Christopher Burnley Email & Phone Number

Australia

Australia

Nigg, Scotland, United Kingdom

Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

As an Asset Strategy Engineer, my role was to manage network risk by developing and maintaining the Asset Strategies for the SSE Distribution business. I used expertise in engineering, energy networks, regulation, communication, commercial and systems to ensure the bigger picture of sustained business success in terms of reputation, safety, returns on investments and customer/shareholder value. Key accountabilities included:• Developing optimised strategies for the investment in, and maintenance of, SSE's asset base to maximise value for customers whilst delivering a reliable service.• Managing the process for effective risk management, mitigating the risks to the business; identifying opportunities where possible.• Ensuring ISO55001 compliance by embedding best practice in business activities, supported by audits.• Ownership and continuous development of the Strategic Asset Management Plan.

Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom

As Operational Engineer with SSE, I was responsible for the continual improvement and optimisation of approximately 500MW of hydro-electric power plant. This included:• Optimising the commercial operational performance • Ensuring that all Hydro Assets were operated efficiently to current capability • Identifying and recommending opportunities for securing additional production by introducing innovative solutions and challenging current ways of thinking • Removing limitations to fully optimise the assets• Delivering the production plan, making the required decisions when needed to support flexibility and value driven operations• Being the key point of contact between Operations, Maintenance and Commercial teams to ensure that all planned outages are taken to deliver the best commercial outcomes for the business across the whole asset lifecycle.

Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Process Plants International (PPi) provide integrated service delivery to support clients with operating and maintaining complex processing plants in the Mining and Oil and Gas industries.As a Senior Reliability Engineer, I was primarily based at PPi’s workshop in Queensland. Here, my responsibilities included:• Quality assurance for valve and pump maintenance and manufacturing• Development of Work Procedures• Development of Inspection & Test Plans• Post-maintenance Technical Reports for Clients• Post-failure Root Cause Analysis for failed valves and pumps• Proposals for design changes for reliability improvement projects• Supporting Clients’ Management of Change processes in design change implementation;• Supporting PPi Tradespersons with resolving technical queries during equipment repair;• Covering the Workshop Manager duties in their absence;• Administering the company computerised maintenance management system (MEX)• Business development with existing and potential Clients.

Brisbane, Australia

Origin Energy are the leading Australian integrated energy company. Working in their Maintenance and Reliability Engineering (M&RE) department in Queensland, Australia, I was of a team responsible for the maintenance and reliability of over 1500 CSG wellheads, 13 gas processing facilities, 9 water gathering stations and 4 water treatment facilities. The position assured the focus and facilitation of the reliability improvement process for the business. Using reliability focused tools and techniques, I made recommendations for the optimal management of both production and infrastructure related assets. My responsibilities included:• Loss accounting – establishment and monitoring of systems and procedures to obtain the necessary data to support accurate uptime and output loss analysis;• Facilitating Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to identify major opportunities for improvement;• Designing and implementing Reliability Improvement Plans• Conducting Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (FMEAs);• Implementation of Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) practices;• Creating maintenance strategies for different asset classes, including development of strategy documentation and work instructions.• Other Analysis; Continuous Improvement & Productivity Tools and Processes such as TPM, OEE etc;• Focal point between Engineering and Supply Chain, ensuring critical spares are catalogued, assessed and available in Stores;• Leading ICAM incident investigations;• Use of the company CMMS (Oracle eAM)

Brisbane, Australia

My role ensured the integrity of static pressure equipment and associated accessories (predominantly pressure vessels, pressure piping, PSV’s, hoses, valves and structures) by providing engineering advice, developing and implementing mechanical integrity programs including corrosion monitoring; review and compliance with the Risk Based Inspection programmes (RBI) and Integrity Management Plans; ownership of the Inspection, Test and Maintenance plans; and Anomaly Management. My day-to-day responsibilities include:• The establishment, implementation and monitoring of RBI methodologies to achieve the safe operation of equipment and meet production targets. This includes implementing an effective defect management system and Non Invasive Inspection program. • Managing compliance for all static equipment • Managing Wellhead leak detection program in line with Wellhead emission code of practice • Maintain the asset management software (Oracle eAM and NEXUS) in terms of inspection inputs, KPI reporting and anomaly management. • Executing planned Inspection, Test and maintenance plans. • Ensuring resources are in place to implement preventative maintenance programs, shutdowns, anomaly management and statutory inspections • Supporting Maintenance Planners by elaborating detail scope of works around Equipment Inspections and shutdowns• Delivering integrity improvement and remediation projects• Providing Operations and other stakeholders with timely engineering advice on mechanical integrity issues• Upkeep of external and company engineering standards, codes and directives

