Graham J Horrell

About the Author Graham Horrell CEng, CMarEng MIMarEST has been delivering projects for almost 40 years. After starting his career as an apprentice on Scunthorpe Steelworks, he graduated from Sheffield City Polytechnic with a BSc in Civil Engineering in 1981. He initially moved into the heavy lift aspect of the offshore construction industry enjoying both office- based design work and his time as a Field Engineer on the world's largest crane vessels. Over the next 30 years, Graham has...See more

About the Author Graham Horrell CEng, CMarEng MIMarEST has been delivering projects for almost 40 years. After starting his career as an apprentice on Scunthorpe Steelworks, he graduated from Sheffield City Polytechnic with a BSc in Civil Engineering in 1981. He initially moved into the heavy lift aspect of the offshore construction industry enjoying both office- based design work and his time as a Field Engineer on the world's largest crane vessels. Over the next 30 years, Graham has represented major Operating Companies and a range of Contractors from Large Tier 1 organisations to local Consultancies. He has managed engineering and construction teams across a number of onshore and offshore facilities ranging from portfolios of minor modifications to multi-million pound capital investments. Graham's approach to team leadership and project delivery has been greatly influenced by three specific events; the Flixborough Disaster in 1974, having heard the explosion from 30 miles away, the death of a close colleague following a fall from height in 1983 and the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988 which he learned about on the radio when waking up in his cabin offshore in the Southern North Sea. As a Rotarian, Graham led a number of community projects within the Rotary Club of Cleethorpes serving as their President in 2013. He was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship in 2008 for his work in leading disability sports events at local and National levels and his contribution to the 2007 flood relief efforts across Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Graham is married to Christa and they have three grown up children of whom they are very proud. See less