The son of an engineering firm boss has joined the company 34 years after his father helped launch the business.
Andy Cooper was part of the management team that established Burton-based engineering and project management business Lorien Engineering Solutions in 1985.
Now, his son James has joined the firm as a project management assistant.
Lorien specialises in capital projects for food, brewing, drinks, life sciences, biotech and safety compliance, and sustainability.
It is a division of GP Strategies Corporation, a global engineering and technical services organisation headquartered in Maryland, in the US.
With a process engineering background, Andy started his career at Allied Breweries before being made redundant following a decision to outsource engineering requirements and focus on brewing.
Together, with a number of colleagues, he used his redundancy money to set up a company subsequently acquired by Lorien plc, which was renamed Lorien Engineering Solutions.
Andy has worked in many of Lorien’s specialist areas. Today, he is quality assurance manager at the firm.
In his new role, son James, who formerly worked in healthcare recruitment, will work on a range of multi-disciplinary capital projects, reporting to head of projects Phil Colquhoun.
Mr Colquhoun said: “Lorien has an expanding projects portfolio and our reputation rests on the successful delivery of capital projects which enable clients to achieve improved business performance.
“We recognise the critical factor in success is the performance of the team and we’re delighted to welcome James to the Lorien family.”
