Personal Details
Surname: Burn
Given Name: Alan
Preferred (international) telephone number: +44-019********
Email : ********@*******.***
Birthplace: North Shields
Country of birth: GB United Kingdom
Birth date: 08/Sep/1952
Nationality: GB British
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Base country GB United Kingdom
Airport: - Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Education CSE's:-
Art
Technical Drawing
English Written
English Oral
Metalwork
Mathmatics
Physics
Chemistry.
Northern Counties Technical Examinations: - passed
Electrical Craft Studies
Mechanical Craft Studies
Electrical and Electronic Craft Studies part 2
City and Guilds:-
Mechanical Engineering Skills
Instrument Engineering Skills
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Skills
Part 2 Instrument Maintenance Studies.
Various trade tests completed and passed:-
Welding, (Gas, electric and spot welding.)
Sheet metal working.
Bench fitting. Including the use all work shop machinery.
All the above lead to a Full Apprenticeship in Instrumentation.
(Central Electricity Generating Board)
NVQ level 2 and level 3 oil operations and control room operations.
Languages English (Fluent)
Competencies & Skills
CRO plus command and control.
Permit Co-ordinator.
Restricted radio operator.
38 weeks at Foxboro London designing DCS graphics and testing vendor
interface
Training Development and experiences
Stand in shift supervisor AUK platform .
CRO + command and control.
Leading for safety.
Waste management focal point
Various Supervisory courses and seminars attended.
Manual Handling.
ISSOW PA and IA.
Kaizen training workshop.
Hands on Foxboro DCS (8months at Crawley office)
Honeywell TDC3000
Water injection.
Gas compression.
Oil production.
Instrument maintenance.
Mechanical maintenance. Cross craft training.
Slinging and Lifting.
Scaffold appreciation.
Ruston Gas Turbine Operation and Maintenance.
Rolls Royce RB 211 operation.
Well services training course, wire line operation and well head configuration.
FPSO tanker operations including loading and discharging.
Inert Gas Generator Systems. (FPSO's)
SBM FPSO Swivel operation and main bearing lubrication systems.
FPSO safety.
FPSO process operations.
Framo Hydraulic pump operation.
Emersons Delta V control systems.
SIRP’s
First Aid.
Career History
July 2013 to present
CRO on a new project working for Aker Solutions contracted to Premier Oil. The Solan oil platform will be west of Shetland. Being built at bifab yard Methil. It will take the form of an un-manned platform controlled from Aberdeen.
November-2010 to . July-2011
Setting up Burnt Orange Ltd with my Son. Burnt Orange ltd is an Automobile Engineering Garage. I am the Managing Director and my Son is the workshop manager.
July-2010 Nov-2011 CRO Peregrino FPSO Brazil
Employing company : Maersk
Highlights:. Being part of the Maersk commissioning team on the FPSO Peregrino in Singapore, Then working as one of the CRO,s in Brazil.
Oct-2005 June 2010 Operations Tech/CRO
Employing company : Shell Expro Nelson Platform
Highlights : Working on the Nelson platform along side EX
Enterprise personel. Gaining experience in Gas Lifting of Oil wells.
Being part of the new PWRI (produced Water reinjection) project.
Apr-2001 Jul-2004 Control Room specialist. FPSO Sea Eagle
Employing company: Shell Nigeria SPDC
Highlights: Being part of the commissioning team on the SYMP (soft
Yoke mooring platform) system.
Time spent at the Foxboro office in the UK designing DCS graphics.
and the testing of all systems using vendor interfaces.
Taking the DCS to Abu Dhabi and testing all systems I/O through the
Swivel. (SYMP)
Working with the DCS on the platforms being built in Dubai.
Testing of all the integrated systems on rout to Nigeria, via the
Indian Ocean. (5 weeks for the first leg of the tow)
Control Room commissioning (Foxboro DCS)
First oil Offshore Nigeria.
Attaining steady state operations.
Last but not least, being able to pass on my knowledge to the
Nigerian Nationals who will eventually run the Sea Eagle.
It was a pleasure being part of a multi national team.
Mar-1996 Apr-2001 Ops Tech and CRO FPSO Anasuria
Employing company : Shell Expro
Highlights : Being part of the commissioning team for the FPSO
Anasuria.
Working with AMEC during the top side build of the process
decks.
First oil and first gas.
Steady state operation with an excellent safety record
Sep-1983May-1996 Senior operations tech CRO. AUK platform.
Employing company : Shell Expro
Highlights : CRO, Fire team leader, stand in Shift supervisor,
Metering focal point. Carried out first line maint. Oil Gas water
and utilities tech. Main highlight, Down hole jet pumping and
electrical submersible pump trials and implementation.
Environmental rep for waste management.
Mar-1981Sep-1983 Production tech on the Dunlin platform
Employing company : Shell Expro
Highlights : Production tech Oil, Water, Gas and utilities. Also
carried out first line maint Instruments.
Jan-1980Sep-1981 Instrument commissioning Engineer.
Employing company : Various
Highlights : Various contract positions as instrument engineer. The
main contracts being a state of the art Water Treatment plant in
Oban and a British Gas RB211 compressor station.
Mar-1977Jan-1980 Instrument Tech Transworld 58 (Semi Sub)
Employing company : Ocean Inchcape Ltd. (OIL)
Highlights : Working on one of if not the very first oil platform
to produce oil in the North Sea.
Sep-1969May-1977 Instrument Apprentice. then instrument tech.
Employing company : Central Electricity Generating Board
Highlights : After my apprenticeship being offered a position at
Blyth power station.
Details of Spouse
Name Rosemary Burn
Nationality GB British
Qualifications City and Guilds hairdressing