Technical Education :

ONC Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Technician (EngTech)

Internal Auditor Quality Systems - BS5750

Lead Assessor Training - ISO9000 (Quality Management Systems)

International Institute of Welding Diploma (IIW)

Welding Inspection Specialist, (European Welding Federation)

CSWIP Senior Welding Inspector (Registered)

CWSIP Radiographic Interpretation

Practical Ultrasonics - Level 1,

City & Guilds - Concrete Practice

Pipeline Health, Safety and Environment (GWINTO Course)

TRANSCO Approved as SC 03"Competent Person" for Supervising safe control of P/L operations

British Gas First Aid Awareness Certificate, Viking Fire & Safety Training Centre, Dubai

Membership

The Welding Institute, TechWeldI

Engineering Council (EngTech)

Institute of Quality Assurance, Associate (AIQA)

American Welding Society, Member

Concrete Society, Member

Pipeline Industries Guild, Member

Foreign Language Basic French

Geographic Areas of Work

Orkney Isles, Aberdeen, London, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Slovakia, Holland, France, Spain, Italy, Russia (Pechora & Sakhalin Island), Japan, Taiwan, Iran, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Egypt, Algeria, U.S.A, Argentina, Uruguay, Nigeria,Ghana, Togo, Benin, Tanzania, South Africa.

Experience

Petroleum, oil and gas industries. Based in project head offices, manufacturers works and sites located onshore, offshore and overseas. In key and core positions with responsibility for quality assurance and quality control within project management as related to engineering, procurement, manufacture of topside deck sections (each 4000 tons), module construction, process piping and structural steel fabrication,, manufacture of valves, fittings anchor chain, construction of cross-country pipelines, HDD landfalls,Rock trenching and Linear winch pipepulls, AGI's and compressor station works, offshore pipeline and risers installations, subsea pipe and wye spool piece tie-ins, caisson risers, bundles and reeled pipe fabrication, install, test, P.L.E.M., single pile tanker mooring, floating hoses, oil loading /deballasting pipelines, Emergency pipeline repairs, Hot-tap / Stopple tee installation on live gas lines, qualification of welding procedures/welders by SMAW, Hyperbaric , PASSO, CRC, Saturnax, STT+PGMAW & Auto FCAW using Vermaat bug & band , coating, pigging, hydrostatic pressure testing,leak detection, and vacuum / air drying, marine civil works, r/f concrete piling/dredging, coastal and subsea pipeline protection .

Offshore S-pipelay, piggyback lines, retrofit riser setting and above water davit tie-ins from derrick lay barges, semi-submersible and diving support vessels. Fab, launch and install pipeline bundles, caisson risers, riser anchor and conductor guide clamps, two 50 tonnes close tolerance structural strong-back clamps, sub-sea assemblies (750MT) including riser tie-ins, 'ESDV' and 'WYE' piece spools using Cameron and Hydrotech mechanical connectors, standard flanges, rotating swivel flanges, misalignment flanges, Big Inch 'cold forged' end connectors and hyperbaric welding.

Fab/install sub-sea drilling template, sub-sea piled mooring system.

Install, test, offshore P.L.E.M., single pile/ single buoy tanker mooring, floating hoses, oil loading /deballasting pipelines.

Offshore accommodation and facility module refurbishment

Manufacture of 4.5" Oil Rig quality mooring chain and kenter links

Fab Topside Platform Deck Sections (each 4000MT). Post-jacket installation inspection.

Onshore fab and fit-out / Off-shore installation and hook-up of lightweight facility modules (accommodation/ recreation/ laundry/ radio/ offices etc.), risers and pipework

Onshore pipe string fabrication and reel loading

Effluent Outfall fabrication, and installation by 'pull-barge' from 1 - 10.5km and up to 56" Dia x 17.5mm (conc.coated)

Pipeline Landfalls by Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD Shore Crossings), ensuring compliance with Contract, Specifications and Procedures. Site liason with main Contractor, HDD Contractor and Support Barge team. Verification of Contractors work and As-Built documentation, Daily Meetings, HSE Inspections and reporting to head office based Engineering & Construction Manager

Cross-Country pipelines installation (up to 48" API 5l X80, examination by Auto UT, and ECA accept criteria), hot-taps, compressor station & pressure reducing receiving and metering station facilities (AGI's).

