Forth Engineering (Cumbria) Ltd

🌟 Meet the Team – Neil Armistead 🌟 Today, we're catching up with Neil Armistead, Workshop Manager at our Barrow site. Name? Neil Armistead Position at Forth? Workshop Manager at Barrow Favourite song? Rocking All Over The World – Status Quo Favourite food/meal? Roast dinner What’s the best thing about working at Forth? Being part of a small, close-knit team. Pies on Fridays!! A person or event that has had the most positive impact on you? Joining the Coastguard, giving back to the local community and hopefully making a difference. Favourite quote? "What the mind believes, the body achieves." Celebrity dinner guests? Johnny Vegas (comedy genius and really genuine guy), Francis Rossi (Status Quo, legend), James Roby (St Helens RL legend), Alf Garnett (Warren Mitchell because he reminds me of my grandad!) Outside of work, what do you enjoy doing? Spending time with family, Rugby League (watching, too old to play now!) & volunteering with the local Coastguard Rescue Team. Pineapple on pizza? Yes These Meet the Team posts come as part of our 25th anniversary year’s series’. While you take the time to get to know our community, visit our JustGiving page to find out more about our fundraising campaign for Home to Work: https://loom.ly/trEB09U. This campaign will help to strengthen the community around us and assist the vital actions of the Home to Work team. #MeettheTeam #Community #Teamwork #ForthFamily

Happy New Year New year, new milestone! 🎉 Happy New Year from team Forth, 2025 just so happens to be the year we celebrate our 25th anniversary – and we’re keen to get the celebrations in full swing. This year, we have countless exciting projects in the pipeline, and its set to be a busy, innovative, and rewarding year for the team. Here are our resolutions for the year ahead: 🌱Continue to advocate for sustainable employment practices – maintaining a happy, healthy team with ample development opportunities ❤️Raise £25,000 for Home to Work as part of our 25-year celebrations (check out our JustGiving page to donate and find out more: https://shorturl.at/kNDEk ) 👷Grow our workforce even more and welcome new apprentices 🔊Shout about our achievements and celebrate team wins – we want to get the message out far and wide We hope you have all had a restful Christmas holidays, and we’re looking forward to seeing what the year will bring. #HappyNewYear

🌟 Meet the Team – Milad Meah🌟 Our last Meet the Team post of the year lets us learn all things Milad Meah! Based at our Flimby HQ as a Project Engineer, Milad joined us earlier this year and has been impressing us with his attention to detail and dedication to his role. We know he’ll continue the great work in 2025! 1. Name? Milad Meah 2. Position at Forth? Project Engineer 3. Favourite food / meal? Turkish - Mixed Meat Grill 4. What’s the best thing about working at Forth? The best thing about working at Forth is the variety of tasks and responsibilities you get to handle. Each day brings a new set of challenges, making every day different. It's a great environment for personal growth and offers plenty of opportunities to advance your skills. 5. A person or event in your life that has had the most positive impact upon you. The teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He demonstrated remarkable empathy, always putting others before himself, whether by offering help to the sick, standing up for the rights of women, or ensuring the protection of the vulnerable. 6. Your favourite quote: "I have never met anyone more beneficial to me than my own mistakes." - Sufyan Al-Thawri 7. Who are your celebrity dinner guests: Al-Jazari– he is considered the father of modern engineering, hydraulics, and robotics. Al-Khwarizmi – Known as the father of Algebra, his contributions to mathematics and science are immense. Ibn al-Haytham – Often referred to as the "father of optics," he made significant contributions to the understanding of light and vision. 8. Outside of work, what do you enjoy doing: Outside of work, I enjoy relaxing and recuperating to recharge. I stay active by keeping fit and exploring new places. Reading is also a passion of mine, as it helps me learn and unwind. Additionally, I find fulfilment in helping people within the community. 9. Pineapple on pizza: ''OH YEAHHH'' These Meet the Team posts come as part of our 25th anniversary year’s series’. While you take the time to get to know our community, visit our JustGiving page to find out more about our fundraising campaign for Home to Work: https://loom.ly/trEB09U. This campaign will help to strengthen the community around us and assist the vital actions of the Home to Work team. #MeettheTeam #Community #Fundraising #ATeam

🎄✨ Merry Christmas from Forth Engineering! ✨🎄 As the year comes to a close, we want to extend our thanks to all our customers, partners, and team Forth for our most successful year yet! This Christmas, we're reminded of the power of coming together to create solutions that make a difference and put power behind the community. 🌟 Our Trade Counter is open as usual from Christmas to New Year, and – as always – someone will be there to be answer your phone enquiries 24/7. Here's to a Merry Christmas filled with happiness, and time with loved ones. From all of us at Forth Engineering, have a Merry Christmas and a great New Year! 🎅🎁 #MerryChristmas #ForthEngineering #HappyHolidays #Innovation

