Project Manager
Antar Commissioning services Ltd
Total years of experience :32 years, 4 Months
Management of finances and sub-contractors for personal building development projects in the United Kingdom and Spain.
Consulting as required in a co-venture with The Renwa Group of Kurdistan, on the logistical and financial supply of labour, design and procurement for multi discipline greenfield projects throughout Kurdistan. Establishing all company discipline deliverables to enable all discipline engineers to input design CTR’s. Management and planning of CTR’s, Material quantity’s / costs and lead times. Establishment of multi discipline site labour requirement, man hours and costs. Collation and preparation of all data for initial project tender.
Preparation and detail of the requirements to establish an Electrical & Instrument training centre in Erbil, Iraq. Detailing all site and material needs. Creation of modular training programs for both instrument and electrical technicians, detailing all practical and academic standards and requirements to be covered. Thus enabling further investigation into the costing, funding and timescale requirements, to establish viability and investment.
Initially based in Dubai office, generating a format for construction work packs, commissioning procedures and a certification system. Then transferring to Kurdistan to manage E&I site activities, of a Greenfield site comprising of two oil production trains and a tank loading station. This included the management of civil and black trade sub-contractors. Back engineering the construction work packs, and construction certification including the setting of system and subsystem limits, due to previous works being carried out from pre released drawings (cable schedules and layouts). Dealing with their Pakistan design house, setting out all requirements for inclusion in work packs and commissioning procedures, detailing all certification that is required for each sub system. Review and approval of all Drakken Pakistan produced documentation.
March 2014 - 2014 Amec Black Cat (Qatar)
Construction Engineer.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; The compilation of construction work packs in line with the Implementation Processes and ensuring contents of work packs meet with scope requirements. Liaising with Project & Design Engineers to ensure correct priorities are being maintained. Monitoring design deliverable dates, reporting work pack development progress and on-going work with regards to completion dates. Liaising with engineering disciplines to effect timely responses to Engineering Queries. Attending initial Kick off Meetings and providing constructability input. Offshore supervision of multi discipline survey engineers, providing practical engineering solutions and viable options for construction.
2013-2014 Vision Oil & Gas, Conwy Field Development (UK)
Client Offshore Construction and Commissioning Manager
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Acting as EOG's offshore representative. Responsible for the management of the offshore team and overseeing the brownfield modification work. Operating a self-motivated and hands on approach. Responsible for all construction & commissioning operations associated with the Brownfield modifications on the project.
Responsible for: • Management and coordination of the offshore construction operations, including day-to-day coordination with the platform operations teams.
• Management and coordination of the offshore crews via (EPC) offshore personnel.
• Management and coordination of the offshore logistics, personnel & expedition; including helicopters and supply vessels.
• Management of the health, safety and environmental performance.
• Management of the administration of the work, including reporting and progress monitoring.
• Management and coordination of the handover of the brownfield modifications from EOG's commissioning team. To BHP operations personnel
2012-2013 Enron Oil & Gas (EOG) Conwy Field Development (UK)
Client Site Manager
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Based in various North East of England Fabrication Yards, to manage a team of the main module yard contractors, EPC Contractor Site Field Engineers & various Sub Contractors. Ensuring all contractors comply with all aspects of the worksite HSE Plans & policies site regulations, permit-to-work and Client's requirements. QA/QC and Safety to cover all site activities. Managing the total construction & commissioning effort to ensure the project is completed in accordance with design, budget and schedule; involving the interface with the, EPC contractor and subcontractors to resolve problems and difficulties encountered during the project. Monitoring progress and ensuring that the project is on time and on budget. Reviewing and validating; Main fabrication yard contractors, sub-contractors & vendors time, material requirements and purchase orders. Inspecting and reviewing project documents to monitor compliance with safety codes, company standards and other regulations.
Maintaining supervisory attendance at Toolbox talks and daily pre-start meetings. Ensuring by leadership and guidance that contracted works meets all practical and commercial requirements for productivity, quality and project target completions. Ensuring practical security and protection of works and that all contractors' provisions for the project are fit for purpose.
Reviewing project plan and agreeing adjustment to avoid vendor (SIMOPS) to as minimal as reasonably practicable, also ensuring that all EPC contractor / vendor; travel, accommodation & subsistence needs are found.
Organization and agreement of shipping tender, in association with module yard contractors to ensure timely delivery and all transportation, lifting, sea fastening and shipping requirements, free on board (FOB) are met to the ownership of (EOG)
Reporting directly to the EOG Resources, Project Management team.
2012-2012 GEV Offshore Ltd
E&I Operations Support, Southern North Sea
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; The provision of daily Electrical, Instrument and operational and technical support, providing leadership and direction to the offshore operations team, in relation to electrical, instrument, automation, Fire and Gas, telecommunication, and IT systems. Liaising with and supporting the offshore Electrical and Instrument Supervisor and other departments, i.e. Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering to meet objectives in safety, environment, quality, and cost. Ensuring that plans, schedules, equipment, and materials are available to allow Electrical and Instrument tasks to be handled effectively and efficiently.