Gas Compressor stations-instal suction scrubbers, nationwide replacement thermowell program,air intake refurbishment, instal pig-traps, stopple tees and hot-taps, flare lines, manifolds, cathodic protection systems,high level pipe bridges, access platforms,structural steelwork, painting and insulation.,electrical and instrumentation cabling and piping,etc

Vendor Inspection at plate / pipe mills manufacturing seamless / long seam-welded / spiral welded pipe, hot bend fabricators, at forge and factories producing pressure containing components Cameron/TK/Grove valves, subsea mechanical connectors, flanges, pigtraps,, rotating swivel flanges, misalignment flanges, Big Inch 'cold forged' end connectors and hyperbaric welding

Pipe coating plants applying internal Copon / FBE / Durethane 'P'/ Enamel and external CTE / polyurethane/ polypropylene/ neoprene/ barrier/ anode/ concrete weight coating (impinged / compression process

Fab / Erection of structural steel buildings and large diameter petrochemical storage tanks

Construction of 150,000MT / LPG tanker loading jetty.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Sept '05 - April '06 ChevronTexaco

West African Gas Pipeline Project (WAGP)

Ghana,Togo,Benin,Nigeria, HDD Shore and Lagoon Crossings

CSR - Company Site Representative

Pipeline Landfalls by Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD Shore Crossings), ensuring compliance with Contract, Specifications and Procedures. Site interface with main Contractor, HDD Contractor and Support Barge team. Associated on-shore pipe string preparation, ROW works, line pipe welding,coating, gauging & hydrotesting.Verification of Contractors work and As-Built documentation, Daily Meetings, HSE Inspections and reporting to head office based Engineering and Construction Manager. Supervision of Onshore Inspectors and liaison with Project Team onboard Support Vessel.

Sept'04 - July '05 JPKenny Pipeline Engineering Consultants

North Sea Pipeline Project (Aberdeen)

Khalda Petroleum (Egypt) Western Desert -Salam Gas Field

SADRA ( Iran ) - South Pars Phase 8 -- 32" P/L + 4" Piggyback

QC/Welding Engineer

Working between engineering office in Staines (UK) , contractors offices in Aberdeen, Tehran and in the field in the Western Desert of Egypt..

Main activities concerned the development of project quality documents, (Proj.Quality Plan, installation procedures, Project ITP etc) review of Vendors and Sub-Contractor's quality procedures, reporting proformas welding (Serimer-Dasa), ndt procedures , ensuring compliance with Company 'scope of work' procedures and applicable standards. Provision of support services in the field resolving welding and quality issues.Input to welding engineering using both mechanised ( Saturnax) and manual welding procedures, NDT (AUT) & QC inspection coordination during initial preparation for construction activities.

Welding Representative during program for the testing development by of an automatic STT/ PGMAW welding procedure ( Vermaat bug & band) for the welding of X65 linepipe with a mechanically installed CRA liner for a North Sea pipeline project.

Nov '03 - July'04 SAIPEM SpA

Sakhalin Island & Middle East Pipelines

QA-QC Engineer/Supervisor

Development of project specific quality procedures,, method statements, inspection and test plans, QC report

proformas, review Vendor QA/QC Quality Plans and ITP's,

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July'03 - Oct'03 TRANSCO (A B Rhead & Assoc/Warwick)

Gas Compressor Stations at Scunthorpe/Aberdeen/Bishop Auckland

Project Supervisor/Asset Inspector

Transco interface at site with Transco network services (compressor station) personnel, and with contractors employing fitter/welders and E&I trades carrying out a 'Thermowell Replacement Project' and 'Refurbishment of Air Intake System Plenum, and install Emission sampling points'. Monitoring progress against schedule as related to these installation activities, ensuring relevant permitry requirements are implemented, review method statements and perform Health, Safety and Environmental weekly audits.

