Ray Strange
Sr. Project Lead
Professional Credentials
More than thirty year of experience in Oil and Gas Production. Experience includes Power generation, and distribution, Chemical, Refining, and Production in Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering and Project Management. Experienced with Instrumented Protective Systems, including RISK assessment SIL calculations.
SRS requirements. ( see work with SISTEC Solutions below)
Contact Information
Email: ************@*****.***
Home Phone : 409-***-****
Selected Experience
ASRC Engineering Services
North Slope, Alaska
BP Field Managed Projects
Sr. Project Lead
Responsible Project Lead for O&M and Capital projects Required to establish funding, provide Basis of Design and Scopes of Work and creating the Project Execution Plan and maintaining thru Start-Up. Managing the Engineering and supervising the Project Execution for multiple projects running parallel. Projects range from 200k to 20mm with variable risk and complexity. Managing and coordinating for Operations, Engineering. I was responsible for HSSEE and construction in a Brown & Green Field environment. Project Management Services contracted as a representative for BP Alaska.
Helping to create the CPPM or construction processes and procedures and ensuring any deviation is approved and recorded. Utilizing processes and field updates and walk downs to manage scope and avoid design changes in the field.
CH2M HILL – Anchorage, Alaska
I&C Lead Engineer BP EPMS Program
Responsible Engineer for all projects I&C Engineering Client interface and program leadership for Engineering Project Management Services contract with BP.
Principal Lead Engineer, Instrumentation & Controls.
I&C Engineer participating in all safety system level of protection system reviews.
Principal Instrument / Electrical Designer on Alpine Project Designed instrument safety and controls systems for primary production facility and provided start-up assisting in engineering changes and improvements.
SIS Tech Solutions
Safety System Consultant
Reviewed client safety systems, using ANSI/ISA S84 and 615-11 standards to assure compliance. Preformed Level of Protection reviews of all safety functions determined by the PSA on the project. Assist operations in setting safety integrity levels and writing scenarios and creating designs to mitigate safety problems. Provided logic flow charts, and designs that adhered to all safety standards. Created maintenance, Frequency Proof Test Procedures that allowed complete life cycle of the safety systems, through testing.
VECO Engineering
Valdez Oil Terminal – Anchorage, Alaska
Principal Instrument Designer on the Valdez Oil Terminal for Alyeska Pipeline Services Co. Verified that engineering standards were followed and that design was technically correct and that it was complete for construction and plant documentation.
General Electric Industrial
Project Engineering Manager. Led project for refinery control system revamp and modernization project including funding requests and complete execution/ implementation. Managed multiple contractors and service providers. Projects included complete upgrade from pneumatic controls to DCS/ PLC based controls in FCC, Coker, Boiler House and Sulfur Recovery Units.
Coastal Corporation
Manager Engineering & Construction Central America based in El Salvador. Managed multiple projects including two separate diesel powered power plants totaling 153 megawatts. Provided over site management utilizing several contract companies to rebuild countries power grid, railway system, pipeline networks and road system during and following the civil war.
Coastal Corporation
Manager of Instrument and Electrical
Provided instrumentation and control systems and Electrical client oversight on Aruba project team in engineering contractor’s office. Provided on-site field construction and pre-commissioning management in Aruba refinery as owners representative.
Texaco Chemical
Manager of Engineering and Construction on central control room and plant modernization project. Plant required upgrade from pneumatic and Modicon PLC controls to new Honeywell Process Manager system. New piping upgrading from 150# class valves to 300# minimum control valves. Five year multi-billion project completed on schedule and budget.