United Kingdom
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Renewables and Energy Networks
Sword works in partnerships with the Renewables and Energy Network sector to drive value from the industry’s physical and digital assets, supporting faster decision making, regulatory compliance and improved governance.
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A leading supplier of specialist digital and technology skills to the fastest growing sector in the UK
Our proven 30-year track record in traditional energies means we bring a wealth of experience, skillsets and learnings to a rapidly evolving industry. We understand the regulatory and commercial landscape, and we are actively supporting our customers deliver tangible outcomes.
IT, OT and Cyber
We are a leading provider of secure, compliant, and scalable digital platforms and the associated SMEs to deliver practical results.
We help build cyber resilient foundations, comprehensive operational technology and control systems, and scalable networks with a deep understanding of industry regulatory frameworks.
Data and Information
We enable trusted data and information to be made available for timely decision making. We are trusted by our customers to deliver technology-agnostic solutions, services, and SMEs to deliver tangible value from your data and information assets.
We are supporting improved compliance, sustainability, and governance, helping our customers achieve their data ambitions.
Innovation and insight
We develop, support, and optimise a diverse application stack, with specialists in Microsoft, deriving efficiency and insight from business processes, workflows, and data pipelines.
We address bespoke software challenges, integrate AI and Machine Learning, improve reporting, and help our customers integrate low-code technology into their businesses.
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Customers
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Focus Areas
Generation
Supporting rapid asset modernisation and growth with best-in-class data and information fundamentals.
Delivering secure, compliant and modern network, IT and data solutions to drive insight.
Establishing scalable governance aligned to the latest industry regulations to optimise internal and external processes.
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Our Offerings
We provide expertise across a wide variety of technical disciplines, offering tailored support to meet the unique challenges of the renewables and energy networks sector. Our services are delivered through flexible and effective approaches, including consultancy, managed services, and project delivery.
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Supporting Your Needs
At Sword, we understand that every business is unique, whether you’re a small team or a large organisation. No matter your scale or job function, our expertise is tailored to meet your needs. From strategic insights to hands-on technical support, we’re here to help you achieve your goals with precision and efficiency. Let us empower your journey, no matter where you start or what you aim to achieve.
Emerging
Organisations in the concept and planning stages have relatively small teams, and the financial pressures of the long project development cycles towards FID. These are often major projects with many stakeholders and require many specialists. For such companies we focus on board-level aims, and how those are supported. The domain we work in is information & data, security and governance – especially for major capital projects through to operations. These skills and services apply to engineering, geotechnical and corporate activities.
Take advantage of our scale, range of services and depth of experience, without any concerns that our recommendations only suit major companies – we tailor everything to your size and growth plans.
Why is this important?
- Strategy
- Risk
- Governance
- Efficiency
- Scarce technical resources
- IT, Networking & Security
Sword’s services scale from this phase to any size of company and are independent of software vendors – we give you pragmatic advice based on decades of experience in the energy sector.
Established
Companies with existing Operations as well as major capital projects, which may be multinational. The emphasis on such organisations tends to be on governance & compliance, operational efficiency, adding scale and managing the asset lifecycle through handover to the Operational phase, also with consideration for decommissioning.
There are likely to be well established processes, applications, IT, networking and security infrastructure. Opportunities to enhance these include application integration, data and document management, with tighter control of corporate and regulatory compliance.
Why is this important?
- Scaling up – supplementing your teams with our flexible resourcing capability
- Governance – Consultancy and managed services for IT & Information Management
- Security – reviewing and enhancing, for IT and Operational Technology
- Efficiency – business intelligence & analysis and system integration for better workflows
Gain access to our deep energy sector knowledge, lessons learned and technology independence to help your organisation evolve.
Enterprise
Major organisations are often multinational and their activities may span the energy sector. Our skills, knowledge and methods apply to many renewables sectors such as wind, geothermal and CCUS. We also span power generation and the energy transmission and distribution sectors.
Enterprise organisations have major capabilities of their own, with a large network of suppliers and partners. Our focus on this scenario is less about technical consulting and more about providing the right people. The technical domains are wide ranging such as engineering data management, geotechnical data, corporate information management, IT, Networking and Security. Our service model differs from recruitment as we have sizable teams who can engage on a very flexibly basis. This may be to support a tactical project, consultancy, augmenting or covering members of client teams – which may be full-time or part-time, on-site or remote.
Why is this important?
- Flexible call-off arrangement for maximum flexibility and rapid response
- Filling gaps in very specific technical roles
- Balancing workloads in client teams
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Subject Matter Experts
“We’re a proven technology and delivery partner in the sector, leveraging our decades of Energy experience to improve the performance of our clients’ business. I want us to be easy to engage with, to continually improve our service offerings and to provide a great place to work for our people. “
Mike Stewart, Business Unit Director
Daniel Sneddon
Operations Lead
“With a track record of driving operational efficiency and fostering strong client relationships, I am focussed on leading teams of consultants who are able to deliver quantifiable value to our customers. Ensuring we deliver continual improvement and simplicity is key to our identity as your delivery partner.”
Neale Stidolph
Business Development
“My role is a bridge between the energy sector and Sword’s capabilities. My background is in information technology, and over thirty years’ experience applying it in the energy sector. There are many challenges and exciting opportunities, which I support by always speaking in plain terms.”
Louise Fraser
Customer Experience
“I am focused on providing seamless interactions and optimised service delivery to all new and existing clients. With experience of streamlining processes and enhancing customer satisfaction, I am driven to create collaborative and lasting relationships with our clients.”
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Let’s work Together
Find out if we can help you achieve your business outcomes.
