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Norway

Asker

Oslo Area, Norway

• Carried out in-depth review on market, technology, scope, suppliers, execution model/capability, terms and conditions, and commercial aspects for all new projects, which are tendered by the company. Identified risk.
• Acted as the advisor to CEO and Board of Directors and provided strategical insights on 50 major EPC tenders, having a value of more than NOK1B.
• Provided critical advice and made corresponding action recommendations to safeguard a robust risk/reward balance on all major EPC projects tendered in the period from mid-2019 to mid-2020Aker Solutions is a global.

Oslo Area, Norway

• Held responsibility for establishing the strategic direction of the digitalisation efforts within the services segment. Initiated and drove selected, core initiatives. Coordinated and managed the overall digitalisation.
• Played key role in establishing the company digitalisation strategy. Led execution of key digitalisation projects from conception to completion.
• Initiated and spearheaded game-changing programmes, such as “Connected Worker” (app for blue collars), “Robotics and Automation” (use of drones for inspection), and “Remote Operations” (remote monitoring of performance.

Oslo Area, Norway

• Devised and implemented strategical plans to improve compliance with company’s outlined work procedures in engineering activities and reduce the cost in engineering processes. Analysed and simplified operational.
• Led the implementation of lean techniques, which improved productivity, product quality, lead time, and eliminated many defects and daily basis issues; enhanced on-time delivery by 35% and engineering efficiency by 30%.
• Played a vital role in “#thejourney”, an initiative aimed at improving company’s project execution and cost optimisation; achieved 30% reduction in cost

Houston, Texas Area

• Headed the engineering office in Houston during execution of multiple subsea/controls EPC projects. Handled the increasing workload by recruiting high-potential staff members. Restructured the unit to achieve improved.
• Increased the headcount from 135 to 160 in line with company’s growth target.
• Lifted KPI performance; Engineering Efficiency from 60% to 90%, Engineering Quality from "not recordable" to 70% and On-Time-Delivery of engineering documentation from 20% to 55%

Oslo Area, Norway

• Tendered major subsea projects for the Norway and West Africa markets. Managed several tender managers and a team of specialised tender resources (technical specialists, cost estimators, and tender coordinators)..
• Produced around 10 major tenders per year (value typically 0.5 – 5 MNOK each) as a team.
• Won several key projects: Goliat, Trym, Oselvar, and Montanazo and Lubina; total 4.4 MNOK worth of new business
• Introduced step-changing new systems for tender preparation (XaitPorter) and cost estimation.

Oslo Area, Norway

Responsible for the, at the time, newly established front end group within AKS. The responsibility involved field development studies ranging from small conceptual and feasibility studies to large FEED studies. Activity increased from virtually none to a fairly substantial volume of around 20 studies per year. During the process, grew and developed a small.

Oslo Area, Norway

Responsible for subsea technology within the Field Development division of AK E&T. The work involved working in a multi-discipline field development environment and provided insight into flow assurance, pipelines, marine operations and typical topside disciplines such as process, layout etc. Involvement in a number of field studies for major Norwegian and.

Billingstad, Norway

Assistant to the project manager for the Eni, Abo development SPS Project, Nigeria. Main duties included system engineering, interface management and project follow-on activities.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Associate'S Degree