Instrumentation & Control (Chartered) Engineer with 20 years experience in wide range of industries including international assignments on major petrochemical, oil & gas projects in Sultanate of Oman, United Arab Emirates (Das Island), Singapore, China, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Engineering degree, B.Eng.(Honours) in Instrumentation & Control Engineering (First Class Honours) - University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, England, UK.

BTEC Higher National Certificate in Electronic Engineering, Canterbury College, Kent, England.

BTEC National Certificate in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Canterbury College, Kent, England.

City & Guilds of London Institute 225 Industrial Measurement & Control Parts II and III, South East London Technical College, Lewisham, London.

Professional Qualifications

British Engineering Council registered Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.)

Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET)

Graduate Member of the Institute of Measurement & Control

Scholar Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers

Licentiate of the City & Guilds of London Institute - Instrumentation (LCG)

Working Experience

Lead Instrumentation & Control Systems Engineer, Project Management Consultant (PMC) (Stone & Webster Limited)

Sept.2005 to Date

Project Management Consultant on behalf of PetroVietnam (client) for Dung Quat 6.5Mt/yr Oil Refinery Project, Vietnam. Consultancy position for client, PetroVietnam for entire refinery petrochemical complex including crude oil unloading, offshore SPM and onshore tankage facilities, refinery units, utility and power generation units, product storage tankage, jetty and truck loading systems, telecommunications, blending systems, advanced control systems, fire & gas system, DCS, ESD, tank gauging systems, packages. Responsible for reviewing and approval of detailed engineering designs submitted from EPC contractor (Technip), participation in HAZOP's, 3D-Model review, vendor meetings and management review meetings. Responsible for review and approval of contract variations and vendor document submissions. Liason between PetroVietnam and Technip for contractual and engineering issues relating to C&I.

Specialist Engineer - Instrumentation & Control Systems (Stone & Webster Limited) Feb.2004 to Jul.2005

Responsible for engineering support and consultancy on construction site in Nanjing, China (BASF-YPC BCC Project) including Ethylene Unit, Aromatics Extraction Unit, Pyrolysis Gasoline Unit and Spent Caustic Treatment Plant. Supporting ongoing engineering design changes, construction advice and guidance, production of written procedures and work execution plans, instrument loop checking support, vendor coordination and management (ICS Triplex ESD, Honeywell TDC3000 DCS, Siemens analysers, IMA moisture analysers, Tyco boiler level controls). Pre-Commissioning and commissioning support and coordination through to final hand-over to client (BASF-YPC). Coordination of 'as-built' documentation including P&ID's, loop diagrams, cause & effect diagrams, wiring diagrams.

Lead Control Systems Engineer (Stone & Webster Limited) May 2002 to Feb.2004

Sinopec Engineering Incorporated (formerly Beijing Design Institute), Beijing, China.

Leading the design of instrumentation & control systems for Aromatics Extraction Unit, Pyrolysis Gasoline Unit, Spent Caustic Treatment Plant and Process Support Area for chemicals complex to be built in Nanjing, China. Dealing with technical design issues, tracking schedule, approval of design documents and calculations, procurement approvals, inspection approval and vendor documentation review and approvals. Carried out FAT of PSS(ESD) system (ICS Triplex in Perth, Australia) for period of 5 weeks. Carried out IFAT testing at Honeywell (Singapore) for ESD and various packages.

Instrumentation & Control Systems Engineer (Stone & Webster Limited) July 2001 to May 2002

Milton Keynes, England

Instrumentation & control design work associated with ethylene unit projects and revamps. Principally working on the Basic Chemicals Complex (BCC) project for Nanjing, China (BASF-YPC) Ethylene Unit. Work scope included field instrumentation selection, flow element selection and sizing, valve specification and sizing, package instrumentation and control systems, INtools database building and updating, preparation of requisition documents, procurement, technical bid tab evaluation, reviewing vendor documents and calculations, instrument hook-up designs and reviews.

Instrumentation & Electrical QA/QC Manager (Asian Engineering Contractors (AEC) Pte. Ltd. Singapore - Subsidiary of Chiyoda Keiso, Japan) July 1999 to July 2000

Implementation of ISO 9002:1994 certification for instrumentation and electrical construction work activities. Establishing and writing company quality manual and procedures. Training staff and management on company quality issues. Conducting in-house quality audits. Liason with third party certification assessor through to successful achievement of ISO 9002:1994 certification for company. Deputy duties for QC Manager on Exxon Mobil construction project.

