Innovative engineering solutions

Stephenson Engineering is a long-established engineering company, specialising in the batch production of machined components and fabrications. We serve both domestic and international customers from a seven-acre site in Atherton near Manchester, where our extensive facilities range from the conventional to the state of the art.

Over the past 60 years, we’ve developed a broad and loyal customer base, through offering general engineering services and specialist support to power-generation, mining, civil, and oil & gas companies. 

We offer a ‘build to print’ subcontract service, or a full turnkey package depending your needs, and our obsession with engineering quality is matched only by our reputation for flawless customer service. 

What our customers are saying…

Stephenson Engineering have supported us for many years and can be relied on to consistently deliver our most challenging projects on time and in budget.

— Subsea Engineering Solutions Provider

They (Stephenson Engineering) provide expert technical support, sound advice and dedicated project management that is both honest and uncomplicated.

— Offshore Energy Company

Meet the Team

Stephenson Engineering currently employs a team of 75 people: 16 running the office, and up to 60 engineers working on two shifts in the workshop. Our specialists include International Welding Engineers and NACE Level 2 inspectors.

Robert Stephenson      

  • E: robert.stephenson@stephensoneng.co.uk
    M: 07788 926755

    Robert joined the business in 1989 and took over the reigns as CEO in 2002. Under Robert’s tenure the business has continued to expand significantly, investing over £7million in new buildings and large machine tools, ensuring the company is the manufacturing partner of choice for the sub-sea oil & gas industry. In 2010 Robert also set up Stephenson Heritage Rail, supplying bespoke forgings to the steam locomotive preservation societies.

Helen Bell   

  • E: helen.bell@stephensoneng.co.uk
    M: 07789 957803

    Helen joined the company in 2007, initially working in the QA & Documentation departments. Having moved to the Projects department, Helen is now a Key Account Manager for various Subsea customers.

Keith Roberts        

  • E: keith.roberts@stephensoneng.co.uk
    M: 07837 351377

    Keith joined to company in 2011 as a customer facing Project Engineer. With over 25 years as a Project Engineer/Manager on the Offshore Oil and Gas sector combined with hands on and design for manufacture experience he brings a wealth of knowledge in supporting this area of the business.

Mark Roberts

  • E: mark.roberts@stephensoneng.co.uk
    M: 07842 415634

    Mark joined the Sales Team in 2023 to help promote the business, build our client base across all sectors of industry and support our current customers. With a diverse background in technical sales and account management, Mark brings his commercial experience from similar roles within associated industries.

    Look out for him at a trade show, networking event or exhibition very soon, and do please say hello – he is always happy to help.

Toby Stephenson  

  • E: toby.stephenson@stephensoneng.co.uk
    M: 07789 656743

    Toby joined the business in 2001 after a career working in investment banking. Toby’s primary focus has been in project delivery where he has developed strong relationships with key accounts. He also manages the sales team ensuring customer service is of the highest order.

Neil Holdsworth   

  • E: neil.holdsworth@stephensoneng.co.uk
    M: 07795 513291

    Neil has been our Quality Manager since 2020, having worked in various quality roles for the last 30 years, he brings experience from a variety of industries. Neil continually looks to improve the QMS in-line with the ISO9001:2015 standard, and together with the quality team, ensure that procedures are followed and our customer’s quality requirements are met.

  • E: gary.chamberlain@stephensoneng.co.uk
    M: 07794 123272

    Gary joined the company in 2011 as Senior Design Draughtsman and later progressed to Applications Manager in 2022. He served a full technical apprenticeship with a paper machinery manufacturer designing large engineered fabrications and castings, he then moved on to the role of drawing office manager for a large subsea moulding company where he managed a team of draughtsmen producing engineering drawings to relevant specifications.

    For the last year Gary and his team have been responsible for providing effective and efficient machining methods, generating CNC code and using experience of modern tooling systems to give the customer a high quality and cost effective product .

Gary Chamberlain

Dave Simmons

  • E: dave.simmons@stephensoneng.co.uk
    M: 07972 503276

    Dave joined Stephenson Engineering in early 2023 as Project Engineer and brings his knowledge and experience from similar roles within the industry. Dave has also enjoyed a military career having previously served with the Royal Engineers. As Project Engineer he manages our turnkey services for various clients across a wide range of disciplines and applications.

Rob Ash       

  • E: rob.ash@stephensoneng.co.uk
    M: 07377 414939

    Rob joined the company in 2019 as Stephenson’s Welding Engineer and acting as the companies responsible welding coordinator. Rob previously worked as a Welding Engineer for a reputable stainless steel piping and pressure vessel manufacturer. Since joining, Rob as worked closely with the QA department with the continual development and improvement of internal systems that support the ISO 3834/EN 15085/EN 1090 accreditations.

  • E: gary.Jackson@stephensoneng.co.uk
    M: 07795 807353

    Gary joined the company in 2001 as Our machine shop Manager. Previously he worked as a Senior Applications Engineer at a major machine tool builder and brought a wealth of experience in both CNC machine tool capabilities and programming. For the last 22 years, Gary and his team have managed the machine shops, providing innovative and competitive machining solutions for the benefit of our customers

Gary Jackson

Our History

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Stephenson Engineering exists to provide customers with high-quality, innovative and timely engineering solutions. Our reputation for quality and reliability is down to our people – people who serve with integrity, take care of each other, and strive to exceed customer expectations.