About Us

Orion Engineering Services Ltd is a specialist employment business first established in Inverness in 1987 to provide personnel to the rig construction yards of McDermotts at Ardersier and Highland Fabricators at Nigg. The client base expanded rapidly and by year 3 Orion's turnover was in excess of £5,000,000.

The Orion Group now operates internationally and has carried out work in Alaska, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko Island, France, Germany, Holland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Middle East, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Spain, USA, Vietnam and Venezuela.

In a survey carried out by Price Waterhouse for the Independent on Sunday, the Orion Engineering Services Ltd was found to be the 3rd fastest growing company in Scotland and 32nd fastest in the U.K. The Orion Group’s Policy is for continuous improvement in all areas of business and for international growth.

The Orion Group has systematically built up a database of professionally qualified personnel, many of whom have worked for the Company for a number of years, on numerous secondments. Orion consistently employs over 2000 people engaged in administration, clerical, draughting, engineering, technical and blue-collar jobs to a broad range of industries. Orion currently has 2700 people on secondment.

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