March - June'03 AES Corp - Songo Gas to Electricity Energy Pipeline Project,

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

QA-QC/Welding Engineer for Company

Responsible for ensuring contract requirements were achieved in respect of quality of installation in regard to SMAW Welding, NDT,precommissioning and as-built documentation .Welding Acceptance criteria to API 1104

Jan - March'03 BP- In Salah Gas Field Development (Sahara desert), Algeria Field Engineer Gathering Pipelines:

Monitoring HSE, Quality and schedule as related to activities performed by a joint venture EPIC contractor for installation of 13%Cr SS production gas flowlines and carbon steel Co2 injection lines from and to the wellheads. Welding by Saturnax (GMAW) Installation of HDPE potable water and Fire Ring Main pipelines around the Gas Treatment Plant.

June'02 - Dec'02 Preussag Pipeline Systems Gmbh (Quakenbruck, Germany) Client: Sofregaz for Bord Gais of Ireland 2025 Projects

Brighouse Bay Compressor Station, S.W. Scotland

Welding/QA-QC Engineer for Contractor

Responsible for quality surveillance, field welding (API 1104 & ANSI 31.3B) and coating inspectors, supervision of fabrication sub-contractors installing pigtrap assembly, trunkline gas import and export pipelines, vent lines, Hot-taps, Stopple Tee, pigging, pressure testing and drying .E & I for current hook-up within the gas plant and for planned future expansion and Cathodic Protection system. Commissioning and compilation of As-Built records.

March'02 -June'02 Nacap/Lawrence JV 20 km of 48"x 15.1/21.8mm wt API 5l Gr X80

Client: Transco UK -St.Fergus to Aberdeen 'Cross-country' Gas Pipeline QA / QC Engineer

Responsible for project auditing, ensuring requirements of the project quality plan are implemented during installation of the remaining 20kms of this 72 km gas line and to provide assurance that all row preparations, excavations, river and rail crossings, and those of specialist subcontractors carrying out auger/microbore, mainline welding (CRC-GMAW), and tie-ins, NDT by Auto UT with weld acceptance criteria based on ECA, spray applied MCL field joint coating system and precom activities are carried out in accordance with contract specifications and approved procedures.

July'01- Feb'02 British Gas Group Int (BG Group) Buenos Aires to Montevideo Gas Export Pipeline (350 Kms of 18"overland mainline/urban/rural laterals/ HDD + 28 No. AGI's + 60 km 24"crossing of River Plate)

QA/QC Manager

Montevideo based, responsible for implementing quality management system for the 400km overland pipeline, AGI construction, and the 60km submarine crossing of the River Plate. Internal/External audits. Co-ordinate activities of offshore and onshore construction supervision/inspection personnel during installation, and testing. Prepare and implement requirements for as-built data and process for archiving and operations.

Jan - June'01 Dublin Corporation, Submarine Effluent Pipeline Contract No.4 (Ringsend to Sutton) Pierse/McAlpine/Tideway JV. Dublin Bay -10.5 km long 56"x 17.5mm wt.(27000 tonnes air weight)

QA/QC Coordinator

Responsible for implementation of the documentation and inspection system to provide assurance that the specialist sub-contractors performing the onshore pipeline fabrication assembly using SMAW and automatic FCAW, the applicators of internal / external anti corrosion coating using 'Durethane P' and Canusa Heat Shrink Sleeves, were carried out in accordance with contract specifications. Welding acceptance criteria controlled by API 1104

