Fernando Fronda
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Batangas City, Philippines 4200
Tel. +63-947-***-**** Email: acxfja@r.postjobfree.com / acxfja@r.postjobfree.com
PRINCIPAL / LEAD PIPING ENGINEER
OIL AND GAS – GREENFIELD/ONSHORE - REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICAL (19 YEARS) - BROWNFIELD/OFFSHORE/FPSO (10 YEARS)
29 years of diverse domestic and international experience and balance of engineering expertise gained from working on large scale project with an exceptional understanding of EPC contracting business within the Oil and Gas industry. Solid background in Piping engineering design and construction encompass all types of piping systems, standards, and codes of practice. Work experiences both client side as consultant and EPC contractor in various locations of Southeast Asia, Middle East, Europe and Africa. Throughout my career I have participated in highly motivated teams focused on achieving clearly defined goals. Knowledge and application of relevant design codes and standards ASMEB31.3/4/5/8/1, ASME VIII & BS EN 13445 API, ANSI, ASTM, ISA, PTS, DEP, SES, BS, NFPA, IEC, NEC, AISC, NACE, ISO9001, and OHSAS 18001. Ability to “think outside the box”
KEY CAPABILITY INCLUDES
Consultancy
FEL Eng Work Pack Dev
FEED Specialist
Feasibility Studies
Conceptual Layout
Plot Planning
BID proposal dev
Detailed Engineering
Project Engineering
Construction Supervision
Inspection
Fabrication
Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning
OVERALL ACCOUNTABILITY / DEMONSTRATED SKILLS & ABILITIES
Solving technical problem and deliver result ahead of schedule.
Basic Engineering preparation and Planning to implementations.
Ability to work and deliver projects to a tight time schedule
Provide detailed discipline engineering input during all design phases, including interpretation of standards
Formulate, plan, manage, coordinate, monitor and control piping project from pre-FEED FEED phase, Bidding phase through EPC stage.
Undertake Single Point responsibility for all Piping Engineering and Design activities from Concept through FEED, Detail Design, As-Built and Close-Out. Organize, control workload to ensure efficient progression of work and maintenance of quality procedures to ensure required standards are achieved.
Lead and manage Piping design team for large scale Oil and Gas project involved Grass root, Upgrade, Re-Bump, Plant Modification, Scale down, Rehabilitation, Expansion, and Re-Engineering.
Manage the discipline resources team of engineers, designers, material engineers, stress engineers, pipe support engineers, MTO specialists and provide direction and guidance, CTR definition to ensure project delivery on time to budget utilizing CADD, PDS/PDMS design tools.
Participate in discussions regarding estimates, resources, man power allocation and survey time required to enable a Plan, Basis of Design and Scope of Work to be produced.
Identify the Piping content of a Scope of Work and plan the execution of the work required to complete that scope.
Assist in the layout of piping inline instruments and mechanical equipment and liaise with Piping Stress Engineers. If necessary, join offshore survey party to verify layouts.
Assist in the technical bid evaluation of quotes for piping components supports and valves.
Vendor liaison and vendor document review cycle.
Audit and manages to ensure cost-effective solutions and application of value added engineering and ensure the designs comply with relevant Codes, Standards, Regulations, Quality system and Procedures.
Liaise across the organization with members of other disciplines and departments client and vendors.
Develop process plant layout for Onshore overall facility and Offshore Platforms, transposition layout, piping layout, equipment arrangement drawing, vessel orientation etc.
Establish list of discipline deliverables, control, monitor, and progress these deliverables to an agreed schedule.
Technical authority for the Piping discipline to ensure design integrity, economic, Quality, Health, Safety, Constructability, operation etc. both onshore and offshore.
Administer and implement company, and where applicable, client / project policies and procedures
Provide technical assistance to business development strategies and activities
Identify scope and schedule changes accordance with the Change Control Process.
Supervision of discipline personnel and allocation of work.
Acquires and understand project goals from ITB for turnkey EPCC contract.
Provide engineering man-hour estimates, cost estimates, technical and commercial and discipline contract deliverables, identifies deviations/exception in job scope, magnitude of changes and initiates deviation notices and clarification.
Communicating the overall purposes of the project to piping engineering team and provide methodologies / design criteria comprehensive of all necessary data, general and specific design guidelines and all related piping deliverables.
