Self motivated, reliable and conscientious. Many of the projects I have worked on have involved both the design work and ensuring the final installation is completed to the client's satisfaction. Working in the Oil and Gas sector as the company point of contact. I have excellent team work and leadership skills and am used to working to tight timescales and supervising others to ensure that timescales are met.

I have experience of the Project Lifecycle from contract award to contract sign off, and hence have an understanding of the importance of establishing good relations with clients from project kick-off so that a clear understanding is reached regarding the client's expectations and requirements. Having worked on varying sized projects I have experience of working individually and as part of a team.

Key Skills

· Over 16 years experience of control and instrumentation systems, 11 of which have been in the Oil and gas industry.

· Experience of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Distributed Control System (DCS) principles and implementation (both hardware and software design).

· Experience of process control, ESD and Fire & Gas system implementation, design and commissioning.

· Experience of producing project documentation such as User Requirement Specifications, Functional Design Specifications, Factory Acceptance Tests, commissioning procedures and Operation & Maintenance Manuals.

· Capable of determining client's requirements to provide the necessary solutions.

· Good Fault Finding/Analytical skills.

· Excellent communication skills (oral and written).

· Proficient using MS Office.

Education & Qualifications

Dundee Institute of Technology (1985-1990) B.Eng. (Sandwich Honours) Electronic Engineering 2.2

Carnoustie High School (1979-1985) 5 "H" Levels, 7 "O" Grades

Other Qualifications

Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET)

RGIT Offshore Survival Certificate

Offshore Medical Certificate

Full UK driving Licence

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Employer : Matrikon Europe Ltd, Formally PI Automation (March 2004 - present date)

Position : Principle Engineer

Responsibilities:

Acting as a principle engineer within the production asset optimisation group. Responsible for the design, support and modification of DCS control systems. Responsible for installation of web based well monitoring and optimisation systems. Responsible for installation and configuration of alarm management systems.

· Design and development of control systems for the oil & gas industry

· Installation & commissioning of remote monitoring systems for the oil & gas industry

· Development of documentation on projects

· To monitor, review and report on project progress. Working within defined budgets and timescales in the execution of these duties.

· Acting as a technical lead on projects, supervising and guiding junior engineers.

· Acting as site engineer during installation and commissioning.

Employer PI Automation Ltd (PI Group) (February 2003 - March 2004)

Position Principle Engineer

Responsibilities: -

Responsible for the design, development and installation of control, ESD and fire & gas systems. Experience and responsibilities covered the following areas: -

· Design and development of control systems for the gas industry

· Commissioning of loadsharing systems on gas compressor stations

· Development of documentation on projects

· Acting as site engineer during installation and commissioning activities.

Employer Silvertech Ltd (July 2001 - February 2003)

Position Lead Engineer

Responsibilities: -

Customer Support section of the company. Involved in the maintenance, support, modification and commissioning of systems installed on North Sea Oil & gas installations (process control, shutdown and Fire & Gas). Experience and responsibilities covered the following areas: -

· Acting as a technical authority to approve and ensure work carried out by members of staff meets the ISO9001 requirements of the company.

· Competition of Modpack modifications to offshore control systems

· Development of documentation on projects

· Acting as site leader during commissioning activities on site.

· Acting as Support Engineer for Control Systems installed by employer, providing technical telephone assistance to customers and attending site when necessary.

Employer Capelrig Ltd (February 1995 - July 2001)

Position Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities: -

Working within the Systems section of the company, responsible for the software design and development of SCADA & PLC systems. Responsible for the design, installation, testing and commissioning of control systems for Oil & Gas, Water/Wastewater, Paper and Food industries. My experience and responsibilities have covered the following areas: -

· Design and development of PLC/SCADA Control systems.

· Development of documentation on projects

· Supervision of Technicians during site installation.

· Preparation of bids and costs for new projects, including site surveys.

· Acting as Support Engineer for control systems installed by employer.

Employer Grampian Regional Council, Dept. Water Services (October 1990 - February 1995)

Position Systems Engineer

Responsibilities: -

Working within the Technical Services Section of Water Services and was involved in the installation of new water and wastewater treatment projects throughout the Grampian Region.

· Procured control systems for Regional Council. Developing user requirements, estimated costs, authorised reports to Council Committee, Produced Tender particular Specifications, assessed returned tenders, monitored successful tender's work, witness acceptance tests.

· Supervision of technicians in field maintenance and installation of telemetry and control systems.

References References can be provided upon request

Project History at PI Automation & Matrikon

BP ISIS

Acted as lead engineer for the deployment of BP's ISIS well monitoring and optimization system to 9 BP sites worldwide. Implementation of communication interfaces to various DCS systems on production platforms for remote monitoring. Supervised 5 junior engineers during project duration.

Transco Avonbridge Compressor Stations

Acted as design engineer for the development of an integrated control system for Transco's Avonbridge Gas Compressor Stations. Responsibilities included design, installation and commissioning of control, ESD and Fire & Gas systems for 4 gas compressors. Communication interfaces to the compressor packages, metering system and telemetry system were also engineered and commissioned. Additional modifications to original work scope carried out over this period have included seal gas re-injection, anti-icing control, loadsharing control and seal gas booster systems.

Project History at Silvertech Ltd

Britannia Caledonia Wells

Acted as site engineer during offshore commissioning of Caledonia Wells on Britannia Platform. Responsible for software loading to live equipment, risk assessments, loop testing and functional testing on process control and process shutdown equipment.

Marathon East Brae

Design, installation and commissioning of fire and fas modifications to Marathon East Brae Platform.

Kerr McGee Janice

Design, installation and commissioning of Seawater pump control modifications to the Janice Platform..

Britannia Support

Training received on Silvertech design and QA procedures. Support on Britannia control system. Involved in design modifications on the Britannia Control system.

Project History at Capelrig Ltd

Murchison Gas Import/Export Modifications.

Design of new control system for gas import & export facilities, including an interface to the fiscal metering system.

Murchison Gas Lift facilities.

Control system upgraded to a PLC/SCADA based system.

Santa Fe Galaxy I & II

SCADA system upgrade on two Santa Fe drilling vessels

Forties Bravo Oil Export System

Control system upgrade on Forties Bravo oil export control system.

Forties Charlie NGL Upgrade

Control System upgrade on Forties Alpha and Forties Charlie for the Shutdown logic and Control of their NGL Processing Plants.

Montrose & Arbroath

Design, installation, testing and commissioning of control systems on Montrose & Arbroath platforms.