Standish, Wigan
The NES workshop
Located in Standish, Wigan, consisting of fabrication, welding, machining, fitting, design and on-site work. Established 1983.
About NES →
Standish, Wigan
Northern Engineering Services Based in the North West. Solving your engineering challenges worldwide since 1983.
Send the drawing. We come back with a price and a lead time.
Who we are
Jon, Managing Director. John, Director. Brad, Director.
Northern Engineering Services is located in Standish, Wigan, consisting of fabrication, welding, machining, fitting, design and on-site work.
Established in 1983. We cover all jobs, big or small, whether you are a small local company or a large international one.
What we do
Most jobs need more than one trade. Here it is all under one roof with one phone number, from the first sketch to the fitted job.
Drawings and design work that turn an idea into something makeable.
More on design →From concept to installation, in mild steel, stainless and aluminium.
More on fabrication →MIG, TIG and stick, by coded welders, on site or in the workshop.
More on welding →Centre lathe turning to 600mm diameter and 3.2m long, CNC available.
More on machining →Strip, inspect, diagnose and rebuild, so production carries on.
More on fitting and assembly →Our engineers come to you when the job cannot leave the building.
More on on-site work →What we build
Big jobs and small ones, and every photograph here is from a real job.
- 01Staircases and roof accessA roof access staircase for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, CAD designed and certified. 128 hours in the workshop.
- 02Roller bed systems150m of roller bed for IFCO, fully automated, installed in the UK and America.
- 03Beams and heavy steelA 4.5 tonne mid-support beam for AIS Vanguard, load tested to 250 tonne before it went to the customer.
- 04PipeworkPipework in mild and stainless steel, made by coded welders.
- 05Platforms, walkovers and stepsGantry walkovers, working platforms and access steps, from the first drawing to fitting on site.
- 06Machined partsOne-offs to high volume, turned up to 600mm diameter and 3.2m long.
Projects
Three jobs, start to finish. The photographs and the numbers on each page are from the job itself.
Roller Bed System
150m of roller bed, fully automated, installed in the UK and America.
Roof Access
A certified roof access staircase, built in 128 workshop hours.
Mid-Support Beam
A 4.5 tonne beam, load tested to 250 tonne before it left.
Where we've worked
Day to day the work is across the North West. Some of it has gone a lot further, from Scotland to Texas.
20 km
The jobs on this sitePress one for the job, or a pin on the maps.
North West
Elsewhere in the UK
USA
01, Wigan Infirmary
Roof access staircase, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
A roof access staircase for the Estates and Facilities team, CAD designed, certified and approved by a structural engineer. 128 workshop hours.
See the roof access job →UK and USA
Roller bed systems, IFCO
Roller bed and automated washing systems NES built for IFCO in the UK and America, each one designed to fit its own warehouse.
Where they went in
See the roller bed job →UK
- 02Warrington
- 03Wakefield
- 04Coventry
- 05Nuneaton
- 06Wellingborough
USA
- 09Indiana
- 10Michigan
- 11Pennsylvania
- 12Texas
07, Scotland
Mid-support beam, AIS Vanguard
A 4.5 tonne mid-support beam for AIS Vanguard's tower cranes, built in the yard at Standish and load tested to 250 tonne before it went to the customer. Currently in Scotland, it follows the crane from site to site.
See the mid-support beam →
08, Bolingbrook, Illinois
Brad's first job in America
"My first job took me to Bolingbrook, just outside Chicago, where I was involved in dismantling a huge piece of industrial machinery." Brad, in his own words.
Read Brad's story →Boundaries from ONS Open Geography (Open Government Licence v3; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023) and the US Census Bureau.
From the floor
Short clips from jobs as they went through the workshop.
A word from Brad
Read Brad's story →Five years ago, I arrived in the middle of America with little more than a toolbox, a travel bag and the determination to succeed.
What customers say
Google ReviewsNorthern Engineering Services
5.020 reviews on Google
A Google review is how the next engineer with a broken machine finds this workshop. If we have done a good job for you, it takes about a minute and it helps a great deal.
Rating and count checked on Google, 19 October 2026.
What a great team and John, so helpful and caring. Thanks for doing our small job very well, a difficult problem for us to sort, not you. [...] Highly recommended firm, above and beyond...
Good outfit for all types of fabrication Conveyor work and hydraulics.
Great place to get any engineering or fabrication done great staff especially wadders
Helpful and fast turn around. Went above and beyond to get a ram rebuilt next day.
Specialist engineers.... knowledgeable and helpful...will most certainly use again
Great set of lads, couldn't help me enough
What a great team and John, so helpful and caring. Thanks for doing our small job very well, a difficult problem for us to sort, not you. [...] Highly recommended firm, above and beyond...
Helpful and fast turn around. Went above and beyond to get a ram rebuilt next day.
Good outfit for all types of fabrication Conveyor work and hydraulics.
Specialist engineers.... knowledgeable and helpful...will most certainly use again
Great place to get any engineering or fabrication done great staff especially wadders
Great set of lads, couldn't help me enough
Start a job
Send us the drawing or the broken part.
Tell us what you need and how you want us to come back to you. Attach the drawing if you have one. If it is urgent, the phone is quicker.
- Stainless and mild steel, aluminium and cast iron
- One-offs and repeat batches
- In our workshop or on your site
Call the workshop01257 425687
Rather pick a time?Book a call or a site visit →
- Monday to Thursday7:00am to 4:30pm
- Friday7:00am to 3:30pm
- Saturday7:00am to 12:00pm
- SundayClosed