Develop overall facility layout, plot plan, Monitor and control Project progress to met deadlines mitigate risks within the agreed budget by timely provision of competent engineering resources, progress reporting including closeout report.
Input to Change orders in respective of engineering assessment.
Participate in project reviews, plot plan reviews, Hazop / Hazid / SIL reviews, constructability reviews and Design/model review meetings.
Manage, select, recruit and assign discipline resources manpower schedule and related.
Contributes towards, maintaining and implement both company and client HSE Management System objectives with the applicable company procedures for the Engineering Department and the Piping Discipline.
Provide training and development, team building for engineers and designers as well as appraisal of discipline staff.
Identification of training needs for personnel.
Validation of timesheets for piping discipline personnel.
CAREER HISTORY
LEAD PIPING ENGINEER – Handal Engineering (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Onshore 12/2014 – 12/2015
Client: PETRONAS, Project: MLBP Project 22 NOS TANKS Lube Oil Plant, Melacca Malaysia
SENIOR PIPING ENGINEER – Technip Angola Africa (Luanda) Offshore FPSO 12/2010 – 11/2013
Client: SONANGOL, Project: Malembo & Futila Client: TOTAL E&P ANGOLA, Project: GirRI Development Project TEPA-GRI-2011-C100 EPSO Topside Modification,
LEAD PIPING ENGINEER – JGC Philippines (Manila) Onshore/Petrochem/Power Plant 08/2008 – 10/2010
Client: BAPCO, Project: Multi-Grade Diesel Export, Client: MWKL/Petrovietnam Project: Dung Quat Refinery/Vietnam, Client: Worley Parsons/Saudi Polymer Company, Project: NCP Project, Client: Bronzeoak Philippines, Project: Ethanol Production & Cogeneration Plant, Client: Alto Power Corp., Project: Bioethanol Plant, Client: Green Future Innovations, Project: Philippine Ethanol Production, Client: Sagay Central, Project: Bioethanol Plant, Client: CBPI Project; Biofuel and Cogen Cavite Phils.
SENIOR PIPING ENGINEER - Aibel AS, Stavanger (Norway) Offshore 02/2007 – 05/2008
Seconded to ConocoPhillips Norway for Greater Ekofisk Modification (GEM).
LEAD PIPING ENGINEER - Nippon Steel Construction (Indonesia) NISCONI Offshore 06/2006 – 12/2007
Client: Total EP Indonesia, Project: TUNU Field Offshore Development Phase II North and Peciko 5
VP/GENERAL MANAGER - EJJV Philippines Inc. Onshore/Petrochemical 08/2005 – 07/2006
Manage and creation of company strategic business goals and objectives marketing objectives, organization, financial goals, cost and profit.
Evaluate project scope and develop execution plans and detailed procedures.
Develop engineering execution strategies for FEED and EPC elements of projects.
Provides regular updates to Board of Directors with projects financial & operational status, forecasting operational planning and budgeting, plans, organizes, develops and controls to optimize the utilization of resources.
SR. PIPING ENGINEER - Ranhill Worley (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Onshore/Offshore 07/2004 – 08/2005
Clients: Talisman Energy, Project: Tulip (BT-A) Platform, Client: PDOC Petrodar Operating Company Ltd. Republic of Sudan. Project: Melut Basin Oil Dev. Client: Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd. Project: Sumandak Drilling Platform –A, Client: Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Co. Ltd. Project: Neem Field Development, Client: BG Exploration and Production India Ltd. Project: Panna Gas Compression Module
PRESIDENT/GENERAL MANAGER - F3 Engineering (Philippines) Onshore/Petrochemical 11/2001 – 03/2004
Services; Engineering subcontracting Clients: Petron, Shell and Chevron/Caltex Project: Pandacan Oil Terminal Scale Down (joint venture), Client: JGC Phils. Project: Various Oil and Gas Development Project.
Serving Oil and Gas operator in the Philippines as Engineering Consultant/Contractor.
Provide engineering consultancy services for Pandacan Oil Terminal Scale Down (joint venture) project with Petron, Shell and Chevron/Caltex from FEED preparation, Project cost estimate, BID evaluation to construction supervision.
Working on project as technical manpower support for JGC Philippines in-house engineering design.
Managing daily operations such as Marketing, Technical and Commercial, Finance, Personnel, Administration, Electronic data processing, Planning, Hiring and Quality Control.
