Sam Bhattacharya
SUMMARY
Subsea professional with 20+ years of experience in all aspects of SURF project delivery including design, manufacture, and installation of pipelines, risers, umbilicals, flexibles, jumpers, and subsea hardware
Flexible lay system design, fabrication and operations – Carousels, cranes, tensioners in both horizontal and verti-
cal modes for shallow and deep water installation
Majority experience has been in the offshore industry in marine projects and construction of pipelines, flowlines, umbilicals, subsea installations, IMR, marine fabrication yard, personnel training, state of the art subsea vessel
upgrade activities
Significant offshore construction management experience, orchestrating highly technical and functional teams to complete subsea projects employing DP2 vessels, 3000m workclass ROV's, and deepwater lowering systems.
EXPERIENCE
2014-2015 – Project Engineering Manager, EMAS – AMC, Houston, TX
Project Engineering Manager – Talos Energy, Phoenix Field Development, Gulf of Mexico
Responsible for all overall project management of engineering, qualification, and procedures pertaining to installation of all components for the project, including mobilization of Lewek Express. This included spool base stalk productions for reeling. Led the project management and operations teams to complete installation planning, procedure development, constructability reviews, HAZID workshops, mobilization of multiple marine spreads for installation of manifolds, deepwater rigid risers, umbilicals, flying leads, jumpers & rigid and flexible pipelines in 2250-2450 feet water depth
Additional responsibilities included tendering of ENI OCTP Ghana project – method statements, scheduling, cost estimation, selection of installation vessels and equipment selection, assessing suitable ports in Ghana, Africa.
2013 – 2014 Construction Manager, INTECSEA, Houston, TX
Leading SURF (Umbilicals, Jumpers, Flying Leads, and Manifolds) scope for Hess Stampede from FEED, RFQs through bid evaluation
Oversee, coordinate, technical clarifications from global pool of prospective bidders
Post purchase orders, monitor progress of SURF scope from design through installation.
Additional responsibilities –
BP Mad Dog Flexjoint replacement – cost estimate and installation support
Discuss estimates with Lead Engineering Staff, Project Management and Client Representatives
Evaluate equipment and material quotes
Prepare Basis of Estimate documents
Streamline current estimating methodology to increase accuracy and efficiency.
2012 – 2013 Sr. Project Manager, McDermott International, Inc., Houston, TX
Project Lead for Anadarko Mozambique Installation FEED and cost estimation
Analyzed company provided data on country/area (Mozambique, Maputo) specific resources
Assessed shortcomings, and how best to utilize in-country resources by setting up a local fabrication yard
Identify challenges specific to the local area and identify optimum installation options
Provided cost estimates for McDermott’s scope of work to the consortium (McDermott, KB R, Allseas, and Tideway) in support of the final bid package to Anadarko
Develop and guide research initiatives directed towards efficient use of technology
Support business development, asset acquisition initiatives and bid work.
2010 – 2012 Dy. Project Manager, McDermott International, Inc., Houston, TX
NO102 construction vessel upgrade from a Horizontal Lay System to a 300 Tonne Vertical Lay System and Active
Heave Compensated KB Crane (250 Te) with 3,000m wire. Oversaw the CAPEX project work performed by Keppel Shipyard Ltd. Singapore ($S8.2M) within budget, on schedule (76 running days including 36 days in dry dock )
Scope included writing vessel specific equipment specifications, optimize deck layout, develop RFQ packages,
cost estimation, bid evaluation, vendor selection; through monitoring progress against approved budget and
schedule. Approved change orders, & reported variances from approved baseline for budget and/or schedule.
2008 – 2010 Sr. Project Engineer, McDermott International, Inc., Houston, TX
Identifying deep water offshore vessels and equipment required for installing Umbilicals, Flexibles, and Jumpers
Analyze Market Data for identifying target market for umbilical installation
Working closely with estimating group, developed the necessary feedback loops and benchmarking capabilities to ensure consistency and accuracy on estimating practices and applying lessons learned and improvements
Provided cost estimates for new job proposals
Worked closely with business development group during bid/proposal work, technical, and commercial clarifications; leading to the award of Chevron Jack and St. Malo project (2,200m water depth). Scope includes installation of control/power umbilicals, jumpers, flying leads, pump station, transformer, etc.
Provide technical advice to E&M group related to vessel upgrades for deep water capability.
2007 – 2008 Project Engineer, Saipem America, Inc., Houston, TX
Conducted Project engineering activities related to load out, transportation, installation and testing of umbilicals in deep water Gulf of Mexico for:
BHP Neptune, Chevron, Blind Faith, and BHP Shenzi
Responsible for load out, installation and testing of jumpers and flying leads for Chevron Blind Faith project
Responsibilities include writing procedures, reviewing dynamic analysis for installation, procurement of installation aids and services
Managed inventory and packing of CPI in Mobile, AL. Supported mobilization and installation activities at Core Marine Base, Theodore AL.