July'00 - Dec'00 Bord Gais Eirann

30km Hollybrook to Wicklow Gas Pipeline + Brighouse Bay

QC Engineer/ SPI

Quality control during right of way preparations, stringing, trenching, cold bending and SMAW welding of 12"x11.91mm API 5L X52 pipe, trench excavation, field joint coating (Canusa Heat Shrink Sleeves) lower&lay and backfill. Development of quality documentation, logging of the project bar chart and compilation of as-built data dossiers. Weld acceptance criteria in accordance with BGES/P2. Hot tap installation (BGC/P9) on Dublin ring main. Pre-yield emergency 30''pipe (PT2). Factory testing of 18"TK/Grove ball valves toTransco BG-GBE/V6/API 6D for Brighouse Bay compressor station.

March-July'00 Bord Gais Eirann / Gas Suction Scrubber Installation,



Brighouse Compressor Station, S.W.Scotland

Field Rep/QC Engineer

Quality control and supervision of contractor whose scope of work required development of method statements, weld procedures (BGES/P2), piping (shop) prefabrication and coating (BGES/PA11), site erection of gas suction scrubber, piping supports, access platforms. Factory testing of 18" TK/Grove ball valves to Transco BG-GBE/V6/API 6D. Testing (TD9) of tie-in pipework, valving, installation of p/spools, spec blinds, main shutdown valves, during four plant 'outages 'of 24"gas export pipeline from Scotland to Dublin, installation electrical and instrumentation, All work governed by British Gas specifications. Final acceptance of the work and As-built data dossiers.

Jan - Feb'00 AlfredMcAlpinePipelineConstructionLtd,



East of Scotland Water / Fife Outfalls

QA / QC Engineer

Review and approval of manufacturing / inspection procedures, and QC inspection during the production of API 5L Gr X52 Spiral Welded Pipe O.D 822mm x 9.5mm wt. (DIN 50049 3.1H) at the VSC Ocel pipe mill in (Czech) Slovakia. Responsible for all quality requirements at BPCL / Edinburgh for internal pipe coating with Durethane 'P', external coating with FBE + Polyethylene (DIN 30670-N-nLDPE), fitment of sacrificial anodes, and concrete weight coating applied by the impingment process. Approve final documentation

Oct - Dec 99 MossgasSouthAfrica



Dresser Kellogg Energy Services / Bredasdorp Alliance Project

85kms south of South Africa by Saibos Lay Vessel (DLV)"Castoro Otto "

Welding / QC Engineer

Responsible for verifying specified quality acceptance standards were satisfied during offshore installation of 50 Kms x 18"gas export pipeline + 3"piggy-back meg pipeline. Including placement of a 350 tonnes process module, installation of 3" flexible & 18" retrofit gas riser + riser clamps, PLEM, and associated sub sea tie-in spool pieces. Weld processes employed were GMAW (PASSO), FCAW, and SMAW. Weld acceptance standard BS 4515.

Verification acceptance of some 8000 pipeline weld radiographs. Field joint coating system Raychem Heat shrink sleeves and 'High density polyeurethane foam infill '. Witness and verify testing of all tensioners /A&R Winch / DMA / Stinger control room load cell indicator gauges etc.and safety audits of mechanical pipe handling systems and radiography.

June - Oct'99 Bord Gais Eirann - 30 Km Pilltown to Navan cross-country Gas Pipeline Senior Pipeline Inspector

Quality control during right of way preparations, stringing, cold bending and SMAW welding of 8"x11.91/6.35 mm API 5L X52 pipe, trench excavation, field joint coating (Canusa Heat Shrink Sleeves) lower&lay and backfill, hot tap installation (BGES/P9), construction of AGI, pigging/hydrotesting (TD9) and air-drying activities. Supervision of four pipeline inspectors, sentencing of all weld radiographs in accordance with BGES/P2. Control and compilation of documentation as required for logging of the project manual bar chart and for the as-built data dossiers.

