FROSIO Certified Coating & Paint Inspection Services

We watch paint dry so you don't have to

The Company

Howard Jess Solutions Limited offers coating inspection services to a wide variety of clients in various industries. Our NACE and Frosio certified staff are experienced in commercial and industrial coating inspection, specification writing and project management throughout the world.

Many of our clients are busy handling their own daily operations and they have little time, and perhaps lack the skill and expertise required to handle all of the aspects of a large scale coating project.

Our inspectors have been involved in the coating industry for many years often at a high technical management level, and their experience allows them to utilise the best methods and practices to achieve the desired result within the time frame available.

Our experienced coating inspectors provide quality control and quality assurance inspection of the preparation and painting process on behalf of clients within many industries.

In recent years, inspections have been carried out in many countries Worldwide. These have included working on the new-building of the Rainbow Warrior 3 for Greenpeace, the drydocking of the RSS Ernest Shackleton for the British Antarctic Survey and work on the new-build Disney Fantasy at Meyer Werft in Germany.

howard jess paint and coating inspector NACE Certificated

Howard Jess
A NACE Certified Coating Inspector, for 10 years Howard Jess was the Chief Technical Officer of Luminous Technologies Ltd. In that time he received several awards and is the holder of a number of patents.

During that time he was involved with the inspection of many paints and coatings particularly at the application phase in the marine and heavy duty industrial fields. He has travelled to more than 20 countries worldwide inspecting, training and advising on the selection and application of surface coatings. He has spoken at several international conferences and has published a number of papers and articles on the subject.

A skilled multi-disciplined manager who was previously a company director of a paint manufacturing company. A multi-award winner in the field of coatings inspection and application he designed paint, coatings and pigment pastes for over twenty years.


35 years experience in the Coatings Industry  

Howard Jess Solutions Limited was started by Howard Jess in 2009 after nearly 35 years in the coating industry. A NACE Level II Coating Inspector and a Registered Marine Surveyor, Howard Jess has inspected many projects over the last 10 years at new build, during maintenance and repair at sea and in dry-dock. Inspection work includes projects in the oil and gas industry, the renewable energy industry and a number of dry-docking for ships owned by Stena, Disney Cruiselines, and Greenpeace.

In 2011, inspections have been carried out in Spain, Poland, Germany and Denmark. These have included working on the new-building of the Rainbow Warrior 3 for Greenpeace, the dry-docking of the RSS Ernest Shackleton for the British Antarctic Survey and work on the new-build Disney Fantasy at Meyer Werft in Germany. Howard Jess Solutions Limited is currently working on a number of projects in the oil & gas and renewable energy industries.