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I am responsible for the leadership and management of a multi-disciplinary Business Team, coordinating operations, maintenance and process engineering efforts by day staff and shift personnel to secure the Refinery's safety and business objectives. I also propose, control and manage the annual operating budget for the Business Team.

I was responsible for leading and managing Operations personnel to maintain efficient unit operation with adherence to HSEQ factors and compliance with product specifications. I had active involvement in shutdown and project planning and liaised closely with maintenance teams to ensure the control of planned and emergent activities on my process units.

Jubail - Saudi Arabia

I was responsible to lead, direct and supervise a team of discipline specialists and operators to perform pre-commissioning and commissioning tasks according to OPERCOM methodology and ICAPS. I had to ensure attendance to ongoing daily activities, timely review and commenting of technical procedures and documentation, and to coordinate with other departments for issues such as interface problems. I also managed the handover process for the sub-systems under my responsibility through punch management and closure, and review / approval of "Ready for Commissioning" (RFC) and "Ready for Start-up" (RFSU) dossiers.

Jubail - Saudi Arabia

I was responsible to manage, develop and support the project activities in a safe and structured manner ensuring a consistent and efficient approach was implemented. I took the role of Material requisition “Leader” for several material requisitions, including critical purchase orders such as the fired heaters. I attended technical clarification meetings and site visits with the Contractor and equipment Vendors and liaised with Company specialists for timely comments to technical documentation, ensuring conformance to engineering specification and standards.I also took the responsibility of HSE coordinator, providing support and formalizing many issues for the benefit of the process package, including topics such as fire fighting, plot plan issues and hazardous area classification.

Lindsey Oil Refinery - Immingham

I was responsible for 9 live refinery units: HF Alkylation; MTBE; TAME; two Propylene Splitters; Catalytic Polymerisation unit; Caustic Neutralisation Unit and two Sour Water Units. In this role, I acquired substantial technical knowledge together with an excellent appreciation of refining economics. My analytical skills were fully utilised through trouble-shooting the various units. I have also been involved in several optimisation projects to maximise their profitability. I coordinated HAZOP studies for basic engineering packages that I have produced. I am required as a matter of routine, to ensure compliance for existing equipment and new builds with industry standards such as API 520/521 and in-house engineering specifications. I have been involved in SIL reviews, RCA and Task Analyses as a Process Engineer. I worked as part of investigation teams to determine reasons for process upsets. I initiated numerous projects for inclusion in the CAPEX budget through feasibility studies. I developed each idea from conception through to basic costing within a very tight schedule. I calculated a justification for each possible project, which included project intent and scope, mass and energy balances, PFD’s and P&ID’s. I also calculated basic costs, which I used to establish a payback time. I have taken conceptual ideas and have developed them into FEED packages ready for detailed engineering. The FEED packages consist of a Basis of Design, Project P&ID, Tie-in Schedule and Line List. Project work has included relief valve sizing calculations, control valve sizing, pump sizing calculations, hydraulic calculations and metallurgical considerations.

Loughborough

Graduate Engineer working on a range of LNG, gas processing and process development projects. Work involved optimisation, costing, design, process modelling, feasibility studies, compressor site visits and laboratory work.