Field Instrument Engineer (Asian Engineering Contractors (AEC) Pte. Ltd. Singapore - Subsidiary of Chiyoda Keiso, Japan) June 1995 to July 1997

Seraya Chemicals Limited (Subsidiary of Shell), Singapore.

Styrene Monomer & Propylene Oxide Plant construction work activities. Planning and coordination of three C&I subcontractors and site inspections. Installation, wiring and commissioning assistance of Yokogawa Centum DCS system. Loop-checking, pre-commissioning and commissioning assistance.

Instrumentation and Electrical Contracts Engineer (Hepgrove Services Limited, England) 1994 to May 1995

Project estimating, site survey, cost scheduling, planning, recruitment, material procurement, site management and customer liason on various sites including Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Tunnel Refineries, PowerGen, Kimberly Clark. Principle work site: Aylesford Newsprint Ltd., Kent (PM14 paper machine project), CHP plant and water treatment plant.

Field Instrument Engineer (Consolidated Contractors Company LLC) Das Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Third LNG Train Project. 1993 to 1994

Resident Field Instrument Engineer in charge of installation and wiring/hook-up of all central control room equipment including DCS (Honeywell TDC30000). Responsible for site utilities, gas compressor construction areas and installation/pre-commissioning Honeywell TDC 3000 DCS system. Pre-commissioning and commissioning support.

Field Instrument Engineer (Consolidated Contractors Company LLC) Sultanate of Oman

Birba Gas Injection Facilities Project (near Marmul) Shell PDO Project 1992 to 1993

Construction and pre-commissioning all field instrumentation and Honeywell TDC 3000 DCS system. Responsible for upgrading all instrumentation, cabling and control systems for three (3) wellheads in desert areas remote from plant (between 2 and 7 km away). Telemetry SCADA system.

Instrumentation and Control Engineer (Tunnel Refineries Limited, Greenwich, London) 1990 to 1992

Managing the design, procurement, installation and commissioning of various process optimization projects with hot-changeover and integration to existing Honeywell DCS system.

Control Systems Engineer (Britannia Refined Metals Ltd., Northfleet, Kent, England) 1989 to 1990

Responsible for design and coordination of subcontractors on various process furnace and smelting revamp projects. Assisting with various PhD research projects in developing instrumentation and control systems on pilot design furnaces and specialist automated molding equipment.

Project Engineer (Bass Brewing, Tadcaster, England) 1988 to 1989

Responsible for various projects and pilot research work within the brewery including Yeast Oxygenation System and Growth Culture, Ice Candle Filtration system, Kegging Hall mechanical handling plant, beer recovery system. Cost scheduling and estimation, review of tenders, Management of subcontractors during construction work. Deputy duties for Mechanical and Electrical Engineers. Duty call-out engineer for maintenance problems. Responsible for site wide PLC's (Square-D) programming, fault-finding, upgrading, training electricians and commissioning.

Electronics Technician (APV Rosista, Rochester, England) 1987 to 1988

Testing and fault finding to component level on digital input/output cards, microprocessor cards, analogue input cards on ACCOS APV in-house controllers for brewery keg racking mechanical handling equipment. Programming, software debugging and simulation of PLC systems (Square-D, Siemens and Allen-Bradley). Site work included installation supervision and commissioning of mechanical handling plant and PLC control systems in breweries within the UK (keg racking, bottling plants, conveyor systems and stacking machinery).

Instrument Technician progressing to Instrument Chargehand (Blue Circle Cement Industries plc, Northfleet, Kent) 1985 to 1987

Maintenance, fault finding and project work on wide variety of instrumentation and control systems including Kent P4000 DCS system, Allen-Bradley PLC's (2/10, 2/20, 2/30), Honeywell field instrumentation (valves, I/P's, PP/I's, mV/I), pressure transmitters, oxygen analysers, weighing systems, level systems (radar, ultrasonic, conductivity) and controllers. Shift work for a period of approximately one (1) year.

Apprentice Instrument Technician (Blue Circle Cement Industries plc, Northfleet, Kent) 1981 to 1985

Receiving training and instruction on instrumentation and control systems including field instruments (valves, I/P's, PP/I, mV/I, weighing systems, I.R. thermal detectors, gas analysers (O ₂, CO, NOx, SO ₂), speed sensors and transmitters. Carrying out phase tests and completion of log books for EITB modules in Electronic Maintenance I & II and Instrument Fitting I & II. Also completed additional EITB endorsements. Attended block release City & Guilds course in Industrial Measurement and Control at South East London Technical College.

Computer Skills

Intergraph INTools Ver.5 working experience, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access, Publisher), Matlab, Delphi and Visual Basic programming, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming (Square-D, Siemens, Allen-Bradley).