Offshore Wind &Subsea Cables

Atlas supplies the network of people you need to build and operate an offshore wind farm Atlas Professionals delivers reliable, ethical and flexible personnel solutions

to the international offshore market. We provide the staff you need to plan,

install and operate offshore wind farms. We take pride in our reputation for

supplying the most skilled, reliable and experienced people in the industry. Our

professionals have a wide range of market-leading knowledge and as such

they can provide practical advice and ensure project development strategies

are robust, achievable and aligned with industry best practice. From one-off

short-term assignments through to long term project support and advice, we

are able to supply professionals to support any aspect of offshore work and

the necessary support to ensure they continue to perform at their best.

Quality, health and safety are critical

to the offshore wind energy sector.

Our QHSE division allows our clients

to develop and maintain a QHSE

system of the highest standard. We

supply a wide range of specialists

to plan, implement, and supervise

safe systems and standards,

undertake reviews, and conduct

risk assessments. We also provide

the expertise required for quality

assurance, quality control, vendor

surveillance, NDT, verification,

certification, and inspection.

Our specialist areas:

• Medics

• QA Managers

• QA/QC Coordinators

• QA/QC Inspectors

• QHSE Advisors

• QHSE Coordinators

• QHSE Engineers

• QHSE Managers

• QHSE Technicians

• Safety Officers

Quality, Health & Safety

With an ever-increasing number

of offshore wind farms coming

into operation, the need for

qualified specialists to manage the

operations and maintenance project

is growing rapidly. We can supply

the staff needed for the strategic

asset management of offshore wind

farms, as well as the operational

servicing and repair.

Our specialist areas:

• Operations and Maintenance

Managers, Engineers and

Coordinators

• Asset Managers

• Interface Managers

• Quality Managers

• High Voltage Authorized

Professionals

• Wind Turbine Service

Technicians

• Rope Access Workers

• Mechanical & Electrical

Engineers

Operations &Maintenance

Atlas Professionals have been

providing personnel to the offshore

cable sector since 2003, specialising

in both inter array and export cable

installation for offshore wind farms,

tidal projects and cable connections

between oil and gas platforms. In

addition, Atlas has supplied cable

personnel for a broad range of fibre

optic cable installation projects.

Activities have included, cable lay

and burial operations, remedial

works, pre lay grapnel run, route

clearance, trenching works,

jointing and testing of cables, the

installation of cable accessories,

post lay inspection and burial works

and various interconnector projects.

Our specialist areas:

• Offshore Superintendents

• Cable Lay Supervisors and

Client Representatives

• Plough & Trenching Supervisors

• Barge Masters and Barge Pilots

• Beach Masters

• Deck Foremen, Tower Foreman

& Shift Supervisors

• Riggers and Rigger Supervisors

• Rigger/ Welders

• Winch Operators

• Cable Pull In teams

• Crane Operators

• Mechanical and Electrical

Technicians

• Carousel and Tension Operators

• Vertical Injector Operator

• HV & FO Jointers & Testers

SubseaCables

We have provided construction

personnel to the majority of the

offshore wind farms built to date.

Our experience enables us to supply

the right people for the installation

and commissioning of any offshore

wind farm project. We provide the

staff working on vessels to support

the installation, as well as the crew

required to operate those vessels.

Furthermore, we can offer competent

and experienced personnel for

the installation of foundations; the

installation and commissioning of

the topside elements of a project

(towers, nacelles and blades) and

the installation and commissioning

of the substation.

Our specialist areas:

• Offshore Installation &

Construction Managers

• Supervisory Representatives

• Lifting Supervisors

• Offshore Superintendents

• Commissioning Engineers

• Electrical and Mechanical

Technicians

• Site Managers

• Marine and Site Coordinators

• Offshore Port and Habour

Managers and Coordinators

• Fleet Managers

• Deck and Shift Supervisors

• Crane Operators

• Rope Access Workers

• Jack-up Personnel

OffshoreConstruction

Atlas Professionals is the premier

provider of survey and ROV

personnel to the global near-shore

and offshore survey industry. We

have serviced the world’s largest

survey and construction companies,

and the majority of Europe’s

offshore wind farms. We understand

what is required at each stage of

development, from site survey,

through to cable lay, trenching, post

lay, and monopile installations.

Our specialist areas:

• Hydrographic Surveyors

• Data Processors

• Geophysicists

• Party Chiefs

• Geophysical Engineers

• Survey Engineers

• Project Surveyors

• Project Managers

• Geotechnical Engineers

• ROV Pilots

• ROV Pilot-techs

• ROV Supervisors

• ROV Superintendents

OffshoreSurvey & ROV

Our Discipline Engineering & Project

Controls division supplies onshore

project management, project

support and technical engineering

personnel. We have the people

you need to deliver on tenders and

contracts, as well as the planning

and design of offshore wind farms.