Feb 98-April 99 AlfredMcAlpineServices&PipelinesLtd Phoenix Natural Gas Ltd - 8"Larne & 24" Belfast Pipeline Crossings & Pressure Reduction Stations

Contractor QA/QC Engineer

Based in the Belfast project office responsible for the co-ordination of QA/QC and activity verification; determine welding procedure requirements, construction of pressure reduction stations, trenching, and associated civil works, pigging, testing and precommissioning. Routine management of contract deliverables, engineering drawings and project procedures by establishing a registration and document tracking system in accordance with the construction quality plan (ISO 9001). Welding Acceptance criteria based on BS 4515 and BGES/P2.

Compilation and handover to client of as-built data dossiers.

Nov-Dec 97 James Scott & Co. Ltd. (Elect & Mech Contractors)/Glasgow (Upgrade of Dock No15, Devonport)

Mechanical Estimator

Based in estimating department (Head Office). Short-term hire to assist with the tender for the pipework section of the bid submission for the above dock work.

Jan -Aug 97 Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd - PS1 to Halul (MOL & Flowlines)

Based at McDermott's yard, Jebel-Ali and on DLB 801 (offshore Qatar). Senior Pipeline Inspector:

Responsible for review and qualification testing approval of weld procedure proposals, and welders (Saturnax--GMAW and SMAW), Supervision of team of six QC inspectors onboard DLB 801 during the offshore pipe lay and tie-ins of 20 kms of 20" MOL replacement and 15 kms of 8"/ 10" flowlines. Compilation of as-built data dossiers. Welding acceptance criteria based on API 1104.

Company Site Representative: based at Bredero-Price's yard in Sharjah U.A.E. Responsible at site for technical supervision of contractor, material movements through both Dubai and Sharjah Ports, review and approval of materials handling and pipe/bend coating procedures. Quality control during the application and testing of CTE / concrete and anode installation, painting, polyurethane and neoprene coating. Review of all coating documentation/final data dossiers.

Nov - Dec'96 Marathon Oil / Eagle Energy. - El Biban Project by Mondial Ltd/Tunisia

Contractor Rep/QC Engineer

Based in Houston, Texas, short-term hire to expedite the P.O.for the manufacture of 19 km of 8"x 0.5' API5L X52 pipe and hold pre-production meetings at the US Steel tubular works in Birmingham, Alabama, FBE coating at Bredero plant South Houston, and for the concrete weight coating plus anodes by Compression

Coater's at Channelville. Review and approval of manufacturing documentation.

April - Nov '96 British Gas / Phoenix Natural Gas Co. 24" Belfast Gas Transmission Pipeline Project 28Km Cross-country (24") pipeline, End Termination Pressure Reducing and Metering Stations

QA / QC Supervisor

Based in N.Ireland. Responsible for QC procedure development and implementation of pipeline construction quality control. Supervision of 3 senior pipeline inspectors (SPI) with scope covering site preparations (R.O.W./Trenching), welding, n.d.e., fld jnt coating, lower/lay and tie-ins, padding/backfill/reinstatement of pipeline, including civil works, and hook-up of PRS, pigging, hydrotesting, vacuum drying and commissioning. Review of all quality plans, welding procedures method statements, and documentation requiredfor certification. Welding acceptance criteria to BS4515:1996 and BGES/P2.

Feb - April '96 Bitech-Silur Ltd. Pechora, Komi Republic, Russia (C.I.S.)

Senior Pipeline Inspector -- South Kyrtayel to Kyrtayel Cross-Country Oil Pipeline Installation

Construction supervision and quality control of the trenching, welding, n.d.t, wrapping, lower / lay and tie-ins, padding / backfilling and testing of the 28 km long 8" dia (ERW pipe) cross -country oil line from the isolated well-heads to the gathering station. Welding acceptance criteria based on Russian code.

