Witnessed the installation of Rotating Equipment during construction of the APLNG plant, ensured equipment was installed correctly, witnessed final alignment checks, and carried out pre-commissioning checks of pipe connections prior to hand over for commissioning.Responsible for the safe commissioning and start-up of the Rotating Equipment. Ensured all equipment had been filled with the correct lubrication as per vendor recommendations, reviewed all pre-start checks and start up… Show more Witnessed the installation of Rotating Equipment during construction of the APLNG plant, ensured equipment was installed correctly, witnessed final alignment checks, and carried out pre-commissioning checks of pipe connections prior to hand over for commissioning.Responsible for the safe commissioning and start-up of the Rotating Equipment. Ensured all equipment had been filled with the correct lubrication as per vendor recommendations, reviewed all pre-start checks and start up procedures for Rotating Equipment. Monitored the initial runs for all Rotating Equipment, looking for any abnormalities, notifying the commissioning Superintendent immediately so that the issue could be rectified prior to additional runs on the equipment.Reviewed OEM recommended Planned Maintenance and developed the maintenance and overhaul procedures for the Rotating Equipment. Further reviewed those procedures after first use to ensure the correct level of maintenance is carried outFunctioned as the on-site Subject Matter Expert for the Operations and Maintenance Technicians, providing information on the operation, and overhauls of the Rotating Equipment as required. Provided input into Rotating Equipment Notifications raised for maintenance work, provide advice to Operations on the limitation of the equipment, but also provide planning with the outline of what work and parts were required to repair the issue.Provided troubleshooting assistance for Operations as necessary using trends to identify out of tolerance parameters, communicated the necessary actions required across the five shifts to resolve the issue or information on future maintenance required.Developed and managed the Equipment Duty, Standby program.Developed the long-term Planned Maintenance schedule for the Inlet Chiller Units.Participated in Root Cause Analysis reviews of failures on Rotating Equipment Assisted and participated in HAZID/HAZOP review meetings Show less

Responsible for the delivery of the day to day proactive and reactive maintenance work scheduled for the plants within the allocated jurisdiction.Provide guidance and leadership to the 20 Shell Mechanical Trade personnel and the alliance contract personnel of the maintenance team, by establishing priorities, driving safety initiatives and demonstrating ownership.Prioritise, supervise and provide guidance to ensure all rotating equipment is scheduled for overhaul based on the plants… Show more Responsible for the delivery of the day to day proactive and reactive maintenance work scheduled for the plants within the allocated jurisdiction.Provide guidance and leadership to the 20 Shell Mechanical Trade personnel and the alliance contract personnel of the maintenance team, by establishing priorities, driving safety initiatives and demonstrating ownership.Prioritise, supervise and provide guidance to ensure all rotating equipment is scheduled for overhaul based on the plants prioirty, ensure the equipment is stripped, assessed and overhauled back to the required standards to ensure functional reliability.Responsible for the compliance testing of all plant relief valves and pressure vessels ensuring those due for inspection and overhaul are scheduled and removed from service prior to their due by date to ensure legislative compliance.Assist and liaise closely with the Area Operations Maintenance Coordinators to challenge and correctly prioritise work, develop the future maintenance schedule and identify any issues that may arise and mitigate those issues to ensure the work is achieved & the plant reliability is maintained.Identifying, liaising and scheduling with other trades and contractors for disconnection and reconnection of instrumentation, electrical power, scaffolding, cranage to ensure the work fronts progressed as smoothly as possible.Facilitate the daily Toolbox (Safety) meetings and Maintenance Performance Boards.Act as Site Duty Engineer to provide 24 hr Technical Advice and coverage as required should an unplanned event or breakdown occur within the refinery. Show less

