Many of our customers don’t realise that we can carry out a variety of works, all to do with mechanical or electrical governing equipment.  We are your one stop governor shop!

We serve worldwide, no destination is too far! Our engineers and training supervisors are happy to travel and assist you with any governing difficulties. We can transport governors and spare parts to your preferred destination. EGS can also help you with technical assistance by phone.

Our services include; Supply of new or reconditioned governing equipment, governors on exchange basis, retrofit projects, test & repairs, overhauls including gold seal prices, spare parts, onsite engineers and training courses tailored to suit your individual needs.

Makes include;  Woodward – Regulateurs Europa – Diesel Kiki / Zexel

We have supplied some top companies including; Rolls Royce, E:ON, British Sugar …. The list could go on!

For any enquiry email info@egsgov.com or speak to our friendly office team on 01206 242000

Well as the summer comes to a close and autumn is upon us, I can reflect back on a great working summer. As a whole we have been quite busy with various jobs and our engineers and technicians have been happy to work overtime.

We have a number of great Governor Technicians,  who’s daily job is to rebuild new and overhauled governors. This month I would like to introduce to you a couple of our Governor Technicians.

Chris

Chris has worked at EGS for 14 years – After leaving school Chris took an Apprenticeship at The South Kent College of Technology in Dover. He studied Marine Engineering for 4 years. This intensive training course taught him everything he needed to know about working on a vessels engine at sea.

Chris has gained valuable experience and knowledge over the years, working in various marine and engineering roles.

Chris has keen interests in photography, history and architecture, he often enjoys finding out about how buildings were made, present and past.

Mick

Mick has been with EGS for 5 years now – After working 20 years as a service engineer the long hours and working away became tiresome, so Mick gave up his job at Scottish & Newcastle Brewers and found his way to Essex Governors.

Mick originally trained at Paxman Diesels doing an apprenticeship through the Colchester Institute as an Engine Fitter Tester, and through this course is where he met our MD Andy, little did he know at the time he would be working for him some 25 years later!

In his spare time Mick enjoys watching live motorcycle drag racing , participating in friendly football matches and cycling. He also likes travelling and exploring new countries.

Other news this month …

Well done to Michelle who completed a half marathon in London on 08.09.13, she raised just over £250 for a Leukaemia and Lymphoma charity.

We will be attending the IMPA show in London on 11.09.13

As it has been just another normal working month this month, I have decided to write a feature on our fantastic office girls. As being the first point of contact and job co-ordinators,  as well as everything else they do, the company would not function without them!

Office Manager – Michelle

Michelle has worked for EGS nearly 11 years now, first starting in September 2002, she joined the company as an office administrator. She then quickly went on to looking after the company accounts and becoming office manager. Michelle is now working alongside our workshop manger Barry, managing all Governor related jobs.

Michelle is extremely sporty as she is a keen football enthusiast and is a member of a ladies football team, she also plays in a netball summer league, and is currently training for a half marathon in preparation for charity event ‘Run to the Beat’.

Accounts Manager – Jess

Jess is the newest addition to our office team and has easily fitted in with the girls and her working role. She has a substantial financial background and gained numerous accounting qualifications as she has been attending courses for just over 10 years!

Over the past few years Jess has enjoyed travelling, especially spending 5 months exploring countries in Asia. Now she is ready to settle down as exciting times come ahead for her as being newly engaged and buying her first home.

Spares Coordinator – Sarah

Sarah originally joined EGS in 2009 on a temporary contract to cover maternity leave.  Coming straight from college this was her first real full time job and since then she has never looked back. Sarah plays an important role in the office as she looks after all incoming spares jobs and works alongside our spares director Wayne.

Sarah is a keen cyclist and just participated in a 50 mile charity bike ride around Colchester, she completed the course in 3 hours 30 minutes and raised money for St Helena Hospices new radio therapy unit.

Stock Controller/Administrator – Jacqueline

Jacqueline has been with EGS for 7 years now , coming straight from College this was her first full time job, she joined as an office administrator and quickly learned the ropes. Along the way Jacqueline picked up more responsibilities which led onto her becoming part of the Governor department, helping to co-ordinate all Governor jobs. Now since having her son last year Jacqueline works on a part time basis, looking after our stock levels and general administration.

Jacqueline’s spare time is completely occupied by looking after her little son Jack who is 15 months old.

Quality Control Officer – Marie

My official title is Quality Control Officer but my work responsibilities go further than that. I started with the company in March 2003 as an office administrator, I then took charge of looking after the health and safety as well as all spares jobs. In 2009 I took 10 months out for maternity leave then returned back on a part time basis before leaving again on maternity leave in 2011 to have my second daughter. I am now back part time looking after health and safety, quality control and the added responsibility of marketing. This involves looking after our website and all other social media pages, plus much more. I am really enjoying this new challenge.

All my spare time is taken up looking after my two beautiful girls aged 2 and 3 years, they definitely keep me busy!

A quote from our Director – Wayne Ward

“All the office girls do a fantastic job, they are always so enthusiastic about their work and do a really great job, we couldn’t ask for better”

If you would like to find out more about our staff, follow the link http://www.egsgov.com/company/team

This month our Training supervisor Ivor has been extremely busy delivering governor training courses. All our courses are tailor made to suit the individual needs of the company in hand. Our extremely knowledgeable training instructors can deliver any kind of governor training, in-house, onsite or here at Essex Governors Services, where you will be thoroughly looked after.

