20/12/2021
Award-winning manufacturer, Andel, has appointed 27 new employees – nearly doubling its workforce – thanks to business growth.
The Yorkshire SME is the UK’s leading developer of specialised leak detection and environmental protection systems and recently moved from Marsden to bigger premises in Barnsley to accommodate the growth.
The appointments include Tony Ward who takes the role of Special Projects Executive and Gerbren Haaksma handling business development in Flood Defence Sales Sector.
Tony, who joins from LB Foster Europe and has previously worked as Regional Engineering Director within Arriva, will support projects for large contracts.
Gerbren has spent the last decade supporting the development of AgTech and FinTech solutions in East Africa will deliver flood risk management at the property level.
For over a quarter of a century, Andel has worked across all major industry sectors in the UK and globally with customers including The Houses of Parliament, The Pentagon, Barclays, Hong Kong International Airport, GlaxoSmithKline and Google.
Peter Double, Managing Director at Andel said: “I’m delighted that 15 of our new employees come from the local Barnsley area and that we’ve been able to support our new local community with job creation."