Oct - Nov'95 Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd - PS1 to Halul 12" Mol 'EPR' Repair (Dubai / Qatar)

Senior Pipeline Inspector

Construction supervision and inspection during material and equipment preparation, qualification of welding procedures and welders to API 1104 at McDermott's yard in Dubai. Offshore (Qatar) recovery of damaged sub sea pipeline sections from the deck of DLB27, on-deck spools fabrication to API 1104 and sub sea installation using Big Inch 'cold forged' flanged end connectors. Compilation of project documentation.

June-Aug 95 Intec Engineering Sbn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur

Shalung SPM2 replacement pipeline in Taiwan ChinaPetroleumCorporation (CPC)

Senior Pipeline Inspector

Construction supervision and quality control, leading a team of welding / ndt inspectors on McDermott Laybarge DLB-KP1for fabrication and installation of P.L.E.M., 6 km of 42"x 0.625"w.t. 5L X60 pipe, and hook-up of refurbished tanker loading buoy, pigging and hydrotesting. Welding acceptance criteria based on API 1104.

April-June95 Northern Offshore Services Ltd (N.O.S.) (McDermott Marine Construction)

Senior Pipeline Inspector - BP 'Foinaven' Deepwater Line Pipe Project

Based at McDermott's Ardersier Yard, fabrication, Polypropylene field joint coating, fabrication of strings and reel loading 8"x16 mm and 10"x19mm production flowlines on to reel lay vessel 'Norlift'. MMA cellulosic welding; acceptance criteria based on API 1104

Feb-April '95 Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd - Facilities Engineering & Construction Dept.

Relief QA/QC Engineer

Based in Doha office carrying-out evaluation of contractors responses to a pre-qualification questionnaire for supply of inspection services. Review of company line pipe and pipeline welding specifications and associated contractors review comments. Determine stored pipe and equipment type qtys/condition/ certification status as part of emergency pipeline repair (EPRS) program. Fabrication and inspection of conductor guide / anchor clamps.

Aug-Dec'94 J. P. Kenny & Partners. - Europe Maghreb P/Lines (Spain) Ltd

Straits of Gibraltar Pipeline Crossings

Senior Weld Procedures Inspector



Shore pulls and above water tie-ins by pipelay barge Castoro Due and offshore deepwater (400m) pipelay by Castoro Sei of 2 x 45 km long 22" dia. p/l's between Morocco and Spain. Initially in Saipem's office in Milan and then qualification of welding and repair welding procedures and welders for both barges at EMC's yard in Schiedam. Welding processes used, GMAW (PASSO), SAW, SMAW, and FCAW. Weld acceptance criteria based on BS4515.

Assisted preparation of a briefing document for QC surveillance of production welding and field joint coating activities.

April-June'94 McDermott/ETPM (Holland) - Elf Petroleum Norway AS (Frigg/Fröy Interfield Pipe Lines)

Contractor QC Supervisor

Onboard laybarge LB200. Pipelay of 12" oil and 2.5" (Piggy-Back) service line, 12" gas line and 16" water injection line. Welding processes used GMAW (Saturnax), TIG, SAW and SMAW. Parallel lines each 33km long. Weld acceptance criteria based on API 1104. Field joint coating heat-shrink sleeve and bitumastic in-full.

July-Aug'93 Ipedex Production LLC, Abu Dhabi - Total Oil ABK Development Project

Company Laybarge Representative

Welding (API 1104)and installation of 18"sub sea oil interfield pipe line (5Km) and two risers combined with above water davit tie-ins at the AKE and AKFW production platforms, then flooding, pigging and hydrostatic pressure testing. Initially reviewed technical specifications and installation procedures. Supervised barge QC inspection team. Subscribed to close out report.

Jan-June 93 Suedrohrbau GmbH & Co, Germany - Statoil Europipe Development Project, 52KM Cross-Country (42") Pipeline, Gas Treatment Facilities and Metering Station. (Value £170m)

Contractor Lead QA/QC Engineer

Assist development of project quality plan and working procedures. Assessment of vendors. Review enquiry requisitions for control valves, main gas heat exchangers, filter and cyclone separators, etc. Carry out bid evaluations and discussions with preferred tenderer(s). Assist planning of internal and external audits.