2011-2012 Addax Petroleum Ltd
E&I Technical Integrity Field Engineer, Nigerian Assets.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Review of electrical, instrument and process drawings and procedures, ensuring electrical, instrument and operational safe working practice compliance. Full multiple asset review of zoning for explosion protected (EX) equipment. Creation of detailed plot plans and data sheets for all installed electrical and instrument equipment. Creation of test and inspection strategies, policies and procedures. Carrying out Safety / Asset Integrity Audits within installations, identifying and carrying out gap analysis and developing findings and actions to attempt to comply with (UK) standards / legislation and conformance to company requirements. Generation of detailed reports and implementation of actions, including spare part data collection for population to the company database.
2011-2011 ODE Ltd
Electrical & Instrument Construction & Commissioning Engineer, St Fergus Gas Terminal
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Responsible for logistical and supply plans for the construction and commissioning phases. Development and organisation of the construction and commissioning tools, consumables, and spare parts requirements. The hands on management of the planning and execution of the construction, commissioning and start-up activities to ensure that all phases are carried out according to the project plan. Ensuring the integrity of all specified requirements.
2010-2011 Teekay Petrojarl
E&I Superintendent, Petrojarl Banff
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Providing daily E&I operational support to the offshore operations team and reporting directly to the Operations Manager.
Liaising with and supporting the offshore Electrical / Instrument Supervisor and other departments, i.e. Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering, in relation to Instrument, Automation, F&G, Telecommunication, and IT Systems.
Providing leadership, technical support, and direction to the E/I department. Responsible for the repair and preventive maintenance of Electrical, Instrument and Control systems. Providing direction to the E/I and Operations personnel to meet objectives in safety, environmental, quality, cost and Client service routinely or during, trouble shooting. Ensuring that plans, schedules, and materials are available to allow E/I work to be handled effectively and efficiently. Utilising the Planned Maintenance System to manage and provide results, ensuring Electrical, instrument and operational Safe Working Practice compliance. Managing contracted service providers, and providing on call operational support when required.
2010-2010 Wood Group Engineering
Senior Commissioning Engineer, Chevron North Sea Ltd
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; The attendance of project kick off meetings and providing constructability input, agreeing minimum required deliverables and identifying resource requirements. Participation in and follow-up of Project Technical Reviews (PTRs), Hazard reviews (HAZID) and (HAZOP) . (CTR) Estimation and job card creation, establishing system, sub system limits and leak test boundaries, with the inclusion of all (GOC) / company certification requirements.
The development of construction and commissioning strategies that minimise offshore activities and optimize the management of interfaces. Validation of vendor procedures and participation in the (FAT) and (SAT) of equipment as necessary, and to verify that the required vendor data is incorporated into handover documentation. Preparation and review of pre-commissioning plans, procedures, and schedules and population of commissioning management systems, ensuring all handover requirements are anticipated.
2008-2010 Aker Solutions Ltd
Senior Commissioning Engineer, Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Development of a commissioning strategy that minimises, as far as possible, offshore activities and optimizes the management of interfaces. Preparation and Review of pre-commissioning dossiers, QA plans and schedules for test and commissioning activities for the total scope of work, prior to system acceptance.
Validation of vendor procedures and participation in the (FAT) and (SAT) of equipment as necessary and to verify that the relevant vendor data is incorporated in the commissioning database. Establishing commissioning plans, procedures, and schedules and population of the commissioning management systems. Ensuring all handover requirements are anticipated and that final handover of facilities is achieved without any delay. Responsible for specification of the requirements for the start-up plan and hand over procedures and for development of the logistical and supply plans for the offshore commissioning phase. Development and organisation of the commissioning tools, consumables and spare parts requirements and supply. Management of the planning and execution of commissioning team / vendor activities in a way that the integrity of all specified requirements, safety and the environment is maintained throughout the process.
Participation and follow-up Project Technical Reviews (PTRs), (HAZID) and (HAZOPs)
2006-2008 AMEC Upstream Oil & Gas
Electrical and Instrument Construction & Commissioning Engineer, Sigma 3 Contracts
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; The compilation of construction work packs in line with the Implementation Processes and ensuring contents of work packs meet with scope requirements. Liaising with Project & Design Engineers to ensure correct priorities are being maintained. Addressing platform problems and reverting with actions taken. Monitoring design deliverable dates, reporting work pack development progress and on-going work with regards to completion dates. Liaising with engineering disciplines to effect timely responses to Engineering Queries and punch-list closeouts post offshore handover. Attending initial Kick off Meetings and providing constructability input, agreeing minimum required deliverables and identifying resource requirements. Estimating and job card creation of all certification requirements. Acting as commissioning coordination interface between operations personnel and construction personnel. Ensuring commissioning works are carried out in the most appropriate manner, leading the commissioning group to put in place the necessary plans, controls and deliverables, and arranging the necessary resources.
2005-2006 Petrofac Brownfield.