🌟 Meet the Team – Ken Johnston🌟 Today we would love to introduce you to Ken, Forth’s Business Liaison Manager (and resident photographer 📷) If there’s something great going on at one of our sites, Ken is sure to capture it and shout about all things Forth! Let’s learn more about him: 1. Name? Johnston, Ken Johnston (wait for it). 2. Position at Forth? Business Liaison Manager 3. Name a song that makes you happy. George Benson – Give Me The Night. 4. What’s your favourite food / meal? Sushi – particularly fish. There is a great sushi restaurant in Birmingham called Sushi Passion. 5. What’s the best thing about working at Forth? I love the diversity of my job. I don four different caps, and the variety means that my work is always exciting. Forth has a wonderful family feel regardless of position and this means we all pull in the same direction. A great place to work! 6. What’s a person or event in your life that has had the most positive impact on you? In 2020, I bought heavily into mindfulness, from this I found my my favourite word, ‘impermanence’, which means that everything is constantly changing both within us and around us. 7. Your favourite quote. It is better to live one day like a lion than a hundred years as a sheep. 8. Who are your dream celebrity dinner guests? Heston Blumenthal – he would be doing the cooking. Sean Connery (in his Bond guise) - I have often been told that I look like a young Sean Connery, which is very flattering. To sit at the dinner table and experience the suaveness and confidence of the legendary character would be my childhood dream. Whitney Houston – can you imagine sitting in a room listening to one of the greatest singers of a lifetime? Alex Ferguson – as a devout Man Utd fan I wanted either Fergie or Cantona. 9. Outside of work, what do you enjoy doing? I enjoy long hikes on the fells and love being on the water on my paddleboard, I also spend hours each week in the gym. 10. Pineapple on pizza. HELL YEAH! These Meet the Team posts come as part of our 25th anniversary year’s series’. While you take the time to get to know our community, visit our JustGiving page to find out more about our fundraising campaign for Home to Work: https://loom.ly/trEB09U. This campaign will help to strengthen the community around us and assist the vital actions of the Home to Work team. #MeettheTeam #Community #Fundraising #ATeam

🌟 Meet the Team – Ryan McPherson🌟 Today’s meet the team post comes from our fantastic Mechanical Technician, Ryan McPherson. Mechanical Technicians are integral to our operations here at Forth. They bridge the gap between theoretical design and practical implementation – turning concepts into a reality. Let’s learn more about the person behind the role - we’re not 100%, but we think he may be a Liverpool fan! 1. Name? Ryan McPherson 2. Position at Forth? Mechanical Technician 3. Name a song that makes you happy. Living Joy by Dreamer. 4. Favourite food/meal? A good home-made curry 5. The best thing about working at Forth? The team effort and the early finish on a Friday. 6. A person or an event in your life that has had the most positive impact on you? 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul – what a night for Liverpool! 7. Your favourite quote? If Everton were playing at the bottom of my garden, I’d close the curtains – Bill Shankly, Ex Liverpool and Scotland Manager. 8. Who are your celebrity dinner guests? My two sporting heroes Stevie Gerrard, Jurgen Klopp. I would be grateful to meet them in person and be able to congratulate them both on a successful career for the Mighty Reds. Peter Kay is a comedy genius, and it would be a night of laughter, and Kelly Brook. 9. Outside of work, what do you enjoy doing? Keeping active on long walks with my dog Ted, and a bit of fitness work. 10. Pineapple on pizza? Anything on a pizza for me except mushrooms or fish! These Meet the Team posts come as part of our 25th anniversary year’s series’. While you take the time to get to know our community, visit our JustGiving page to find out more about our fundraising campaign for Home to Work: https://loom.ly/trEB09U. This campaign will help to strengthen the community around us and assist the vital actions of the Home to Work team. #MeettheTeam #Community #Fundraising #ATeam

Celebrating a successful six-week sprint 🏃 Last week, we attended the presentations from the Sprint teams at Sellafield Ltd’s Engineering Centre of Excellence. This event marked the culmination of their six-week sprint, which achieved exceptional results. One of these talented teams began their journey with us weeks ago during the initial research phase. Their return visit centred on trialling a concept design tailored to address a specific problem statement provided by Sellafield. Guided by the expertise of Scott Telford from the Forth team, the group rigorously evaluated their concept against predefined success criteria. The outcome not only met expectations, but it also exceeded them, requiring only minimal refinements for real-world application. This impressive achievement highlights the solution’s potential to drive meaningful progress in the nuclear industry. Visitors to the presentations were very impressed, including attendees from Sellafield, who expressed their high praise for those involved. Through the support of Forth’s advanced facilities and expertise, we’re proud to play a vital role in advancing Sellafield’s Decommissioning Strategy as part of Resolve Engineered Solutions. Collaborating with such a skilled and innovative team has been a rewarding experience, and we look forward to seeing the continued impact of this work. #ResolveEngineeredSolutions #NuclearIndustry #Engineering #Innovation #Development