SR. PIPING ENGINEER - Kvaerner Petrominco (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Petrochemical 05/2001 – 09/2001
Client: MTBE Polypropylene (M) Sdn Bhd Petronas Kuantan Malaysia Project: N-Butan (Phase-1)
PIPING PROJECT ENGINEER - Technip (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Onshore/Offshore 03/2000 – 05/2001
Client: Petronas Penpisan Melaka (PPMSB) Malaysia Project: Plant Modification for PSR-1 and PSR-2, Client: Carigali Triton Operating Company (CTOC) Project: Cakerawala Gas Field Development (Offshore), Malaysia
PIPING INSPECTOR - MW Kellogg Brown & Root (Singapore) Onshore/Petrochemical 04/1999 – 02/2000
Client: Exxon Chemical Singapore, Project: Singapore Olefins Project, Singapore Syngas Pte Ltd
PIPING DESIGN SUPERVISOR - Fluor Daniel Inc., Philippines Petrochemical 08/1998 – 04/1999
Client: Eastman Kodak Company New York Project: Kodak China Program
LEAD PIPING DESIGNER - Technip (M) Sdn Bhd Onshore/Offshore/Petrochem 04/1996 – 07/1998
Client: Esso Production Malaysia Inc. (EPMI), Project: TCOT Upgrade Project, Teregganu, Malaysia, Client: Elf Petroleum Asia, Project: Lumut Onshore Production Plant, Brunei Shell, Client: Cabot Corporation Port Dickson, Malaysia, Project: CMS – 1020 Semi-Scale, Client: Fetrovietnam Gas, Baria - Vungtau Province, Project: Phu My Petrochemical Complex, Client: Titan Petrochemical (M) Sdn. Bhd., Project: EDC/VCM Plant, Johor Bharu, Malaysia, Client: Total Exploration & Production Thailand, Project: Bongkot Field Development Proj (Phase 3)
PIPING SUPERINTENDENT - Fluor Daniel Pacific Inc. (Philippines) (Onshore/Petrochemical) 11/1993 – 10/1994
Client: Dupont – Singapore, Project: Nylon CP Project, Processing Plant, Module 1-6
PIPING FIELD SUPERVISOR - Fluor Daniel Pacific Inc. (Philippines) Onshore 11/1992 – 10/1993
Client: Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Co., Batangas, Phils. Project: Tabangao Asset Renewal (STAR) Proj.
ASSOCIATE DESIGN ENGINEER – PIPING (AREA LEAD) - Fluor Daniel (Arabia) Limited Onshore 09/1991 – 10/1992
Client: Saudi Aramco, Northern Area Saudi Arabia, Project: Onshore/Offshore Oil & Gas Plants Program Marjan GOSP & Tanajib Central Utility Plant (TACUP)
PIPING DESIGNER - Akra Engineering (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Offshore 08/1989 – 07/1991
Client: Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd., West Malaysia, Project: Offshore Dulang Oil Field Development Proj.
PIPING DRAFTSMAN - AG&P Fabrication, Erection Offshore/Onshore Project 02/1986 – 07/1989
Client: ONGC/Snamprogetti, Project: Oil and Natural Gas Commission of India South Bassein Phase II, DBP Complex, Client: Union Oil Thailand (UOT), Project: Offshore Living Quarters (Thailand), Client: Ralph M. Parsons Co., Project: Cominco Alaska Red Dog Project, Zinc Production Plant, Northern Canada
CADET FIELD ENGINEER, Structural and Piping - AG&P (BMFY) Construction 05/1984 – 02/1986
EDUCATION
Qualifications : Bachelor of Science in Architectural, 1979 - 84
Adamson University Manila, Philippines
Training/Skills : Intergraph - Plant Design System (PDS) Version 06.01.01.04 – Flour Daniel Philippines
: Microstation95 Version 05.05.01 – Flour Daniel Philippines
: Quality Control & Production – AG&P Batangas
: Offshore Basic Safety and Emergency Training – Falck Nutec Stavanger Norway
: Onshore Safety Orientation (OTS/02) – Overseas Technical Service (M) Sdn Bhd
: Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint/ and other micro based Windows
PERSONAL
Nationality : Filipino
Date of Birth : 1 May 1963
Married with three children, resides in the Philippines native in Tagalog language and is fluently in English.