Electrical / Instrument Implementation & Commissioning Engineer, CNR / Lundin Projects
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Electrical Control Systems and field instrumentation construction development and commissioning. Managing situations and work on company behalf to run the construction & commissioning work scopes and completing applicable documentation. Liaising with construction, vendors, and operations. Responsible for Commissioning of new Flow Lines, Separation, Produced water, oil and gas metering, Sub-sea wells and reception facility de-commissioning, carried out in a safe, controlled and timely manner. Verification of project system limits and checklists. Responsible for development and monitoring of all project-commissioning procedures. Progress of all commissioning activities. Development of commissioning strategies, dealing with commissioning punch list items and construction work pack completions. Production of project mechanical installation and commissioning documentation. Following all technical queries and material shortages through to satisfactory completion. Overseeing all commissioning engineering matters and document control database entry to completion and system handover with full G.O.C certification.
2005 - 2005 Rashid Petroleum Co
Sub Sea Commissioning Engineer, Sapphire Field (Egypt)
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Onshore acceptance testing of Vetco sub-sea trees, mobile control units and Cameron HPU's to technical, quality, safety schedule aspects. The offshore installation of control unit, hooking up of sub-sea manifolds / trees and HPU's establishing communication and control, ensuring system shutdown on rig ESD. Interfacing with drilling and completions contractor on final installation, connection and commissioning of tree. Issue weekly and monthly reports, and ensure that the performance complies with project requirements. To provide technical reports as required to completions contractor / document control / QA personnel on site)
2004 - 2005 Wolviston Management Services
Electrical and Instrument Commissioning Engineer, Lundin Heather
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; The offshore management of the pre commissioning and commissioning of the new installation of sub- sea reception facilities, platform DCS, ESD systems and the upgrade of existing platform process control. Liaising with vendors and operations ensuring adequate safety and commissioning input. Leading a multi-discipline team in the planning and physical execution of the commissioning work scope, ensuring safe handover to operations. Development in conjunction with the commissioning team leader of all commissioning procedures and work practices for ensuring commissioning is completed. Assist in the management and closeout of all project commissioning punch lists. Ensuring all certification completed prior to system handover.
2003 - 2004 AMEC Process & Energy
Electrical and Instrument Construction Supervisor, B.P. Contracts
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Preparation of electrical and instrument activities for the simplification of gas production platforms. The de-commissioning of existing platform process and control. The installation and commissioning of new reception and export facilities. Ensuring permits, tools, materials, equipment, work site preparation, etc., are in place in accordance with company policies. Supervision of and provision of technical support to team members. Liaising with other disciplines and platform operations as required ensuring effective/efficient delivery. Carry out construction activities in accordance with company and industry standard policies and procedures Ensuring equipment, systems and work sites are reinstated to the required standard. Ensuring work history is recorded and documentation and communication of all follow up work and material requirements, ordering materials against work orders and raising engineering queries. Demonstration of recognition and responsibility for the safety of colleagues and others on the platform. Visible commitment to the risk assessment process. Review of the process and the carrying out of safety audits in the work environment for compliance, participation in Tool Box Talks and Stop audits.
2001-2003 Morinoak International Limited
Electrical and Instrument Supervisor, Various Drilling Rigs.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Survey and supervision of E & I construction and commissioning of various drilling rig modifications.
2000-2001 Arco UK Limited
Senior Commissioning Technician, Arco Thames Platform, SNS.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; E & I Commissioning of newly installed sub-sea reception platform & gas compression package. Arco Thames Platform, Southern North Sea
1999-2000 KYE Limited
Electrical & Instrument Supervisor, Shell SNS Platforms.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; E & I Commissioning of newly installed sub-sea reception platform & gas compression package. Arco Thames Platform, Southern North Sea
1999-1999 Macgregor Energy Services
Commissioning Technician, Belfast.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Commissioning of Global CR Luigs & Jack Ryan drilling packages. Harland & Woolf Shipyard.
1998-1999 Caspian Oil Services
General supervision, Astrakhan Shipyard, Russia.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; General supervision of local labour and Technical input to drilling contractor and Fabrication Yard for the construction of Parker Drilling Rig 257. Stalina Shipyard, Astrakhan.
1994-1998 Kvaerner Oil & Gas Ltd
Operations & Maintenance Technician, Amoco, SNS Platforms.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Base crew operations and maintenance technician, Amoco Southern North Sea assets.
1992-1994 SLP Engineering Ltd
Electrical / Instrument Technician, Hamilton Dock, Lowestoft.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; Electrical construction of various offshore production and accommodation modules. Progressing to Electrical & Instrument Commissioning Technician.
UKOOA Offshore Medical Certificate (Expires 15/04/2016) QEDI Level 1 GOC Certification PETROTECHNICS Level 2 ISSOW OXY H2S & Breathing Apparatus
2007-2008 Strathclyde University (Distance Learning)
2000-2001 Teesside University (Distance Learning)
1988-1992 Lowestoft College of F.E.
GCSE Mathematics, Science, Further Science, English, Environmental Studies, Craft / Design & Technology
1984-1988 Benjamin Britten High School