News

North of Scotland Electrical Apprentice of the Year 2025

Ness Engineering have 2 1st stage electrical apprentices at North of Scotland Apprentice of the Year competion

DYW Local Opportunities Event 2024

Ness Engineering attended the DYW Local Opportunites event at the Clickimin Bowls Hall this week.

Young Person's Guarantee

Ness Engineering have recently become members of the Young Persons Guarantee scheme.

Tall Ships 2023

Ness Engineering provide welfare services to Tall Ships event

**Situations Vacant**

We are looking for an Electrician and a Joiner to join our team

**Situation Vacant**

We are looking for a Plant Fitter / Controller to join our team! Position now filled, thanks to all who applied.

Ness Engineering achieve Grant Boiler G1 installer status

Ness Engineering achieve Grant Boiler G1 installer status

DYW Careers event 2022

Great night at the Careers night at the Museum

Mousa Pier Repairs

Great video from the Mousa Boat about our team effort put in to the Pier Repairs

Apprenticeships 2022

Various Apprentice Opportunites at Ness

We are hiring

We are hiring an HVAC Engineer/Plumber

Upgraded addition to the fleet

Upgraded addition to the fleet

Free to good home

2 Photocopiers free to good home

New additions to the fleet

New additions to the fleet

HGV Driver required

We are recruiting another HGV driver

Silver Investors in People Award

Silver Investors in People Award

Highland Fuels Cup Victory!

Ness Utd retain Highland Fuels Cup for another year

Repairs to Mousa Pier

Ness Engineering repair extensive storm damage on Mousa Pier

COVID 19 - Restrictions

COVID 19 - Restrictions

COVID 19 - Update

COVID-19 UPDATE

We are hiring

We are looking for Electricians to join our busy team

Successful season for Ness United

Successful season for Ness United

Another award for Apprentice Tom Gale

Tom Gale awarded College award

We are hiring

We are hiring...

Amazing work by Steven Casey

Steven Casey among Apprentice of the Year Finalists again

New Service - Portal Framed Buildings

New Service - Portal Framed Buildings

Spring has sprung

Spring is in the air...

Wanted - Electrician

Wanted - Electrician

Success on the pitch for Ness Utd

Huge congratulations to Ness United Football Club for winning the county shield on Saturday

Goodbye Clair

Enjoy your retirement Clair!

Apprentice of the Year 2018

Hard work by Apprentices paying off!

Wanted - Administration Assistant

Ness Engineering Ltd are looking for an Administration Assistant to join the front office team

Carnegie Hall, Sandwick - Roof Fund

As it is Christmas we have decided to spread a little festive cheer around a few local charities and fund raising efforts. First up is the Carnegie Hall, Sandwick - Roof Fund.

2017 Christmas and New Year Opening Hours

Christmas and New Years opening hours

December 2017

The final picture for the Ness Engineering 2017 calendar is a view of the Weisdale valley taken by Rhanna Tuberville

November 2017

This atmospheric shot of the Tresta phone box was taken by Amanda Johnson, and is Novembers calendar picture.

October 2017

This lovely pictures of a still day at the Clickimin Loch was taken by Kelsea Blades and features as our October image in the Ness Engineering calendar.

New Apprentices

Ness Engineering Ltd are pleased to announce that they have three new apprentices starting this year

September 2017

The Ness calendars September Hairst scene was taken by Ronnies mum, Edith Leslie!

Apprentice Success at Elgin

Results from the recent SECTT Apprentice of the Year North competition

August bank Holiday 2017

Ness Engineering Ltd will be closed for the August bank holiday. If you have access to the on-call facility then please contact the on-call engineer

August 2017

Augusts calendar picture is of miniature Shetland pony Gunelsta Oscar, and was taken by Irvine Burgess

July 2017

This stunning photograph of Foula features as the July picture in the Ness Engineering calendar. It was taken by June Leask

Dunrossness Primary School Buddy Bench

Ness Engineering Ltd has helped the Dunrossness Primary School pupil council to buy a Buddy Bench for the playground

June 2017

The June calendar picture was taken at Peerie Spiggie by Steve Birrell.

29/05/17 Bank Holiday

Ness Engineering Ltd will be closed for the Late May bank holiday. If you have access to the on-call facility then please contact the on-call engineer

VACANCY - Office Administrator

Ness Engineering Ltd are looking for someone to join their office administration team.

May 2017

Our lovely May picture of Channerwick burn was taken by Ronnie Robertson

May Day Bank Holiday 2017

Ness Engineering Ltd will be closed for the May Day bank holiday. If you have access to the on-call facility then please contact the on-call engineer

April Bank Holiday 2017

Ness Engineering will be closed for the April Bank Hoilday

Shetland Clay Target Club - Results 02/04/17

The latest competition results from the Shetland Clay Target Club who Ness Engineering Ltd have sponsored this year

April 2017

We hope you all enjoy this stunning picture from our calendar.

SMUHA 2017

From Grand old Viking centuries Up Helly Aa has come

Schools SMUHA 2017

The south mainland schools SMUHA galley

March 2017

Spring is here!

