Our Story
Southern Maintenance Services Company Limited (SMSCL) was built on over two decades of industry experience with the aim of providing efficient and excellent service to clients within the energy sector.
Established over 25 years ago by CEO, Ellister Lewis, SMSCL has utilised extensive industry knowledge and solid expertise to provide services of excellent quality, integrity and customer satisfaction. For this reason, we have been nationally recognised and awarded as an innovative project management provider in Trinidad and Tobago. SMSCL began operations in 1992 in Guayaguayare, Trinidad and has grown exponentially to a staff of over 200 professionals to date. Since then, we have worked for key players within the energy sector including BPTT (formerly AMOCO), PETROTRIN, ASCO (Trinidad), National Insurance Property Development Co. Ltd., The Ministry of Education, Massy Wood Group, Talisman International, Trinity E and P, GLF Construction Corporation, BHP Billiton, TOFCO, and Repsol.At SMSCL, our principles of “Productivity, Quality and Excellence,” continues to be the benchmark for our performance culture and project execution. Through the attainment of both local and international certifications - Safe to Work (STOW) & Integrated Management System Standard (ISO 9001:2015), SMSCL aspires towards superior excellence, by consistently improving upon the level of safety and quality of work we provide to clients.
Who We Are
SMSCL comprises a team of seasoned construction, engineering and project management professionals who value and implement efficiency, cost-effectiveness, innovation and exceptional customer satisfaction in our operations and work ethic. Our dedicated team is committed to continuous learning to offer the highest possible value and quality we can to our clients. We observe and strictly adhere to international safety, quality assurance, risk management and industry leadership guidelines to offer a ‘one-stop-shop’ for our customers, always aiming to improve our standards and pursue advanced ISO certifications and training to ensure our practices, procedures and professionalism is of unmatched, premium quality.Why Trust Us
At SMSCL, our core values define who we are and strive to become – a source of superior excellence within our industry. These values have cultivated a long-standing reputation of excellence, evolving expertise and consistent customer satisfaction. We plan and execute each project, regardless of complexity against modernised HSE best practices and quality assurance management systems. Additionally, we invest in the most up-to-date training so that our innovative workforce remains constantly improving and flexible to clients’ demands. These core values ensure we maximise work efficiency, minimise project risks and communicate cohesively as a team.At SMSCL, the corporate values we observe defines our work performance. Our two decades worth of industry experience has provided us with specific insights and techniques on managing and delivering projects of unmatched value, integrity and quality. Under SToW TT and ISO certifications, we employ high-grade materials, exceptionally trained technicians and gather consistent feedback to navigate the planning, management and completion of our work. Building an industry-reputation and client-trust as a one-stop shop for quality and a turnkey construction-service provider is not just what we do, it’s who we are.
With our quality assurance management system guiding our processes, our values complement our work and vice versa. Executing what is expected of us and performing according to our values gives SMSCL its distinct competitive advantage.
Nevertheless, in such a competitive industry, we are aware that our clients deserve evidence of competency and delivery in a dynamic environment. For the past two decades, we have successfully managed extensive projects for key players within the energy sector who can attest to our robust capability in handling multiple projects of various magnitudes. Our client testimonials and success stories validate that our corporate values are exhibited in the superior quality of work we provide. Our available customer feedback data serves as evidence to our unquestionable competency and tells a story of SMSCL, a dependable, reputably certified and customer-focused service provider.