Profile

Head of Engineering Department with over 16 years of Industrial and Academic experience; a multi disciplined Charter Engineer with an excellent proven track record of management, project engineering, design and analysis. Effectively managing an Engineering Department and teams of engineers in Project execution, completing ahead of schedule with savings on the budget. A strong manager with a solid engineering background.

An energetic and flexible personality who is used to working under pressure and welcomes new challenges with analytical and logical approach to problems. An innovative self-organiser who is adaptable and makes changes to meet new prioritises and objectives. An excellent communicator who can build a professional yet personal relationship with staff, clients or contractors at all levels, motivate others and lead to success.

Major Achievements

· Building and managing a new Engineering Department with 6 divisions (Subsea Ops, Subsea Systems, Intervention, DPE and Surface, Controls, Analysis &, Safety) and creating processes, procedures.

· Member of Company Management Board

· Member of Company Patent Board

· Implementation of Change and creating new Business opportunities

· Increased profit margin by £1.7M by early delivery bonus

· Created Process and Procedures for Company Business and Engineering

· Expanded and developed department staff from 28 to 60 in one year

· Developed department range and depth of competence

· Inventor of a 'Novel Stress Joint with a Stress Relieve Mechanism with Increased Fatigue Life or Strength'. Patented

· Inventor of a SMART Tubing Hanger Positive Lockdown Indicator for Shell UK, Pending Patent

· Copy Right on a novel management tool

· Set up a mentoring system to develop staff and gap analysis

· Official I.Mech.E. and company mentor for Graduates and experienced engineers.

Expertise and Skills

· Personnel Management

· Subsea Engineering, Design and Testing

· Riser, Conductor, Pipeline, Structural and Fatigue analysis, FE analysis in seismic, dynamic, static, elastic and plastic analysis, PVP

· Excellent organisational, communication skills and Business awareness

· Ability to lead, motivate, organise and work under pressure, multi-tasking and meeting deadlines

· Experience of industry codes, many Analysis and Design tools (ABAQUS, ANSYS, PATRAN, FLEXCOM)

Professional History

May'97-present VetcoGray

Position: Head of Engineering Department

Achievements

· Restructuring the Engineering Department and reshaping it by developing process, procedures and staff, from 28 to 60 staff

· Major recruitment programme

· Creating new business opportunities, expanding the departments capabilities by introducing two new divisions to the department

· Implementing change to enhance effectiveness and improve staff motivation

· Completed major EPC Deep Water and technically challenging project, under difficult circumstances and with limited resources from Concept Design to Production in less than a year. There was commendation by the client as the equipment was run with record NPD and no technical problems.

· Management of challenging staff and efficient use of resources

· Company Mentor on competency scheme for junior and senior staff.

Responsibilities

· Head of Engineering Department

· Head of Company Process and Procedures

· Management and supervision of a technical managers and teams of Engineers and the Engineering activities and resources on major EPC projects and Operations, including technical, commercial, planning, costing, contracts, design, procurement etc.

· Management of personnel, graduate trainees to senior engineers including meeting their development needs.

· Leading a team of engineers and administrators in preparing Proposals and Bids, contract review, cost etc.

· Leadership and decision making on project direction as necessary

· Design of and specification for Subsea equipment including Subsea Conventional and Horizontal Trees, Pipeline, Flowbases, Risers, Conductors, Wellheads, Hangers, ESP, Running Tools, material spec., coating spec., weld spec., FAT and SIT procedures, Safety, HAZIP, Offshore Support etc.

· Specifying and reviewing Analyses requirements to meet Safety, Integrity and operational objectives

· Negotiation at all levels with Clients, vendors, customers, consortium partners

· Supervision of Front End Engineering (FEED) on Projects including Bid and Tender preparation, Contract review

· Official Company Mentor on Competence Scheme

· I.Mech.E. Mentor on the Graduate Training Scheme

· Review of and proposals on interdepartmental Company procedures

Major Projects Executed

ChevronTexaco AX2: Senior Project Engineer (North Sea)

Manager of Engineering activities and personnel. Including scheduling work, approval and ensuring adherence to Technical Standards. Also, responsible for commercial issues pertaining to Engineering activities. Budgeting and costing the activities, material selection, defining test requirements, interpretation of customer requirements, directing the project and all activities required to ensure on time and on budget delivery in a safe manner and ensuing adherence to product quality requirements.

