IRM Systems Expands Its Team

IRM Systems, the independent authority in the design of emergency pipeline repair systems (EPRS), has expanded its staff to meet growing demand for its services. The new full-time personnel are based at its headquarters in the Netherlands.

IRM Systems Expands Its TeamOver the course of this year, IRM Systems has landed four new clients, and have had new work contracted with existing ones. Growth is consistent with its business strategy and the increased demand made it clear that the company required additional capacity within its core team. The three new employees are Senior Engineer Firdaus Hadi, Engineering Consultant Derek Enhao Lee, and Junior Engineer Saad Wahid.

Firdaus Hadi, who comes from Kuala Lumpur, formally joined the company payroll in September as a Senior Engineer. Before arriving in the Netherlands, he was Project Engineer for BC Petrochemical Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur, where he worked for three years. He holds a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Universiti Industri Selangor in Malaysia and is a member of ASME. He is currently working on a pipeline integrity assessment project in South East Asia.

Derek Enhao Lee is IRM’s new Engineering Consultant. Originally from Singapore, he holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, and has worked in the oil and gas industry for the past seven years. He was previously an Assistant Project Manager for Audex Netherlands BV, based in Den Haag, where he worked for four years. At IRM Systems, he is responsible for evaluating the EPRS needs of each client, in order to ensure that equipment and personnel conform to requirements.

Saad Wahid, a Dutch national, has been appointed as Junior Engineer after gaining qualifications at the University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam, and later at the Technical University of Delft, where he gained a Master of Science degree in Offshore and Dredging Engineering. Saad’s role is to support the engineering team with computer modelling and finite element analysis.

“We are completely independent, so it means that we aren’t trying to push a particular technology, vessel, item of equipment or, indeed, a consumable,” said Ralph Hassall, consultant for IRM Systems. “Our clients realise this right away in the money they save when investing to protect their critical pipelines. We use a structured approach to designing each of these systems, and the breadth of experience we have now generated in this specialist area is significant.”

Independent Risk Management Systems B.V. (IRM Systems) is dedicated to helping pipeline operators and owners understand, mitigate and manage risks that could damage or interrupt the operation of critical pipeline networks. The company specializes in developing, implementing and operating Emergency Pipeline Repair Systems (EPRS) and pipeline integrity services.

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