Offshore Wind Makes JFMS Expand Its Lowestoft Office Space

Following setting up a small office at the OrbisEnergy centre in 2015, James Fisher Marine Services’ (JFMS) team has expanded as its offshore wind business grew and the company is now taking over larger offices at the building in Lowestoft.

Two years after moving into its first office in Lowestoft, the company won a GBP 25 million contract for the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm.

To mark the company’s expansion, OrbisEnergy is hosting a virtual opening of its new offices on 24 February, in association with the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR).

Johnathan Reynolds, of OrbisEnergy, said: “James Fisher Marine Services is one of the flagship companies at OrbisEnergy. It has made huge strides in a relatively short space of time with rapid expansion and an enviable profile in the industry.”

Reynolds described the mix of new businesses and multinational operators – Fred. Olsen Windcarrier also has its UK headquarters in the building – as the perfect environment for networking and building business foundations.

Martin Dronfield, James Fisher Marine Services’ Commercial Director, said: “OrbisEnergy has been a fantastic place for us giving us a high-quality operating base in the region with the flexibility we needed.”

“It has given us the opportunity to work alongside important clients and partner companies. An innovation centre is designed to build business and to help its occupants win business, and working within the Orbis environment we have achieved that.”

Last year, the company also helped to revive another redundant building in Lowestoft, refurbishing the former Shell base on Commercial Road, Lowestoft, where 120 people will be located as part of the construction support base for Innogy’s Galloper Offshore Wind Farm project, directly off the Suffolk coast.

It will prepare all transit facilities for the offshore wind farm and will be creating welfare facilities, changing rooms and drying rooms at its base. It will prepare the crew transfer and supply and manage multi-support vessels to and from the offshore site. Its multi-purpose wind farm support vessel, Dart Fisher, is currently being fitted out for diving and other specialist services.