Simon HirdHouston-based offshore survey company UTEC appointed Simon Hird general manager of its Australian arm UTEC Survey Australia last month. Hird, an industry veteran, with 30 years experience in the oil and gas sectors, has been stationed in Australia since 2008.
Hird is a believer in the strength of the Australian offshore market. What attracted him to working with UTEC, he says, is the company’s ability to provide support for it.
“[Australia] is dominated by a series of major subsea construction projects, viewed as some of the largest currently undertaken in the world,” he says. “Coupled to this as a byproduct of major construction is a rapidly increasing subsea infrastructure offshore Australia, all of which has to be safely operated and maintained for years to come.
“This provides UTEC with its next challenge – to position the company locally as the premier provider of throughlife survey and inspection services. This will require slightly different skill sets and supports a different client base; UTEC is again well placed to support that particular market,” Hird says.
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