Our specialist areas:

• Project Managers & Engineers

• Planning Engineers

• Logistics Managers &

Coordinators

• Cost Engineers & Controllers

• Document Controllers

• Bid and Tender Managers

• Mechanical Engineers

• Electrical & Instrumentation

Engineers

• Construction & Installation

Engineers

• Structural Engineers

ProjectControls

“If the industry hadn’t collapsed due to overfishing, I would

have never had the opportunity to experience a fraction of

what I have.” Not only his father, but his grandfather and

his great-grandfather were fishermen; all the inhabitants of

the Irish village where Colm Power grew up were in some

way involved in the fishing industry. “Ever since I was young,

I wanted to become the captain of a fishing boat. I was

brought up as a fishermen’s child, and from all the tales

that I had been told and the various trips that my father had

taken me on when I grew older, I couldn’t imagine myself

becoming anything else than a skipper on a fishermen’s

boat.”

However, not long after Colm had worked his way up

from mate and deckhand to skipper, the fishing industry

collapsed. In 2002, Colm got the opportunity to go offshore

with a mini-supply vessel owned by an Egyptian company.

In the two years that followed he was awarded all the

certificates necessary for working on vessels that provide

support to various operations, such as ROV, pipe laying

and seismic surveys. In Colm’s capacity of master, the day-

to-day running of the vessels were his main responsibility,

including the safety and management of the crew.

After six years of working on all kinds of oil and gas projects,

Colm decided it was time for something new. Not without

reason, he made the switch to the renewable industry: “My

brother was working in offshore wind energy and what he

had told me about it was appealing. What attracted me most

was that this new industry was about clean energy. I liked

the idea of working in a durable energy business. And until

now, the switch has given me a good feeling. The oil and

gas industry is rather old school to me.”

Although Colm has mastered many types of vessels over the

years, he will probably never forget his first time on a cable-

laying barge. “We had to lay a cable from Wales to Ireland.

I remember that I had to get the barge onto the beach and

set it on the ground, literally on the bottom. I felt like I was

doing the total opposite of what I was supposed to be doing.

Basically, it was throwing overboard everything that I had

been taught.” That wasn’t the only thing different from being

the captain of a barge instead of a fishing boat. “Steering a

barge is mostly about relying on its stability. If you’re used

to sailing a fishing boat, then being the captain of a barge is

living life in the slow lane. Naturally, different vessels require

different skills. As a captain you must always have the skills

to manoeuvre without anchors and to measure the natural

forces that help or hinder the vessel. For me, moving about

“The simple feeling of being on a vessel that responds to my steering is something that I will never tire of”

COLMPOWER

with all the anchors is quite a different experience. Being

able to move the barge a half-meter or even a quarter-

meter is very challenging; luckily, I enjoy the challenge

and the results even more.”

The next challenge that awaits Colm is working with

Dynamic Positioning (DP) systems, relatively new

computer-based systems currently used to maintain the

stability of a vessel. “Now, when working with cable-laying

barges, we simply use five anchors—one on each corner

and one in the middle. This makes manoeuvring quite a

bit more difficult compared with a DP system. Imagine

moving an entire vessel based on experience and feeling

rather than on a computer system that does everything

for you. Although anchors are old-fashioned, you can’t

really go beaching with DP. And you have to know how to

operate things when the system fails.” Colm refers to the

difficult situations as “the good fun of the job”. “What you

could be dealing with, for

example, is bad weather.

When the tension

increases, you need to

prevent an anchor from

breaking because this

could split a cable in half.

We always work with two

thrusters on the barge so

we can move the anchor again, but in these situations you

need to keep your head.”

After years of experience in the fishing industry and

having worked with a number of companies in the

renewable industry, Colm has learned what it takes to

become a good master. “Being a good communicator is

very important; a good master has to have excellent social

skills to allow him to communicate well with everyone on

board. Also, you have to be able to stay in control under

all circumstances and to know how to behave and act

in threatening situations. Staying calm is the main task,

really.”

The years of experience in the fishing industry have given

Colm the advantage of acquiring extensive knowledge of

vessels. “Back in the early fishing days in Ireland, fishermen

had to develop more skills than only manoeuvring a ship.

Learning about electricity and machinery was vital, and

although I have no official qualifications, I have gained a

lot of engineering experience. As a fisherman you have all

kinds of technical problems that you need to solve yourself.