Responsibilities included project mobilization-execution-demobilization.
2006 – 2007 Sr. Project Engineer, Aker Kvaerner Subsea, Inc., Mobile, AL
Conducted project engineering activities pertaining to subsea umbilical design and manufacture for the following projects: Chevron Blind Faith, BHP Billiton’s Neptune and Shenzi
Interfaced with all departments - manufacturing, procurement, quality, document control, and project management
as required, to resolve problems, ensure quality of construction, in support of overall project schedule.
2004 – 2006 Project Manager, Oceaneering International, Inc., Panama City, FL
Managed subsea umbilical manufacture for the following projects: Dominion – Rigel/17 Hands, Acergy (Stolt) –
Dai Hung, FKS–Rosa, NSC–Black Sea Gas
Reviewed cost estimate for projects and assured bid documents are complete
Overcame significant challenges (posed by contractual obligations, LDs) in mobilization and demobilization of both cargo and subsea construction vessels; subcontractors and personnel, in transporting all raw materials from Pan-
ama City, FL to Rosyth, Edinburgh and back to Gulf of Mexico for installation
Planned, directed and coordinated activities of designated projects - scheduling, purchasing, engineering, QA and manufacturing to ensure completion within prescribed time and budget.
2002 – 2004 Senior Technical Professional Industrial & Manufacturing, Wellstream (A Halli-
burton Company), Panama City, FL
Led a joint team effort of design & analysis, marketing and corporate team members in developing deep water flexible pipe technology to give Wellstream a first mover advantage in this market
Wrote a white paper for deep water carcass development ($6 million) project. This included comprehensive product demand, competitive studies and financial analysis (EVA) of different options and defended it successfully with
the new product development council
Designed a new collapse resisting inner layer (carcass) for deep water application. Designed roll-forming tooling, supervised tooling and prototype pipe manufacture using this new carcass design. Coordinated activities of our design group in (Panama City, US & Newcastle, UK), analysis group (Houston, US) and our office staff in Brazil
Provided technical advice in upgrading carcass machine in our Newcastle, UK facility
Designed and installed equipment for manufacturing new products (using steel tape and flexstrip)
Modifications to plant equipment to increase capability, efficiency, safety and ease of operation.
1995 – 2002 Manufacturing Engineer III, Wellstream (A Halliburton Co.), Panama City, FL
Planetary Bobbin Winder ($1.8 M) for manufacturing umbilicals for offshore oil industry
Responsible for designing a 72 bobbin rigid composite armor winder ($2.5 M) using carbon composite armor tapes
Responsibilities included writing equipment specification, preparing RFQ packages, bid evaluation, and monitoring progress of vendors design, installation, and commissioning
Responsible for equipment selection, acquisition and all related activities needed to set up a new state-of-the-art CNC machine shop to manufacture, weld, and paint and test end fitting components for Wellstream’s flexible pipes used in offshore oil & gas wells
Continuous Improvement Team Leader - Eliminated a wire forming problem that had been present all through the
history of the company. This resulted in a cost savings of $164 K in year 2000, a decrease in cost of nonconformance of 177% from year 1999.
1993 – 1995 Design / Manufacturing Engineer, Dana Corporation Lancaster, TX
Responsible for designing hydraulic cylinders for various applications, processing engineer ing change requests.
Liaison between engineering / manufacturing, implemented design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA)
Responsible for writing and revising SPOs and departmental instructions as a requirement for ISO 9001. Performed internal audits as a certified internal auditor for compliance with ISO 9001 certification
Responsibilities included time-study analysis, determine and analyze equipment & process deficiencies, suggest
and initiate corrective action, CNC (Smartcam) programming, implement preventive maintenance program, machine set-up reduction.
EDUCATION
M.B.A., Multinational Business, Florida State University, Panama City, Florida, 2000
M.S., Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, 1992
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, NITK, Surathkal, Karnataka, India, 1987.
SPECIFIC TECHNICAL EXPERTISE/SPECIALIST COURSES
Microsoft Office – W ord, Excel, Power Point
Scheduling – Microsoft Project, Primavera’s SureTrack Project Manager
CAD / CAM – AutoCAD, Solidworks, SmartCAM, MasterCAM
FEA Software – Familiar with Marc, ANSYS
ERP software – SAP, PeopleSoft, JDE, MAPICS
Proficient with API 17E, API 17I, API 17J, ISO
ISO 9001 quality system, certified internal auditor
BOSIET, SafeGulf, OGUK, Rig Pass, First Aid.
IMMIGRATION STATUS
American citizen.
851 Threadneedle St. #104, Houston TX 77079 USA +1-404-***-**** acqg48@r.postjobfree.com
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