CURRICULUM
VITAE : RESUME
QA ENGINEER
Personal Details
Fields Of Experience
Qualifications
Technical Courses
Employment History
1996 to date
Managing Director in family garage business catering for repair and maintenance of vehicles.
August 1994 to 1996 - Toyo Engineering Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Qatargas Upstream Development Project - Project Engineering QA Manager
Based at Tokyo Engineering Centre, Chiba, responsible for technical design review of specifications and procedures for a 970 mmscfd gas/liquids receiving, process, storage and marine loading facility - value $400m. Responsible for negotiations and technical acceptance with Qatargas and Total the managing contractor, major vendors and subcontractors.
Subsequently based in Qatar during construction as Engineering and Quality Manager with responsibility for all construction, engineering, quality functions, including co-ordination of technical queries. Responsible for award and contract management of local construction contracts.
January 1994 to August 1994 - Northern Development Company Limited (A partnership between the Northern Regional Authorities and the DTI)
Project Manager - Small Companies Consulting
Providing consulting services to small regional companies. Undertook a complete audit of company structures, finance, marketing and sales to identify short and long term business objectives. Formulated and assisted companies in implementation of business plans.
1986 to 1993 - Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (Oil and Gas Operations)
Head of Facilities Inspection - Managing Inspection and Maintenance Planning for all Pipelines, Structures and Process Plant
Managed and operated the inspection department, developed and implemented medium and long term inspection and maintenance strategies for all capital assets including all pipelines, offshore structures and process plant. Planned, co-ordinated and project managed all
onshore/offshore shutdown related activities.
Project Manager for all pipeline and structural maintenance contracts, including several subsea ROV surveys, Corroscan, intelligent pig surveys using several different pig types including British Gas, Kopp, ultrasonics and magnetic flux leakage and subsea pipeline repairs.
Acted as technical member to plant change modification and facilities review committees on structural corrosion mitigation, pipeline corrosion mitigation under extreme sour service and process plant de-bottlenecking and process enhancement for all offshore facilities.
Established corporate quality assurance systems towards a TQM environment, developed and operated the corporate TPI worldwide inspection and certification contract covering all general purchasing, project and major contractor activities.
Projects included:-
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ldd El Shargi, Mahden Mahzan and Bul Hanine Fields, 11 7kms interfield pipelines 6"0 to I 8"0 (repair, replacement and upgrade)
Project Manager
PS1 to Umm Said 24" Single Phase Gas Line l22kms (inspection, evaluation, scope, subsea, repairs using hot tap stopple, specialised encirclement reinforcement clamps)
Project Manager
Dukhan to Umm Said 42" Onshore Gas Line Inspection, (pigging and automated ultrasonics) local and major repairs
Project Manager
PS2 Structural Jacket Repairs
Project Manager
ldd El Shargi Interfield Development Project Technical/Operation, acceptance all inspection, maintenance and construction, DP/DSV, laybarge spreads (DP/DSV, Pacific Constructor, Subsea Canopus, Kommander Sub Sea, British Providence etc and ROV)
Project Manager
Scheduled/emergency engineering/maintenance shutdown activities for offshore production stations (structural and process), subsea and overland pipeline surveys, evaluation and subsequent engineering activities. Design review/approval for all engineering activities project budgets to QR 200 M+. ROV surveys of all offshore interfield flow, trunk and transmission lines, evaluation, engineering work scopes and subsequent execution.
Project Asset Manager
Facilities Upgrade Projects. ldd El Shargi, Mahden Mahzan and Bul Hanine production facilities
1984 to 1986 - Brunei Shell Petroleum Sdn Bhd
Senior Project Engineer, Pipelines, Structures and Facilities
Senior Engineer - Responsible for the condition assessment, fitness for purpose evaluation and general projects for 206 offshore structures, interfield and transmission pipelines, onshore and offshore production facilities, refining and processing facilities including management/operation of multi discipline marine support vessels, planning/execution management of engineering shutdown related activities for Champion 7, Ampa and Fairly Fields.
Projects included:-
- Champion 7, process upgrade, Ampa 4 and 6 pressure vessels replacement
- I 2kms of 24" oil transmission pipeline replacement and repair
- Ampa 4 process upgrade
Turnkey revamp of LNG offshore loading facilities, five platforms, 7km trestle causeway, stainless steel loading and vacuum return lines, Chicksan joints, motors, pumps, hoists. Refinery engineering, maintenance and shutdown activities.