Project Lead & Technical Authority for the companies’ projects across their Upstream clients, required to develop & submit submissions for tender documentation.Develop, Review & Approve Maintenance Integrity Manuals, Maintenance Strategies, Planned Maintenance Procedures & Work Instructions for Upstream Oil & Gas Production Plants, FPSO’s & Special projects belonging to the company’s clients to ensure that those plants are Operated & Maintained in accordance with Federal & State Government… Show more Project Lead & Technical Authority for the companies’ projects across their Upstream clients, required to develop & submit submissions for tender documentation.Develop, Review & Approve Maintenance Integrity Manuals, Maintenance Strategies, Planned Maintenance Procedures & Work Instructions for Upstream Oil & Gas Production Plants, FPSO’s & Special projects belonging to the company’s clients to ensure that those plants are Operated & Maintained in accordance with Federal & State Government Legislation, DMV & relevant State authority regulations.Develop Standardised Maintenance Procedures for Upstream Oil & Gas Production Plants based on requirements outlined by the Maintenance Integrity Manuals, OEM Maintenance recommendations, the Company’s RCM program & Developed Maintenance Strategies Library.Manage the Technical Assessment of Equipment Maintenance requirements & continually assess the effectiveness of onshore & offshore maintenance inspection & testing programs.Lead Assessor for site audits requested by clients to ensure the effectiveness of Maintenance, Inspection & Testing Programs. Providing written feedback to the client on the state of each program & recommendations to rectify any short coming.Lead Facilitator for Maintenance Strategy Workshops, identifying & assigning Equipment & Maintenance Criticalities, Equipment Spare Parts Criticalities & determining ongoing inventory requirements.Provide Technical assistance & guidance to the operations group to ensure the timely resolution of equipment performance issues & the maintenance service is fit for purpose as they relate to maintenance effectiveness.Lead nominated equipment failure root cause analysis investigations, providing written reports of findings & recommendations to reduce the likelihood of similar failures.Compile the Monthly Maintenance & Integrity reports, provided feedback on the effectiveness of maintenance & provided recommendations for improvement to client operations. Show less

Provide guidance & leadership to the 15 Trade personnel & 12 supplementary contractor personnel of the maintenance team, by establishing priorities, driving safety initiatives, demonstrating ownership & commitment to fulfill the requirements of the company.Supervisor for all Rotating Equipment Overhauls during Planned Maintenance Events/Shutdowns, ensuring all work is completed safely, correctly, on time & on budget.Liaising with Asset & Reliability Engineers to ensure all mechanical… Show more Provide guidance & leadership to the 15 Trade personnel & 12 supplementary contractor personnel of the maintenance team, by establishing priorities, driving safety initiatives, demonstrating ownership & commitment to fulfill the requirements of the company.Supervisor for all Rotating Equipment Overhauls during Planned Maintenance Events/Shutdowns, ensuring all work is completed safely, correctly, on time & on budget.Liaising with Asset & Reliability Engineers to ensure all mechanical work is identified & included in the initial scope of work for future Planned Maintenance Events.Review priorities of scheduled work, develop work packs based on equipment availability to ensure personnel & resources are used efficiently & effectively.Scheduling & Coordinating the daily, weekly & long term work of the Maintenance Department & its personnel by setting work goals, objectives & performance targets, while promoting a change environment with a strong focus on the application of sound procedures & safety.Facilitate the weekly maintenance planning meetings, providing feedback to Plant Team Leaders & Reliability Engineers on the previous week’s achievements & reviewing the planned maintenance look-ahead with the aim of providing a quality, timeliness & cost effective schedule.Assist Reliability Engineers with FEMECA studies on equipment & develop Maintenance Strategies to improve the reliability of that equipment.Vibration Analysis (VA) Program Administrator, reviewing VA route data to increase/ decrease periodicity of data collection with an aim to optimise the Condition Monitoring program & providing early identification of possible failure modes of equipment.Maintain up to date maintenance records on all equipment, ensuring the correct maintenance information is entered on equipment within the companies CMMS program.Ensure all work carried out by the maintenance department complies with OH&S legislation within the regulatory constraints of a Major Hazard Facility. Show less

Managed and conducted Engineering/ Electrical Machinery Plant Audits, providing written and oral reports to the Maritime Commander on the ship and crews operational and maintenance capabilities.Conducted inspections and overhauls of the Main Propulsion Gas Turbines to ensure the reliability of equipment and prevent possible failures whilst is service.Managed the Propulsion Control Systems Training for all operators and maintenance personnel on 6 Frigates, including the Management of… Show more Managed and conducted Engineering/ Electrical Machinery Plant Audits, providing written and oral reports to the Maritime Commander on the ship and crews operational and maintenance capabilities.Conducted inspections and overhauls of the Main Propulsion Gas Turbines to ensure the reliability of equipment and prevent possible failures whilst is service.Managed the Propulsion Control Systems Training for all operators and maintenance personnel on 6 Frigates, including the Management of Operational and Casualty Control documentation related to the safe operations of Gas Turbines and its ancillary equipment.Occupational Health and Safety Officer for 7 staff and approximately 90 students.Technical research and investigations into engineering matters relating to FFG Class Mechanical and Electrical Machinery Plants, predominantly Gas Turbine RCA and defect rectification.Assisted Maritime Headquarters with quality control of Engineering personnel training and ship borne maintenance as a member of Sea Training Group. Show less

