Instrumentation / Electrical Quality Control, Construction, Commissioning

Nationality: British

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Kirkcaldy Technical College: 1967 to 1971

City & Guilds FTC Electrical Power. Cert. No's. 383900 / 248069 and 383900 / 254843

RGIT Offshore Survival Training. Cert. No. 09121 / 0440K

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

¨ Thirty five years post apprenticeship experience in various engineering and construction industries ranging from power stations, ships, distilleries, fixed offshore and sub-sea platforms, floating production, storage and off loading facilities, vessel conversions, drilling rigs, LNG plant, gas plants etc.

¨ Main position over the last several years has been commissioning and start up and quality control, but still very much involved with construction supervision, inspection and planning to interface the joint activities.

¨ Worked in the design office on a number of projects, carried out vendor inspections, factory acceptance tests and certification audits.

¨ I have been employed in various company positions

¨ Offshore installation manager

¨ Project engineer

¨ Lead quality control

¨ Construction Superintendent

¨ Production engineer

¨ Electrical and Instrumentation engineer

¨ Instrument design engineer.

¨ Commissioning and start up engineer.

¨ Worked in various countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, USA, and West Indies.

¨ Experienced on a wide variety of construction and commissioning on:

¨ Rotating equipment, cranes, lifts, process equipment, pumps, compressors, expanders, fired heaters and boiler controls.

¨ Electrical plant equipment, generators, HV and LV switchgear.

¨ Instrumentation controls with various DCS, SIS, and OADCS, Fire & Gas systems, Oil and gas metering systems, Fiber Optic communications, telecommunications and field instrumentation.

¨ HVAC systems and controls.

¨ Sub Sea platforms and controls.

¨ Hydraulic & Pneumatic systems, loading arms, gangways and controls.

¨ Drilling platforms, Oil and gas platforms, un-manned platforms and associated ancillary equipment.

¨ LNG plant and all relevant process, LNG tanks and jetty equipment.

CAREER HISTORY

September 2000-present NES Americas, USA.

¨ Senior Quality Control engineer responsible in the design office for checking data sheets, design drawings, specifications etc., prepared by design contractor.

¨ Attended factory acceptance tests on various rotating machinery, Honeywell DCS for train 2 & 3 and Delta V OADCS control system for train 4, SIS logic control for shutdown system, Fired heaters, LNG compressors and controls etc.

¨ Transferred to the construction yard for the supervision of QC and construction of the LNG plant in Trinidad.

¨ Set up inspection records, pre-commissioning and commissioning procedures.

¨ Oversee construction, inspection, pre-commissioning at the ALNG site in Trinidad carried out by EPC

Contractor.

¨ These activities were spent equally between the design office and the construction yard for the LNG trains 2, 3&4.

July 1999 - March 2000 GUPCO, Cairo, Egypt.

¨ Commissioning co-ordinator for Ha'py Gas Project, Egypt.

¨ Prioritize systems for construction, commissioning and start up.

¨ Liaise with site teams and offshore teams to implement tracking system and completions turnover.

¨ Highlight materials, equipment and manpower required for start up.

¨ Completed the plant start up using an integrated commissioning and operations team.

May 1997 - June 1999 Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago

¨ Instrument Engineer for the LNG plant (Train 1) in Trinidad.

Jul. 1996 - Apr. 1997 Single Buoy Moorings

¨ Production Engineer for SBM production department.

¨ Responsible for auditing and completing the design of the Ships Electrical and Instrumentation for the Integrated

Turret System for the BP Schiehallion F.P.S.O.

Sep. 94 - Mar. 96 Modec USA (USA / Japan / Singapore)

¨ Lead Commissioning Engineer assigned to the 'Nan Hai Sheng Li' FPSO project as part of the Client's (Amoco China) management team, based in Singapore.

Feb. 94 - Sep. 94 Phillips Petroleum (UK)

¨ Instrument and Electrical Specialist assigned to the Judy / Joanne project.

Jul. 93 - Dec. 93 Amoco (Netherlands)

¨ Commissioning Engineer assigned to 'P15' project. Responsible for assistance in the final construction activities and for the commissioning of the P15D and 5 satellite platforms and 3 sub sea modules control and safety systems. Responsible for start up of each platform.

