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Previously working for the vendor, my main duties were to provide technical support to the client,ensure commissioning and start up procedures have been carried out correctly.Attend morning meetings, supervise local labour to carry out mechanical tasks, I'm familiar will all Flowserve seal plans. I have the ability to fault find using vibration frequencies (Bentley Nevada). Carry out equipment condition daily reports and recommendations, I have full responsibility when carrying out… Show more Previously working for the vendor, my main duties were to provide technical support to the client,ensure commissioning and start up procedures have been carried out correctly.Attend morning meetings, supervise local labour to carry out mechanical tasks, I'm familiar will all Flowserve seal plans. I have the ability to fault find using vibration frequencies (Bentley Nevada). Carry out equipment condition daily reports and recommendations, I have full responsibility when carrying out mechanical run test, to ensure the integrity of the client assets are achieved. Show less

Representing the principal contractor Petrofac on the new build Shetland Gas Plant (TOTAL). Involved in the preservation and installation of all mechanical equipment on site. Including SOLAR gas turbine generators, NUOVO PIGNONE turbo compressors and relative waste heat recovery systems. Assisting with field inspection of mechanical and structural installation. Personally lead the installation of flare arrangement under the guidance of equipment vendor.

Representing Siemens on major power station outages across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Fully experienced and competent in both steam and gas turbine maintenance.Key responsibilities included:Steam Turbine Experience.Full bearing overhauls and alignments on LP, IP and HP stages.Removal and if necessary, refurbishment of oil baffles and steam glands.Precision measuring on lower casing prior to spindle removal and couplings including fit bolt… Show more Representing Siemens on major power station outages across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Fully experienced and competent in both steam and gas turbine maintenance.Key responsibilities included:Steam Turbine Experience.Full bearing overhauls and alignments on LP, IP and HP stages.Removal and if necessary, refurbishment of oil baffles and steam glands.Precision measuring on lower casing prior to spindle removal and couplings including fit bolt measurements.Experienced and competent in bolt heating and bolt stretching techniques.Gas Turbine Experience.Completion of planned lifetime extensions and breakdown maintenance on combined cycle gas machines.Full rotor de-stack, replacement of air cooling pipes and bearing inspection.Replacement and scraping of white metal thrust bearings, spindle/coupling alignment checks and spindle disk balancing.Removal and replacement of stator blades in carrier alongside the compressor stator diaghrams.Combustion chamber inspection and removal with the replacement of tiles, chandeliers and burners where required.Lift oil pump inspection and overhaul.Blade deflection measurements taken and tolerance checks completed on seal segments prior to turbine cases being fixed.Generator ExperienceRemoval, refurbishment and installation of generators up to four hundred ton.Removal of intermediate shafts, oil wipers, cooling water systems with the use of hydraulic shaft raising equipment in order to remove bearings.Inner and outer labyrinth seal, hydrogen seal and gas baffle protocols completed prior to removal and installation. Show less

Key responsibilities while working for E.S.I included planned and breakdown maintenance on a wide scope of mechanical equipment, including:Condition monitoring, alignments (clocks/laser) and fault finding on Centrifugal, split case, multi-stage, vacuum and positive displacement pumps up to 20 ton.Manual and pneumatic control valves/actuators up to 22” bores.Electric motors up to 15 ton.Basic fabrication (M.I.G and M.M.A)