Managed and coordinate the day to day operational and maintenance requirements of the Ship’s Engineering plant, its 40 personnel, and the planned and unplanned maintenance.Fault finding and approving work on all engineering machinery that affects the ships operational capability. Providing estimated times of repair and timely updates on work progress to all stake holders to ensure optimal operational performance as required.Reviewed and approve the 5-year maintenance plan schedules… Show more Managed and coordinate the day to day operational and maintenance requirements of the Ship’s Engineering plant, its 40 personnel, and the planned and unplanned maintenance.Fault finding and approving work on all engineering machinery that affects the ships operational capability. Providing estimated times of repair and timely updates on work progress to all stake holders to ensure optimal operational performance as required.Reviewed and approve the 5-year maintenance plan schedules and quarterly maintenance plans for the 3 engineering work centres.Reviewed all maintenance work requests for correct technical content to ensure it is relevant to the actual work required.Defect Manager and Quality Assurance Control Officer for the Engineering department, conducting condition assessment of machinery prior to and after overhaul.Occupational Health and Safety Officer for the 40 personnel of the Engineering Department.Training Manager for Technical Sailors and Junior Marine Engineering Officers, identifying short comings in their current competencies and providing guidance in courses to improve their future career prospects. Show less

Supervised a workshop of 20 United States Navy personnel, responsible for safe work practices, career advancement training and progression.Scheduled Gas Turbine planned and unplanned maintenance for the US Navy Ships based at Mayport Naval Station. Comprised of 72 GE LM2500 (CF6) Main Engines and 36 Rolls Royce/Allison 501K (T56) Gas Turbine 1.5MW Generator Units. Carried out time/hour-based inspections, including borescope inspections, of GE LM2500 and Rolls Royce/Allison 501K Gas… Show more Supervised a workshop of 20 United States Navy personnel, responsible for safe work practices, career advancement training and progression.Scheduled Gas Turbine planned and unplanned maintenance for the US Navy Ships based at Mayport Naval Station. Comprised of 72 GE LM2500 (CF6) Main Engines and 36 Rolls Royce/Allison 501K (T56) Gas Turbine 1.5MW Generator Units. Carried out time/hour-based inspections, including borescope inspections, of GE LM2500 and Rolls Royce/Allison 501K Gas Turbines.Managed and conducted Gas Turbine removals from ships for workshop overhauls, and re-installation and re-alignment of Gas Turbines to ships power trains or generator unit on completion of workshop overhauls.Supervised and conducted in situ Compressor rotor blade and stator vane change outs. This included the rolling of the compressor casing to allow change out of the lower casing stator vanes without having to remove the rotor.Supervised and conducted in situ Power Turbine stator vane changes as identified during hour based inspections.Supervised and carried out the replacement of IGV and VSV bushings without the requirement of opening the compressor casing.Supervised the replacement of Accessory Gearboxes and individual components of the accessory gearbox, such as Main Fuel Controllers, Starters, Input Drive Shafts and Lube Oil Pumps.Conducted Gas Turbine Trim balances, full power trials and condition monitoring assessments.Provided technical problem solving as requested by Ships Engineers to identify and rectify issues in the operational performance of Ships Gas Turbines.Conducted adjustments, upgrades or installation of modifications as a result of issued Gas Turbines bulletins and alerts issued by GE and the USN.Endorsed as a Marine Gas Turbine Inspector by the USN. Show less

