Engineer Manager experienced in oil/gas industry

SKILLS SUMMARY

Engineer experienced in offshore oil/gas industry, with particular skills in:

* Adaptable to work within team or as individual with excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to work with different cultures and adapt to all working environments.

* Management awareness ensuring expenditure prioritisation, costs are controlled maximising revenue.

* Determined, Dynamic resourceful, self-confident, innovative and ambitious.

* Strong interpersonal skills displaying a positive attitude.

* Ability to organise planning skills and motivate staff.

* Strategic thinker, well organised and analytical.

* Energetic, motivator and able to manage multiple detailed projects simultaneously, respond effectively to demands of a high and varied work load, tight deadlines and changing job priorities.

* Business Orientated, entrepreneurship, and business development.

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

EURABIA ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Ltd. MARCH 2008 – PRESENT

General Manager

Employed as General Manager reporting directly to CEO, Responsible for the effective management and overall performance of (10 to 20) Instrument, Electrical, Analytical, Cathodic Protection and Mechanical construction, Pre-commissioning / commissioning and maintenance contracts together with Operations and Engineering Training service contracts held with major oil, gas and petrochemical Companies in the Eastern, Central and Western Provinces of Saudi Arabia. (Contract manning levels 200 to 400).

Responsible for the overall Management of these contracts, ensuring consistent high standard of service and quality; together with business plan developing growth supporting corporate planned objectives of existing and future contracts, cost control, HS&E assurance achieve operational excellence by driving consistency in all business processes across region through implementation of best performance practices and maintaining an exemplary safety culture accordance with policies, instructions, sound economic principles and good industry practice.

Marinating covenant relationships with clients; Also to carry out the evaluation and preparation of pre-qualification documents, tenders, and estimates bids strategies, preparation of annual budgets together with monthly operating contract planning resources accordingly and personnel reports.

BAKER HUGHES INTEQ (SAUDI ARABIA) JANUARY 2007- FEBRUARY 2008

Training & Development Manager

The role is to analyse the current training giving staff the understanding, practical skills and motivation to carry out particular work-related tasks. Delivering training sessions to participants and arrange for others to do so, asses and evaluate the training and development Ongoing, long-term improvement of employees' skills so that they can fulfil their potential within their organisation.

• Identifying training and development needs within an organisation through job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with business managers and human resources departments Ensure Training and Competency of new and existing employees;

• Developing effective induction programmes EDP (Engineer Development Programme).;

• Development of Saudi Engineers to take management rolls in the future.

• devising individual learning plans;

• managing the delivery of training and development programmes and, in a more senior role, devising a training strategy for the organisation;

• monitoring and reviewing the progress of trainees through questionnaires and discussions with managers;

• ensuring that statutory training requirements are met;

• Helping line managers and trainers solve specific training problems, either on a one-to-one basis or in groups;

• keeping up to date with developments in training by reading relevant journals, going to meetings and attending relevant courses;

• Increasingly, having an understanding of e-learning techniques.

NEXUS Ltd. AUGUST 2001 - JANUARY 2007

Snr. Project Consultant

• Auditing and full review of vendor systems, procedures,

• Capability and competencies from the starting point of the in-service performance of the equipment.

• Critical Risk Intervention and assessment of equipment meeting the operational performance standards,

• Independent quality, Client/Supplier Interface, Legislative Compliance,

• Assurance Schemes Well Equipment, Performance Measurement.

SHELL (ABERDEEN)

Validation of Shell EPE well status project, the validation process included the integrity of the wells, review well histories and well Completion programmes assemblies and drilling contractors Data and ensuring validation of diagrams.

PETROFAC (ABERDEEN)

Assigned to Venture by Petrofac management to review interface management issues, review verification scheme and maintenance system, Competency Assurance and identifying and suggesting improvements.

Upon reviewing the Verification and Maintenance schemes, established the need in improving both schemes by developing a model that consists verifying and marinating the current and future operations and the rotational maintenance procedures also the environmental impact that will be enforced upon current and future operations.

CONCOPHILLIPS (NORWAY)

Providing Project Support and Assurance in the HP/HT Wells drilling and completions programme and Equipment Qualification and technical integrity being designed and manufactured for these projects was ‘fit for intended use’.

