Sandaig Engineering supports ETZ Low Carbon Quality Management workshop

Sandaig Engineering were delighted to see a great turnout at the third ETZ LTD Low Carbon Quality Management-focused event ‘Quality Beyond 9001: The Risk Dimension’ today. The workshop explored risk management and leadership in conjunction with CQI | The Chartered Quality Institute Renewable SIG and the North of Scotland CQI branch.

The workshop focused on SMEs looking to become established in the low carbon supply chain and Christopher Bird CEng, MSc, FIoD, FIMechE, FAPM, FEI of Riskwell facilitated an interactive approach to living with uncertainty and making quality decisions for business success. The energy in the room was testament to the engaging group tasks delivered by Chris.

We then heard from Inch Cape Offshore Limited’s Steven McDougall & Chris Allen CQP MCQI for highlighting supply chain risk and opportunities across the developing offshore wind sector. Their insights into the ongoing challenges within the sector followed on well from Chris’s previous input.

We then heard from Sarah Stalker & Catriona Wilson of Optimus Plus (Aberdeen) Ltd, experts in the management and framing of risk. Tally Singer from CQI closed the event by underlining the need for Quality professionals to lead in order to centre quality and ensure businesses are successful in the volatile global markets.

Networking; never a waste of time.

Running a small business means you have to prioritise your time over a wide range of tasks. But building business relationships is essential and enjoyable too. We took the opportunity to touch base with some friends and business colleagues at Inch Cape wind farm in bonny Edinburgh.
What Inch Cape are currently doing is truly inspirational. It’s great to see them leading the way in offshore wind farm projects in Scotland.

#OffshoreEnergy #QAQC #SandaigEngineering

Sandaig Delighted to Announce New Apache Contract

Sandaig Engineering are hugely excited to have been awarded a multi-year contract extension from Apache North Sea managing all their QA/QC activities🙌

Nearly six years ago Apache was Sandaig’s first customer and the relationship is still going strong🤝

A lot has happened in the last six years. We have supported out customers in over 10 different countries, gained ISO9001 and SEQual qualification and while proudly an Oil and Gas company are well down the road to transition into renewables, especially offshore wind.

Thanks to everyone at Apache for taking a chance on us!!! See below for the last six years at Apache in numbers.

Sandaig Engineering’s Robbie Owen lends a hand to the CQI Renewables SIG

Sandaig Engineering QA/QC Consultancy to the Energy Sector very own Robbie Owen has been voted in to be the Vice Chair for the CQI | The Chartered Quality Institute Renewables Special Interest Group

Manned entirely by volunteers the CQI Renewables SIG aims to promote Quality within the Renewables Industry.

Thanks to Gregorio Acero for his time as Chair, congrats to Sara Johnson MSc CQP MCQI EnvDipNEBOSH MHFA on being voted in as the new Chair and Lisa Mudzikisi and Paul Robinson for all their support

#qualityassurance#qualitycontrol#engineering#renewables#quality#energy#qualitymanagement

Jackie Offers Words of Advice to AGCC Business Bulletin

Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce invited Jackie our Business Development Manager to contribute to the Business Bulletin for April 2023.

What should people know?

Sandaig Engineering offers tailored QA/QC Consultancy solutions to the energy industry. We deliver strategic and operational quality consultancy within supply chain, engineering, and project management. Our consultants listen carefully to our customers, making sure we understand in detail what they need. Then we can offer a tailored solution that is suitable for their business.

What’s the biggest mistake companies make?

Companies that fail to understand what their market is and who their customers are will waste resources. Having a clear strategy to understand your market and customer base will allow companies to effectively use their resources to optimise customer engagement and add value within the organisation. There are many business development organisations promoting industry conferences and the like. However it is crucial to be selective about where to spend resources, time and ensure follow up.

What’s your top tip?

Quality Management can appear complex at times however the PDCA Plan-Do-Check-Act approach can be scaled for both simple and complex businesses. It is a four-stage approach for continually improving and problem-solving processes products or services. It involves systematically testing possible solutions, assessing the results, and implementing the ones that have been shown to work.

A Job Well Done- Some Quality Metrics

In September 2022 Sandaig Engineering celebrated their 4th birthday, Happy Birthday to us!

In October 2018 we were awarded our first contract. This was with Apache Corporation North Sea with a scope to review the QA/QC and HSE processes throughout the full supply chain lifecycle and manage day to day QA/QC activities.

Fast forward four years, we still support Apache and have a long-term Master Service Agreement with them. See below for some metrics, highlights and achievements.

Many thanks to the forward-looking folks at Apache who believed in us and took a chance.

#supplychain#qa#addingvalue#makingadifference