Our Team

our brilliant Force Contracting Services team

We are proud of our outstanding staff. Their expertise and commitment are key to the achievement of our goals. Find out more about the team behind FCS.

We deliver with pride

Force have successful completed our annual Achilles UVDB surveillance audit, achieving a perfect score of 100% across all aspects of HSQE at both a system and site level for the fourth consecutive year.

Managing Director

Ben Layden

In 2007, Ben left the military and started FCS Ltd. as a sole trader; in the subsequent years he has overseen the exponential growth of the business which culminated in the transformation into a limited (ltd.) Organisation in 2012. Ben oversees the running of the company ensuring all the teams are running smoothly. These teams are able to operate independently in various different sectors across the country.

Finance Director

Gina Fairhurst

Gina’s role in Force Contracting is Finance Director after joining the company over 5 years ago. Gina has assisted in implementing various management structure’s both on and off site to help diversify the company to what it is today. Responsible for overseeing the office activities, it’s staff and ensuring the management systems are fed out through the company to ensure a safe and compliant workforce.

Payroll & Sentinel Co-ordinator

Beth Holmes

Beth has been with the business for over 5 years and is an integral member to the Force team – overseeing all payrolling functions across each sector of the company. She also ensures that all our operatives training is up to date, and that the day to day running of the business runs as smoothly as possible!

Operations Director

Jack Searles

Jack has been with the company since its inception in 2007. He is an incredibly proficient member of the team; with over 15 years’ experience in the construction industry. Jack specialises in Fencing & Civil work. Starting out on the tools as a fence erector; Jack has progressed to become an irreplaceable asset to the company and is qualified in an eclectic array of practices. Jack is mainly focused in the utilities sector, managing large teams on projects at Nuclear Power Stations and substations.

Group Business Development Manger

Brett Perrodow

Brett joined the team to strengthen and develop Sales activity. With over 20 years of experience within the industry providing product, support and services to a very diverse and demanding client base. Some of which include large Blue-Chip Organisations, Heritage, Secure Units, Critical National Infrastructure, Utilities, Nuclear, MOD & Rail applications. Utilising strong product knowledge and recognition of today’s challenging market, Brett specialises in the delivery of full turn-key Hostile Vehicle Mitigation Solutions. Brett will be working very closely with our commercial and project teams to ensure that all client expectations are met and delivered with the level of professionalism FCS pride themselves on.

Commercial Manager

Chris Dutton

Chris joined the team in January 2015 starting in a sales role. This role soon diversified expanded to include Commercial Management. Overseeing all aspects of the Force Groups commercial operations, Chris is responsible for estimating; contract negotiation, management & performance; supply chain management & procurement; and the groups’ HSQE and accreditation compliance.

Project Manager

Louis Bradford

Louis joined the team in 2017 as an Assistant Project Manager, he has since been promoted to Construction Project Manager. Specialising in the provision of security and civils installation within the Utilities sector. Louis manages the majority of our critical infrastructure projects. Specialising in the provision of security and civils installation on gas & electrical substations, Louis oversees FCS' works within this sector.

Project Manager

Stephen elkington

Stephen joined the FCS team in June 2020. With over 10 years’ experience of management, planning and logistics experience, Stephen is a great addition to our Project Management Team. Stephen predominantly manages our Civil Engineering projects across our Nuclear & Rail sites. We operate on numerous power stations across the UK so his role can be very demanding, especially with the Health & Safety checks/procedures and time constraints.

Assistant Project Manager

Tom Rookes

We hired Tom in 2021 as an Assistant Project Manager. Tom is a local lad that has a huge interest in being a Project Manager in the Civil Engineering industry. We have started to let Tom manage our smaller Civils projects with the aim of training him up to eventually take on some of our larger sites.

Head of Recruitment

Mike Wadey

Mike joined the business in 2021 as our Head of Recruitment. He comes with over 10 years’ experience in the recruitment industry and oversees all contract and permanent hires within Force Contracting. As we seek to expand further, getting the recruitment right is an essential part of our growth plans. Mike also heads up all our social media accounts (Linkedin/Instagram/Facebook) be sure to check them out!

Accounts Administrator

Michaela Whitehead

Michaela joined the business in 2019 as our Accounts Assistant. Michaela deals with all our accounts/invoicing/credit control… Often multitasking and ensuring that multiple accounts are maintained, and invoices are issued properly & on time.

Storeman

Adam Wyld

We recruited Adam as he has a wealth of stores experience and with Force Contracting Services expanding rapidly, we knew we had to bring in someone with this kind of expertise. He makes sure that our stores are stocked, maintained and categorised properly. They’ve never looked better!

Office Administrator

Oskar Lysak

Oskar started with FCS in 2020 as an Apprentice and has since been promoted to Office Administrator. He deals with all office related tasks which includes invoicing, organisation of accounts, dealing with telephone enquiries and any other tasks that may be requested of him.

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If you have a project that needs quoting, or you just want some straightforward advice, drop us a line…

our brilliant Force Contracting Services team

We deliver with pride

Ben Layden

Gina Fairhurst

Beth Holmes

Jack Searles

Brett Perrodow

Chris Dutton

Louis Bradford

Stephen elkington

Tom Rookes

Mike Wadey

Michaela Whitehead

Adam Wyld

Oskar Lysak

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