Skills Summary

Professional Status

Electrical & Instrument Engineer experienced in a range of DCS, triplex ESD, Fire and Gas systems, plant instrumentation and actuators within the Power and Offshore Oil & Gas industries. Detailed knowledge of hazardous area equipment, SIL ratings, Hazop, RCM2, reliability engineering, CMMS (Maximo & SAP) and condition monitoring. Extensive Project Management and Supervisory experience.

Overseas experience providing training and leading reliability design review studies for Alstom Power in Spain and Switzerland as an Independent Consultant (2003-2005).

Onshore gas refinery and offshore production and processing platform experience with major North Sea Oil & Gas Operator.

Other plant experience: CCGT (1000MW), Hydro generation, pump storage, steam turbines (660MW gas/oil), open cycle gas turbines (230MW) and embedded CHP plants. High-pressure gas pipelines, reception and processing facilities. HV switchgear and substation controls & monitoring - up to 275kV.

IEng - UK Engineering Council - Incorporated Engineer

MIET - Member of the Institute of Engineering & Technology.

Experience

Oct 2006 - Present Total Exploration & Production UK, Aberdeen

InstrumentEngineer

• Provide technical support to Maintenance Technicians - onshore gas refinery and offshore platforms
• Manage plant modification projects from conception to close out
• Review and approve variations to the instrument planned maintenance regime within SAP
• Ensure compliance with hazardous areas and SIL requirements.
• Participation in Hazop/Hazidaz and design review studies
• Supervise vendors and contractors
• Carry out safety audits and incident investigations

July 2002 - Sep 2006 Scottish & Southern Energy

Project Engineer - Electrical & Instrument

Full financial and technical management of capital projects from conception through design review, HAZOP, FMEA, tender process, installation, commissioning, handover and close out.

• Replacement fiscal metering and control system to NTS gas pipeline
• Major overhauls on Power Generation gas turbines
• Refurbishment of CHP energy centre within large Hospital
• Upgrade to automatic control system for water treatment plant

Dec 2000 - July 2002 Scottish & Southern Energy

Maintenance Strategy Engineer

• Re-engineered corrective and preventative maintenance tasks using RCM2 methodology
• Facilitator for RCM2 and FMEA studies, including HP gas reception & processing facilities
• Provided Company wide training and coaching to Engineers in the use of Maximo and RCM2
• Set up integrated maintenance strategy within Maximo

Mar 1999 - Dec 2000 Scottish & Southern Energy

Commissioning Engineer - Peterhead Repowering Project

£230M 'Repowering' project: Construction & commissioning of combined cycle plant - 3 x Siemens 250MW gas turbines, waste heat recovery boilers and steam turbine integration. Construction and commissioning of NTS gas reception facility.

• Responsible for liasing with main contractor, meeting with their management team on a regular basis and acting as main contact point and interface between Siemens and Power Station staff
• Chaired design review meetings between Siemens and SSE Control and Instrument Engineers
• Ensured that instrument and control commissioning complied with contractual requirements, safety & environmental quality plans
• Co-ordinated tasks of Engineers and Technicians assigned to the project

April 1998 - Mar 1999 Scottish Hydro-Electric

Electrical & Instrument Team Leader

• Supervised 16 members of Electrical & Instrument Maintenance team
• Responsible for planning routine and corrective maintenance
• Authorised to take charge of HV working party within large 132kV and 275kVsubstations
• Responsible for recruitment selection of Technicians and Apprentices

Oct 1996- April 1998 Peterhead Power Station, Scottish Hydro-Electric.

Senior Electrical & Instrument Technician

• Provided technical support & guidance to Maintenance Technicians
• Carried out failure investigation into complex plant defects
• Supervised external contractors ensuring compliance with company health & safety policies

July 1993 - Oct 1996 Peterhead Power Station, Scottish Hydro-Electric.

Instrument Technician

Fault finding and repair on instrumentation, actuators, PLC, Scada and fire & gas protection system

Aug 1989 - July 1993 Peterhead Power Station, Scottish Hydro-Electric.

Apprentice Electrical & Instrument Technician

Completed four year muti-discipline apprenticeship covering electrical equipment (up to 275kV), control and instrumentation

Education & Training

Additional Training Courses

BEng honours Electrical Engineering - currently studying via distance learning.

4 year Electrical and Instrument Apprenticeship

HNC Electronic and Electrical Engineering

National Certificate Production and Mechanical Engineering

City and Guilds 232 - Electrical Plant Utilisation

In-house Engineering development program

UKOOA Offshore Medical and BOSIET Offshore Survival

Electrical / Instrumentation in Hazardous Areas, ATEX

SAP & Maximo Maintenance and Financial training

IEC61508/61511 SIL assessment: 4 days, 4-Sight Consulting

PLC, Scada, DCS, ESD training

ISSOW - advanced user

Nominated Supervisor authorisation

High voltage authorisation (275Kv)

Intelligent and Distributed Instrumentation - Brunel University, London

Siemens Gas Turbine Operation and Maintenance course: 4 weeks, Siemens.

RCM II (Reliability Centred Maintenance), Aladon.