WT’s outreach work to attract the brightest young minds for the future of offshore wind
Here at Wood Thilsted, we’re passionate about our people and we’re determined to recruit some of the brightest young minds to work with us as we design the global energy transition. We caught up with WT’s Denmark-based Loads Engineer, Stefan Emil Steffensen, to find out about his recent efforts to attract some of the strongest […]
How WT’s designs are winning H&S awards and setting the bar high for the industry
As some of you know, the Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm recently won the Offshore Wind Health & Safety and Wellbeing award at the first ever Global Offshore Wind Awards by RenewableUK , for its “Safety by Design” initiative. The teams were commended by the judges for the way health and safety was approached as an […]
Wood Thilsted opens branch in Japan
Wood Thilsted is thrilled to announce a branch opening in Japan, with plans to grow the team over the coming year. We’re delighted to confirm our first Japan based employee, Gerry Murphy, has joined Wood Thilsted in a combined Geotechnical and Business Development role. Gerry has been based in Japan and working on other Japanese […]
Wood Thilsted gears up for continued growth with appointment of specialist CFO
Wood Thilsted, the leading offshore wind engineering consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paula Thomas, as Wood Thilsted’s Chief Financial Officer. Paula has spent over 25 years working as a Chartered Accountant across a broad sector of industries including engineering, manufacturing, and services. She has been responsible for building and leading finance teams […]
Wood Thilsted expands leadership role in U.S. offshore wind development with US Wind contract
Today, Wood Thilsted announced its appointment as detailed design engineer for US Wind’s MarWin project, the company’s first offshore wind project to be constructed off the coast of Maryland, reaffirming the firm’s central role in the support and development of the U.S. offshore wind industry. In addition to delivering the detailed foundation design for MarWin, […]
Wood Thilsted appoints industry leader in scaling professional services businesses as Board Chair
Wood Thilsted, the leading offshore wind engineering consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Carl Bates, former Managing Director of Detica and veteran Deloitte senior partner, as the Wood Thilsted Chairperson of the Board. Carl has spent the majority of his career successfully scaling professional services organisations by driving sustainable, controlled growth that benefits […]
Laying the foundations for net zero on Dogger Bank
Work has started on the installation of 277 of the world’s largest offshore wind turbine foundations in the North Sea, in what is another major milestone for Dogger Bank Wind Farm. The campaign to install turbine foundations at what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm commenced today, [Thursday 14] July with the installation […]
INWED22 – WT’s INVENTORS & INNOVATORS – Meet Ruth Stevens
From her daughter being the inspiration for her move to offshore wind (and Wood Thilsted) to her exceptional 25+ years experience that is helping to save thousands of tonnes of steel from the foundation designs on a pioneering multi-gigawatt offshore wind farm forming a key component of the UK’s net-zero future. With 25+ years’ experience […]
INWED22 – WT’s INVENTORS & INNOVATORS – Meet Simone Schmieder
How one WT graduate went from being the company’s fourth employee to leading the delivery of geotechnical interpretation and foundation design on a project set to be a key stepping stone for achieving net zero in the UK. Day job aside, Simone’s strengths as an innovator do not stop there, with Simone’s approach to digital […]
INWED22 – WT’s INVENTORS & INNOVATORS – Meet Neha Patel
With almost four years at Wood Thilsted under her belt, Neha has been influential in the development and innovation of project management tools that have become the standard for WT concept/FEED projects. Not only that, on recent projects, Neha’s strong contribution to their advanced concept/FEED phases and bids for their detailed design, was instrumental in […]