AGIP ABO: Senior Project Engineer (Nigeria, first OPEC DeepWater, Guidelineless)

This EPC project was the first Deep Water Oil Production Offshore Nigera. It included Guidelineless Trees, Flowbases, Running Tools, Installation aids, Test and Shipping Equipment. The Project was fast track and had a highly limiting schedule. The project took a year from the letter of intent to Production, which included many new designs and parts.

Responsible for the Management of Engineering. The duties entailed personnel management, technical leadership, scheduling and planning of Engineering and Design activities, Costing and CTR, approval and release of documents and drawings, writing or approval of test, assembly, analysis, DVP reports. Also, a major effort was expended on Interface management and communication with other Contractors.

There was a high degree of commercial, technical and contractual negotiation with the client and other contractor that required extensive international travel.

Technical leadership included the definition and ensuring adherence to specifications, interpretation of customer requirements, Design reviews, material selection, FAT and SIT procedures, coating specification, O&M manuals etc.

The project was given full support during Installation and Completion phases until full Production was achieved. There was an extensive offshore support provided with rapid solutions to problems encountered.

A high degree of emphasis was made on Safety, which led to many review, Risk Assessments, HAZOP, FMECA etc.

VEBA West Guillemot: Senior Project Engineer (North Sea)

Responsible for Engineering and managing engineering resources on VEBA West Guillemot Development fields. The project entailed supply of Production Subsea Trees, Flowbases, Tree Caps, Tubing Hangers and Dummy Tubing Hanger, Running Tools, Shipping and Test equipment.

The work also included the writing of O&M manuals, FAT and SIT Test procedures and support during tests. Design Verification Package was created, which was submitted and an IRC was obtained.

Customer and vendor support in understanding project requirements was provided.

Other Projects

· Statoil Tyrihans: Pre Engineering

· Total Hild and Peik: Pre Engineering

· AGIP Bouri: Proposal Technical Leader (Libya)

· Shell Sarawak: Proposal Technical Leader (North Sea)

· Shell Frame Agreement: HPHT Project Leader (North Sea)

· TotalFinaElf NUGGETS: Tree and Wellhead System Verification Leader (North Sea)

· Norske Hydro SnorreB: Technical and Analysis Leader

· Mobil Skene: Design Verification Leader

1992-96Kuwait Institute of Technology

Position: Lecturer in the Department of Power and Energy

Achievements

· Major involvement in the reconstruction of the Department, courses, laboratories, procedures and the library after the war

· Winner of two annual Best Lecturer awards

Responsibilities

· Creating course syllabi, Experimental work and helping the Head in the running of the department

· General lecturing and associated duties

· Training the Kuwait Oil Company and Kuwait National Oil Company personnel

· Design, Plan and Supervision of students on Design projects

1992-96Customised Furniture Manufacturing Company

Position: Owner, Manager

Achievements

· Set up a business while lecturing at the Institute with a workforce of 20

· Led the market by introducing innovative new products, designs and paintwork

· Introduced Quality Control, Customer Specification, work procedures into the market

Responsibilities

· Management of business and personnel

· Quality Control

· Material selection and Manufacturing

· Product Design and Development

· Training, Marketing strategy, Sales, Purchasing

1989-92NNC Limited (UK)

Position: Analysis Engineer

Achievements

· Performing analysis using ABAQUS within the first week and without training

· FEA modelling, analysis and assessment of concrete structures for the first time within the company

· Constructing a Safety case for the Rosyth military base

Responsibilities

· Analysis of metallic and concrete structures with the aid of FE technique and classical mechanics for the Nuclear, Oil and Gas Industries and the MoD.

· Linear, Non-Linear, Static and Dynamic Analysis, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics

· Project management and construction of Safety Cases

Academic History

1987 B.Sc. in Engineering

University of Manchester, UK

1988 M.Sc. Advanced Engineering

University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, UK

2005(writing) Ph.D. Management of Technology and Organisations

University of Aberdeen, UK

Part-time study while working at ABB Vetco Gray

Copy Right on a novel Management Tool

Courses attended

Team building, Supervision , Assertiveness , Effective communication , Leadership , Project management, FLEXCOM, Material Selection, Subsea Production, Subsea Drilling, Surface Equipment and many other courses.

Professional Status

· Chartered Engineer and Registered Member of the British Engineering Council

· Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers

· Mentor on Company Competence Scheme

· I. Mech. E. Mentor on Company Graduate Training Scheme