More than a dozen new jobs are set to be created at Patera Engineering as it gears up for a ‘big year’.
Stoke-on-Trent-based Patera is on the look-out for around 15 new staff to fill vacancies for site installers, draftsmen and fabricator welders.
The recruitment drive comes as the 44-strong firm prepares for a busy year ahead in which it is expected exceed revenue of £5 million.
Managing director Shaun Lees said: “We experienced growth last year but not at the rate I would have liked.
“There has been a lot of hesitation around future projects in recent years but now people are ready to take things forward and our order book is better than it’s ever been.”
Shaun added: “About 12 months ago we started to look for new, fresh business and we have landed some big contracts on the back of that.”
Patera Engineering specialises in manufacturing and installing bespoke steel structures, balustrades and staircases for major structural and architectural schemes across the 海角视频 including at hospitals, prisons and airports.
Some of Patera’s recent projects include work on The Londoner – a boutique hotel in Leicester Square - as well as 80 Fenchurch Street, a 14-storey office block development in the City of London and the Midland Metropolitan Hospital.
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It is also continuing its work on construction projects with big-name companies including MACE and AstraZeneca.
Shaun said: “We have built up a good reputation with our customers over the last 30 years. We are finding that the relationships we have built in that time are helping us to win new work – when employees move on to pastures new, they take us with them.
“The size of our business and the sectors we operate in puts us in a very unique position. We have demonstrated that we can deliver on some larger projects and recognise that there is lot of scope for us to expand into other areas.”
Bosses at Patera are also planning to modernise the company’s City Trading Park Estate base, in Fenton.
The refurbishment project will see the workshop area extended and the offices relocated to a newly-built mezzanine area.
Shaun added: “We are a family business and we have created a culture here that I don’t want to lose. We have spent the last two years getting the right management team in place and prepare the business for the future.”