PROFILE
Over 20 years’ experience working both on and offshore on Platforms and on Subsea installation pipelay and Construction vessels to British; European and American Standards.
COMPETENCIES
- Lead Construction, Quality and Welding Inspector
- Registered member of: o Institute of
- Quality Assurance
- Welding Institute
- European Welding Specialist
- Offshore experience onboard various Vessels (Normand Cutter; Far Samson; Far Sovereign; Mearsk Reliance; Bourbon Pearl; Bourbon Trieste; VOS Sympathy & Bar Protector)
- Experienced on both Sweet and Sour supply systems and have prepared relevant documentation from Tender evaluation to As-Built completion
- Experience in several Engineering fields including; Petrochemical; Nuclear and Atomic environments.
- Nationality: British
Education
- GCE’s in English language & Literature; Mathematics; History & Geography
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
- IQA - Engineering Materials Testing;
- IQA - Quality Assurance & Supplier Control
- City & Guild - Quality Control in Fabrication & Welding
- Welding Institute (CSWIP) - Senior Welding Inspector Level 3.2.2 (CSWIP)
- CITB - Construction Site Managers Safety Certificate for Building & Civil Engineering Industries
Career History
August 2016 - Present
Fan Systems; Halifax
- Working directly for Fan System covering the Welding & Materials for various fan configurations on general and Nuclear design. Assemblies manufactured from Carbon, 316L Stainless Steel; 22% Duplex; Hardox 500 & Naxtra 70
- Qualification of relevant weld procedures and welder qualifications to comply with BS EN 287 and ISO 9696-1 requirements
- Dimensional & Welding Inspection on completed assemblies to BS EN 5817 to level B, C & D. Monitoring of all welding operations FCAW; MAG & TIG and development of welding traceability documentation
- Installation of new welding & quality procedures for future company projects
April 2006 – November 2015
Team Energy Ltd Seconded to Saipem UK (Sonsub Division); Aberdeen
Lead Construction / Senior Welding inspector in various projects (Medgas, Burullus, Nordstream, etc…)
- Duplex and Super Duplex spool fabrications at our vendors site in Peterhead, Aberdeen.
- Fabrication of the Super Duplex spools for the project
- Modifications to a company vessel structure using Weldox 700 materials
- Spool and vessel fabrications at our vendors premises in Cyprus
- Responsible for all project structures and mobilisation scopes of work
- Project structures and assemblies for project completion in Egypt.
- Spool and structural fabrications in Norway for Statoil Hydro using 13% Chrome pipe work
- Project structures and vessel mobilisations
- 48” Above water Tie In Clamps; 500 ton hook acceptance testing and PIG fabrications at Catterick, North Yorks.
- fabrication and installations of all Pre-Comm & sub-sea equipment for project use. Multi port demobilisations and the re-instatement of vessels to required Off hire completion.
- Monitoring of vendors in fabrication workshops in Holland; Egypt, Cyprus & Cadiz, Spain
- Qualification of 13% Chrome; Super Duplex and Duplex Weld Procedures for Sweet & Sour services as well as the general structural steel procedures.
- Fabrication of sub-sea structures at vendor workshops, Indonesia; Egypt; Singapore; Italy; Holland; Norway & Spain
- Reviewing Vendor ITT and completed Data packages and issue to the project teams
2003 - 2006
Tyne Tube Services Ltd; Hartlepool
Working on the Tweedsmuir Skid project, responsible for all WPQ and documentation from Tender to As-built. Fabrications covered Duplex; Super Duplex and high grade carbon
1999 – 2003
Van Oord ACZ, Holland
- QA/QC inspector during the Goldeneye and Burlington Landfall projects. Covering Sour line system pipework. Responsible for all project documentation.
- Al-Shuweihat project responsible for all documentation from tender to As-built.
- Responsible for setting up the company document control system and its implementation. Updating all vessel and Offshore department procedures.
1992 - 1999
Aquatic Engineering Ltd; Aberdeen
- Seconded to EMC Ltd; onboard the Castoro Sei Laybarge as QC Superintendent during numerous pipe lay projects for Shell; BP; Statoil; British Gas; BHP
- During vessel down time I was lead inspector during the vessel modifications
- Seconded to Van Oord ACZ; Gorinchem; Holland on the Sakhalin II project as QA/QC Superintendent
1978 - 1992
Contractor for different companies in the Oil & Gas industry (Hi-Tec Design Services, Thistle Technical Services, Petrology Ltdetc…)
- Seconded to BP during the Amethyst project onboard the Castoro Sei
- Seconded to BP Exploration onboard the DLB 1801 during the 36” Export pipeline installation from Cruden Bay to the Forties Charlie
- Seconded to UK Construction as a Senior Welding Inspector at Maryport, Cumbria in charge of all Stainless steel spool fabrications for the THORPE nuclear processing site
- Seconded to EMC Ltd onboard the Castoro Sei pipe lay vessels as a welding inspector during the Amoco; Shell & BP pipeline projects
- Assigned to the Tay Road Council as Client Rep during the fabrication of the Tay Road Bridge sections at vendors premises in Teeside and Humberside.
- Seconded to EMC Ltd onboard the Semac 1 & Castoro Sei pipe lay vessels as a welding inspector during the Gannet; Morecambe Bay and BP pipeline projects
- Working as a plating foreman on the 48A platform during the modifications and installation of the 48B approximately 1.8 kl away.
- Working on Sasol 3 project in Secunda, South Africa completing the inspection of Gas pipelines from the plant to relevant Tank farms.
- Plating foreman on several site in Holland completing the modules for Offshore structure.
- Working as a foreman for a small fabrication company throughout the UK. Working on Carbon and Stainless pipe work and structures