Provided on our course held at EGS works, we offer 2-3 full days intensive teaching on the typical Woodward type governors, theory sessions, hands on practical training, written literature plus a knowledge of information on a memory stick to keep, also topical discussions and a multiple choice test paper. Furthermore included are two nights bed and breakfast hotel accommodation, and collection from and to the hotel and lunch.

At the end of the course each candidate will be presented with a certificate. We also ask all our course attendees to complete a course feedback questionnaire of which we can truly say are always complementary!

Visit our webpage to find out more http://www.egsgov.com/services/training-courses

… Other news this month …… Well done to our EGS team who attended the Tour de Tendering charity bike ride, they rode the 20 mile course around Harwich in aid of St Helena Hospice, all money was donated to this good cause.

We have just launched our new Freephone number  …. 0808 168 6021 … Please use this number if you are having any technical difficulties or in need of help refitting a governor after overhaul, as this will save the expense of your phone call and possibly an Engineer!!

From month to month its hard to tell what we are going to be busy working on, only a small amount of our work is planned for the month, which is usually retrofit projects, larger quantities of overhaul jobs or for scheduled sea trials or working with turbine shut downs. As in this industry we don’t get much prior warning. So its down to our managers to deal with all jobs efficiently and work out the most effective way to distribute the work to ensure all jobs go to plan and get out the door on time!

I will take today as an example, as we have an array of different jobs received;

After speaking to the office staff and looking at our system, I can see today we have received  quite a few spares orders for items like Woodward UG8 & PSG spares, repair kits, motors, and controls. Also orders for both mechanical and digital governors . Reports have been written for three governors that have been overhauled and so costs need to be submitted to the customer for approval to proceed.  An order has been received to overhaul four Woodward PG-PL governors being delivered in two days for a quick turnaround.

An urgent onsite engineer is required for tomorrow to solve a hunting problem on an offshore marine support vessel.

Another engineer is required to attend a Tug near Glasgow in two days to assist with setting up our overhauled governors and to attend sea trials.

Plus enquiries by phone and email to which then written quotations are emailed to customers.

We never have a set busy period or a quiet period unlike some industries they can generally tell what months they expect to be more in demand, unfortunately we can’t.

The office staff who deal with the incoming jobs enjoy their work as each day is different from the other.

‘Its hard to tell what each day will bring, but I like it that way, as there’s never a dull moment as a lot of the time we are working to deadlines so our orders can meet their destinations on time’  Quote by Sarah Amoss – Office Administrator

March seems to have been ‘Governor Overhaul Month’ for EGS as more and more units pile in the door from all industries.

We appear to have had a large flurry of governor overhauls, as technicians busily work overtime to ensure all governors reach our customers on time and before the Easter break. Our technicians have been working on an array of Woodward type PGA, PSG, UG8, EGB & TG Governors.

Two main engine governors type PGA-TL were overhauled for the RFA Argus as the Vessel is in refit at A & P Falmouth, Sea Trails are scheduled for the end of May.

On the rail network side, we urgently overhauled governors for Mendip Rail and also carried out standard overhauls for DB Schenker.

A full set of steam turbine actuators & controls have been fully overhauled and tested and returned back to a British Sugar site.

This March we have despatched a record number of Governors, so to say thank you to our hard working staff, they were all treated to a ‘Fish & Chip’ lunch, which was very much enjoyed by all!

EGS are looking forward to 2013 being another busy and eventful year.  We welcome our new customers and will continue serving existing customers with our repeatedly high standard.

Spares

The spares department have been busy in particular fulfilling a large order to one of our customers in Dubai.  This month 75% of the spares orders have been shipped to overseas destinations.

Overhauls & New builds

Governor Technician Chris has been building 2off Woodward EGB58P new build Governors for a couple of our good marine based clients. These governors are typically fitted to Wartsila Vasa 32 engines.

A rare governor that we don’t see many of these days is the KKK ‘P’ type Governor, this came in for overhaul. This governor is usually  fitted to a Siemens Turbine, with its function being to remotely control the speed of the turbine.

Service

Some of our onsite service work this month include;

Our first job of the year was for a new customer from Ireland who contacted us regarding a problem they had on board their vessel. Our Engineer Jon went to investigate the intermittent fault on one of the boats generators. After connecting and monitoring the input and outputs on a new Woodward 2301D control the problem was eventually found on this diesel electric boat as a run signal problem.

Yet another new customer approached EGS concerning a steam turbine engine problem. Upon inspection it was found that the turbine wouldn’t shut down properly, the problem was with the hydraulic actuator currently fitted. This was then removed examined, cleaned, greased and refitted. Problem rectified at this Paper Mill.

Our engineer also flew out to Casablanca to board a cruise liner that is currently having an engine control upgrade. The job was to install, set up and commission a new Woodward 2301D Control.

Other

We have just recently renewed our IMPA membership (International Marine Purchasing Association). If you are not familiar with IMPA have a look at their website http://impa.net/

All our Governor packing boxes have been upgraded to a new, more robust wooden case, this new resilient style should prove to be extra sturdy preventing any mistreatment that should occur by those freight forwarding handlers!

We welcome back Jacqueline to the office as she returns part time from a years maternity leave.

This year at EGS our aim is to plan and partake in a couple of worthwhile charity events, and organise more social team gatherings!