Omega Engineering Services

Omega Engineering Services is located at Binnypet 18, which is an area with a lot of history. We’re a small team that handles all kinds of mechanical repairs and maintenance work. Most of our day is spent with our heads inside some piece of machinery that stopped working when it shouldn't have. It’s a lot of diagnostic work, trying to hear where a rattle is coming from or seeing why a belt is slipping. The workshop is full of tools that have been handed down or bought secondhand over the years. We don’t have a fancy waiting room or a receptionist; if you come in, you just have to yell over the noise until one of us looks up from the bench. We’re usually covered in a bit of grime and oil, so we don't shake hands much with the customers. It’s honest work, and it takes up a lot of our time. Sometimes we stay late because a job just isn't finishing right and we don't want to leave it for the next day. We have a small kettle for making tea, which we drink while looking at manuals or just taking a break on the back step. There’s no big philosophy behind what we do. Machines break, and we try our best to get them moving again. It’s a noisy, greasy environment but it’s where we feel most at home during the week.