That is just the way it is on fishing boats because when

you are at sea, there is no workshop nearby. You have

to fix things then and there, with the few tools available.

These experiences brought me to the position where I am

now, and are still beneficial every day.”

In addition to his love of the sea and the various technical

challenges, Colm likes his work for another reason as well.

“I like the rosters that allow me to be home as much as

I am away. Every time I come home feels like a holiday. I

don’t always like being away for longer periods, but when I

come home I can totally relax without having to worry about

work.” Colm has been always grateful for having a great

family that supports what he does. The communication

systems of today make things easier as well. “It is quite

effortless to communicate

with my family because

there’s almost always a

good internet connection

as most of the work that

we do is close to shore,

or even in harbours.

Besides, by now my

family is used to me being

away for longer periods; my oldest daughter is sixteen and

all she’s ever known is me being away from time to time.

Sometimes there have been problems while I’ve been

away and then it’s difficult that I can’t be there for them, but

the long periods when I’m home fulltime make up for a lot.”

Having followed such a long and varied career path, and

having seen how the industry has grown over the years,

Colm is very interested in two new developments. “I would

love to play a role in the further development of tidal energy.

I strongly believe we have to keep investing and believing

in new alternatives to traditional ways of producing

energy.” Until there’s an opportunity allowing him to take

his next step, Colm wants to become more experienced in

using DP systems. “I’d like to get involved with DP in the

future because that’s the way forward; I’m sure that in the

end everything is going to be on DP. Whatever happens,

the simple feeling of being on a vessel that responds to

my steering in whatever way is something that I will never

tire of.”

“I strongly believe we have to keep investing and believing in new alternatives to traditional ways of producing energy.”

We go beyond recruitment

Contract Recruitment & Selection

To ensure that all requests for professionals are fulfilled

to the satisfaction of our clients and within the timescales

specified, we use a comprehensive search database that

holds nearly 400,000 registered and approved professionals.

Before proposing any candidates to a client, we carry out a

thorough review of an individual’s experience, qualifications,

certification, references and availability to make certain we

provide the right candidate for the project.

Permanent Recruitment & Selection

Drawing upon our first hand knowledge within the industry

and utilising our extensive database and network, we pride

ourselves on being able to advise on the right candidate

for your recruitment needs. We are confident that our

understanding of the different roles and skills required for

particular projects can work to our client’s advantage, as we

can assist with alternative roles, skill requirements or team

structures which have been proven to save time and reduce

cost. We appreciate that some client’s do not always want

a day rate solution, and in turn would prefer a permanent

our professionals meet the required tax regulations in the

country they are working in. We are registered for tax in

many countries around the world, which enables you to

be safe in the knowledge that any relevant legislation is

complied with where applicable. Furthermore, our strong

back office support team takes a proactive approach to keep

up to date with any changes in local tax regimes to ensure

that our clients’ operations are prepared for any subsequent

changes or considerations.

Payrolling and salary administration

Payroll management and administration are crucial to

contractor satisfaction and morale. We operate with efficient

payroll management systems globally to ensure that our

personnel are suitably protected and paid for services

performed globally.

Education and training

A competent workforce means a safe workforce and this

is crucial to our business and our clients’ operations. Atlas

strives to ensure that all personnel are suitably skilled

candidate to allow skills and knowledge to be retained

within an organisation. As such, Atlas is able to assist with

any permanent vacancies you may have.

Logistics support

From arranging and administering the travel directly through

to overseeing the visa application process – we can take

care of it. Using a specialist marine travel agency who are

registered to purchase seafarer tickets, we can arrange

travel, accommodation, transfers and any necessary visas

at the most cost-effective prices. We also are keen to ensure

that the professionals receive the travel planning in a prompt

and effective way therefore we work collaboratively with

our clients to ensure forward planning is undertaken Our

services team are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

to provide our clients and personnel with a highly dedicated,

professional yet personal service.

International tax and social security

Atlas prides itself on being at the forefront of tax compliance.

We work with our clients in ensuring that where possible

and capable for any tasks required of them. We also have

a high regard for continuing personal and professional

development of our professionals.

To help facilitate this, we organise regular training courses

and workshops, whether this be through our global training

partnerships, or calling upon our in-house expertise. We

also support the industry as a whole by offering training and

lecturing to independent and third party organisations.

Quality and Safety

Protecting people is our top priority. It is core to our values

that we provide professionals who have the correct skills,

qualifications and knowledge to work in safe environments

and we work actively with our personnel and clients to ensure

this is maintained. This is illustrated with our accreditation to

ISO 9001:2008, and more significantly with our compliance

with MLC 2006, which was ratified in 2013.

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