Andres Cortes, General Manager Worley Parsons on the sidelines of the their new official premises at the Gulf Hotel’s Executive Suites Tower, said that the company had doubled the staff from 100 to 200 employees with 18% per cent locals.
“We are expanding and we will tap into other areas of business in Bahrain as part of our business strategy,” Cortes explained.
The new office of Worley Parsons was inaugurated by Dr Hassan Fakhro, the Minister of Commerce and Industry in presence of the other officials.
Tarek Mehana, Communication Business Unit Project Manager at Worley Parsons told 24X7News that the company is working on hydrocarbons projects with Tatweer Petroleum through Bapco and also in power sector through Ministry of Water and Power.
“The existing size of the projects being handled by Worley Parsons is around $50 million and we are keen on enhancing the business base in Bahrain,” he added.
“The 1,900 square meters open-plan office can accommodate 200 plus personnel enabling Worley Parsons to increase its services offering across the five phases of the project asset lifecycle: starting from conceptual stage right through operation,” the statement of Worley Parsons added.
Worley Parsons is a leading global provider of professional services across the four global business verticals of Hydrocarbons, Minerals and Metals, Infrastructure and Power. The company, which was ranked No. 1 in ENR’s Top 200 Engineering Design Firms in 2011, currently has over 37,800 people working out of 148 offices located in 44 countries.
“The new office is in line with Worley Parsons’ commitment to offer professional engineering services across the range of its business lines, and will leverage the expertise from its global centres of excellence and its strong local presence to deliver high-quality engineering and project management solutions to clients in Bahrain,” it added.
“Worley Parsons operates in the five phases of an asset’s lifecycle with its tailored business lines called (SDI) Select, Deliver and Improve responding to the needs of its customers in each project phase. Select brings real world experience into the front-end value adding phases to maximize investment return and underlying confidence. Deliver converts the highest potential value option identified by the Select division into a fully defined and successfully executed project. Improve supports and enhances customers’ assets throughout the operating lifecycle,” the statement added.
“The Bahrain office, with a strong commitment to localisation already has 200 employees on its pay rolls and is well set to build up additional capabilities through becoming the Centre of Excellence for Improve, Chemicals and Instrumentation sectors.”