Review and approval of contractors/ vendors' quality and technical submissions with regard to manufacture,

materials, welding, inspection, testing and documentation for certification and for operation. Assist engineering and construction with respect to quality assurance and quality control. Supervise QC inspector / expeditors

Jan 90-Sept 92 Mobil North Sea Ltd - 325 KM 30" Beryl 'A'/St Fergus SAGE Gas Export Pipeline System (3yrs) Janincl ESDV, 'TEE' and WYE Piece Spools, and 25km 30" Marathon East Brae to 'Wye' lateral pipeline.

Project QC Co-ordinator (Contract value £270m).

Co-ordination of all quality phases of both onshore and offshore installation contracts which included technical evaluation of bids for supply of line pipe, selection of material and equipment. Fabrication of two sub sea tie-in assemblies each weighing 650T, incorporating riser tie-ins, Tee spools, WYE piece and ESDV spools. Supervision of both onshore and offshore inspectors. Qualification of weld procedures and welders based on BS 4515 using mechanised GMAW (CRC- process), SAW, GTAW, SMAW (cellulosic & low hydrogen) and Hyperbaric welding. Review of installation procedures, quality plans and contractors technical queries. Supervised end of project audit of radiographic interpretation of some 27,000 pipeline 30" dia girth welds. Interface with the Welding Institute and with DEn (Dept of Energy) in regard to technical matters and quality audits. Certification and compilation of project As-built documentation.

Feb'84-Jan'90 Marathon Oil (UK) Ltd - Brae B Field Development/18"Interfield Gas & Condensate P/Lines and Risers Conceptual Phase for 36" Gas Gathering Pipeline System. (6yrs)

Materials and Specification Engineer

Development of materials, equipment and construction specifications, requisitions and contract 'scopes of work' produced in co-ordination with in-house specialists. Assist with bid evaluation and negotiation with tenderers, Oversee QA/QC surveillance of manufacture of SAW pipe and bends at the mills in Japan, valves, anodes, mechanical connectors, forgings, fasteners,'permanent' emergency pipeline repair (Tecnomarine Ltd) clamps, pwht, nde, structural clamp and 'tie-in' spool fabrication. Supervision of structural painting and pipecoatingwithfbe, enamel, neoprene and concrete. Load-out of line pipe from BPCLat Leith and tie-in spools. Offshore pipelay by 'Seamac'. Supervision of pipeline flooding, pigging, pressure testing and vacuum drying. Compilation of 'As-built' dossiers

Oct 83-Feb 84 North Sea Sun Oil, - Balmoral Field Development Contractor Fabrication Controller

Prefabrication of 400 tons of structural steel for a sub sea Drilling and Production Template and the fabrication of 'Double Bottom Units' (each 80 tons) for the construction of a 'Semi-Submersible Drilling' vessel. Ensuring specification requirements achieved and procedures implemented. Lead and direct QC personnel in accordance with document requirements. Trouble shoot in case of technical conflict arising out of disputed quality during performance of the work. Establish and maintain document control system. Final acceptance of certification packages.

July-Sept 83 Esso (Norway) - Odin Field 20" Gas Pipeline to Frigg Senior Pipeline Inspector

Qualification of Hyperbaric Welding Procedures and Welders to API 1104 at Comex Ltd in Marseilles, nde and mechanical testing. Controlled all free issue material ensuring traceability and maintenance of records for certification. Supervised examination, interview and selection of Diver Inspectors and Diver NDT technicians at Comex/Aberdeen. Offshore installation of pipeline spools, carrying out four 'Hyperbaric Tie-In' welds. Monitored post jacket installation and R.O.V inspection of the 'Odin' platform and sub sea 20" gas export pipeline and riser from Comex Vessel 'Seabex One'. Responsible for adherance to quality schedule and interface with certifying authority.