1981 to 1984 - Chemcoat Limited
Technical and Projects Director
Board responsibility for marketing, tender preparation, project execution, P&L for the offshore, petrochemical, nuclear, civil and mechanical projects up to £4 million including the following:-
- Rohm and Haas Teeside Piping Modifications, coating and lining systems
- Shell - Mossmorran
- Tank/vessel lining systems
- BNFL - Hartlepool Nuclear Power Plant
- Process system coating and lining
1972 to 1981 - Petro Chemical Pipework Group Limited Group Technical and Operations Director
Main board member with responsibility for international sales, marketing operations and P&L for a multi discipline group of five companies operating internationally in the design, construction and installation of on/offshore oil and gas processing plant, marine inert gas systems, pressure vessels, fired heaters process piping, overland and submarine pipelines, cathodic protection, corrosion engineering, NDT and foundry products.
Managed engineering and maintenance contracts for Shell, Mobil, BP and Esso and worldwide clients.
Projects included:-
Shell, Coryton
Engineering and implementation of process plant shutdown including refurbishment/renewal of process piping/valves and fittings. Pressure vessel replacement separators, flash drums. Inspection, repair/replacement of fractionation column, distillation trays, weirs and lining systems.
BP, Grangemouth
Fired heater, process plant and piping fabrication and installation.
Esso, Frawley
Maintenance shutdowns, integrated engineering modifications and replacement of process plant, piping and underground fire mains.
Pembroke Cracking
Fabrication and installation of fired heaters, piping, pressure vessels, main flue ducting including all civils and utilities. Refractory lining of fired heater units and flues.
Irvine Oil, Newfoundland
Pre-fabrication of 2,800 tonnes, prefabricated process piping, fired heater units, reneformers, waste heat units including installation and site works, blast cleaning, coating, refractory lining including all inspection.
Sasol, South Africa
Pre-fabrication of 2,200 tonnes piping, fired heater units, pressure vessels, coating and lining.
NCC, Libya
Repair and replacement of tank floors, shells and roofs to 4 No bulk storage tanks. On plot design and replacement of compound pipework up to 48" dia, civils, mechanical and utilities.
Procurement/supply of pipe, valves, penstops and agitators for a water treatment plants/sewerage treatment plants Mersa El Brega, Benghazi, Tripoli.
Press Group
Fabrication of pipework for aviation storage tanks Masirah Island, Gulf of Oman.
Government of Hungary, Ministry of Natural Resources
Engineering consultancy for four refinery and petrochemical complexes, requiring full condition assessment, safety systems review, scope of works, finance, award and management of multi discipline contractors, procure and supply of all equipment
Foster wheeler
Multiple major international petrochemical projects, Europe, Africa and Asia inclusive of inspection, condition evaluatidn, scope of works for projects and maintenance activities.
ICI Wilhelmshaven/ Fluor GmbH
Fabrication and installation of fired heater units, pipework and pressure vessels, including coating and lining systems, NDT, subsequent maintenance and shutdowns.
Phillips Petroleum Ekofisk Terminal, Teeside (Simon Engineering)
On and offsite coat and wrap using enamel and tape systems of 60km pipeline and pipe from 2" to 60" dia.
Blasting and coating of Greatham Tank Farm, 9,000 tonnes Rendex piling.
Offsite fabrication of six fired heater units, flue ducts and reneformers. Coating and refractory lining. Inspection and NDT of 70% equipment and process systems.
British Gas
Fabrication, installation, coat and wrap of various gas transmission pipelines. Inspection and NDT on most major transmission lines and compressor stations for various major contractors:St Fergus - Bathgate 36" transmission line; Bathgate compressor station; Bathgate - Moffat 36" HHP transmission pipeline; Bishop Auckland and Preston compressor stations; Bacton receiving, metering and distribution station.
1969 to 1972 - Esso International Services Inc Senior Technical Engineer and Owners Representative
Contracted to above, based in Holland providing engineering, technical and project services to
the new construction and repair of a wide range of tankers, product carriers and VLCC's to 255,000 DWT, refinery, petrochemical plants, overland and subsea pipelines.
Verolme Schipsbouw Maatschapij, engineering inspection, hull and tanks, machinery cathodic and coating systems for 2 x 255 DWT VLCC. Various yards, NDSM, IHI Kobe, A G Weser.
Project Engineer, various refinery, petrochemical, pipeline and marine projects in European operating theatre.
Computer Literacy
MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, MS Word for Windows, MS Excel, Word Perfect 5.1, Harvard Graphics 3.0, PC-Tools, Project Manager