Aug. 91 - Jun. 93 Amoco (UK)

¨ Commissioning Engineer assigned to the CATS project. Responsible for the preparation of commissioning procedures and liaison with the multi-site fabrication yards specifically to establish the planning and coordination of testing requirements, system priorities, hook up and commissioning activities. Followed through with offshore commissioning and start up with joint commissioning and operations team prior to platform hand over.

Sept. 90 - Jul. 91 Amoco (Singapore / Africa)

¨ Superintendent assigned to the 'FPSO Conkouati' project in Singapore, which was the conversion of an existing oil tanker into a floating, production, storage and off-loading facility.

Jan. 89 - Aug. 90 Amoco (Norway)

¨ Project Instrument Engineer assigned to the 'Hod' unmanned platform project.

Jan. 88 - Dec. 88 Metz Mannheim (Germany / Norway)

¨ Lead Instrument Design Engineer assigned to the Vesslevrikk conversion project.

Apr. 87 - Sep. 87 Amoco (Norway)

¨ Project engineer assigned to the 2/4G-deck elevation project.

Apr. 86 - Apr. 87 Elf Aquitaine Norge A/S. (Norway)

¨ Instrument Engineer assigned to the East Frigg subsea extension project.

Nov. 84 - Feb. 86 Amoco (Netherlands)

¨ Instrument Engineer assigned to Rijn 'C' offshore production platform.

Mar. 84 - Oct. 84 Amoco (UK)

¨ Instrument / Electrical Engineer and eventually OIM, assigned to the Leman 27/H, 27/J unmanned platforms.

Jan. 83 - Dec. 83 Amoco (UK)

¨ Instrument Engineer assigned to Northwest Hutton drilling and production platform.

Feb. 82 - Dec. 82 Amoco (Norway)

¨ Instrument Engineer assigned to Valhall 'A' production platform.

Aug. 81 - Jan. 82 Stelco a/s Bergen (Norway)

¨ Test and Commissioning Engineer assigned to Valhall drilling platform.

Apr. 81 - Aug. 81 O.M.I.S.C.O. Aberdeen (Scotland)

¨ Instrumentation services. Subcontract work for construction and testing of a flare ignition panel for the BP Magnus field and the reconstruction and testing of wellhead control panels for Conoco.

Sep. 80 - Apr. 81 Dansk Boreselskab A/S. (Denmark)

¨ Instrument Engineer assigned to the Gorm 'C' production platform.

¨ Responsible for final construction onshore at Esbjerg for all modules on platform. Followed up offshore to complete the instrument construction work and commissioning of the instrument systems.

Jun. 80 - Aug. 80 Interam (Netherlands)

¨ General foreman for the instrument and electrical work on the Gorm 'C' cellar deck.

Nov. 79 - Mar. 80 Munro Petrosea Ltd. Dundee (Scotland)

¨ Test and Commissioning Engineer for the Shell Brent 'D' additional living quarters.

Mar. 79 - Nov. 79 Bogro UK Ltd. Fife (Scotland)

¨ Instrument / Electrical Supervisor for the Beatrice 'A' Cellar decks.

¨ Responsible for costing, planning and supervision of construction of cellar decks onshore.

Additional Experience

From 1973 to 1979 worked on various jobs as foreman, instrument technician, electrician, in factories and distilleries, onshore and offshore oil related work. Various duties included instrumentation installation and calibrations, pre-post heat treatment, instrument tubing, commissioning, etc.

Apprenticeship/Journeyman

July 1967 - September 1973

Company: SSEB Methil Power Station

Position: Electrical and Instrument Fitter

Involving maintenance and repairs on 30MW generators, steam turbines, boilers, precipitators, cranes, transformers, cathodic protection, O.C.B.S., A.C.B.S., low and high voltage switchgear and motors, instrument calibrations and maintenance on coal, oil and gas fired equipment. In addition, gained experience in drawing office at Townhill gas power station and worked on RB211 engines and control systems.

Attended various courses including Permit to Work procedures, Safety, First Aid and Fire Fighting.