Andrew Couper Email & Phone Number

Glasgow, Gb

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Angola

Working on the delivery of the TOTAL Kaombo Multi-joint fabrication project on HMC’s Marine Supply Base, Port Amboim, Angola. Responsibilities included site set-up and refurbishment, personnel training, materials receipt and storage, fabrication of pipeline welds, pipe-in-pipe insertions and load-out of multi-joints & structures for offshore installation.

Production Engineer with Subsea7 Pipeline Production Team working in the head office and at various sites in Norway, Angola and Scotland to deliver complex pipeline/bundle projects on-time and to high specifications for clients including BP, Chevron, Statoil, Shell and Total.Key responsibilities:• Oversight of fabrication to ensure the project is constructed to plan, in a safe manner and to the agreed client specifications.• Exhibiting a proactive commitment to all aspects of HSE working practices and initiatives such as attending pre-mobilisation project HIRA’s and instigate any alterations or requirements into work instructions/procedures.• Daily reporting of production performance vs plans and targets.• Mobilisation and demobilisation of company equipment and consumables on spoolbases and vessels.• Analysis of production figures; identifying any areas for improvement; leading investigations into potential improvements; proposing changes to reduce project delays and increase site efficiency.• Planning of fabrication methods, build sequences and routine/non-routine equipment lifts.• Liaising with project teams, vessel teams, subcontractors and client representatives to highlight and resolve issues or changes required to the project.• Review of drawings and procedures to identify any specifications to be clarified/revised.• Drafting of site work instructions, management of change procedures and toolbox talks.• Ordering, receipt, and reconciliation of consumables usage and stocks• Writing fabrication method statements, calculating proposed manning levels and tailoring historical norms for tender submissions.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Student engineer on the construction of a new building in Glasgow for the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, and on the M74 extension.• Communicated site instructions and standards to construction staff and subcontractors.• Set and controlled the concrete pours for retaining walls and floor slabs to ensure a high quality finish and full compliance with all relevant HSEQ requirements• Drafted environmental risk assessment reports to minimise the environmental impact of the site • Operated total stations (EDMs), laser levels and radio detection technology to survey areas and set out construction reference points • Completed regular site checks for settlement of structures and changes in water table• Maintained site records, project plans and site diaries using proprietary civil engineering software, Excel and Microsoft Office• Ensured site equipment was correctly calibrated and undamaged.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Student engineer on the construction of the M74 extension. • Assisted engineers on earthworks and communicating site instructions and standards• Operated total stations (EDMs), laser levels and radio detection technology to survey areas and set out construction reference points • Measured and reported site water levels , settlement levels of retaining walls and soil masses• Ensured site equipment was correctly calibrated and undamaged.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng Hons.), Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Dundee University Men's Hockey Club Tayforth Officers Training CorpsStructural Analysis and Design Surveying.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Pipeband, Hockey, Cricket, CCF (Army Section)