During this period I was involved from the point of authorship of the Operator Quality Plans through multiple risk assessments and design reviews to final testing, certification, delivery and installation.

TRAFIGURA LTD (LONDON / NIGERIA)

Working directly with Trafigura senior management team on the James Town (FPSO) the OBE Field, assisting with the technical due diligence of the assets (including permits and potential liabilities), also assessing the vessel’s readiness for drilling operations and advising on production/drilling equipment interface issues. This assignment also involved the assessment of indigenous and international companies in the ‘local’ supply chain and production of a detailed action for pre-project activities required before the start of drilling operations.

• Overview and evaluating Jamestown FPSO of the process operation following international standards, and gap analysis of ‘Production Readiness’;

• Developing an emergency response plan and any operational procedures in coordination with Trafigura structure.

• Risk assessment on the interface between the field drilling programme and topside maintenance plan.

• Assessment and evaluating the impact of Installation of future gas lift compressor on the Jamestown structure, process and operational procedures.

• Implementation of a supplier monitoring system for Drilling, Completion & Process equipment.

BP EXPLORATION (RHUM) ABERDEEN

Assigned to Odfjell Drilling team on behalf of BP ensuring that the ‘Deep-sea Bergen’ (Equipment, Qualification and technical integrity and its crew (HPHT Competence) was ready for operations on Rhum. This assignment involved the categorisation of platform and drilling/completions equipment against a critically/risk model implementation of the programme of re-fit, supply chain assurance (completions kit) and crew training in the run-up to field operation.

Formal auditing of the rig and its crew to verify that the Deep-sea Bergen was providing a robust programme for training and competency is in place, particularly to high-risk equipments; also verifying that the Deep-sea Bergen was functioning in accordance with UK regulatory frameworks and the NPD equivalent guidelines.

BUREAU VERITAS JANUARY 2001 - AUGUST 2001

Offshore Verification Engineer

Management of the offshore installation contracts for Total, examinations and audits in accordance to DCR/PFEER for the North Alwyn and Dunbar platforms. Technical design reviews of wellheads control and process equipments to ASME standards. Mobile cabins and containers for offshore UK rigs and platforms/onshore Certification. I was seconded to Brown & Root and communicating between all the contracting companies making sure that projects executions were on time.

LLOYD’S REGISTER JUNE 1997 - JANUARY 2001

Engineer Surveyor

Inspection and issuing verification statements for all aspects of well control equipments. Other areas covered are fabrication of pipe work/structures, certification of mobile cabins and containers, witness mechanical and pressure testing on well control equipment to ASME standards, implementation of the Written Scheme of Verification of the BP Amoco North Sea platforms, and the Shell (UK) North Sea Platforms. On completing the verification of Shell Shearwater platform I received a verbal acknowledgment of contribution and on time completion.

BP EXPLORATION MAY 1990 - JUNE 1995

Snr. Process Technician, Thistle Alpha, & Forties Bravo

Deputised for Supervisor and also trained new start personnel in operating procedures. Responsible to production supervisor for plant and control room operation and updating plant P&I-Ds. Plant work covered wells, separation, gas compression, deep gas lifting wells, water injection and pipeline pigging. Working in the North Sea Working in the North Sea for the first time developed my culture adaptability, and gave me more confidence, negotiation, and persuasion.

ZAKUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (Abu Dhabi) JULY 1986 - MAY 1990

Snr. Process Technician, Zakum Field

Responsible to production supervisor for plant operation, revising and updating P&I-D’s and plant procedures. Plant work covered separation, gas compression and treatment, glycol re-generation and recovered propane, operation of remote flare system with two way pigging facilities via sub-sea pipeline, pig launching and receiving. This job being the first of my career it gave me the initial steps towards developing the Oil/Gas experience and also working with various nationalities.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY APRIL 2005

ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL (MBA)

THE ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY JUNE 1997

Post graduate Diploma Oil/Gas Offshore Mechanical Engineering

INTERESTS

My interests include Open Water Diving (PADI), Horse Ridding, Amateur Golfer, Amateur Fly fishing and Learning other languages.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

- Member in the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

- Member in the Association of AMBA’s.

- Member in the British Business Association (BBA).

- Member of the Bahrain British Business Forum (BBBF).

Other information

British subject

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