Onshore Personnel

Our management team possess a wealth of industry experience and thrive on the challenges associated with working in an ever changing environment

Our site teams understand our responsibilities to our clients and are carefully selected on the basis of both aptitude and attitude. We try to keep teams together wherever possible and are confident that they won’t let themselves, or our clients down.

We have a clearly defined recruitment policy and invest heavily in equipping and training our staff (in fact, we believe that our rope access teams are amongst the best equipped operating in the North Sea! )

Managing Director

Craig Donnelly

Managing Director Axiom NDT/Axiom Offshore Services

Craig founded  Axiom NDT Ltd back in 1985, following on from an early career with Source NDT. He is very well known within the oil and gas industry and in a career spanning upwards of twenty five years has gained a highly respected and detailed knowledge of drilling derrick / drilling package inspection procedures.
Qualifications include:

  • ASNTIII/CSWIP 3.2 Snr weld inspector
  • HNC in QA
  • MiNDT
  • MiQA
  • PCN II in MT/PT/ET/UT/RI

Craig was responsible for implementing Axioms quality management system in 1989 and this was formally approved by NQA in October 1995.

Onshore Key Personnel

Mark Burns

Inspection Manager, Axiom NDT

Mark has been with Axiom for over ten years and has around thirty years of experience in the non-destructive testing industry (both on and offshore). He has become a key member of the management team and as such, the focal point for onshore activities.

Previous roles have included QA/QC and vendor inspection, in addition to ‘hands-on’ site testing. Marks knowledge of in-service inspection of offshore structures and pressure systems is highly regarded within the industry.

Already holding PCN Level II certification in most inspection disciplines (MPI, DPI, UT, EC), Mark recently qualified as an API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector.

Carla Logan

Finance and Administration Manager

Carla joined Axiom in early 2010 following the retirement of Liz Stewart and has proved adept at running the busy main office.

A skilled Finance Manager and member of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers , Carla previously worked as a PA at Director level and has been involved in the administrative set up of two university ‘spin out’ companies.

Offshore Key Personnel

Joel Telling

Operations Manager, Axiom Offshore Services

Having joined Axiom in 2009 as Rope Access Manager, Joel has since taken a lead role in the setting up and expansion of Axiom Offshore Services.
An IRATA Level Three Rope Access Supervisor since 2003, he specialises in the management of complex, hard to access projects. His previous experience has included:

  • Drilling derrick repair, upgrade and inspection projects throughout the UK North Sea Sector
  • Extensive offshore ladder rack replacement / cable management installation programmes in the UK Southern Sector
  • Onshore experience has included the installation of tensile fabric structures of all types (from roofs to art installations) and geotechnical inspection and stabilisation projects throughout Europe.

Sandy Martin

Operations Coordinator, Axiom Offshore Services

Sandy joined Axiom in 2010 and quickly settled into the complex role that she now occupies at the helm of offshore HR and logistics.

Holding an HNC in Business Administration, Sandys previous experience has included the setting up and running of offices within the Structural Engineering and Architecture industries.

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