February 2017

This is the second page of our 2017 calendar.

Schools SMUHA Galley 2017

The schools SMUHA galley is underway again.

January 2017

Happy New Year to all our customers, suppliers, and staff.

2017 Calendar

Here is a sneak peek of our 2017 calendar cover.

Early Closing - Friday 9th December

We will be closing at 3pm on Friday 9th December so we cam all get ready for our Christmas Party. We will be open again as normal on Monday 12th Deccember

2016 Christmas and New Year Opening Hours

This year Ness Engineering Ltd will close on Wednesday 21st December 2016 and re-open on Thursday 5th January 2017

Lucky2BHere Fundraising Goal Reached

We are pleased to announce that we have reached our fundraising goal of £6500!

Ness Calendar 2017 - Search for Photographs

Ness Engineering Ltd are looking to produce our own Shetland calendar to send out to our clients and suppliers and we're hoping that we could gather together twelve pictures of Shetland to use in it.

VACANCY - Maintenance Supervisor/Planner - UPDATED 26/10/2016

This position has now been filled.

Off to College

Steven Casey our electrical apprentice is off to college

VACANCY - Stores Assistant - UPDATED 28/09/2016

This position has now been filled.

Davids Last day

Today is David Williamson's last day with Ness Engineering.

Bank Holiday August 1st 2016

Ness Engineering Ltd will be closed on Monday 1st August for the Bank Holiday

Bank Holiday: May 30th 2016

Ness Engineering Ltd will be closed on Monday 30th May for the Bank Holiday

Whalsay Olympics 2016

Looking for something to do on Saturday 18th June? Why not head up to Whalsay to compete in the Whalsay Olympics.

CONTRACT AWARD: Met Office, Shetland

Ness Engineering Ltd have been awarded a contract to provide Mechanical and Electrical Planned and Reactive Maintenance to the Met Office in Shetland

Lerwick Gala 2016 - Sponsorship

Ness Engineering are happy to announce that we will be sponsoring a couple of the stalls at this years Lerwick Gala being held on the 25th June at the Gilbertson Park

May Bank Holiday 2016

Ness Engineering Ltd will be closed on Monday 2nd May for the May Bank Holiday

Surplus Plant For Sale - 05/04/2016

We have some surplus plant to be sold.

Closed for Easter

Ness Engineering Ltd office will be closed on Monday 28th March for the Easter Bank Holiday.

SMUHA 2016

From grand old viking centuries SMUHA has come....

Vicki's Arctic Marathon 2016 - UPDATE

Vicki, our stores assistant, is now back at work after successfully completing the Walk the Walk Arctic Marathon.

Investors in People and Investors in Young People Awards

Ness Engineering are proud to announce that we have maintained our Investors in People status. We have also attained Investors in Young People status.

Dunrossness Primary School Galley 2016

Ness Engineering are pleased to announce that we are sponsoring the cost of the materials that will be used to build the Dunrossness Primary School Junior Galley.

Up Helly Aa 2016

From grand old Viking centuries, Up Helly Aa has come ........

Lucky2BHere Training Sessions January 2016

More members of the Sumburgh and Dunrossness communities shown how to use defibrillators

More Lucky2BHere Training Sessions Planned

We have organised for two more defibrillator training sessions provided by the wonderful Lucky2BHere based in Shetland

Generous Donation to our Lucky2BHere Fundraising

Generous Donation from Petrofac to our Lucky2BHere Fundraising

Winter 2015 - Closed Dates

Ness Engineering will close for the holidays at 5pm Friday 18th December until 8am Tuesday 5th January 2016. The pre-arranged on call facility will be available during the holiday period for emergencies only.

Lucky2BHere Training Session 05/12/2015

Lucky2BHere Training Session 05/12/2015

Lucky2BHere - UPDATE

Ness Engineering Ltd are now raising money to purchase FOUR defibrillators which will be freely available to the public in the event of an emergency.

Shetland Netball - Round One Results - November 2015

Shetland Netball - Round One Results - November 2015

Lucky2Bhere

Ness Engineering Ltd are raising money to purchase two defibrillators which will be freely available to the public in the event of an emergency.

Ness Engineering Ltd to sponsor Shetland Netball team

Ness Engineering Ltd are very pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring the Shetland Netball team in the Scottish Cup competition

Potential Job Opportunities

Ness Engineering have the following potential job opportunities, Project Manager, QHSE Manager, Joiners/Builders, Skilled Labourers

Ideal Homes 2015

Ness Engineering wish to thank the Rotary Club for another amazing event, and to all those who visited our stand and supported the raffle which raised a £213.00.

CONTRACT AWARD: Sumburgh Airport Apron Lighting

Ness engineering have recently been awarded the contract for the Sumburgh Airport Apron Lighting Replacement.

NAPIT Accreditation Renewed until 2016

NAPIT Accreditation Renewed

Vicki's Arctic Marathon 2016

Vicki's Arctic Marathon Challange

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Approved Electrician and Electrician

We have the following vacancies: Approved Electrician and Electrician

OFTEC Accreditation Renewed

We have renewed our OFTEC accreditation for another year.

