The Brock Group Board of Directors today announced that Michael E. McGinnis has been named Chief Executive Officer of the company. McGinnis joined Brock in January as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, having previously served as the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer from 2007 to 2012.
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The Brock Group Names Michael E. McGinnis as CEO
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The Brock Group Welcomes Jon Grant as Chief Financial Officer
The Brock Group is pleased to announce that Jon Grant has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Jon comes to Brock from AECOM, a leading global engineering and construction services company where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Global Business Services. He brings an extensive financial background in the engineering, construction and defense industries, including corporate and operations finance, strategic financial planning and analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and business integration and transformation.
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Brock Ranks 5th on ENR Top 600 Specialty Contractors List
The Brock Group was recently named one of the top specialty contractors by Engineering News Record (ENR). Published on October 26, 2015, Brock ranked fifth among the Top 600 Specialty Contractors, moving up one spot from sixth overall in 2014. Additionally, Brock ranked second among the Top 20 Firms in Painting and seventh among the Top 20 Firms in Asbestos Abatement.
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Brock Places Billboards to Expand Recruiting Reach
To continue to meet demand for skilled craft driven by growth in project and maintenance activity, Brock has begun placing billboards in key recruiting areas. The first set of billboards are now visible in Baton Rouge, LA, Lake Charles, LA and Beaumont, TX, with additional boards scheduled for Corpus Christi, TX and Port Arthur, TX in November.
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Brock Opens New Hiring Centers to Meet Project and Maintenance Activity Growth
As a result of continued growth in customers’ business needs and, subsequently, the company’s growing maintenance and project portfolio, The Brock Group has relocated and expanded multiple hiring centers across the U.S. Gulf Coast to specifically recruit and attract talent throughout the region. The new offices will continue to support Brock’s growth by enhancing presence in key locations and increasing efficiency of the recruiting, training, and staffing process. Facilities involved in this process include Baton Rouge, LA; Sulphur, LA; Deer Park, TX; and McAllen, TX.
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Brock Honored by New Jersey Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health Awards Program
The New Jersey State Industrial Safety Committee announced that Brock Industrial Services has earned the Division of Public Safety & Occupational Safety & Health Award for two consecutive calendar years without lost time from a work-related injury or illness. Brock Industrial received the award based on strong safety performance at the Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery in Linden, NJ.
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Brock Participates in Service Academy Career Conference
Brock recently participated in the Service Academy Career Conference (SACC), meeting candidates representing an array of backgrounds including supply chain management, finance, operations, construction, leadership positions in the military and other technical areas of expertise.
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Brock Named “Best in Category” at Houston Safety Awards
Brock was named the “Best in Category” Specialty Contractor – Soft Crafts Large at the Houston Safety Awards Banquet hosted by the Houston Business Roundtable (HBR) and Houston Area Safety Council (HASC) on May 15, 2015, at Moody Gardens in Galveston, TX. Brock received more nominations for the award than any other company, from customers including Celanese; Chevron Phillips – Cedar Bayou, Sweeny, and Pasadena; Dow Chemical – Freeport and LaPorte; Eastman Chemicals; ExxonMobil; Flint Hill Resources; INEOS Olefins and Polymers; LyondellBasell; and Shell.
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Brock Receives AFPM Contractor Award for Meritorious Safety Performance
Brock Industrial Services was awarded the Contractor Award for Meritorious Safety Performance by The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) on May 13. The award recognizes maintenance contractors working a minimum of 20,000 hours per calendar year at a regular AFPM member facility which has achieved a total record-able incidence rate of 0.6 or less with no workplace related fatality during the calendar year.
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Brock Receives Contractor’s Safety Excellence Award from Gulf Coast Safety Council
Brock received the Gulf Coast Safety Council’s (GCSC) Contractor’s Safety Excellence Award for specialty contractors at the GCSC annual awards banquet held April 28, 2014 in New Orleans, LA. The Contractor’s Safety Excellence Award honors contractors and owners that have achieved an outstanding record for safety performance with greater than 100,000 work hours. Nominated by the Shell/Motiva Manufacturing Complex in Norco, LA, Brock employees at that site have worked for 11 ½ years and more than 6.2 million work hours without a single record-able injury.