Director Wins RoSPA Distinguished Service Award

Cammell Laird and Atlantic and Peninsula Marine Services Group’s HSEQ Director, Kevin Peart, has won a Distinguished Service Award from RoSPA in recognition of his long term and sustained contribution to improving health and safety.

Kevin joined A&P in 2015 and was promoted to A&P Group HSEQ Director three years later. During this time, Kevin has significantly improved A&P’s health and safety credentials.

Kevin’s achievements have included:

• Helping to reduce A&P’s accident/incident frequency rate by more than 400%;
• Securing a RoSPA Gold Award for A&P Group in 2019;
• Helping to secure the RoSPA Commended in the Engineering Services Sector in 2020;
• Achieving ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2015 with no non-conformances raised;
• Securing Fit for Nuclear status at A&P Falmouth; and
• Implementation of the behavioural safety programme Work Safe, Home Safe.

Julia Small, Head of Qualifications, Awards and Events at RoSPA, said:

“The RoSPA Awards scheme is the longest-running of its kind in the UK, but it receives entries from organisations around the world, making it one of the most sought-after global accolades in health and safety."

Julia continued:

“RoSPA wants every employee, wherever they are, to work safe in the knowledge that they will be going home unharmed and healthy at the end of every day. The RoSPA Award winners are vital to help achieve this goal, as by entering they are driving up standards and setting new benchmarks for organisations everywhere.”

David McGinley, Chief Executive Officer of Cammell Laird Ship Repairers and Shipbuilders and Atlantic and Peninsula Marine Services, said:

“Kevin has had a long career committed to safety and has been instrumental in changing the safety culture at A&P Group. Kevin has been the driving force behind our Work Safe, Home Safe behavioural safety values initiative, which has changed the behaviour of the A&P workforce, management and supply chain.”

Kevin holds a distinguished track record in the RoSPA Awards, having won in both the Facilities Management, Healthcare and Defence sectors. Kevin has also recently been appointed as Group HSEQ Director for Cammell Laird and Atlantic and Peninsular Marine Services, which means Kevin is now responsible for managing HSEQ across Cammell Laird in addition to A&P Group, FDEC and Atlantic and Peninsula Australia. Kevin will work to ensure that successful HSEQ initiatives are managed and replicated across both businesses to ensure consistent delivery and continuous improvement.  

Kevin Peart, HSEQ Director for Cammell Laird and Atlantic and Peninsula Marine Services, said:

“I am immensely proud to have won the Distinguished Service Award. HSEQ is at the heart of everything we do at Cammell Laird and Atlantic and Peninsula Marine Services and providing a safe and secure environment for all our staff, customers and visitors is of the utmost importance. We have a great HSEQ team in the business and their dedication and support helps me ensure we continue to develop our safety culture.”

About A&P Group:

A&P Group is a leading provider of ship repair, conversion and marine services and heavy engineering expertise.  Operating seven dry docks and extensive fabrication facilities across three strategic locations in the UK, A&P Group also has a business in Australia that provides ship repair services and support to the Royal Australian Navy. As one of the leading engineering business in the UK, A&P is also involved in a diverse range of fabrication and repair projects across a broad cross section of sectors including Defence, Marine, Oil and Gas, Subsea, Energy, Civil and Nuclear.  Projects include the fabrication of built modules for the Astute Submarine Class and the prestigious HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carriers, cable carousels, flood barriers, steam turbines, shore side access systems and FPSO upgrades. All A&P Group facilities combine a rich heritage of marine and engineering skills and experience, providing a diverse customer base with all the precision skills needed to complete the most demanding projects. w: www.ap-group.co.uk

About Cammell Laird:

Cammell Laird is one of the most famous names in British industry with roots tracing back to the early 19^th Century. The business is located on the River Mersey, in the Liverpool City Region, on the West Coast of England. It is in the centre of a marine cluster, with direct access to many support services. It has a 120 acre site with four dry docks, a non-tidal wet basin, large modular construction hall and extensive covered workshops. Cammell Laird specialises in military ship refit, commercial ship repair, upgrade and conversion and heavy fabrication and engineering. It deals with a wide variety of projects ranging from specialist offshore conversions and fabrication, commercial ship-repair through to the refit and upgrade of highly complex naval auxiliaries. It has also recently re-entered the ship-building market. The business is further active in the energy sector. It has become a hub of the off shore wind industry and it is offering its facilities and highly trained workforce of engineers for work in the civil nuclear sector and the off shore oil and gas sector. w: www.clbh.co.uk