Product Manager, Subsea Manifolds and Connection Systems
GE Oil & Gas
Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months
Responsibilities:
Review and identifying market technical needs
•Review ITT’s and provide guidance and support to the applications engineering team
•Identification of technical gaps through GAR tracker process development
•Standardization and identifying opportunities for standardization (E.g. Standard pre-qualified valves for the structured DVCM)
•Engage with customers to understand their pain points and discuss potential GE solutions. This includes VOC, technical session C and fastworks projects.
•Analysis of technology trends and potential new markets. (e.g. HP/HT, All-electric etc.)
•Benchmark costs for standard products
•Review of manifold and connection systems, installation methods and developments.
Drive cost out initiatives and monitor product cost
•Review and implement value engineering and cost reduction projects e.g. de-featuring, product portfolio simplification, stocking alternatives and alternative manufacturing routes.
•Monitor and track cost data over time to identify trends and visualize the effect of cost-out and optimization.
•Develop cost configurators and cost catalogues together with commodity management and sourcing.
•Drive use of lean processes such as SDR/3P when applicable.
Product development (NPI, PLE, IR&D, Fastworks) through project definition, support and management
•Define NPI/PLE needs and opportunities.
•Define and prepare toll gate review documentation for NPI / PLE investments.
•Manage ongoing programs.
•Encourage new ideas and drive for innovation.
•Work with Sales and Marketing for product launch and development of customer information packages and product data sheets
Cycle time optimization
•Benchmark current manufacturing, fabrication and assembly processes, understand the entitlement.
•Review and implement best demonstrated practice.
•Identify opportunities for improvement.
•Set goals and objectives and establish plans to meet those goals
Benchmarking business competitors:
•Define technical strengths and weaknesses.
•Segmentation of market by technical capability i.e. who will be the strongest in which market.
Achievements:
•Received Commercial Excellence award for driving costing intensity and building projects pipeline for GE subsea MCS business
•Directed development of Costing Configurator and Catalogues for MCS product portfolio and established cost
Benchmarking
•Have worked on major subsea EPC projects and proposals for oil & gas companies like Chevron, Eni, Statoil, Shell & Total covering responsibility of technical proposal and solutions for Manifold & Connection Systems (MCS) work package tailored to project design basis & field layout, Company specifications, Industry & Regulatory requirements.
Projects worked on:
Project: Bonga South West
Client: Shell Nigeria (SNEPCO)
Location: offshore Nigeria
SOS: 44 XT, 19 Manifolds, Jumpers, Tie-in Connectors, HDM/SDU & Controls equipment
Project: OCTP
Client: Eni
Location: offshore Ghana
SOS: FLET’s, SSIV’s, Riser Bases, Tie-in System & Controls equipment
Project: Block 15/06 East-Hub development
Client: Eni
Location: offshore Angola
SOS: 12 XT, 4 Manifolds, Tie-in Connectors, SDU’s & Controls equipment
Project: Lakach development
Client: Pemex
Location: Gulf of Mexico
SOS: 8 XT, 2 Manifolds, Jumpers and Tie-in Connectors & Controls equipment
Project: Kaombo block 32
Client: Total
Location: offshore Angola
SOS: 60 XT, 19 Manifolds, Tie-in Connectors, SSIV’s & Controls equipment.
Project: Indonesia deep-water development (IDD)
Client: Chevron
Location: offshore Indonesia
SOS: 29 XT, 8 Manifolds, 29 Well Jumper, Tie-in Connectors & Controls equipment
Project: Jangkrik complex development
Client: Eni
Location: offshore Indonesia
SOS: 12 XT, 5 Manifolds, 6 SSIV, Tie-in Connectors, Controls & Umbilical equipment
Project: Argo Cluster
Client: Eni
Location: offshore Italy
SOS: 5 XT, 1 Manifold, 4 PLEM, Tie-in Connectors & Controls equipment
Roles & Responsibilities
• Technical evaluation of SPS & SURF projects, Scope review & definition, Field layout, responsibility matrix & GAPs.
• Make design proposals, reviews, Write-up & datasheets, Drawings & GA.
• Cost estimation of structures and projects
• Support on FEED studies & risk analysis.
• Assess TRL rating (API 17N) and propose Technical Qualification Plan (TQP)
• Liaise with Company for clarifications pre/post tender submission.
• Participate in clarifications meeting with Customers.
• Compliance to company technical requirements
• Compliance to industry standards like API 6A/17D/17H, ISO 13628 & NORSOK.
• Liaise with different COE’s for EPC projects for tender execution strategies & interfaces.
• Setting up the scope of supply and generating master equipment list (MEL) & material take-off (MTO) based on Project
requirement.
• Create equipment datasheets, Technical write-up & SOS drawings.
• Create technical exceptions register and log the qualifications register.
• Organize concept/design review meetings with product platform for evaluating design proposals and GAPs.
• Estimate project engineering CTRs to assess engineering man-hours required.
• Liaise with Sourcing/Purchase to expedite sub-suppliers RFQs for fabrication scope, valves etc.
• Liaise with Planning to setup the project execution plan (PEP) in line with the Client key delivery milestone.
• Liaise with Costing/Commercial team for pricing up the bid.
• Release early engineering requisition for long lead items procurement
• Establish key internal interfaces with XT/PCS/Systems and external interfaces with SURF, Pipeline, Umbilical etc.
• Liaise with project management and team for smooth project execution
Achievements:
• Designed 16” Sub-mudline Metal to Metal Pack-off (Seal Design) (Subsea completions)
• Involved in design and testing of UCON-H 18 connection system and associated Tooling
Responsibilities
• Design of Subsea products and detailing including material selection, strength calculations and final drawings.
• FEED studies, Risk Analysis and FMECA.
• Compliance to Industry standards like API 6A/17D/17H, ISO 13628, NORSOK and DNV VMO.
• Performing design calculations and making design documents.
• Material selection and specification as per Material requirements per NACE MR0175 and NORSOK.
• Liaise with Company and suppliers on materials, corrosion protection and coating requirements etc.
• Actively organize DRMs and CRBs for Design Discussions and Engineering changes.
• Participate in Factory Acceptance Tests for different Tie-in/Intervention Tools and ROV Tools.
• Writing FAT Procedures for subsea deployed equipment like Intervention Guide Posts and Grabber Post.
• Dimensional Tolerance Stack up.
• Interface check and validation of sub-supplier’s equipment designs for compatibility.
• Documentation work like writing Product Data Sheet (PDS), Operations Manual etc.
• Creating Project specific Bill of Material (BOM), Engineering Specifications and choosing Quality level.
• ECN work flow using Teamcenter, Pro Intra Link and SAP.
• Create/Modify/Review Manufacturing drawings for subsea products using CAD tools like UG NX 6, Pro-E.
• Create/Modify Assembly/GA drawings for Subsea Assemblies and System level layouts using Microstation & AutoCAD.
With-in Top 5% of University Grades in B.E. Honored with Gold Medal in Pre-University for Securing State 13th Rank