles to take advantage of favourable rates.

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Culzean
Culzean is a high-pressure, high-temperature gas field located on the UK continental shelf, around 145 miles east of Aberdeen at a water depth of approximately 90m. As the biggest reservoir discovered in the North Sea for more than a decade, it was inevitable that there would be high demand for experienced professionals to capitalise on the find.
The primary contractors, Maersk Oil and Total, brought on board Semco Maritime - an existing client of Mane - to manage a proportion of… Show more

Culzean
Culzean is a high-pressure, high-temperature gas field located on the UK continental shelf, around 145 miles east of Aberdeen at a water depth of approximately 90m. As the biggest reservoir discovered in the North Sea for more than a decade, it was inevitable that there would be high demand for experienced professionals to capitalise on the find.
The primary contractors, Maersk Oil and Total, brought on board Semco Maritime - an existing client of Mane - to manage a proportion of the project. Thanks to previous high levels of delivery, Semco approached Mane with the opportunity to tender for the work. Following this, Mane was awarded a joint contract with another supplier to provide 150 workers to manage hook-up and commissioning at the offshore platform over a 12 month period.
The contract was awarded in February 2018, with the first people beginning work in July 2018. There are currently 20 specialists on site, with Mane planning to supply in excess of 80 contractors at the job’s peak.
Mane has been tasked with tapping into its extensive networks to recruit specialists for roles including electrical and mechanical engineers and senior technical specialists during the construction phase. During the commissioning stage, Mane will also supply further electrical mechanical engineers and senior technicians.
This talent can be relatively difficult to come by as the experience sought is so niche. The client required complex electricians, with experience in working in a highly explosive environment – within rooms essentially filled with gas. However, Mane’s impressive track record in this sector meant that this was not an issue.



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The East Anglia Array is a proposed series of offshore wind farms to be located around 30 miles off the east coast of East Anglia, in the North Sea. It is being developed in partnership by ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall. Up to six individual projects could be set up in the area with a maximum capacity of up to 7.2 GW. The first project, East Anglia ONE received planning consent in June 2014, with offshore construction beginning in 2018. The 300 square kilometre wind farm is expected to… Show more

The East Anglia Array is a proposed series of offshore wind farms to be located around 30 miles off the east coast of East Anglia, in the North Sea. It is being developed in partnership by ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall. Up to six individual projects could be set up in the area with a maximum capacity of up to 7.2 GW. The first project, East Anglia ONE received planning consent in June 2014, with offshore construction beginning in 2018. The 300 square kilometre wind farm is expected to be operating by 2020.
East Anglia ONE will consist of 102 Siemens wind turbines and foundations, each rated at 7 megawatts. This gives an overall generating capacity of up to 714 megawatts to power 600 thousand UK homes, making it one of the world’s largest wind farms.
The principle contractor is Iberdrola, the Spanish arm of ScottishPower, and East Anglia ONE is the largest project ever undertaken by a Spanish company. Mane works with Iberdrola directly on individual senior project agreements to supply talent for specific roles. Under these agreements, Mane manages everything from commercials to remuneration for positions within health and safety, engineering and senior management.
The breadth of Mane’s work on the job will eventually cover the whole project lifecycle, from operations and maintenance (O&M) staff, vessel crew, project management, planning and commissioning professionals to cabling, lifting and rigging crews.
Mane won the contract after previously working with the client on similar projects, most recently the Wikinger wind farm off the German coast.
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Hornsea is the world’s largest offshore wind farm, which boasts a footprint of 400 square kilometres and is which is located in the North Sea, 120km off the Humberside coast. The multi-billion pound project will be completed in 2021, when it will power one million homes in the UK.
Mane is the largest agency on project, currently supplying no less than four companies. GeoSea and Tideway, which are subsidiaries of DEME group, are working on underwater export cabling from turbines to… Show more

Hornsea is the world’s largest offshore wind farm, which boasts a footprint of 400 square kilometres and is which is located in the North Sea, 120km off the Humberside coast. The multi-billion pound project will be completed in 2021, when it will power one million homes in the UK.
Mane is the largest agency on project, currently supplying no less than four companies. GeoSea and Tideway, which are subsidiaries of DEME group, are working on underwater export cabling from turbines to substation to land.
It is also supplying its most long-standing client, JDR Cable Systems, on the job. Mane is the company’s largest recruitment supplier globally and the brands have worked in partnership for six years.
Finally, Mane is also Semco Maritime’s principle supplier on the project. Semco holds the electrical engineering contract across the job. The consultancy was approached about these works in March 2018 and has been supplying talent since April. Currently Mane is providing around 30 electricians to site platforms and substations.
The breadth of clients that Mane is working with on this project is indicative of its network, experience and reputation within the market. Across the job, the consultancy is currently providing c.100 professionals including rigging staff, health and safety specialists, lifting supervisors and vessel crews to manage the instillation of the monopoles.
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