Provision of temporary access, thermal insulation, protective coatings, industrial cleaning, and soft services to support the permanent maintenance contract at an agrochemical production facility.

The Huddersfield Manufacturing Centre, established in 1916, employs over 450 skilled workers to directly support the production of crop protection products on site to meet an ever-increasing demand for food, feed and fuel. Several key products from the leading science-based agtech company’s portfolio are manufactured at the plant and exported globally to help millions of farmers grow safe and nutritious food while taking care of the planet.

In recent years the site has won Chemical Industrial National Awards for reputation, process safety leadership, excellence in engineering, and responsible care.

Enigma supports the critical site with a permanent residential team that provides industrial and soft services, playing a crucial role in ensuring the facility remains operational 24/7, 365 days a year.

Our contractual service level agreement involves quickly responding to emergency repairs, carrying out scheduled maintenance, and supporting the client with planned shutdown programmes to maintain business continuity. With the provision of temporary access, including thermal insulation, protective coatings, industrial cleaning, and soft services to support our client’s site via a permanent maintenance contract.

The operational team utilises a cost tool application created in-house to input data relating to material quantities and the overall project scope. To quickly gain a realistic overview of the hours needed to complete the task and identify a target date for competitively delivering the project. This helps to continually improve efficiencies while providing a high-quality professional service to the client, with ‘no surprises’, by ensuring costs and budgets are clearly understood and everyone works together effectively to maintain them.

The site’s scale and complexity require a rigorous, well-documented approach to scaffold management, so the operational team utilises SMART software for scaffold inspections and handovers to maintain a seamless workflow that improves visibility, accuracy, and efficiency. Manual systems using paper records can sometimes pose logistical challenges in such a demanding environment.