A Fine Night for Spraying the Weeds

Making the most of the nice weather and longs nights

New Stores Office

Stores are getting a new office! And they are very excited about it.

Bigton Regatta 2015

This years Bigton Regatta, held on St Ninian's Isle beach, went a head as planned despite some unfavourable weather reports and was a very successful day all round

C.H.A.S. Accreditation Renewed

C.H.A.S. Accreditation Renewed

Safe Contractor Accreditation Renewed

Safe Contractor Accreditation Renewed

Vince makes the front page of the Shetland Times

One of Ness Engineerings employees, Vince Attfield, features on the front cover of this weeks Shetland Times.

New Skip Truck

This morning we took delivery of our new skip truck.

New Welfare Huts - Sumburgh Airport

Work is now under way to create new welfare huts at the security barriers at either end of the East/West runway.

Contract Renewal - GS Hall / Clydesdale Bank

Ness Engineering have been awarded a contract renewal to cover general maintenance work at the Clydesdale Bank, Lerwick.

SMUHA 2015

The South Mainlands 2015 fire festival

Hello Joanne

A new member of staff for the front office

Skip Sales and Skip Hire

Did you know that Ness Engineering sell and hire out skips?

New Stores - Update 2

Progress is being made here in the Stores.

Goodbye Rebecca

Rebecca who works in the front office is leaving us and moving back to England to start the next chapter of her life.

New Stores - Update 1

The guys have been hard at work here at Ness and the news stores are coming along nicely.

Office Administrator Vacancy

Please click for details.

Ness Engineering is now on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/nessengineering

BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES!

What an awful day.

New Stores are Underway

It has been a busy start to the year in the stores department.

Operation Christmas Tree (Part 2)

The tree is up!

Operation Christmas Tree (Part 1)

Here at Ness Engineering we are getting into the Christmas spirit and have decided we need a Christmas tree.

New member of Staff

This week we were joined by our new full time Stores Manager Andrew Kemp.

Thank You Notes

We recently received two lovely thank you notes from The Fishermans Mission and the Macmillan Cancer Appeal (Shetland) in response to our donations in October.

SELECT Awards 2014 - Update

The other weekend David Williamson was in Glasgow to represent Ness Engineering at the SELECT Industry Awards 2014.

Giving to charity

A few weeks ago we had an end of project celebration for the Ness employees and sub contractors where we raised £935.20 for charity.

SELECT Awards 2014

This year Ness Engineering have been nominated in two award categories: Best Use of Training and Best Promotion of Certification

End of Project Celebration

Last Saturday night we got together at the Ness Boating Club with all our employees, and the subcontractors who have been working on the Sumburgh Airport Terminal refurbishment and the Sumburgh Airport Hanger redevelopments to celebrate a summer of hard work and the completion of these projects.

Haere ra, Iain

Sadly, longtime employee Iain Poleson finished his last day at Ness Engineering on Friday 29th August. He will be heading off to New Zealand soon to live and work.

A New Start and a Re-Start

TOTAL Hard Services Contract - Award

TOTAL have awarded Ness Engineering the Hard Services contract for the Shetland Gas Plant.

Retirement

Terry Williamson retired at the end of May. Everyone at Ness Engineering would like to thank him for the work he did for us, and wish him many happy hours of retirement to pursue his varied interests.

Employment Opportunity

Apprenticeships Completed

Ness Engineering would like to congratulate James Farmer and Tony Manson who have both passed the Final Integrated Competence Assessment (FICA) which now completes their apprenticeships

Design Services Extended

In January of this year Terry Williamson joined Ness Engineering as a full time member of staff.

Condolences

Safe Contractor Status Renewed

Energy Efficiency & Renewable Awards

Ness Shortlisted for National Award

Sellaness Biomass

Biomass installation completed and running well

Sumburgh Airport Memorial

Sumburgh Airport Memorial is nearing completion

Sellaness Biomass

Ness Engineering LTD have been awarded a contract to install Biomass

Fair Isle Fire Station

New Fair Isle Fire Station is now complete

New Whale LVC

Ness Engineering have invested in a new tanker

Drainage CCTV Service

Ness Engineering Ltd can now offer CCTV surveys of all underground drainage pipework systems

Biomass Installations Progressing

Ness Engineering have now completed Windhager installations in Shetland

Verdo Renewable Fuels

Ness Engineering are now supplying Verdo Renewables products

MCS Accredition Received

Ness Engineering Ltd have now received their MCS Accreditation

MCS Accreditation Progress

We have now passed our MCS inspection and are awaiting word on the accreditation coming through.

Fire Isle Fire Tender Garage Contract

Ness Engineering have been successful in tendering for the contract to build this important local facility.

New Office

After a long time planning and building we have now moved into our new office building.

Biomass Heating Open Day

Ness Engineering Ltd and Windhager UK are holding an open day on the 22^nd October.