Zbigniew Szwedko, Lifting Equipment Specialist

Zbigniew Szwedko

Lifting Equipment Specialist

ADNOC LNG

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, Mechatronic and Mechanical Engineering
Experience
25 years, 0 Months

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Lifting Equipment Specialist at ADNOC LNG
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • May 2011 to May 2018

• Supervision and monitoring of equipment installation and removal using cranes and reviewed non-routine heavy critical lifting /rigging study up to 540 t, review MS/TRA for equipment installation onshore, off shore, live plant, and marine lifting operation.
• Ensured that lifting equipment is fit for purpose, certification review, control and approval lifting equipment for the project.
• Conducted audits at companies which conduct lifting, installation and removal equipment activity at site to ensure that they comply with a company HSE Lifting Policy and Procedures, their lifting equipment comply with latest HSE and lifting Standards .
• Perform audits for contractors and ensuring that lifting team holding valid certificates and the project lifting equipment is in good safe condition, comply with Standard and LOLER and BS 7121. Coordinate with TPI with periodic lifting equipment inspection.
• Modules installation and transportation documentation reviewed and successfully achieved modules, weight up to 1800 t, offloading from barges / ships and transportation, and installation using SPMTs, jacking and skidding
• Promote, support lifting team effectiveness and safe performance, ensuring continues improvement multi culture individuals safety performance by conducting rigging lifting safety trainings at site and in class, auditing lifting team performance.
• Successfully achieved “ 0” LTI on IGD & IGD E1 installation and safe work efficiency.
• My professional performance have been appreciated by ADNOC HSE and Technical Vices Presidents for my efficient work, promoting safety culture, conducting HSE lifting safety lifting trainings, input and value added to the company HSE Lifting Procedures, increase safe equipment installation using cranes and increasing safe work efficiency.

Chartered Expert of lifting equipment and material handling equipment at Association of Polish Engineers and Mechanical Technicians in Gdansk
  • Poland
  • September 2008 to April 2011

Providing material handling and lifting equipment: consultancy and expertise and accidents and incidents investigation and root cause analysis and proposed lesson learned to avoid accidents and incidents in future.

Senior Advisor and Heavy Lift Specialist at BTC/BP seconded UNIVERSAL Pegasus International
  • Türkiye - Adana
  • January 2006 to June 2008

• Successfully achieved safe lifting installation / removal of equipment during heavy critical lifting operation in live crude oil pipeline by: planning, coordinating and supervision, controlling and executing of non- routing heavy critical lifting operation, crane and lifting equipment selection and inspection to ensure that it is suite for the purpose, approval for lifting operation, MS/TRA.
• Preparing Lifting/rigging studies, inclusive of crane requirements, loads calculations, interpretation of crane load charts and technically evaluate all lifting plans and activities. Preparing and reviewing Method Statements, Risk Task Assessment and Job Safety Analysis plans, working in accordance Company HSE Policy and Lifting Equipment Procedures.
• Conducting inspections, certifications of lifting and rigging equipment to ensure they in safe and good condition, and comply with company HSE Policy, LOLER, BS 7121, international Standards and HSE Standard, and BP Golden Rules.
• Achieved safe lifting equipment replacement with high efficiency and performance due to lifting team trainings, assessment, audits, conducting risk assessment and demonstrate safety behaviour.
• Improving, preparation and review HSE Lifting Policy and Procedures to ensure Lifting Standard used comply with latest addition.
• Reviewing lifting equipment purchase orders, contracts documents, job bids, technical specifications, and PPM and inspection procedures to ensure that comply with HSE Standards and company Policy and Procedure.