May-June 83 British Petroleum - South East Forties Development Senior Fabrication Inspector

For the proposed fabrication of 60" piling and 4.5" oilrig quality (ORQ) mooring chain for a sub sea piled mooring system and floating production platform. Also review of possible load-out yards for the work. Project was cancelled due to govt petroleum revenue tax increase.

Sept 82-May'83 Kestrel Marine Ltd, Dundee

(British Gas Morecambe Bay Gas Field Development)

QC Manager

Responsible for the development of the Quality Control System and establishment of the QC Department, including the organisation of 70 personnel (welding inspectors, NDT technicians and documentation clerks), during the structural fabrication of tubular and plate nodes, auto-fab boxed " I " and " Tee " beams to AWS D1.1 etc and dock-side fabrication assembly of two offshore drilling platform deck sections (DP1and DP3); each deck weighing 4000 tons.

April 74-Sept'82 Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd - (Piper / Claymore Field Dev-9yrs)

QA/QC Co-Ordinator

Responsible to both the Construction Manager and Engineering Manager for all quality matters, for the overall inspection and surveillance at the pipemills,piping and structural fabricators,painting and coating applicators premises and at vendors supplying valves,fittings,pipebends,mechanical connectors,fasteners etc.Structural & Piping fabrication inspection and acceptance criteria to ANSI 31.3b,ASME IX,BS 4515,API 1104 and AWS D1.1 as appropriate.

Recruitment and supervision of onshore and offshore inspectors. (Pipelay barges LB27, LB28, M30, BR323).

Review and approve vendors/contractors quality system procedures and quality plans and ensure compliance with technical specifications, approved procedures and drawings.

Compile 'As-Built' documentation and certification for submission to Lloyds, ABS and Dept. of Energy (P/L Inspectorate ). Generally assist as required during front end engineering phase.

Projects:

30" Piper 'A'/Flotta Oil Trunkline (135 mls) 18" Piper 'A'/MCPO/Gas Export Line (45 mls)

18" Tartan/Piper 'A' Gas Export Line (18 mls) 24" Tartan/Claymore Oil Export Line (12 mls)

16" Claymore/Piper 'A' Gas Line (22 mls) 36"/48" loading and deballasting pipelines (4x1.75 mls)

30" effluent line (2.5 mls) 14"/28" Claymore/North Claymore

Piper & Claymore Jacket Strengthening Programme 1980-81

P/L Bundles, Fab/Launch/Test (2 mls & 1ml)

Line pipe and riser pipe coating. Fabrication of tie-in spools, retrofit and pre-installed risers, associated load bearing anchor and guide clamps and installation aids. Pipeline flooding, pigging, hydrostatic testing, testing of Plessey leak detection pig , leak detection,swabbing and precommissioning.

Manufacture of seamed and seamless line pipe, valves, isolating joints, swivel and misalignment flanges, Cameron connectors, 4.5" ORQ, chain.

Monitored Vickers development testing of underwater explosive welding of 16" flange/ X65 pipe. Fabrication of both steel and concrete structures for p/line protection.

Offshore/inshore rock dumping and subsequent R.O.V inspection.

Manufacture of 240 ton concrete dome for protection of connecting subsea 30" export pipelines, 500 No precast concrete pipeline protection units, and 60 No.G.R.C. units.

Fabrication of jacket-strengthening 50 ton strong-backs + structural clamps for both Piper & Claymore Platforms. Onshore construction and fitting out of new lightweight facility modules in Sweden. Offshore hook-up on Piper 'A'.

Refurbishment of Level 3 accommodation on Piper 'A' platform.

Supervision of construction of 150,000 ton tanker loading jetty , and install "Single Pile Moorings" tanker loading / deballasting 36"/48" pipelines and associated beach infrastructure.

Company Field Representative / Supervisor for the precommissioning of the 137 mile long subsea "Piper" oil pipeline from Piper'A' to Flotta which also included the setting-up,testing and deployment of a leak detection system.