Maintained the FFG Class Maintenance Plan database, ensuring the CMMS program was updated with work completed, relevant history entered and maintenance packages updated for future use based on feedback by work crews.Generated, prioritised and planned the maintenance work packages from the Maintenance database, identifying work outstanding, work due and future projected work. Correlated the information and developed the Main Work List for the shutdown and submitted it for final… Show more Maintained the FFG Class Maintenance Plan database, ensuring the CMMS program was updated with work completed, relevant history entered and maintenance packages updated for future use based on feedback by work crews.Generated, prioritised and planned the maintenance work packages from the Maintenance database, identifying work outstanding, work due and future projected work. Correlated the information and developed the Main Work List for the shutdown and submitted it for final approval.Produced technical specification and logistical support documentation of work required, assigned appropriate work crews and submitted documentation for tender of specialist work to be carried out by Defence contractors.Chaired shutdown maintenance progress meetings, highlighted potential critical path work and put in place actions to reduce those potential issues.Correlated all maintenance task-closing reports and submitted them for acceptance and sign off. Show less

Scheduled and supervised all planned and corrective maintenance conducted on the Gas Turbines and their associated ancillary equipment, Diesel Generator Units and the PLC systems used to operate and monitor the engineering plant.Provided trouble shooting guidance to rectify faults or poor performance issues of the ships Gas Turbines, Diesel Generation Units and their associated ancillary equipment, providing correct solutions and alternative repair options, estimated times of repair to… Show more Scheduled and supervised all planned and corrective maintenance conducted on the Gas Turbines and their associated ancillary equipment, Diesel Generator Units and the PLC systems used to operate and monitor the engineering plant.Provided trouble shooting guidance to rectify faults or poor performance issues of the ships Gas Turbines, Diesel Generation Units and their associated ancillary equipment, providing correct solutions and alternative repair options, estimated times of repair to ensure operational capabilities.Lead RCA workshops on equipment failures to identify issues and provided written findings on those failures to Fleet Engineering.Planned, compiled and updated the work centre’s 5-year maintenance plan and quarterly planned maintenance schedules for approval.Compiling work centre stores documentation, updating and maintaining work centre technical documentation and submitting test and trial reports for review to the ships test and trials officer.Carried out work place assessments and on the job training of subordinates, encouraging team commitment and professionalism. Identified short comings in personal training and recommended areas in which improvement was warranted to further their future careers.Occupational Health and Safety representative for the work centre. Show less

Team lead for all planned and corrective maintenance conducted on the Gas Turbines and their associated ancillary equipment, Diesel Generator Units and the PLC systems used to operate and monitor the engineering plant.Lead Operator of the Ships Machinery plant, ensuring the safe start up, operation and shutdown of machinery as per operational requirements and in line with approved procedures and emergency control drills.Assisted with fault finding and RCA on the ships Gas Turbines… Show more Team lead for all planned and corrective maintenance conducted on the Gas Turbines and their associated ancillary equipment, Diesel Generator Units and the PLC systems used to operate and monitor the engineering plant.Lead Operator of the Ships Machinery plant, ensuring the safe start up, operation and shutdown of machinery as per operational requirements and in line with approved procedures and emergency control drills.Assisted with fault finding and RCA on the ships Gas Turbines, Diesel Generation Units and their associated ancillary equipment, making recommendations on alternative repair options and estimated times of repair.Compiled the 3 monthly planned maintenance schedules for approval, along with maintenance documentation and equipment history and system logs for future reference and fault finding.Provided on the job training and workplace assessments of subordinates, responsible for the health and well being of those working under my charge. Show less

Maintained and operated variety of mechanical and electrical systems and equipment. These include Steam Turbines up to 26MW and associated Boiler and steam systems, Marine Gas Turbines up to 25MW and ancillary systems, Diesel and Gas Turbine Generators up to 1.5MW, Pumps, Heat Exchangers, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Hydraulics, Pneumatics and electrical power distribution systems. The scope of maintenance includes manual (local) and remote operation, corrective and routine planned… Show more Maintained and operated variety of mechanical and electrical systems and equipment. These include Steam Turbines up to 26MW and associated Boiler and steam systems, Marine Gas Turbines up to 25MW and ancillary systems, Diesel and Gas Turbine Generators up to 1.5MW, Pumps, Heat Exchangers, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Hydraulics, Pneumatics and electrical power distribution systems. The scope of maintenance includes manual (local) and remote operation, corrective and routine planned maintenance. Show less