Project Manager/ Chartered Engineer at Bureau Veritas
  • Qatar - Doha
  • August 1997 to August 2001

• Achieving and executing contract with client satisfaction, and safe manner, within budget and quality plan within time-frame.
• Responsible for the safe & efficient performance of the department ensuring compliance with Company Policy, Quality Safety & Environmental Management System, and International Standards to achieve the forecast targets & goals.
• Conducting contracts estimation negotiating and executing within budget and quality plan within time-frame focus on client satisfaction. Liaise with worldwide BV offices managing, coordinating and resolving equipment QA/QC, FAT, certification issues.
• Successfully achieved equipment installation/de-installation by: providing consultancy, reviewed study MS/TRA, supervision of non-routine, complex heavy critical lifting/rigging critical lifts (columns 450 t), live plant, onshore and offshore.
• Conducting inspection and approval cranes and lifting equipment for the heavy critical, non-routine lifting operation.
• Managing and supervision of material handling/lifting equipment: inspection, testing, certifications, PPM procedures review.
• Auditing companies ensuring their system comply with HSE, LOLER & ISO 9001, BS 7121 and international Standards.
• Achieved job safety by: managing, motivating promoting safe work culture and conducting lifting training's and team coaching.
• Conducting inspection of different kind of equipment and tests for certification type of lifting equipment such as mobile, crawler, offshore tower cranes, pilling rigs, compressors, Zone 2 certification equipment: transport equipment, pilling rigs, compressors’.
• Achieved awards from Maersk Oil & RasGas LNG Qatar for my professional works and value added to the companies PPM for cranes, consulting and updating Lifting Equipment Inspection Policy & Procedures, recognition for input in shut down & promoting safety.

Production Manager at Mostostal Gdansk
  • Poland
  • October 1996 to February 1997

• Responsible for the safe & efficient performance of the department ensuring compliance with Company Policy.
Managing and supervising of Gdansk refinery shut down heavy non-routine lifting operation such as: replacement of pumps, heat exchange's and pipe spooling. Reviewing and approval heavy non-routine critical lifting/ rigging plans, monitor and supervise lifting operation.

Surveyor / Chartered Engineer at Bureau Veritas
  • Qatar
  • February 1995 to October 1996

- Developed and modifying existing procedures for inspection of equipment, preventive maintenance,
for onshore & offshore services to major petroleum corporations in Qatar.
- Testing, inspection, certification equipment (lifting equipment, compressors, mobile equipment etc.)

Senior Inspector Engineer at Nuclear Power PLant -Poland
  • Poland
  • January 1989 to March 1991

- Inspection, reviewed and approved the Planed Preventive Maintenance schedule stored for stored equipment.
- Reviewed plant equipment inspections and Planed Preventive Maintenance procedures

Project Engineer at Eldzwig Gdynia
  • Poland
  • September 1984 to December 1988

- Supervised and monitored: repairs, maintenance and installation of different of equipment
- Monitored and reviewed of different equipment Planed Preventive Maintenance Procedures.

Education

Master's degree, Mechatronic and Mechanical Engineering
  • at Gdansk University of Technology
  • July 1984

Specialties & Skills

Rigging
Inspection
Testing
Analyzing reports, contracts, costs
Evaluation contract, costs
Problem solving
Identify and focus on key issues
Business development
Contract negotiations
Training a team
Goal setting
Managing and motivate a team
Communication
Monitoring budgete
Leadership
Creativity and innovation
Delegation duties
Decision Making
Managing contracts , projects
Cost management

Languages

English
Expert
Polish
Expert
Russian
Beginner

Memberships

Polish Engineers, Technicians and Mechanics Association
  • Expert equivalent to Chatrered Engineer in British system
  • November 1996

Training and Certifications

ECITB Appointed Person Moving Load (Training)
Training Institute:
Falk Nutec(T/A RelyOn Nutec) Aberdeen UK
Date Attended:
June 2019
Duration:
28 hours
Chartered Engineer in cranes and logistics of transport equipment (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 1996
Hazard Awareness TUV (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2011
LEEA Lifting Power Machines (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2005
Lead Auditor course ISO 90001:2008 –certificate No 10/4562 organised by Lloyd’s Register (Training)
Training Institute:
organised by Lloyd’s Register
Date Attended:
November 2010
Duration:
28 hours
Heavy transport ,Lifting & Shipping from Karabbendam Advice Services (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2016

Hobbies

  • History, Sport , movies , reading books