Subsea Innovation plan to double workforce with new headquarters

Subsea Innovation have started work on their new Darlington headquarters designed to accommodate larger contracts and likely staffing increases.

The building will be construction by local firm J and RM Richardson and was designed by Darlington’s Architects Design Group.

Work is expected to finish in August on the building, which will double the size of Subsea’s current base and open up the potential to double its workforce to more than 70.

Martin Moon, Managing Director at Subsea Innovation, said: “The new building will allow us to build bigger machines and carry out increased testing, so we don’t have to use external facilities.

“The fact the new facility will have extra height means we can install larger cranage and it will also allow us to develop the research and development side further too.

“I always envisaged the company would double in size, and by increasing it means we can look at larger work.

“Last year, I believe we would have got a big A-Frame order from a client if we had a bigger facility, so this move is a very positive one.

“We wanted to stay in the region and looked at other places, but Darlington had everything to keep us local.

“You have to be flexible and ready to move rapidly in this industry, and such an investment will allow us to do that and strengthen our future.

“It is all about getting your customers and keeping them for life.”

Subsea Innovation’s annual turnover exceeded £10m for the first time in its history in 2013, up from £7.5m in 2012. The company designs and manufactures offshore equipment handling systems, pipeline repair systems and subsea sealing systems.

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