Management Team
Managing Director
Ian Crummack is the founder and managing director of Cobalt Energy Limited which he established in 2009. Ian is a qualified mechanical engineer with close to 30 years’ experience in Energy from Waste(EfW) and thermal power generation markets on a national and international basis. Ian has extensive knowledge of managing projects to fruition from development, through the planning, consultation and tender stages, and then into construction and operation. Ian also has significant experience with technical due diligence, contracts and commercial structures and on reaching financial closure. Ian also acts as an Expert Witness for technical reviews, planning appeals and contractual disputes.
Operations Director – Thermal Renewables
Nick Charnock is a chartered mechanical engineer who spent much of his career in at a blue chip pharmaceutical manufacturer where he was responsible for delivering capital projects. Nick joined Cobalt Energy in 2012 as a Mechanical Project Manager, responsible for the delivery of all mechanical interfaces at the £45m Exeter Energy Recovery Facility. Following this, Nick managed the development of the EPC specification package for a new £50m CHP facility for JG Pears in Nottinghamshire. Nick then delivered construction of a £60m energy recovery facility for Orsted in Cheshire. More recently Nick has led the EPCM contract for Cobalt at the £12m Malvern Clinical Waste Facility delivery in Worcestershire. As Operations Director, Nick continues to lead the expanding Cobalt Energy delivery teams in new EfW projects.
Engineering Director
Deon Venter has 35 years of experience in the Power and Renewable Energy industries. He has international experience in the Engineering and Construction of major renewable energy projects and has managed teams on challenging EfW construction projects in the UK on both the Client-side and EPC contractor side. Deon has also developed extensive practical experience in the operation, performance, compliance, maintenance and refurbishment of power assets. Deon leads the experienced Engineering team at Cobalt Energy and manages the new graduates the business takes on each year.
At Cobalt Energy, our employees are the foundation of our day-to-day business. Our motivated and dedicated team deliver safe, sustainable and technically competent services for our clients. If you are interested in being part of the Cobalt Energy team please see our vacancies below.
Current vacancies
General enquiries If you are interested in working for Cobalt Energy we would like to hear from you, please get in touch by sending a covering email and CV to hr@cobaltenergy.co.uk.
Graduate scheme Cobalt Energy offers graduates the opportunity to build a successful, exciting and challenging career. Through our graduate scheme, we will design a tailored programme to enable you to achieve professional status as well as personal development. We want our graduates to contribute to our thinking so if you are interested please get in touch by sending a covering email together with your CV to hr@cobaltenergy.co.uk
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Cobalt Energy is a UK based renewable energy engineering business. It is focused on project delivery across the whole project lifecycle, from project inception to decommissioning.
Founded in 2009 by industry professionals as an engineering consultancy with a difference, our extensive experience and practical approach across the energy and waste sectors is what really has set the company apart. This is especially true in the energy from waste / waste gasification sector and the company has been involved with a considerable number of projects.
Principal projects (Greater than £2M) since the company was founded include:
2011 – 2014: Exeter ERF
2016 – 2019: Northwich MBT AD
2015 – 2021: Lower Marnham CHP
2019 – 2021: Malvern Clinical ERF
2019 – 2021: Stoke Clinical ERF
2020 – 2021: Welland Operations
The company is well-known as a technical problem solver, a reliable partner and a business with a strong supply chain, an extended reach and capability beyond its size. As an example, the repurposing of industrial assets (after failures / suboptimal processes) is a key specialism.
The company also has considerable experience of providing effective and proven Operations and Maintenance services. More recently, Cobalt Energy has worked in other areas too using transferable skills for projects in Anaerobic Digestion, Energy Storage and Waste to Fuel / Chemical.
Today, with a strong supply chain of selected partners and contractors, Cobalt Energy continues to deliver integrated assets for funders and developers – from consulting and engineering to project delivery and operations.
Quality and consistency are at the heart of our organisation. Our ISO 9001:2015 certified Quality Management System (QMS) is regularly updated and continuously improved upon to ensure that we are able to provide consistently high quality service. Our current certificate can be found here.
Cobalt Energy is committed to keeping up to date with the current advances in technology, operations, best practice and compliance. Cobalt Energy is a member of the following associations:
Managing Director Ian Crummack has chaired the UK’s National Energy from Waste Conference in London on many occasions since 2014.
