MEMBER NEWS: OCCMS appoint new Directors to support global growth in major projects

November 22, 2022
MEMBER NEWS: OCCMS appoint new Directors to support global growth in major projects

OCCMS, Orion’s specialist completions and commissioning services provider, has experienced an unprecedented period of growth since early 2021, both in the UK and overseas. To support this continued expansion, the company is pleased to announce the arrival of two new additions to its Senior Management team. Steve Drummond has joined the business as Operations Director and Jamie Japp has been appointed as Technical Director on a permanent basis, having been a contractor with OCCMS since 2019. Steve and Jamie join OCCMS as seasoned commissioning professionals and bring with them many years of international experience, across a range of energy sectors.

Barry Cann, Managing Director for OCCMS commented:

“We are delighted to welcome Steve and Jamie to the business. Both possess an array of technical competencies, along with a proven track record and wealth of industry experience. Crucially, they also come with the right mindset and behaviours in leadership, safety, environment, ethics, productivity and quality. It’s an exciting time for them to join the OCCMS team as we look to sustain our growth and underline our commitment to providing industry-leading services for completions and commissioning projects across the globe”.

OCCMS launched in 2006 and are currently headquartered in Aberdeen, where the majority of their 25 employees are based. The company provides consultancy and fully-managed specialist services, resources and class-leading technology all geared towards the safe and timely start-up of client assets. OCCMS has been involved in more than 100 major international projects, including covering whole asset lifecycles across a wide range of sectors such as energy, renewables, built environment, life sciences, mining and defence.

Profiles on Steve and Jamie will be released in the coming days, where we will provide information on their backgrounds, careers to-date, motivations for joining OCCMS and aspirations for the future.

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