Brisbane, Australia

LogiCamms is a multidisciplinary consultancy providing engineering, project delivery and asset performance services to the hydrocarbon, mining and infrastructure industries. Throughout my employment I was on secondment to Origin Energy, working in their upstream CSG Maintenance and Reliability (M&R) department in Queensland. My responsibilities included:• Asset strategy development, establishing operating and maintenance philosophies for newly commissioned and existing assets• Carrying out technical reviews of engineering designs prior to construction and interfacing with design teams to ensure designs meet the requirements of the M&R department • Representing the M&R department on the technical review team for contract tenders for new installations • Conducting technical reviews of the spare parts requirements for the maintenance of newly commissioned assets • Development of Scopes of Work, implementation strategies and KPI’s for maintenance service contracts worth over AU$100 million• Conducting tender evaluations for maintenance service contracts, including the evaluation of tenderer’s technical ability, competencies, HSEQ and operational readiness• Maintenance systems configuration and implementation• Providing technical engineering expertise in the investigation of plant and process failures• Client interfacing, business development and assisting in the preparation of project proposals

BPA, jointly owned by BP and Shell, are statutory operators of onshore oil and gas pipelines and storage facilities across the UK. I provided technical and operational support to the operations management team in the implementation of operations, maintenance and integrity management. Some of my day-to-day responsibilities included: • Developing and implementing maintenance plans and schedules whilst introducing appropriate documentation systems to track maintenance, integrity and safety work against standards and legislative requirements such as COMAH, HSAWA, PSR, PSSR, LOLER and PUWER.• Undertaking compliance audits and reviews to confirm BPA is meeting their internal standards and statutory requirements for the management of dangerous substances/major hazard installations• Reviewing, developing and implementing the maintenance and inspection procedures for the division, to maximize efficiency, in line with the corporate reliability-centred maintenance policy• Investigating plant and equipment failures using root cause analysis techniques• Delivering maintenance and capital projects from initial conception to commissioning and handover, preparing project plans, providing engineering designs, preparing project documentation for procuring services and materials, evaluating tenders and awarding contracts• Maintaining and developing the BPA Maintenance Manual and Quality Management System • Maintaining and developing the computerised maintenance management system (Q4)• Collating and reporting monthly maintenance and inspection KPI’s and PSPI’s to the operations management team, clients and other interested stakeholders

Scottish Power Energy Networks are the owners and operators of HV and LV electricity assets supplying power to over 3.5 million homes and businesses in the UK. Over a five-year period I worked in several roles in the Maintenance department including Maintenance Programmer and Regional Maintenance Coordinator. Some of my key responsibilities included:• Planning and coordinating power outages on the 132kV electricity network• Managing a £4 million budget to ensure 4500km of overhead electricity cables were clear of defects• Managing the productivity of a team of four Site Coordinators as they delivered outages on the 33kV, 11kV and LV electricity network• Management of five contracting firms – issuing work plans, monitoring productivity KPI’s and undertaking quality/safety audits of their work• Customer complaint handling and resolution• Writing multi-million pound contract Scopes of Work and evaluating tender submissions • Reviewing and developing internal quality management systems• Administering and managing a computerised maintenance management system (SAP)• Financial reporting and budget forecasting in support of the Project Manager• Management of defect and hazard clearance programme and compliance auditing• Collation and analysis of diverse data, including KPI reporting and demonstrating performance to the regulator OFGEM• Roll-out of new, bespoke IT systems and supporting contractors with training and troubleshooting

Beng (Hons), Engineering, 2:1

Master Of Science (Msc), Reliability Engineering & Asset Management

Higher Certificate, Mathematics

Utility Surveyor And Auditor, Utility Arboriculture, Merit

Gcse'S Grade A*-B

Education record

1 A-level: Grade B 1 A/S-level: Grade D