Workshop Engineer
National Oilwell Varco
Total years of experience :14 years, 3 Months
Responsibilities
• Troubleshooting of electrical and mechanical problems in rental and customer owned systems / equipment’s in determining root cause of issue and recommend a corrective action;
• Repairing, servicing and inspecting of NOV Rig sense system components (Data acquisition unit, App servers, HMI) and NOV Wild Cat ADS system;
• Imaging of RigSense software on HMI & Appservers and fixing software related issues.
• Testing and repairing of electronic sensors, NOV Flo drift tool and gauge calibration;
• Testing of complete rig sense system before delivery to the Rigs;
• Installing and commissioning of drilling instrumentation in a Yard for drilling Rig;
• Sourcing of spare parts related to repair; and
• Communicating with customers and Rig crew to advice on quick fix solutions when required.
Achievements
• Excellent reliability of repaired item on Rig sites.
• Setup the repair workshop and formulate SOP for all repair items.
• Delivering lectures to DAE students on electrical technologies; and
• Checking and assessing students' work.
Worked with multinational energy generation company in one of its CCGT power plant (1200 MW) in Saltend UK. I spent time with the engineering team to understand how the plant works, this involved time in the control room and with the engineers on the plant. Study of plant electrical system including 275 KV switch yard and EHV line.
Responsibilities
• Managing a project “Repair and refurbishment of site Cathodic Protection system” from tendering phase to final commissioning;
• Meetings with cathodic protection, electrical and civil work contractors to discuss and workout the action plan and strategies for the detection and rectification of faults developed in the system;
• Super visioning of HSE function and project related work on site;
• Procurement of cathodic protection equipment and materials;
• Compilation of project related documents, reports and procedures; and
• Updating the management with the project progress.
Achievements
• Bring cathodic protection system in up and running condition.
• Saved £10K during the tendering process after negotiations with the cathodic protection vendors.
Responsibilities
• Liaising with different vendors regarding manufacturing of electronic (SMT substrates, Bare and Stuffed PCB’s, ) and mechanical components;
• Managing contracts and negotiating with vendors regarding prices, delivery and quality issues;
• Supervising inspection of components / raw materials from vendors;
• Verification of component specifications as per drawing, analyzing / dispositioning of nonconformance reports and performing statistical data analysis for the corrective action;
• Dealing with customer complaints and feedback; and
• Inventory administration, 5S warehouse housekeeping, ensure availability of backup inventory and Scheduling of inventory.
Achievements
• Improved product quality by taking corrective action against non-conformances and strong co-ordination with vendors regarding component quality.
• 25% reduction of inspection time by making detailed inspection plan for components.
• 30% reduction in warehouse scrap by implementation of 5S approach.
Subjects: Power Electronics, Analogue Electronics, Electrical Machine Design, Motion Control and Servo Drive System, Modelling of Electrical Machines and Electromagnetic Compatibility.