Think you can’t weld safely underwater? Think again. As part of our 25th Anniversary Innovation Series, we're looking back on RESURGAM, a groundbreaking project that has the potential to revolutionise the way maritime repairs are carried out. This project saw the development of friction stir welding (FSW) tech that can be used underwater. In collaboration with a European consortium of 12 leading organisations from Belgium, The Netherlands, Ireland, Turkey, Spain, France, Poland, and the UK, we developed FSW technology powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to enable ship repairs directly in the water. Why it matters: Traditional ship repairs often require expensive and time-consuming dry dock facilities, some ships have to travel great distances for these repairs, ultimately raising their carbon footprint. Underwater welding requires great skill and teams of divers at risk in rough seas, but FSW technology changes the game by allowing repairs to take place underwater, reducing costs, saving time, and improving safety for shipyards globally. The Impact of RESURGAM: -Delivered the world’s first demonstrations of underwater FSW technology. -Tackled challenges faced by smaller European shipyards. -Highlighted the power of international collaboration in innovation. -This technology represents a significant leap forward in maritime engineering, and we are proud to have been a part of its development. Stay tuned as we continue to celebrate 25 years of innovation. To donate or find out more about our 25th Anniversary campaign for Home to Work, visit: https://loom.ly/trEB09U #UnderwaterWelding #RESURGAM #25YearsOfImpact #AIandRobotics

🌟 Meet the Team – David Cavanagh🌟 Our Trade Counter is a hub for market-leading tools and repair services, helping businesses and personal customers to ensure they have the right tool, fixture or fitting for the job. With a round-the-clock call out service, the Counter's core business is hydraulic and pneumatic supplies. David Cavanagh manages our Trade Counter, based in Flimby, and today we’re learning a bit more about him! 1. Name? David Cavanagh 2. Position at Forth? Head of Trade Counter 3. Name a song that makes you happy. Womack and Womack, Teardrops 4. Favourite food / meal? Fillet steak, garlic mushroom and onion rings 5. The best thing about working at Forth? I love helping people, especially our customers. 6. A person or an event in your life that has had the most positive impact on you. Roman Abramovich for taking Chelsea from being a relegation-threatened club to one of the best in the world. 7. Your favourite quote? “We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars” – Oscar Wilde. 8. Name three celebrities/people you would most like to dine with. Jose Mourinho, Nigel Farage, and Donald Trump. It would be a very interesting dinner. 9. Outside of work, what do you enjoy doing? Spending time with my family 10. Pineapple on pizza? Are you mad..? NO! These Meet the Team posts come as part of our 25th anniversary year’s series’. While you take the time to get to know our community, visit our JustGiving page to find out more about our fundraising campaign for Home to Work: https://loom.ly/trEB09U. This campaign will help to strengthen the community around us and assist the vital actions of the Home to Work team. #MeettheTeam #Community #Fundraising #ATeam

Our Team is Growing! We’re on the lookout for talented engineering professionals to help us go from strength to strength. Life at Forth is fast-paced, rewarding, and filled with opportunities to develop both personally and professionally. As a close-knit team, we are passionate about delivering cutting-edge innovations across the nuclear, subsea, and defence sectors. We’re currently recruiting for three exciting roles: Fabrication Team Leader 📍 Barrow-in-Furness We’re seeking a skilled and experienced Fabrication Team Leader to manage and guide our expanding Fabrication Team. This leadership role offers the chance to make a real impact on our growing operations. Mechanical Fitter/Technician 📍 Cleator Moor We’re looking for a versatile and skilled professional to perform a variety of operational duties within our workshops. You’ll play a key role in supporting production activities across our sites in Flimby and Cleator Moor. Welder/Fabricator 📍 Cleator Moor We’re searching for an experienced and detail-oriented Welder/Fabricator to join our team. In this role, you’ll assemble and construct metal products by cutting, bending, and welding materials to exact specifications. Find out more about these exciting opportunities on our job page: https://loom.ly/JLzJ0vw We look forward to hearing from you! #Jobs #CumbriaJobs #EngineeringJobs #Welding #Fabrication #Technician #TeamLeader